Suspending programming in person through april that we have a virtual programming go to Commonwealth Club. Org that is updated regularly you can watch while sheltering in place. This is to address the impact of covid19 on our society also part of the future of democracy theories with that Zuckerberg Initiative and then others will follow that example. Im thrilled to be talking to two experts with the effect of covid19 and the effect it is having around the us and around the world the correspondent for the atlantic and has written for the magazine since the seventies. He and his wife deb are the authors of the 100,000mile journey thank you for being her here. And the director of foreign and defense policy studies at aei in washington dc a career defense policy and with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the Usa Department and the National Security council. It is a great pleasure spirit thank you to being here and also to the audience for joining us if youre watching on yo
On the community and society at large. Its also part of the clubs future of democracy efforts. With Additional Support from the zuckerberg initiative. We are so grateful for the support and hopefully others will follow the examples. I am personally thrilled to have those two experts on a lot of things including the effects of covid19 and what it may have democracy here in the u. S. With the recent bestseller. James, thank you so much for being here. Corey is the director of the American Enterprise institute. She has have in the press of career which is taking her to the International Institute for strategic studies in london. The hoover institution. Where i remember her from in the bay bay area. Bay area. In the department of defense. Thank you so much for your time. Its a great pleasure. Also to our audience for joining us. We do want into your questions as part of this conversation. You could submit them in the text chat. I will be giving those questions as they work some into the co
Coronavirus case fails to improve overnight. The u. K. Prime minister is still conscious but has received oxygen treatment dominic raab is deputized. Equities heading for their first backtoback games in two weeks. Futures pointing higher in the u. S. While oil rises ahead of thursdays opecplus meeting. Coronavirusthe maybe reaching a plateau in europe as cases slow across the continent. Italy could start ending its. Ockdown on a gradual basis just under an hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. A quick look at futures here. A gain in futures at the cash trade closed higher yesterday. Gains in u. S. Futures with the 0. 4 the dow s p up 0. 4 . Anna everybody still focused on what is going on with coronavirus globally. Cases are being handled and death rates. We need to get to the first word news update. Prime minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care. His Coronavirus Infection worsened. He had been selfisolating for 10 days, struggling to shake off covid19. Dominic raab is
Was. New yorkers join the chorus of fog Health Workers as the city at the heart of americas corona Virus Outbreak grapples with the crisis but people in other parts of the country appear to be going about their lives undeterred by the threat of the pandemic plus the aid groups are calling for the evacuation of Vulnerable People from greeces overcrowded refugee camps they fear an outbreak and the more the accountants lesbos would be catastrophic and 0000000000 extension 000. Oh oh oh oh a man with the moves in hamburg with so many of his neighbors stuck couchsurfing because of the pandemic hes pushing everyone to get those muscles going. To. Play the boat. Im sara kelly welcome to the program as more and more countries impose lockdowns over the coronavirus india faces a larger challenge than most its 1300000000 people have been ordered to say at home since last week but the informal workers who form the backbone of the economy this means losing their income overnight leaving many withou
Equities higher on renewed helps elsewhere for a potential u. S. china trade deal. That confidence fails to spark european market. President trump takes aim at Jerome Powell ahead of todays policy meeting saying he could consider demoting the central bank head. And trump also blasts ecb president mario draghi and his stimulus plans that sent the euro lower against the dollar. There are risks mainly because of brexit, also because of the trade conflict. Even the persistence of these risks are a risk in itself President Trump has increased pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut Interest Rates. Bloomberg reported the white house in february examined the possibility that the administration could demote Jerome Powell from his role as fed chair. The news agency reported that the white house legal review had made a case to replace powell as fed chair but said the move would be open to a legal challenge. Trump also hit out at the ecb after mario draghi hinted at further stimulus for the eurozo