Also jay powell making comments that added to some of this those who have been under such pressure, those stocks were the ones that were the biggest rebounders disney up more than 7 banks were up across the board wells fargo up by 8 bank of america and citigroup up jp morgan up mgm resorts up 10. 5 carnival up 15 . Airlines each up 13 all of those gains coming as there is hope there will be some time those stocks can get become to normal and people will feel comfortable. Thats the early trade also lets look at whats been happening i thought theme parks disney and comcast which is over 2 pretty big gain. Who knows whether it is displaced but it was on hopes of normalcy i dont think it is only moderna we are talking about there is four or five real pharmaceutical Companies Working on it. So just the potential you get and other data point where they say someone else has the success to we dont know what technique i dont know if it is mrna pfizer is working on the mrna technique as well. I
Neighbors there is still no end in sight for the worst political crisis in the gulf region and all creatures great and small we look at the war biodiversity plays on our planet and the unprecedented threat its now facing. Thank you very much for joining us we begin with breaking news out of libya this hour where the Deputy Defense minister says Government Troops have taken control of tower hona that is the last stronghold of warlord highly for have to in western libya about 60 kilometers from the capital tripoli on thursday the u. N. Recognize government announced that he had regained full control of tripoli have task forces still hold large swathes of territory in the east and south of libya lets bring in our correspondent Mahmud Abdel Watters just arrived in tire who will tell us about what youve seen since you arrived in what used to be. A strong. Hold in the west of libya and what made it possible for the Government Forces to recapture the city. 2 as you can see here and here behin
President. His support among independents gone straight up despite the intense opposition of the media and the democrats. More positives. At the president ial town hall, mr. Trump suggested a vaccine is possible by december. Dr. Fauci says january, if everything goes well. That would be a major step towards a fullscale return to work. However, the president also said he could impose fresh tariffs on china. He called that the ultimate punishment. We should point out that there is a new report this morning suggesting china deliberately manipulated the virus for its own advantage. Lets get to the market. It will be opening lower this morning. In part because of the threat of tariffs. Look at the dow, down maybe 200 points. Nasdaq down about 55. S p down about 20. And then theres Warren Buffett. Big news there. He has sold all his Airline Stocks, all of them. He no longer has any money in that industry. However, he did lay out a big positive. He said this economy will come back, quote, not
President yee good afternoon and welcome to the april 21, 2020, meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call]. Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Everybody, please place your hands over your heart, and would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. Supervisor safai supervisor safai is present. Clerk thank you, supervisor safai. President yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who air the meetings and make the transcripts available online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Clerk yes, mr. President. During the Board Meeting, members will participate online as though they were present in person, and the public is invited to participate in the meeting in the five following ways. First, you are welcome to submit via email at board. Of. Supervisors sfgov.
A crucial role. Also we look at how the pandemic and the economic crisis are leaving many in sudan struggling to put food on the table. Bought into the program got us dollars braced for a much higher rate of infection from the coronavirus random testing suggests a 3rd of the 4000000. 00 people in the capital kabul could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after afghan migrants were reportedly beaten tortured and left for dead while trying to cross over the border allegations that iran has denied the warning that alexia brians report contains some disturbing images from the beginning. They left their homes in search of opportunity in iran instead witnesses say they were killed their final moments terrifying. The Iranian Border guards 1st beat us then made us do hard work then they took us by minibus near the river and when we got there they threw us into the river some afghan migrants are said to have drowned in the river that flows between iran and