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Reporter hi there, melissa, with all of this talk about the potential reopening of the economy maybe here in the upcoming weeks President Trump took to twitter today to suggest he is the one who will have the ultimate say when and where that will happen. This was the tweet from the president earlier today. He wrote, quote, it is the decision of the president and for many good reasons, with that being said, the administration and i are working closely with the governors and this will continue. A decision by me in conjunction with the governors and input from others will be made shortly. However the constitution says that neither the president nor the congress has the authority to regulate for any authority rather, to regulate for health, safety, welfare or morality within a state. This afternoon new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo said governors from the northeast would be working together to form a reopening plan in their area. Each state is going to name a Public Health official for that
Autarky basically returning industrial selfreliance policy autarky for those unfamiliar was an economic and industrial policy of selfreliance wherein a nation need not rely on International Trade for its economic survival this is not to say that the nation rejected International Trade or isolated itself from the Global Economic order rather it merely could survive on its own if necessary and i know with the left wing you know hamilton was a huge hit over the past 5 years 6 years and hamilton was one of the big proponents of this notion of our talk yeah i am one of the countries that was really the premier autarky in the world before that coronavirus would be friends france was often described as an autocracy to some degree more though probably than the other of the big countries of the industrialized countries that had a mindset of individual sovereignty farming ourselves you know everything is a local. All if you go to a restaurant france you flip over the cutlery and a says made in f
Check futures, dow futures right now in the red to the tune of 360 points, nasdaq futures down 110 and s p futures lower by 40. Oil prices under pressure this morning. The International Energy agency warning that demand could plummet to less than 25 years. Airlines reaching a deal for Financial Aid. Mornings with maria live. Striking a deal Oil Producing countries agreeing to cut output by 9. 7 millionbarrels a day in an effort to stabilize the price of crude. President trump weighing in on much anticipated agreements. Countries around the world will cut Oil Production by approximately 20 millionbarrels. People are saying 10 million but we think the number that theyll actually hit is closer to 20 millionbarrels a day. This historic action will help americans supported by the oil and gas industry. Saudi minister say the cuts will amount to 20 million a day and confirmed what President Trump just said when taking into account policemens by other g20 nations and preserves. Prince abdulazi