Investors are trying to digest the barrage of dats out of china. The conclusion at the moment is it is negative. Were seeing the s p out of many futures. The real standout here is the c. S. I. 300 stock. China sinking to the worst since february 3. Chinese shares really nraveling. 0. 62. Remember we have a heavy european bond supply in the pipeline. No change is expected. It is all going to be about guidance. Demand for eurosterling ahead of the e. C. B. Policy decision according to some of the fx traders we have been speaking to. Coming under pressure down. 6 . We closeded close to four month highs. Limited support from u. S. Crude inventory helping that trade. Lets get some of the other important stories were following for you. Thanks. Coronavirus cases continue to surge in the u. S. With california reporting near reported cases and fatality. The worlds biggest retailer requiring customers to wear masks. Walmart joins starbucks, costco and best buy in the move. The coronavirused a it
Australia. You are watching President Trump giving a press conference saying he is looking at a term limited payroll tax suspension. We have seen democrats and republicans oppose any action on the payroll tax, but the president is saying he is exploring additional executive actions and relief. He says he cannot go along with what he calls bailout money for the states. We have seen the states try to get some sort of relief. President trump says the goal is to protect Vulnerable People and avoid stringent lockdowns. He is headed to ohio tomorrow. He says that no states have s sn outbreaks or get worse since tuesday. We have seen some encouraging vaccine news. U. S. Futures at the moment are looking flat. We will see how things are just shaping up for the asian market. Our reporter is in hong kong with the latest. Futures are mixed and mostly flat. Plenty is happening this thursday with earnings galore. Later today, the r. B. I. Is in focus. Bank will pause after cutting this year to shor
Are the Health Care Workers themselves, the medical workers themselves, the doctors, the nurses, the support staff who weve relied on from the very first moments that we began to realize that this virus was bigger than any health issue weve dealt with in a long time. Were still depending on it today. At some point you run out of some of the capacity and steam that you had to do the job that needs to be done. But we see these heroes continue to step up. Some giving their lives. In bill in birmingham and kansas city was an emergency medical technician. He was with the Kansas City Fire Department and he died of coronavirus in april. His son described billy as selfless. He said billy had decided he wanted to find new ways to help people and so he reinvented himself as an e. M. T. When he was in his 40s so he could help others and then he was an e. M. T. For about 22 years. We see the Emergency Medical Technicians, the First Responders out there saving lives, bringing people in a desperate
Continue off the floor and the republicans 1 trillion economic aid plan in response to the covid19 pandemic. Senators have been staking out their positions with floor speeches. Now, live to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, our refuge and strength, give us reverence for your greatness. Guide our senators around the pitfalls of their work, enabling them to have hearts sustained by your peace. May they surrender their will to you, as they trust you to direct their path. Remind them that leadership can work miracles with cooperation, but rarely accomplishes much with conflict. Inspire our lawmakers to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Help them to strive to live with such integrity that they give you the honor do your name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I
And ill take a picture of what im seeing so you know what im seeing just so we can try to get through the monologue. Well do the monologue like this but anyways, this is our show. Welcome, we have a great show. A, rhett and link, music from tones and i, but first, lets get to some jokes here, everybody. Well, im so excited about tonights show because we are filming the entire thing from Roger Goodells basement thats right tonight was night one of the nfl draft. And this year, the commissioner announced the picks from his basement and of course, right when he started talking, someone started vacuuming. [ knocking ] do you have to do that now [ knocking ] hey thats right, tonight was the nfl draft. You know things are nuts when the most exciting sports moment in six weeks is a guy in his basement reading names off an index card it was a virtual draft, which got pretty frustrating when players would be anxiously sitting at home and hear, the new England Patriots select [ audio cutting out