Slow the spread confirmed cases of covid 19 keep climbing and Health Officials say people need to maintain a safe distance from one another we feel that the mitigation that were doing right now is having an effect to extend. This mitigation process until the end of april i think was a wise and prudent decision the corona virus has already killed more than 2400 people in the us. President trump says modeling shows the countrys death rate from a peak of about 2 weeks. If we can hold that down. As was saying to a 100,000 its a horrible number. Maybe even less that 200,000 so we have between a 10200,000. We all together of done a very good to the us has the most confirmed cases worldwide with more than 139,000 as of sunday night. Hospitals in some parts of the country expect to run out of beds within 2 weeks as more patients arrive, we really have to have a new mentality a new culture. Hospitals working with one another this is going to be all hands on deck. This is everybody helping every
Need to maintain a safe distance from one another we feel that the mitigation that were doing right now is having an effect to extend. This mitigation process unl the end of april i think was a wise and prudt decision the corona virus has already killed more than 2400 people in the us. President trump says modeling shows the countrys death rate may peak in about 2 weeks. If we could hold that down. As were saying 2,000 its a horrible number. Maybe even less that 200,000 so we have between a 10200,000. We all together of done a very good to the us has the most confirmed cases worldwide with more than 139,000 as of sunday night. Hospitals in some parts of the country expect to run out of beds within 2 weeks as more patients arrive, we really have to have a new mentality a new culture. Hospitals working with one another this is going to be all hands on deck. This is everybody helping everyone else im John Lawrence reporting. And San Francisco supervisor matt haney says the stay at home or
Stocks will surge when this is over. Now look at this. An overnight tweet from the president. Quote, the United States will be powerfully supporting those Industries Like airlines and others that are particularly affected by the chinese virus. Big bucks coming. The president is clearly on board with the rescue plans that deliver trillions of dollars to industries and individuals. Who gets help and how its delivered, thats going to be hotly debated but there is a new sense of urgency to push that money out there. Here are the latest virus developments. Todays primary in ohio has been canceled by order of the governor. Primaries in florida, arizona and illinois will go ahead but the results are likely to be skewed by what may be a low turnout. Mcdonalds will close its dining rooms. Takeout and drivethrough okay, but no eating in. Chickfila, starbucks, they are encouraging takeout. The Kentucky Derby has been postponed. Very tight restrictions around the San Francisco bay area. Residents
February 20th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Viva las vegas. Viva las vegas. Viva las vegas. Cherylhaslas vegas. Cheryl wel good morning. Im cheryl casone. Ashley good morning, im ashley webster, in for lauren simonetti. Lets take a look at how your money is moving this morning. U. S. Futures pointing to just a mild lost at the open, the dow off 32 points, the s p and nasdaq down less than 10 . Cheryl oil and gold activity, gold futures hitting the highest close since march 2013, oil is up by 30cents. Oil on the rise after the Trump Administration lack listed the arm of black listed an r arm of a russian oil giant. Ashley in asia, a mixed bag. The nikkei finishing higher, shanghai up nearly 2 . Cheryl in europe were taking a look at the markets this morning, the ftse in london up by more than 10 , cac in the red. The 2020 democrats, folks, they pulled no punches with Michael Bloomberg in his debate debut with Elizabeth Warren attacking him for making former employees sign nondisclosure a
Time to for global exchange. We are going to bring you todays market we would news from all around the world. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. Want to start in japan. Prime ministers shinzo abe and im sick stimulus measures to keep recession at bay. That Package Amount to around 239 billion. Going to me on the phone from hong kong is enda curran. Does this match expectations . What is the read in terms of growth . Enda slightly bigger than expectations, but nonetheless it is an important shift. There has been criticism for some time that the boj has put much run the course in terms of what it can do for japans economy, so economists had been saying more had to be done on the fiscal side. This could help offset a recession. The economy has been hit by natural disasters, by weak exports, and theres a feeling that this money may endure beyond the 202011 picks in japan olympics the 2020 in japan next year. And fresh spending that is leaving markets and