This was a very difficult position for the president to make it was interesting that he talked about keeping Americans Health and safety is a top priority given that hes only recently started wearing a mask himself and his whole held rallies over the past few months but its a reflection i think of just how bad the situation is here in florida for him to actually cancel such a massive event and one that will be so personally important to the president i mean its pretty dire a very dark day for this state with a Record Number of deaths and for the past 2 weeks weve had at least 10000 new cases every single day that peaked around july the 12th with 15000 cases around 300000 tests have been carried out but the rest huge problems with the testing here in the Sunshine State people waiting for a 5 hours lining up to get those services and then waiting 10 days to 2 weeks to get the results the c. D. C. The centers for Disease Control recommends a 2 day turnaround that is not happening in this
Holla Frank Holland. Stock futures are hovering arnt flat after a lateday rally yesterday as investors brushed off continued increases in covid19 cases around the u. S. The nasdaq leading the charge rising nearly 1. 5 to close. Its the 25th record close for the index this year. Take a quick look at the bond market, the 10year yield trading around. 65 . Well go worldwide now karen cho is in the london news room with the overseas action. Well get to karen in just a minute well get worldwide in just a minute first, lets get a check on this mornings top stories. Of course, a lot going on with the economy. Covid19 openings and reclosings well continue to keep a close eye. Right now our leslie picker is here to join us with more. Good morning. Walt disney world will resume selling Theme Park Tickets and taking Hotel Reservations today. The Company Announced the move yesterday after suspending the sales amid the coronavirus outbreak disney will open the Magic Kingdom and animal kingdoms this
Chip botox straight ahead and we start with the rorschach test. Which did you see today . The dow closing at its highest level since march 10th and vaccine hopes with stills and stocks closing near session lows and the relationship 500 failing to hold its 200day moving average or guy adami, how do you interpret the ink blot being that i cant see it, is that the guy from welcome back cotter, mel or no, that rorschach test guy i think were having problems with guys audio tim seymour, well go to you on this which ink blot did you see today . I actually heard guy and he made a bad joke of welcome back to cotter. It was closing near march highs and i think we have a case where the reopening has allowed people to look at industrial and call them value stocks, but the ones that were the most beaten up and to begin to assess what schedules are going to look like for airlines out through kind of early to midsummer. We have no idea, but we also have some sense that the worst case has been largel
Gaining stoxx 600 are 0. 7 . Trying to still digest moves from the fed at super tuesday. We are getting data out of the euro area. It is coming in instead of the 52. 8 we were expecting. The eurodollar is unchanged. Lifts foring similar the s p future. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. We begin with an update on the coronavirus. More than 50,000 people have recovered from the virus more been released from the hospital. The number of infections has risen. Now, to the spring meetings of the International Monetary fund. Will use a virtual format instead of holding the conference in washington dc. The two organizations have said they are fully committed to maintaining the coram. Japan is saying it could be possible to delay the summer olympics to later in the year amid concerns the coronavirus could cause the games to be canceled. Late may is seen as the latest a decision could be made. Is pressingapan ahead. Experts from opec and its allies recommended deeper cuts to
Less than a week away, many president ial candidate are accusing all you know Michael Bloomberg of buying his way into the election and spreading his wealth to keep critics silent. The New York Times has some are calling bloomberg a wallett too big to happen. We will speak with a lawyer who would you work for the bloomberg bundy, said she was told remove or revise a chapter on antimuslim bias and surveillance of muslim communities in new york that mentioned bloomberg by name a times. Then to yemen, where 31 people were killed in u. S. Backed saudi airstrikes, including women and children. The United Nations called the atta shockinin here. We are this is one of the cars that were targeted by the saudi americanan air force l last n nt and ththey also tarted vilges in residential areas, causing tens of thousands of martyrsnd ininjuries. This is s a civilians cacar. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The