much right at the moment. not necessarily feeling it right now, but in the future, i have big plans. if interest rates go up on the home mortgages, i could be a little screwed there. i m in the corporate world. it s concerning. with the prices going up, we cannot afford sometimes what i you know. so it s hard for me. have to pinch here and there. still living our life. neil: the white house learning what americans knew all along. we re indeed in a recession. the economy pulling back as prices refuse to let up. stocks ignored this and moved up what is really up? we re going to talk to senior economic adviser, gene sperling in just a moment. this is neil cavuto and your world. first to edward lawrence at the white house on how all of this is being digested there. edward? the president confident that we re not in a recession. we re hearing it from everyone in the administration. don t look at the gdp numbers. look at job growth. in fact, the jobs that the adminis
To come next from the fed. No signs of relief with the 10year still at 469. The 2year at 5 . We saw that yesterday morning on the hot data that was hotzer than had been anticipated. Price of bitcoin down substantially, just holding at 57,000. And then gold prices were down by 2. 3 yesterday. Theyd been hitting new highs, this morning sitting above 2,300 an ounce. Then you have crude oil prices with continued concerns in the middle east. At this point, down by almost 2 as well. Maybe that leads to questions about what the Global Demand is. 80 . 39 a barrel. Police cleared an occupied building. Columbias president has asked the nypd to maintain a presence until may 17th to prevent further encampments or okay pages. It was extraordinary just to watch the police going in there, taking these kids out, protesters on all ends of it. Its unbelievable. I know, obviously this is spreading across the country. It happened a little earlier in florida. It didnt seem quite as jarring for some reason.
supply kicks in. this is happening as new infections and hospitalizations fall and evidence grows from a recent may skbrjor study in isr prevents the spread of infection, not just illness. we ve always believed that they re having that effect. we didn t know the full magnitude of that benefit but all of the evidence coming out suggests that the impact on the reduction and transmission could be quite strong and if that s the case, the vaccine creates what we call dead end host meaning people will no longer be able to transmit the infection. so more people than ever getting shots that appear to be more beneficial the closer you look, the kind of breakthrough we ve all been hoping for. why is it in a poll 47% of 2020 trump voters and 49% of republican men say they would not take the vaccine when it becomes available to them. remember, the former president launched the effort to speed up the testing and production of it and demanded national gratitude for the speedy delivery
americans have now gotten at least one shot. sites like the one vice president harris visited today in las vegas, and more than 11% of the population is now fully vaccinated. late today, connecticut s governor said he expects to expand statewide eligibility to anyone aged 16 and up by the 5th of next month. other states taking similar steps as vaccine supply ramps up and federal help kicks in. this is happening as new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths, continue to fall. and evidence grows, most notably, from a recent major study in israel, prevent the spread of infection, not just illness. we ve always believed that they re having that effect. we didn t know the full magnitude of that benefit. but all the incremental evidence coming out suggests that the impact on the reduction and transmission could be quite strong. and if that s the case, the vaccine creates what we call dead-end hosts. meaning, people will no longer be able to transmit the infection. so, more pe
Senate is ready to meet with executive nominations, votes coming up at noon eastern. Live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. Reverend brooks let us pray. O god, we first thank thee for another day of life. We thank you for the chance to bring joy and opportunity to someone elses journey. Lord, guide these Public Servants within the United States senate. Please lead them as they lead us to a better and more peaceful landscape. Create, o god, within all of us the zeal to make our communities around this country more stable. Remove from us, o god, any personal animosity that might prevent us from acting as my brother or sisters keeper. We ask your healing on those members of this legislative body who are injured or sick. We ask, o lord, that you would extend comfort and peace to those families that have been affected by the tragedy in sutter link springs, texas, even in the midst of this tragedy. We thank you, that those 26 fellow sojourners are in your loving presence, a celestial pl