Be ins advisory will effect until tuesday, april 7. We strongly advise people over the age of 70 and those with Underlying Health issues to stay theirnd limit interactions with others as much as possible. Get into more specifics about what this means for businesses and those at home. Always allow Grocery Stores, pharmacies, and other types of businesses that provide services to operate. I want to acknowledge the incredible impact this action has had. That theseost on me businesses are most unlikely to be able to put them play certain policies. Now, weg this action can significantly improve our position in the fight to slow the spread of this virus. Acting out to prevent more persontoperson interaction will buy us more time. So i healthcare care system can better prepare for a challenge unlike they have seen before. Our goal is to slow the spread by limiting persontoperson contact in a concerted effort now to help us get back to work and back to school. We all have a role to play in thi
In trading in these Turbulent Times with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And as the number of cases of coronavirus worldwide eclipses 750000 with more than 35000 deaths in the United States has become the epicenter of the pandemic with more confirmed cases than anywhere else in the world on sunday despite hopes of returning to the u. S. Economy to normal by easter u. S. President donald trump announced the extension of social distancing guidelines through the end of april to peak indents the rate is likely to hit in 2 weeks nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is one. That would be the greatest. There for the next 2 weeks and during this period its very important that every one strongly follow the guidelines have to follow the guidelines that our great Vice President holds up a lot hes holding that up a lot he believes it is so strongly the better you do the faster. This whole nightmare will end. Therefore we will be extending our guidelines to ap
States to withhold unemployment claims data. It is friday, march 20, 2020 good morning welcome. Im Morgan Brennan live at cnbc headquarters we begin with breaking news. Yesterdays gains. Futures pointing to a higher open with the dow pointing to open up over 844 s p posed to open at 98 and the nasdaq now up 358. This is after the futures market opened last night in the red weve seen a reversal there. It is the first day of a less than 1 move in trading in 14 trading sessions so it gives you an idea of how much volatility has ebbed. The s p ending up about half a percent above 2,400. Similar for the dow, which closed back about 20,000 barring any historic move, the dow does remain on pace for the worst Weekly Performance since the financial crisis when it fell more than 18 in a single week s p and nasdaq tracking for the worse week since february. All three still trading well below 20 from recent 52week highs we reached just last month. Taking a look at the bond market we are seeing inv
Eventually it is scheduled to dock at port of oakland around noontime today. 3500 people on board, some people have tested positive for the corona virus. There was some debate, ali, whether or not the port of oakland was the spot for the ship to dock. It was determine that had where itll come is indeed the port of oakland, not San Francisco. Thats because of the size of the ship and the size of the port of oakland, what it can handle. Oakland mayor raised her hand and said, yes, we rise to the duty. It also has a good proximity to Oakland International airport, which is where some of the passengers on board will depart oakland and Travis Air Force base here in the east bay and its important as we hear the oakland mayor and governor trying to assure oaklanders no one on the ship will come into daily contact with people on the ship. The port of oakland was selected because of the area that the ship can dock there and remain isolated from a lot of people. A good setup area and medical wor
Reporter well it started ÷i with one firefighter and he worked at a station here at station two, and now the fear of exposure has become all too real for the first responders. They are still responding to emergencies at fire station 2, but they are doing it with caution. We have a firefighter that has been tested positive with coronavirus and may have exposed other firefighters. Reporter not long after that announcement, we laeshed three others tested positive as did some of their family members. That initial firefighter is based here at station 9. Sources tell me that the first infected firefighter flew home to Southern California and thats where he was diagnosed. He is said to be in grave condition in a long beach icu unit. Because our firefighters work in teams and they train together, and they eat together and sleep in the same area, they are at risk for possible exposure. The department does not know how or when the firefighter was exposed to covid19, nor who else was exposed. Wh