They need get home and get safe take a look at your screen we put a list on your screen of the stores that are stepping up with this initiative for not only elderly people but also those with you compromised immune systems you can see whole foods will leave an hour before open just for these people to get in there safely will have time set aside from 7 until 9 in the mornings tuesday and thursdays target as said im here right now well have the first hour of being open as well as Dollar General this is going to be tremendously helpful so for those who are most susceptible to the virus making sure that they wont get infected. Now that they can get in there avoid lines in crowds. And the store will be most stocked at that time one more local Grocery Store in san joses ins autos market was ahead of the curve they were the one of the first stores in the bay area open early for elderly people and those susceptible take a listen to how theyve been working with this. Pace with us during this p
Thank you everyone for coming. Mayor breed about afternoon. Thank you for joining us. I am San Francisco mayor london breed to provide an update with what is happens in San Francisco as it relates to the covid19 pandemic that we have been faced with here in our city and throughout the world. I am joined by our department of Public Health director grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of Human Resources director trent rohr. Currenttor odirector of emergeny management. We will help guide you through this unique challenge. I want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. I have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. We appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. We also want to say thank you to First Responders, police and firefig
Washington cut the number of visas for Chinese State media in the us. And with the sports the olympic flame head to tokyo but this is the same to see officials one of whom says its insensitive and irresponsible to hold the games. Welcome to the news hour restrictions are becoming more severe across the globe as more and more countries ramp up efforts to contain the corona virus pandemic now the number of confirmed cases now exceeds 200000 worldwide and thats according to a tally by Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. More than 8000 people have died from the virus the number fatalities in china italy iran spain and france are amongst the higher. With the latest jump in italy and spain the overall death toll across europe are suppose trying to soothe a province where the virus originated the World Health Organization says the continent has replaced today as the epicenter 5 days ago well strict lock downs are now in place across much of europe and the effect is very clear take a look at
Locations as we put social distancing into effect here at cnbc as a precaution were going to start squawk alley this morning with bob pisani with an update on todays markets. Bob . And jon, the important thing here is i want to show you the futures because a lot of confusion overnight here we were futures down overnight, then we hada big rally at 8 00 a. M. Eastern time as the Federal Reserve announced new programs and yet the open was a real disappointment and it shows you that liquidity is fairly thin preopen. A lot of people were surprised we opened down so much but were off of the lows right now. Sects here, banks have had a tough time throughout the morning, most down 4, 5 or 6 . Energy stocks also had a tough morning. Everything else, 2 lets say, industrials, technology also down about 2 . Semiconductors started strong but have been weak for a while now. Boeing, one of the few stocks on the upside, only three or four up today, an upgrade goldman sachs. Home depot on the upside, c
A vote failed again and as new york becomes a epicenter of the outbreak in america, more states are taking strict measures to keep residents at home including michigan, massachusetts and louisiana. As we stand, the market is down 3. 4 on the s p 500. The dow is down 60 poin60 59 minutes left of the session weve got a huge lineup of guests coming up including the ceo of Quest Diagnostics to break down the latest on testing for the virus and former bank of america governor, mervy nn king he was governor of the bank of england during the financial crisis we are covering every angle of this crisis for you mike is tracking the mashlgt moves. Kayla has the latest on the stimulus bill. Steve liesman is covering the feds historic moves again today and meg is following the latest treatment developments mike, first to you on the market another big sell off despite another big fed intervention yes, definite ly a big sell off. Though i have to say the intentionty of it, i dont know if this is much