Here are your top headlines. Blame game. President trump raised the prospect that china deliberately caused the coronavirus outbreak. This as the u. S. Pauses some tariffs for 90 days but not those on chinese steel or aluminum. Crude collapse. Wti sags to its lowest level in the 21stcentury on concerns that Storage Space is running low. The demand outlook remains gloomy. Signs of easing. Germany begins to reopen its economy as spain, france, and the u. K. Report the fewest coronavirus fatalities in weeks. Just under one hour away from the start of cash trading. Lets take a look at where futures are headed in europe. Futures are higher, whereas u. S. Futures are down. You can see the ftse 100 futures up more than 1 , as are the dax futures. S p, dow jones, and nasdaq futures, red arrows. Further away from the start of trade on wall street. It looks like we will kick off the week in europe higher. That divide between europe and u. S. Futures is interesting. We will watch that as we go th
Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us its being called a cautious 1st step germany has started to ease its lockdown restrictions some shops are being allowed to reopen although the rules vary from state to state now it comes after Public Health experts said the virus was under control the latest figures from the robert cock institute for Infectious Diseases shows that germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 1775 to nearly 142008 is the 2nd consecutive day that the number of new infections us fall and the reported death toll is now 4642. And correspondent nina has a has the latest for us hi nina good to see you so as we said germany is now allowing a few businesses to reopen starting today what is a russian are behind that. Shops that are no bigger than 800 square meters can reopen today as can Car Dealerships and bike shops and bookshops regardless of the size whats important is that they have hygiene and social distancing measures in place that. By the German Gove
Bradford on the power and influence on the European Union. Its a subject of her book the brussels effect. Good evening, everyone. Thank you so much for being with us. I am David Schizer one of the codirectors of the Richmond Center and i i also served of Columbia Law School from 20,422,014 which i mentor for a very particular reason, i was the dean when professor anu bradford joined our faculty and its one of my brightest moments to persuade her to do that. Im on a stick kickoff a fascinating discussion about the influence of europe on the global marketplace. Last year, the wall street journal called the decline w of europe as a remote consequential shift of the last hundred years. There is some truth in that t since world war ii, the military influence in europe declined and also true that europes Economic Growth has not compared favorably with that of the United States or with china or india. And of course efforts to maintain an Economic Union so europe has been more complicated late
See youre practicing social distancing. That looks very nice. Thats very good. I want to thank everybody for being here today. This morning i spoke with the eaders of the g7 nations, and they really had a good meeting. I think it was a very productive meeting. I spoke with our nations governors, also. This afternoon were announcing new guidelines for every american to follow over the next 15 days as we combat the virus. Each and every one of us has a Critical Role to play in stopping the spread and transmission of the virus. This was done with a lot of very talented people, some of whom are standing with me and thats available. And dr. Burks will speak about that in a few minutes. Its important for the young and Healthy People to understand while they may experience milder symptoms, spread this ly virus and will indeed by putting others in harms way and we worry about our Senior Citizens and the task force meets every day and updates guidelines based on the fast evolving situation this
With james hodge who is director of the center for Public Health law and policy at Arizona State university. Washington journal is next. Is next. Is next host good morning. This is washington journal for tuesday, march 17, 2020. There is very little celebrating planned due to the shutdown of bars and restaurants nationwide because of the coronavirus and further restrictions and limited by the federal government, the white house, State Governments and localities. We would love to hear what you are seeing in response to the outbreak. The7488000 is the line in eastern and central time zones. For mountain and pacific residence, 2027488001. In the line we have set aside for medical professionals. Your line, 2027488002. We would love to hear your experience. You can text us a message. That is 2027488003. We would love to hear where you are texting from, your name as well. Andwitter we are cspanwj post your comments on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. There was a briefing yesterday with the Cor