Contain the spread of private 19 we look at concerns about surveillance. Now an experimental antiviral drug has been approved for emergency use in treating coronavirus patients in the United States 1500000 vials of the drug to severe will be distributed to hospitals from monday after a study showed improvements and Recovery Time has he called again has the latest. This is a president that throughout has tried to project a feeling of hope as the coronavirus rips through the world and his country now bringing the c. E. O. Of a Pharmaceutical Company to the white house to herald the results of a possible treatment for him to severe really people that are not doing well d people that are sick people that have his horrible plague that set in to our country and that were getting rid of and were going to be were going to be having some really incredible results we have. Very promising studies coming out on the vaccines we have promising studies coming out on therapeutics. In the 1st widesprea
Of a Pharmaceutical Company to the white house to herald the results of a possible treatment for him to severe really people that are not doing well people that are sick people that have his horrible play that set in to our country and that were getting rid of and were going to be were going to be having some really incredible results we have. Very promising studies coming out on the vaccines we have promising studies coming out on therapeutics. In the 1st widespread trial the drug it did shorten the length of the hospitalizations days for the virus and it slightly decreased the mortality rate but Scientists Say its the 1st real hope that a drug can work against the virus we have to remember this is the very 1st one its a new drug being used for this and yet showed i would call it a bright spot in the search just what 90 days after being notified of this of a drug it looks like its got very promising results and the company that makes it says it will donate its stockpile which the food
Foreign is being blamed for a coronavirus spike and finding the funny side of comedians in cars are using humor to raise awareness of covert 90. Thank you very much for joining us north korean state media says kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in almost 3 weeks and in the past hour a video has been shown on state television these images a say to show their leader opening efforts lies of factory speculation over kims health and whereabouts had been growing after he failed to appear at Birthday Celebrations for his late grandfather last month less speak talk correspondent in Seoul South Korea iraq mcbride rob for us we had still pictures now of these moving images from north korean state media will these pictures finally silence the room as you think. It does show that kim jong un looking remarkably healthy especially as some reports had him barely clinging to life just a couple of days ago these are said to be video images taken at this Opening Ceremony of this fertilizer p
Medical team to north korea. We are pulling together the latest claims. Shery lets get you started with how markets are trading. U. S. Futures are extending gains we saw on friday. Last week we saw Downside Pressure across the markets. The s p 500 was led higher by consumer stocks. President trump signing the 484 billion spending package including money for small businesses. Congress has doled out 3 trillion in that package. Upsideinue to see the with u. S. Futures. Joining the intel ranks of those companies that are now opting to withdraw fullyear guidance. There seeing oil falling as session begins in asia, after the wti hovered around 17 a barrel. And we are going towards the opec output cuts that begin may 1. It is all about the latest headlines on coronavirus cases around the world. They are approaching 3 million according to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins and bloomberg. Has the state saying it death rates have continued to fall and now at the fewest in a month. This as Governor
Emergency Small Business fund, 75 billion for hospitals. The democrats claim its their victory and already, senator schumer is planning another 150 billion package, this one for local governments. Is all this enough . In my opinion, not if we dont get back to work soon. We have to open up the economy to avoid economic disaster. Elsewhere, the president says he will sign an executive order today suspending green card issuing for 60 days. This does not apply to guest workers or agricultural workers. To the markets. After two days of sharp declines, weve got an uptick. The dow looks like it will open with a gain of close to 400 points. That is 1. 7 . S p up 1. 8 . Nasdaq up 1. 6 . Green arrows across the screen. There are some standout stocks. Netflix nearly 16 million new subscribers. Their outlook, though, is cautious. We will get into that. The stocks down eight bucks, 1. 8 . Look at chipotle, doubling their online orders in the month of march. Chipotle is clearly a lockdown winner and