On numbers and therapeutics for the coronavirus. Reporters questions included the decisionourts daca and the president s upcoming rally in tulsa, oklahoma. Press sec. Mcenany good afternoon, everyone. The Great American comeback is underway. Just before joining you all we learned from the labor of Bureau Statistics that unemployment has fallen in 43 states in may as americans are going back to work. Also, i would like to reemphasize the numbers that director of the n. E. C. Larry kudlow shared with you yesterday that the c. B. O. Predicted that in the Third Quarter we will get plus 20 g. D. P. We will be plus 20 g. D. P. And top economist ted 2021, hes in predicting plus five g. D. P. , and this will put it above the precoronavirus numbers should those predictions pan out. We are back and we will be booming. Finally well, second to finally. We are encouraged that we gather positive data on heparin or steroids as commonly known. Convalescent plasma, and remdesivir and have shown positiv
Short of some forecasts while saudi and russia call for compliance. Effective compliance is vital if we are to secure the hard won stability and restore confidence in the effectiveness of the entire group. Travel turbulence france reportedly prepares to unveil a 10 billion euro rescue package while three British Airlines launch a legal challenge against the governments quarantine measures and astrazeneca will not comment on speculation after reports sugge suggest considering a mass i have tie up in u. S. Rifle gilead a very warm welcome to street signs everybody. Happy monday were about an hour into the session and a little bit of retreat mode trading down by. 7 and lets put this into context. Were coming off of a very strong week last week. We saw gains across the board here in europe but not to the same extent up about 6. 7 its fair to say the main event last week in terms of data was the remarkable jobs report that came through theyre pointing to misclassification of workers in the
Up to the top of lafayette park, but really it is a nation that awaits the next step from the president. He was out tweeting in the vicinity of 12 00 midnight on general powell. We will talk about that today. It was an eventful weekend and it continues right into this monday. Francine thank you, tom. We will have more on that and now we will get straight to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika the u. S. City hit the hardest by coronavirus starts to reopen today. New york city will allow construction and manufacturing at wholesale trade to start operating again. Rios Retail Stores can offer instore pickup. If all goes well, new york and reexpand the can expand the reopening in two weeks. Theggressive proposal from minneapolis city council. Majority of its members say they do this they support disbanding the city police department. That comes as the state launched an investigation following the death of george floyd. One city councilmember says she wants to end poli
That is really interesting, if they are allowing them to take on risk, you would presume that would help the economy and funnel more money out there. Later on, speaking with a buyer ceo. There has been a 10 million settlement after the acquisition of monsanto. So lets get into the bigger story of the day, what is happening with infections. We want to bring in a doctor to help us understand everything. We have with this a senior scholar from the Johns Hopkins school of Public Health. This after records have been anden in florida, texas california with hospitalizations. , whatmarket participant are the figures and numbers we have to Pay Attention to to understand the feedthrough of infections into the economy . Amesh it is the percent positivity, meaning how hard has a become to find cases. We are seeing places like arizona, florida and texas where it is about 5 , now going into the 20 range. That tells you the outbreak is not under control in those states. The other thing to look at is
Operation designed to kill Major General Qassem Soleimani no one should shed a tear over his death. The operation against soleimani was conducted without specific authorization and any advance notification and consultation with congress. I am a member of the gang of eight which is typically briefed in advance about operations of this level of significance. Not. The lack of advance consultation and transparency with congress was put in the constitution for or the need for advanced consultation and transparency with congress was put in the constitution for reason. Because the lack of advanced consultation and transparency with congress can lead to hasty and ill considered decisions. When the security of the nation is at stake, decisions fmust not be made in a vacuum. The framers of the constitution gave war powers to the legislature, and made the executive the commanderinchief. Ra it was for the precise reason of forcing the two branches of government to consult with one another when it