Point on renault. There is no question the labor economy overwhelms everything else. The depression of labor is absolutely front and center into this week. With all the other news and distractions as well, the labor economy, globally, is stunningly week. Francine we will have a lot of folks on unemployment across the world. Ritika in minneapolis, a third night of violent protests over the death of a black man who died in police custody. Protesters torched a Police Station and a number of businesses were also burned. Demonstrations spread to other cities in kentucky over another police shooting. The president called the rioters thugs and threatened to send in the national guard. This came hours after the president issued an executive order seeking liability protection. Earlier this week, twitter began selected factchecks of his tweets. Today, President Trump will announce his response to chinas crackdown on hong kong. The president says he is not happy with new legislation that curves f
How has his week been . Francine it is been a tough week. Lets putain said, the scandal and angle over one of his top advisers driving to his family home in the middle of a lockdown, he is hoping with the gradual reopening of the economy people will be behind him more than they have in. They have been. There is a big figure in terms of euro area inflation close to zero which will put pressure on the ecb to act next week. Tom no question that disinflationary tendency of may with every indication will migrate into june. The jobs report front and center a week from today. Now, our first word news. Ritika in minneapolis, the third night of violent protests over the death of george floyd, a black man who died in police custody. Protesters torched a Police Station and businesses were burned. Moved to other cities. On twitter, President Trump blasted the mayor of minneapolis , called the rioters bugs, gs, and threatened to call in the national guard. The president signed an executive order to
Exceptionally good guests this hour, and we will begin with a moment. Haass in an extraordinary place we are in right now, waking up to the imagery of a darkened white house. The president choosing not to speak to the nation as wasnt dissipated last night. To the north across lafayette , a boarded hay adams. A fire in the historic st. Johns episcopal church, the church of the president s. Pew 54 is where they sit, although lincoln sat quietly in the back. The protestsct to in continental europe. Your thoughts on this file and we can. Jonathan i dont think anyone needs my personal thought, not from a journalist whos barely left his apartment in the last three months. I dont think theres much value protests in the europe in the United States. Theres a deep history in the United States. The plea unsettling to see the equity market emotionless against the backdrop of the weekend. Commentt uncomfortable beautifully, absolutely nails it. Alm iscomfortable c also in the fixed income space. It
The white house and the house of representatives seem to be in negotiation with the senate, a Republican Senate really stepping aside, and mr. Kudlow moving that forward. The oil story is absolutely remarkable, and perch yearly the confusion of the end of may futures, and over into the june futures as well. We are about ready on the spot market to get a 13 handle on west texas intermediate. Francine you are right, because of the change in futures contract, we could see heightened volatility in the next couple of days, starting from today. Lets get to first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana the white house and Democratic Leaders are close to agreeing on the next coronavirus eight. This measure would be up to 500 this next coronavirus aid bill. Formeasure would be hospitals and testing. Trying to free up cash for businesses, it will allow importers and manufacturers to delay payment for 90 days, this on many overseas products. But the move does not stop ongoing pun
The various heroic people working at mount sinai hospital, i am tom keene, Francine Lacqua in london. Cavendish,d to baron it is an interesting mix in the United Kingdom of the politics of the government and the fairly grim pandemic statistics. Seenine we also havent from Boris Johnson and a while, so the daily briefings are led by various cabinet ministers, and yesterday we had the further three weeks of lockdown expansion extended. As baroness cavendish was saying, maybe we need more testing. What the markets are looking at, they are looking through the number of cases that are slowly increasing in europe and still increasing in the u. S. , they are looking through the deaths and infected cases, and chinese gdp was horrific, the first contraction in a decade, and they are focusing on the positive. We could have a drug that is working, from gilead, and President Trump has given a timeline and thought on how the economy could reopen. Tom i really want to emphasize, every politician in