Host lets start off with the role of the Inspector General. One of the best parts of what is going on now is most people have no idea what the Inspector General is. They are a unique role that was established during the 1970s in andonse to Financial Issues perceptions of financial mismanagement in executive agencies by congress. A series of laws were passed that dealt with ways to reduce waste. Established the first 12 Inspector Generals. Of clearing fraud, waste, and abuse was one aspect. They were to look at the economy and efficiency of federal agencies. There are now 75 inspectors general. They look at three different functions they fulfill in agencies. One that has been getting all the press is investigation. That is not looking at wrongdoing. Refer cases to the department of justice. The second is financial auditing. A big part of the actual motivations for the act in the beginning. Finding better use of funds and ways to improve internal controls and improve Financial Management
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At 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Major retailer reportedly ready to file for bankruptcy. Commerce secretary wilbur ross will join me in 30minutes time. Markets look like this, fractional gain at the start of trading, dow industrials up 13 points and s p half a point and s p nasdaq up in 22. Dow trails finishing up 377 points, the nasdaq was up 32. Headed for third consecutive week of declines. Controversy is growing in general flynn case. Calling for fbi report that officials claim have vanished. Mornings with maria live. Global markets look higher across the board. Cac quarante is up 34 and dax index in germany up 179. Bank of england governor Andrew Bailey says negative rates are not being considered this following comment of jay powell this week and Germany Economy shrinking 2. 2 in the First Quarter. In asia markets were mixed. More signs of slowdown in china overnight. Retail sales there for the month of april were out, they were down 7 and a half percent. Then there was industrial output s
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Eastern on cspans q a. The numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Million cases of coronavirus, and the global death toll now in excess of 312000 in 188 countries and regions. Fromorter joining us wellington, new zealand. Good sunday evening to you, where you are at this morning. Thank you for joining us. Guest thank you for having me. Host can you give us a sense of what has happened in new zealand . I know the country was quick to respond and quick to reopen. Guest thats right. No country can say conclusively that they have [inaudible] thewe have contained Community Transmission of the virus. In march, when they realized there was a spread, there was a plan to lock down the country and new zealand was put into a onemonth strict lockdown. Some of the toughest measures globally, really, people locked in their homes for a month. It is a few factors, basically. It was decisive leadership by the Prime Minister, the geographic advantage new zealand has of being one of the southernmo