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Also his rhetoric reiterated when it comes to china, saying china should have kept the virus where it was and could have stopped this virus spread. These are the latest lines coming through, the president saying trump the u. S. Can deal with the flareups. We are seeing with stocks we are basically coming off some of the lows but still heading lower today, u. S. Futures extending losses to more than 1 now. Jakarta coming online. We have a Bank Indonesia decision today, expect some type of rate cut. When it comes to india we are watching the standoff on the border with china. Besides continue to talk. They are pledging to deescalate after the deadly clashes. Here is what we are watching out for, not a lot of catalysts. Looking at the dollar, it is very much on the stronger side and youre seeing the likes of the aussie dollar reacting to those unemployment numbers which was a big miss. U. S. 10year yield, seeing bonds that are up as well and the china 10year yield is what we are watching
To get into longterm investments and later on, a staggering stat that youve got to hear around netflix that stock continues to be bought as we all binge watch tv. We are going to get to all of that, but weve got to get to breaking news that is important on the virus, and it is also moving the market after hours. Gilead sciences shares they are surging on some very promising drug news. Lets get right now to meg tirrell with more on this big story. Meg . Hi, brian this is breaking news from stat news basically, they got a glimpse from one of the hospitals thats running remdesivir at the university of chicago. Essentially what they saw in video communication with the faculty members there is on the report of the Clinical Trial it sounds like the patients according to them are making rapid recoveries at least in terms of their fever and respiratory symptoms and reported nearly all patients discharged in less than a week this is not controlled Clinical Trial data and we expect to see the fi
And that we agreed on them. I just want to take a minute to read our initial finding because i think its important and its its its a key starting place for us. The d. T. X. Rail Program Offers critical mobility value to the bay areagilroysacramento by area and country. And it should continue to be pursued with important advancements on accountability and services should be realized at Salesforce Transit Center as soon as possible. This took a little bit of time to craft, and i just wanted to read it to this board to underscore the effort and commitment by the panel, that we are committed to this pan project. That was the basis for which we kicked off this panel. So with that, a few of the consensus recommendations that i just wanted to highlight for you today. And director chang mentioned this in her opening remarks. You know, this is a project, right or wrong, that has been seen as a San Francisco project, and i think as as has been rielted, it is more than that. It is a it is a regio
Alternatives. So as that conversation continues, i think this authority, Transbay Joint Powers Authority it continue working at a state level to see if we can participate in some of those discussions. Good point. Any final questions . Thank you very much for the update. Appreciate it. Next item or public comment. Weve got public comment. Clerk weve got roland lebrun. So thanks again. Let me start with the central valley. In europe, it would never be a highspeed lines, because theyre highspeed, they never, ever bisect. Next, i will be talking just not just about the r. C. P. , but about funds. Im going to talk about legislation. Prop 1 is codified in streets and highways section 2104. The first violation of this plan, is section 2704. 04, which specifies that another [inaudible] and operate a system that complies with prop 1a, including operating highspeed trains without an operating subsidy. Specific section cpuc section 185032, subsection b. In closing, the next step, my suggestion is