The crown a virus has infected more than 2400000 people globally its taken more than 160000 lives while some countries are seeing a flattening curve others are still seeing a surge in new cases coppa 19 has infected more than 766000 americans while deaths in the u. S. Have top 40000 new york state which is finally seeing a drop in new cases announced that its going to begin aggressive statewide Antibody Testing this week protests continue across the u. S. Over shelter in place orders amid pressure on governors to reopen local economies at sundays briefing president said hell use the defense production act to increase manufacturing of testing swabs while working with governors to reopen their economies are with the governors doing a better job than others the robust capacity that weve brought online will empower governors to deploy sophisticated strategies so they can safely reopen their states. Some people believe in. Play and other people believe in it less strongly but still its a ve
There was a hiccup or real problem with finalizing the the United States now has more coronavirus cases than any other country in the world contract he wrote as usual, with this quickly approachi inin ining 10 general motor, things just never seem to work out they said they were going to give us 40,000 much needed ventilators very quickly boeing said that coming up in now they are saying it will only be 6,000 in late april and they want top dollar always a mess with mary b. The show, well speak to slack ceo about the surge in working being mary barra, ceo of general remotely how his company may integrate with a major competitor to make motors and invoke p the defense production act working from home easier it has been one of the rare basically, he can sign it. Winners in this overall market sell off gm and vent tech within an hour lets focus in on the big stories we are watching at this hour or two of that tweet going out kayla has the latest on the announce d they have a deal rescue p
But how exactly can they get that done . We speak with former ge vice chairman bob lutz in a moment. It and cnbcs coverage of the coronaVirus Outbreak begins right now. Good morning and welcome, im Courtney Reagan live in times square we begin with breaking news. Stocks set to fall at the open at futures overnight hitting their limit down levels once again. We are well off the session lows at the moment. Dow jones industrial average indicated lower to the tune of 1100 points, the nasdaq down by 213 points lets check in on the etfs that track the major averages remember, these are not subject to those limit downs the dow etf is indicating a drop of 3. 75 the spy down by 3 the qqq, that tracks the nasdaq, down by almost 3 . Lets take a look at whats going on in the fixed income market and take a look at treasuries this is a closely watched barometer of everything going on with the economy and the markets. The yield on the tenyear note is sitting at 0. 38 . A rough morning in energy. Gaso
That seems to have worked because the dow which had been limit down has now bounced back and at the opening bell, we may be up 400 points. The dow will be up significantly at the opening bell. Same story with the s p and also with the nasdaq. Now, treasury secretary mnuchin, he says the Federal Reserve will have 4 trillion for loans to businesses. He says theres more where that came from and if congress doesnt get something going real fast, then they will go back to congress for more and he says the fed will provide any amount that is needed. Thats what the fed is doing right now. Thats the market. Thats the fed. Thats whats going on in congress. Now look at the price of oil. That has been a problem for American Energy producers and right now, weve got oil all the way down in the low 20s. Thats a continuing problem for texas, north dakota and for the Energy Producers and these energy stocks. How about the price of gas . That is absolutely tumbling. The National Average all the way down
Activity as Economic Activity grinds to a halt here in the u. S. , the white house calling for half a trillion dollars in direct payments to taxpayers and says we could see bailouts for airlines, hotels, and cruise industries, all the sectors getting crushed in todays market and crude oil down a staggering 23 . Now trading just above 20 a barrel we have every angle covered for you. Bob pisani is on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Kayla is in washington with the response to lawmakers. And were covering the latest on the virus itself bob, first to you on another roller coaster ride today here at the Stock Exchange. We have a quiet morning i say relatively quiet, it was down 6 tach take a look at the s p i urge you to watch it emotionally. He said we need a 30spring break. This slow rollout of a shutdown is not working market dropped quickly to the lows of the day. We hit the Circuit Breaker at 12 50 eastern time, 15minute pause. We reopened. We have not dropped to the he second