And former Vice President joe biden getting tighter. The abc News Washington post survey of registered voters is a virtual dead heat with biden favored by 49 , trump by 47 . Those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 30th. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We do begin with help on the way for new york city. The u. S. Navy hospital ship comfort is set to arrive today in new york harbor equipped with 1,000 beds and a full medical staff. It will be used for noncovid19 patients to free up space in overwhelmed hospitals. The Javits Center in manhattan is opening its doors today with 3,000 beds on hand. In california the Los Angeles Convention center also serving as an overflow hospital as President Trump pushes back the deadline for social distancing. Abcs rachel scott has more. Reporter President Trump, who had hoped to get things back to normal by easter, now extending the voluntary National Guidelines until april 30th. Nothing would be worse than declaring vi
And the u. S. Is out with secretary pompeo showing they had intelligence showing there was going to be an imminent attack that justified this strike at an iraqi air base where Kassem Soleimani was believed to be coordinating the actions of the iranian officials in the country. David the ayatollah has said there would be serious repercussions for the United States. What is the United States doing to try to protect us against possible attack . Bill u. S. Has ordered americans in iraq to leave. It is bolstering security at key facilities. There are a lot of new potential targets for iran to strike out in the middle east. Dozens of military and civilian targets, as well as more soft targets, places like shopping malls and other soft targets in countries and the region. There is a lot for the u. S. State department and the department of Homeland Security to do in the u. S. Analysts are looking for a possible early reaction or response from iran to come on a cyber channel. Korea andith north
Nejra welcome. If you are a little bloated after all the christmas cheer, it is a little quiet in the moment. Under the surface you are seeing strength and china, weakness in japan. S p futures not giving us much of a direction. It has been a good month for equities. 3 . S p 500 gaining both benchmarks with double digit gains for 2019. Index onberg dollar its third day of decline. The pound is one of the best performers. Oil holding there a three month high. Lets turn to china. A senior chinese diplomat has suggested the u. S. Should honor its commitment to the one china policy as part of a phase i deal. Always the nation will implement what has been promised. The comments come as beijing and washington are working on the final details of the deal. China central bank is shifting to a march it marketbased system. Great to have you with us, christopher. I hope you had a good christmas. Turning to the low crime rate that is china now implementing. It is a sign of a liberalization of a sys
A postbrexit trade talk. Matt good morning, lets take a look at what you need to know this morning, starting with gold. It is on track for a fifth day of gains. Lets look at the nasdaq, why dont we . Yeartodate to date, hitting another alltime high. There you see gold. Actually down this morning. If it rises, it will be a fifth straight day. Interesting to look at u. S. Treasuries right now. We do have a story out on the bloomberg where Michael Kelly from pine bridge investment expects it to be up to. 5 in the spring. Almost 100 billion. Have to listen to what he says about the 10 year yield. In asia overnight we see gains in european futures. Tech shares is really the top headline. Amazon was among the top performers. It reported a recordbreaking Holiday Season. Bloombergs index of consumer comfort hit a nine week high on greater optimism about the economy. What do you think about all of the good news we have had on tech in the Holiday Season . Haseems like the growth expanded at a re
Us. I would like to acknowledge some very important people who are with us this evening. Matts parents, tim and debbie costello, and his wife, kristen. And the two most important, his two little wonderful kids, i guess they are at home, sophia and theodore. Welcomealso like to some members of the board of directors who are with us tonight. Nan stock. [applause] and bob mcgee. [applause] and we have two that are coming, Anita Mcbride and gail west. Both will be with us tonight. Steve strong is the national cochair of our white house, National Council on white house history. He and his wife andrea are here with us tonight. This is one of our most important groups here at the White House Historical association. Their support, their encouragement, their inspiration and their wisdom really puts the wind in the sails of so much of what we do. We are grateful to have you with us here tonight, steve. The program tonight, dr. Matt costello, is going to share with us about his brandnew book hot