Will be relevant and effective over the coming decade and in 2030 . To answer these questions, we will begin with framing remarks from nato secretary general. Then my wonderful colleague in brussels nadia chickova will moderate a conversation with the secretary general. She will start with fred and me and then take questions from you. Fred will then close us out. Now, a word about eye an stoltenberg, the secretary general of nato. At a time when citizens in nato countries are looking for leadership, they need look no further than nato headquarters where secretary general stoltenberg is providing strong principled and decisive leadership. It is my sincere pleasure to welcome jens stoltenberg, native secretary general to the state, mr. Secretary general over to you. Good afternoon from brussels. And good morning to karen and fred in washington and welcome to all who are following us online. Last december nato leaders asked me to make our Strong Alliance even stronger. By making sure we a
European central bank announced a 750000000000. 00 euro package to mitigate the Economic Impact of the coronavirus meanwhile oil rebounded more than 20 percent after reaching the lowest level in 18 years this was the best day on record for oil there of course huge year to date losses still here there is so much to get the lets bring in who must cohost christiane who joins us from Los Angeles Christy what is happening in markets today. Well brant the 1st sentiment every morning still seems to be to sell everything although this morning was the 1st time in a week that there was no overnight limit up or down trying to hold in the s. And p. Futures perhaps it is the case that systematic funds now have little left to sell nearly 2600 of the 3100 n. Y. S. E. Names are currently on the short sell restricted list and were now approaching quad witching friday tomorrow which has historically resulted in increased volatility so the question is what did that people sell into well at the center of
Quarantines and social. Now becoming the norm streaming sites like netflix have seen their viewership skyrocket but could this traffic pose a problem amid efforts to combat cope with 19 we have a jam packed show today so lets go and dive right in. And markets throughout the west have bounced back lightly after taking a drubbing this week in the u. S. President donald trump is continuing to say hes working to stabilize the economy but working with congress to provide major additional relief to the workers Small Businesses and the hardest hit industries we want to make sure that everybody is able to continue on so that when we recover all of these companies and these. Great business is very very small and very very large its not going to be broken up and you have to put it back together that would take a long time and in europe most indices closed up around 3 percent after the europeans. Announced a 750000000000 euro package to mitigate the Economic Impact of the coronavirus meanwhile oi
European central bank announced a 750000000000. 00 euro package to mitigate the Economic Impact of the coronavirus meanwhile oil rebounded more than 20 percent after reaching the lowest level in 18 years this was the best day on record for oil there of course huge year to date losses still here there is so much to get the lets bring in who must cohost christiane who joins us from Los Angeles Christy what is happening in markets today. Well brant the 1st sentiment every morning still seems to be to sell everything although this morning was the 1st time in a week that there was no overnight limit up or down trying to hold in the s. And p. Futures perhaps it is the case that systematic funds now have little left to sell nearly 2600 of the 3100 and why ac. Names are currently on the short sell restricted list and were now approaching quad witching friday tomorrow which has historically resulted in increased volatility so the question is what did that people sell into well at the center of
A vast area of australias east coast, including sydney, is facing some of the worst threats from bushfires the country has ever seen. There are dozens of blazes across New South Wales and queensland. Authorities have predicted catastrophic conditions on tuesday. A state of emergency has been declared in both states. The head of the Rural Fire Service has warned that the fire danger will increase in the coming hours. We still have 52 fires burning gcioss we still have 52 fires burning across New South Wales. 30 of those are uncontained, and weve got 13 at watch and act alert level. We are certainly starting to see an increase in fire activity, and therefore the fire danger is increasing accordingly. The reality is conditions will simply continue to get worse and to deteriorate over the coming hours, and particularly into this afternoon, when the combination of the hotter temperatures, the drier atmosphere and the strengthening winds all come together to drive fire behaviour. 0ur corresp