Down 24 from the peak, and apple as well. This is been a rolling story there is noday and other topic on wall street. Futures down 1. 7 and deteriorating. We will be looking at that all morning. Francine lets get to first word news with leighann gerrans. Bloomberg has learned President Trump has discussed putting up 100 million of his own fortune for his reelection campaign. It would be unprecedented for an incumbent president putting up his own money to win a second term. Joe buddens campaign and other democratic entities have been raising more money than the Trump Campaign in recent months. Joe bidens campaign and other democratic entities have been raising more money than the Trump Campaign in bismuth. Theriticized joe biden for decision that the fda, which would approve fx income is operating free of political pressure. Biden is demanding transparency from the government while it studies the vaccines. President trump is vowing to sharply scale back u. S. Economic ties with china, t
Im Francine Lacqua. The focus is on the markets. There was the rally we talked about, now a bit of a correction. Certainly it started in the u. S. If you look at u. S. Futures, they are gaining. European stocks are pretty much flat. There are much more concerns, which led to the selloff about the second wave of infections, but also the prospect of a protracted american recovery that seems to be easing treasuries. The other things i wanted to show you, because there is u. K. E. U. Negotiations on brexit, but also the u. K. Economy shrinking a record 20. 4 in april as businesses and workers reeled under lockdown. You can see pound 126. 1 he five. 126. 125. Ave experts will have expert data analysis. Heres dani burger. Dani the Global Economy is recovering slower thanvw expectd and will bear lingering scars from the coronavirus pandemic. Thats according to the International Monetary fund. The imf is set to release its growth projections june 24 and they are likely to be worse than the 3 c
But im good and im back. Tom we are thrilled that you are back, and this illness is something, whether it is the flu or covid or whatever. Betsy grace at Morgan Stanley yesterday, and she said she is focused on the original moment we had in earnings yesterday. We will see that with j. P. Morgan and wells fargo. As you mention in your opening, the major thrust here, country to country come is on lockdown, and if and when anybody can really wish country to country, is on lockdown, and if anybody can relinquish the quarantine on society. Francine we will have a full round down rundown on the possibility of a vaccination, but we are nowhere near that yet. We also have to look at antibody testing. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana President Donald Trump hopes to reopen the u. S. Ahead of schedule. The president saying within days the administration will issue guidance for governors who want to relax social distancing practices. The pres
About 8, 9 days ago. In intensive care units for a couple of days and then he gave a press conference two days ago where he seemed more emotional than usual saying it could have gone either way and he really thanked nhs staff he said were by his bedside 24 hours a day. When you look at the response of the u. K. Compared to other countries, certainly in europe, it has been quite different. The Prime Minister many times has had to do a uturn on what he initially talked about, which was a herd immunity and then he said he would not close schools that they are closed. Theres a lot of speculation going around about what they will do next, whether they will extend the lockdown but also make the lockdown that much harder. Tom we will continue our discussion on this today. We will be speaking to nursing professionals at the Johns Hopkins university. Right now with our news in new york city, here is viviana. Viviana donald trump and how he feels about reopening the country. President says the g
We will be speaking to. When we could start to get a vaccine. We hear there are some in clinical trials, wondering if perhaps that is the next hope to look forward to. Francine from the conversations i have had, and they are very preliminary, it looks like a vaccine will be a couple years away unless they can speeded up. But there seemed to be three drugs that are working and fighting it off once you catch the coronavirus. We will delve deeper and see if it will make or break drug companies. Lets get to first word news with viviana hurtado. Viviana we begin with President Trump, who did a 180 on the coronavirus p he now says it is so bad, it may drive the economy into recession. He tried the president spent weeks minimizing the impact, which led state and local into the initiative to take a response. The republicancontrolled chamber will take up a house bill. It includes paid sick leave and now to the french president , Emmanuel Macron, who told the french people, we are at war. The fr