We welcome you to this primetime edition of the washington journal. With the senate back in session today, we will talk to a leading vaccine expert from newton, massachusetts. Later, we will examine some of the new side effects from this virus. We hope you join in on the conversation. Our phone lines are open. If you live in the eastern or central time zone. For those of you out west if you are a medical professional, we would love to hear from you. Good monday evening. Thank you for being with us. Lookgin as we always do, at the numbers from Johns Hopkins university. Now around the world, the number of coronavirus cases approaching 3. 6 million in 187 countries and regions. The death toll has exceeded 251,000 around the globe. Joining us from massachusetts is dr. Mark poznansky, director of the vaccine and Immunotherapy Center at mass general hospital. I want to begin with the headline today from the new york times. As states moved to reopen, at least one model predicting the u. S. De
The cac is up by three quarters of a percentage point. Italian stocks up by 1 . The dax and ftse both up by a third of a percentage point. If you look at crude oil prices, there was some additional pressure that came into this on some libyan output recovering from a technical issue at an oil field that has concerns about whether opec and all of the production halts that the production cuts they continued will really be that effective. Things are picking thank you morning. Starting at the base of 48. 61. Breaking news for you. U. S. Paints maker Ppg Industries will not make a bid for akzo nobel after several informal offers have been rejected. Under dutch law ppg cannot approach akzo nobel for another six months. A check on shares of both of those companies. Akzo nobel down by a point and a half. Ppg unchanged at the moment. Thats the one to watch later today. On todays agenda, Dollar General reporting before the open. Broadcom and lululemon are out after the close. A ton of data throug
Jefferson, roosevelt and lincoln are going to get a very different treatment tonight than they have been in recent weeks. Of the president delivering remarks, a fireworks display a flyover from blue angels and probably protesters as well. All of this ahead of major fourth of july events planned this weekend and demonstrations in seattle, los angeles, boston and the Nations Capital where the president has a message for would be monument vandals. The earth of every american child. Thats what we have is the American Dream. Nobody is going to chatter the American Dream. Not the anarchists, not agitators, not the tools, not looters. They are not going to have any impact on the National Dream. Griff this has House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy says its time to protect statues. The mobs of democrats encourage destroy property. They threaten and sometimes even attack citizens innocent citizens. I will be introducing legislation to withhold funding from states and cities whose leaders fail to
Opening back up the empire state when stayathome orders expire on may 15th, steve. Steve thats right, ainsley. Meanwhile in boston, hundreds seen storming the state house demanding the governor there to reopen the economy. Listen to this. [chanting] end the shutdown now. Hey hey, ho ho, end the shutdown now. Hey hey, ho ho. Steve meanwhile as you can see there a golf course in the massachusetts commonwealth there defying the states stayathome orders by reopening, brian. Brian right. They are using golf carts. The senate is back at work. Already arguing with each other. The they are not coming back to work for a week. Griff jenkins live in washington with the new dispute on capitol hill. Griff, friction in congress . Since when . Griff shocking. Brian, ainsley, steve, good morning. The first time they are back in full session since march 25th. One thing back to normal mcconnell and schumer immediately clashing filling more judges in the administration in the safety of their return. Watc
If somebody does something for you, you say thank you. Somebody did something for you. Im embarrassed for that father that he didnt have the decency to say thank you, mr. President. A federal judge in california has permanently blocked President Trumps executive order defunding sanctuary cities. [explosion] whats you trying to do. Steve it is a tuesday, kind of like a wednesday. Tomorrow is wednesday. Everybody is off on thursday. Its the shortest workweek day of the entire calendar. Ainsley im thrilled because we have a cornucopia here. I have been dying to use that word. Brian what makes it a cornucopia . Steve the copia part. Ainsley whats the copia part. Brian corn, copia makes it a cornucopia. If you flipped on the news yesterday, you know its almost impossible to write down the news as fast as it is coming out and reiterate the news. I watched shannon breams show last night. Ainsley you were up late. Brian i lifnsd to the repeat on the way in. Steve did it change . Brian a lot of