Protesters torched government buildings. Is the market already starting to price in his departure . Less than half an hour away from the european open and i am not sure if we will see ripples from brazil although that story is important and fascinating. Take a look at futures, up across the board here. This is after we had new records in the u. S. Yesterday, gains in youn stocks as well and so see european futures gaining here. Also take a look at the bund trade. We have the yield coming off fairly substantially so investors are buying german debt right now im a pushing the 0. 8. Down to zero blowing out the u. S. German spread. Pretty ridiculous, our guests said as the german yields need to come up. That is definitely not happening today. The li na. That is something to talk about having an impact on the euro rates as well. Greece is on offer. Look at the Greek Stock Market down 2 . Youve equities broadly bid. The bloomberg dollar index is down by. 2 of 1 and the yen is often the euro
Me next. Plus, back on the trail, President Trump ramps up visits to swing states to win reelection and escalate a fight over mail in voting as joe biden is on defense over a new controversial comment. One contender to be his running mate congresswoman val demings will join us. Hello, im dana bash in for jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is remembering our dead. Today a memorial day weekend like no other, honoring those who gave their lives fighting for this country as we approach 100,000 americans dead from the coronavirus, an unimaginable toll visualized. In three months the coronavirus killed more than the vietnam war, river lungwar revolutionary war. Steven hahn said quote the coronavirus is not yet contained, social distancing hand washing and Wearing Masks protect us all. President trump spent time saturday tweeting and golfing at his club in virginia and all 50 states are partially reopened in some ka passionty to ease the pain. 40 million americans lost the
Overall line is still good. The 109 families that lost a loved one, they are in our thoughts and prayers. What does the governor do on memorial day weekend . People ask me all the time, what do you do . What does a governor do on memorial day weekend . You go to the beach. Thats what a governor does. He brings his friends. Im here with my friends today. So were at the beach. Beaches in new york state, state beaches are open. Jones beach, robert moses beach, campgrounds, rv parks are open tomorrow. Were excited about that we remind all new yorkers to be smart in what theyre doing. Were now decidedly in the reopening phase. We have been following the numbers from day one. Not emotions. Following the science not the politics. This is not a political ideology question. This is a Public Health question. Its about a disease. Stopping the disease. Stopping the spread of the disease. Thats science. Its not politics. We have all the numbers posted for all regions in the state. We want people to
White house Senior Adviser Kevin Hassett joins me, next. Plus back on the trail. President trump ramps up visits to swing states hell need to win reelection and escalates a fight over mailin voting as likely opponent joe biden is on defense over a new controversial comment. One contender to be his running mate, congresswoman val demings, will join us. Hello, im dana bash in for jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is remembering our dead. Today a memorial day weekend like no other, honoring those who gave their lives fighting for this country as we approach 100,000 americans dead from the coronavirus, an almost unimaginable toll visualized on the front page of this mornings new york times. In just over three months the virus has killed significantly more americans than the vietnam war, the revolutionary war, the war of 1812, the iraq war, and the war in afghanistan, combined. As the u. S. Approaches this grim milestone, Many Americans are making this unofficial start
Damage is far from over. So is your Information Safe . It is all happening now. We begin with this a fox news alert, President Trump kicking off a busy week at the white house with the visit from the crown prince of abu dhabi just days before the president leaves for his first overseas trip to saudi arabia, arabia, jerusalem and rome. Welcome to the second hour of happening now, i am jon scott. Heather im Heather Childers in for jenna lee, nice to be here, busy day to say the least. We are also awaiting the Daily White House briefing from sean spicer as political fallout continues after the firing of fbi director james comey. Jon chief intelligent correspondent Catherine Herridge has more on the search for comeys replacement but we begin with kevin corke at the white house to tell us about the president s upcoming trip. Good afternoon, youre right, and waiting for what the president ready for his overseas visit, he has a massive amount of work to get done not only internationally but d