The hardest hit nation is iran. Nearly 22 thousand people there have died from covid19. Spacex has placed 64 more satellites into orbit. A rocket took them into orbit from florida. It is the 12th the batch of satellites for the companys broadband network. Rocketalso recovered the booster with a controlled landing at sea. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 in new york 6 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 , a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets. In just a few moments, and inclusive interview with bill ackman of Pershing Square, an update on the spac and the market turmoil. Lets get to the markets. The vix today is above 30, the worst day for the nasdaq 100 so far since march. The nasdaq down 5 . The s p down 3. 5 . The dow down 2. 7 . Several individual companies have been doing extraordinarily well such as d
Mr. Secretary, please call the roll. [laughter]. Thank you, madame chair. Prior to calling roll, i would like to note that julie chang is sitting in as director. With that i will now proceed to call roll. Directors, please respond when i call your name. Chang present. E. Forbes present. M. Hursh present. B. Lipkin present. J. Tumlin present. Vice chair gee present. Chair sesay present. Secretary directors, we have a quorum. Chair sesay and secretary, if i may just a point of clarification, this is a regular meeting, not a special meeting, just a point of clarification for the record. Chair sesay thank you, i appreciate that. Secretary thank you. Directors, the next item, item 3, is communications. Wed like to provide further instructions for the Public Comment process. To provide Public Comment, callers should dial into the published number, 18552826330, and enter access code, 126 729 5295. Then pound and pound again and listen to the meeting. As they wait for Public Comment to be anno
From sydney, australia, where a mother whale was trying to protect her calf from a crowd of surfers. She had the perfect weapon, using her powerful tail to whip them out of the way. Turning now to the battle over protecting children when it comes to sending them back to school. Some Teachers Unions are saying even one case should be enough to shut down an entire school. It comes amid new questions about rapid testing. I spoke earlier with dr. Yvonne maldonado. Good morning, dr. Maldonado. Thank you for joining us. In a second test administered yesterday in columbus, ohios governor, mike dewine, has tested negative for covid19. Earlier in the day, before he had a scheduled meeting with President Trump, he had taken a rapid test, and he tested positive. What does this say about the Testing Process and the reliability of testing . We know that rapid tests are very good for screening large numbers of people. But that the pcr tests, which he took later, are much more sensitive and specific,
Health alert. The new warning about marijuana and your heart reboot burnout. More classic movies getting a modern makeover. Is hollywood out of ideas . A different kind of vetting. Joe biden spills a secret about the chevy corvette. Good friday morning, we begin with several developments in the coronavirus pandemic. Beginning with a new milestone. The u. S. Death toll has surpassed 160,000. A new model predicts that number could hit nearly 300,000 by december. Also breaking overnight, just hours after testing positive for coronavirus, a second test has revealed that Ohio Governor is negative. Or e qns abo the the Labor Department releases the monthly jobs report. Its expected to show job growth slowed down significantly. And theres more gridlock on capitol hill with no deal on a stimulus package. Reporter this morning, deaths from coronavirus in the United States have surpassed 160,000. One of those victims, a 7yearold boy from georgia. The states youngest person to die of the virus. D
Gender on legal documents. And where do the world wealthiest live a new report follow the money to reveal which countries have the most millionaires and the results might not come as a surprise. Im told me a lot of boy its good to have you with us the u. S. Supreme court has blocked congress from all taking President Trumps financial records for now but for federal prosecutors the court has paved the way to see trumps tax returns the rulings mean the public will most probably will not see the president s tax returns before the November November president ial election the justices ruled that a new york prostitute prosecutor can sub to see the president s tax returns manhattans District Attorney called the decision quote a tremendous victory for the u. S. Justice system. Donald trump has reacted to the rulings calling the proceedings a witch hunt the rulings were basically starting all over again selling everything back down to the lower courts in the story all over again and so from a c