Drastic measures to combat the coronavirus are forcing dramatic changes across the country. Well bring you the very latest this morning. Our guest the fema administrator now spear heading the nations response. And new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Plus, two former members of trumps Homeland Security team, tom bossert and Kevin Mcaleenan and dr. Jennifer ashton what you need about the pandemic. And Chris Christie and rahm emanuel are handling a nation in crisis. From abc news, its this week, here now coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning and thanks for joining us this sunday. As we come on the air this morning, alarming and sobering numbers from across the globe. There are now more than 300,000 confirmed cases worldwide and more than 13,000 deaths from coronavirus. And in the u. S. , there are now over 26,000 cases and at least 340 have died. New york, the city that never sleeps has gone quiet. Now the epicenter of this crisis with more than 12,000 confirmed cases, one of least five stat
Guys, that interview with barry right now makes you feel better. Gives you hope i think its important to he hear, are stocks cheap yes. Is the system working . Yes. Is the opportunity going to be great if the countrys locked down no so whats important is to find out where the country is fiscally thats why its important to speak to the treasury secretary. Yeah. The concerns that we had yesterday continue to be the concerns we have today, which is about businesses forced to potentially suffer significant financial damage as a result of being closed or having no customers. And what that will mean. Liquidity is always an issue it does seem to be not in the treasuries where we have seen illliquidity that scared people moving into credit, which we need to focus on huge repricings. The cost of capital has gone up for corporate america. You can provide people money, but those people dont want to go out we are a service economy, twothirds of our country is service. What do we do when you get mo
Joined by the star of the new show dave, lil dicky is here. Also on tonights episode, Bernie Sanders isnt going anywhere. Toilet paper could get you killed and joe biden is sick of your shit. So lets catch up on todays headlines. All right, so look, normally we would catch up on all of the headlines from around the world. You know, maybe we what talk about Harvey Weinstein getting 23 areas in prison. cheers and applause we can talk about the Supreme Court for giving President Trump a victory on immigration. But today theres only onestory the entire world is talking about, the coronavirus, aka covid19, aka mum bo number death. laughter it is now in 110 countries with over 122,000 confirmed cases and it it looks like its only getting worse. The World Health Organization told officially designating coronavirus as a global pan demic. Congress inhouse doctor told capitol hill staffers at a closed door meeting he expects 75 to 150 Million People in the United States to contract the coronavir
Shery President Trumps impeachment moves forward. The house formally notifies the senate but a trial could begin tuesday. Lots of headlines to digest today. Australian markets have just opened. How are they reacting . Sophie investors probably liking to play defensive today. Nudging slightly higher belittle change as it is looking to crack the 7000 level. Futures looking elsewhere just nudged slightly higher at the start of cash trade. Youre keeping an eye on resource stocks. We had would side an update. The Energy Player expecting growth on energy and liquid production and aluminum minors in view as well. Deal isng the new trade the best catalyst for demand. Lets address the board to check in on currencies. We are seeing steady currency markets just below 110. Trading near a july high. Dollar not budging much. Bond moves to the upside. 10 year yield on the upside. Back to the aussie dollar, i just want to highlight the snapshot. It is unlikely that they will be shifting their position
Im nick spicer welcome to the program the Ukrainian Government and russian backed separatists have completed a major Prisoner Exchange among those released are captives held by both sides since hostilities broke out in 2014 the swap follows an agreement between russia and ukraine reached earlier this month in talks brokered by germany and france. Home for the new year dozens of joyful reunion splayed out on the quay of airports tama many of the captives hadnt same friends or family for years on hand a visibly moved president flaw to me is a lenski he greeted the exchange during talks with russias fled he made putin earlier this month. As we deliver on our promises to each so these people will celebrate new year with their loved ones with their parents and children at home just each night. And this is the moment prisoners were afraid earlier on sunday russian backed separatists late ukrainian prisoners go at a checkpoint in the countrys aist the men were lined up to be collected by the