Times listen to this 5 times out of the last 9 days in fact its safe to say that when it comes to coronavirus cases we here in the United States we are clearly in a league of our own take a look at this chart see that chart right there what it does is it compares the caseload thats the red line in the United States to the blue line in europe and i want to show you a couple of things theres the peak for europe you see that right there thats when they started to take some measures to try and create lockdowns for example ours came here in the United States just a little bit after word whats fascinating is as theyre measures went down you can see that they pretty much broke the curve right they even the curve and it continues all the way to this day because theyre at 4000 a day in europe and its just now right here that theyre starting to finally make decisions to open things up again we here in the United States did things differently for exe. Sample right there toward the end of april th
Were following all those headlines. And this. While democrats are moving forward without republicans to get americans covid relief aid, the white house is ramping up vaccine efforts. The new plan, send Vaccine Doses to community pharmacies. Its an allout push to get ahead of more fastmoving variants. But first, we begin on capitol hill. Lauren fox is tracking the republican rift between trump loyalists, longstanding conservatives. Lauren, where do we stand . You have two politicians fate at stake here. Marjorie taylor greene, but also liz cheneys leadership position. Thats exactly right, jim. Last night, we should note, Kevin Mccarthy, the minority leader in the House Of Representatives sat down for an hourslong meeting with Marjorie Taylor greene to talk about her future. We are told that the minority leader is still undecided about whether or not she will keep her post. But essentially we are learning from that meeting that Marjorie Taylor greene did not apologize for the past statem
Points. Brent really rolling over by about 5 , much worse than wti. It is now a pure demand issue. You see equities taking it on the chin, as well as commodities. Time for todays top market moving news from new york and our london team. We want to begin in the u. S. Come over Senate Democrats blocked Mitch Mcconnells attempt to advance the coronavirus economic rescue package. Minneapolis fed president neel bloomberg the fed can do more to support the economy. We are being more aggressive. Is there more we can do . Yes. Is there more we may end up doing . Yes, but i feel we are being very aggressive. Alix joining me for more is Michael Mckee. Walk us through what he said, what more they can do, and what is going on in d. C. Michael jim bullard is the one who really scared the markets by saying a 30 Unemployment Rate and perhaps a 50 annualized decline in gdp during the Second Quarter. Morgan stanleys is the closest to that 30 , so he thinks things can be much worse. They still say the f
The us open. He is hardly a household name but he has had and is interesting journey. And matt taylor . If you are fed up of rain, more downpours to come, particularly for Eastern England tomorrow night. Where is the summer . I will tell you more in the next half an hour. Also coming up can you have a naughty corner in the oval office . It isa it is a fantastic financial statement. Lets do that over, he is coughing in the middle of my answer, i dont like that. If you get a cough, please leave the room. His views on germs are well known. Well tell you how the president reacted to that cough, during a television interview. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Boris johnsons campaign to become conservative leader and Prime Minister received a boost this morning with the endorsement of the Health Secretary, matt hancock, who said mrjohnson was best placed to re unite the fractured party. Matt hancock dropped out of the race last week. He made his announcement after the
Camaign for a confirmatory ballot. The London Bridge attacks. An inquest hears that chaos and confusion meant long delays in treating some of the injured. Iran warns it is about to breach a limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium, a year after the us withdrew from the nuclear deal. The Prime Minister launches plans to train every new teacher in england to spot the Early Warning signs of mental illness. And andy murray tells the bbc hes pain free ahead of his return to competitive tennis in the doubles event at queens. Good afternoon. The contenders to become conservative leader, and Prime Minister, have been making their case on brexit and other issues at a hustings with westminster journalists, ahead of a second ballot of mps tomorrow. Borisjohnsons campaign was given a boost by the endorsement of the Health Secretary matt hancock, who dropped out of the race last week. But his rivals have criticised him for his absence at todays hustings, and also from last nights televised debate