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Is putting money on hold we have a packed show for you today but lets start by tracking the coronavirus. The global the toll for the crown a virus now at nearly 20000 with more than 430000 come from cases the World Health Organization recommended 6 actions that all government should take to prevent the spread of the coven 19 birds expire on. Your who is clear and probably go to work force and. Implement a system to fly every suspect to a community level. Production capacity. Of testing. For the i didnt adopt coupons you need to see you will use to treat. Patients the last 2 actions were to develop a clear plan for those who are quarantined and then refocusing government on suppressing the virus well europe still the epicenter of the covert 19 as italy saw an increase once again in its death toll this after 2 similar days of numbers suggesting that the worst may not be over for the country spain also recorded a higher number of deaths with a total of 3434 this is the 2nd highest death t
To address the economic fall out from this and what the fed is looking forward to more greatly address the mainstream issues here the fed is focused on trying to get trade going smoothly markets functioning smoothly especially in the treasury and fixed income markets but bringing rate dous down to try o help where it can. Theres very little Economic Activity lower rates will not be of tremendous help. The best the fed can do is try to make markets function more smoothly what the white house can do, what the fiscal side can do is address more in a detailed way, in a more pinpointed way the economic pain that individual industries and individual workers will feel. All right well be looking for those, the targeted and targeted measures this afternoon thanks thats going to do it for us lets get to the judge in the half thank you. Welcome to the Halftime Report so good to have you with us today. Were trying to make sense of all of this. Our show will look differently in the days ahead. Our
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The pass 700 meters up on a road often used by the Tour De France cyclist but he certainly didnt have to pedal the new audi as q. A. To get up here to the ends stands for the sportiness provided by a whopping 435 horsepower and now klaus is going to give us a little sample on some mail involved. Traditionally audi only hangs the s. Badge on it sports models but this is a good sized s. U. V. Can it really deliver what wed expect from a true s. Model. But i dont close admits right off that an audi q 8 is a hefty car but this is the class more and more buyers are going for it offers lots of room and lots of comfort now theyre offering more its. And this one the s. Q. L. And sporting as to the equation if hes going to say if it adds up i have this guide that i would tell my mother. And terms of performance against q. H. 320. 00 kilowatts definitely qualify as a sports car at least from 0 to 100 Kilometers Per Hour inches 4. 8 seconds. Is own food doesnt come from a gasoline engine but from