Good evening welcome to newsnight for insights and interviews. The Prime Minister told us all today things will get worse before he said they would get better we already know that means tax rises, but well ask a labour Treasury Minister if it also means austerity is back in some form. Well ask what advice he has for a newsnight viewer whos nearly 80 and is having his winter fuel payment taken away, and we ask about accusations of cronyism. Is cronyism bad under a conservative government but ok under a Labour Government . Government but 0k under a Labour Government . Government but 0k under a Labour Government . Cronyism is something keir starmer government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made very government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made very clear government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made very clear he | keir starmer has made very clear h
Referendum. Army well into the sports news is the premier league faces more scrutiny over saudi arabias take over that you calls for united she was what she is now calling on the condition she would watch were called into account when considering whether to allow the deal to. Begin in the United States where President Donald Trump is due to give his 1st Coronavirus Taskforce Briefing Since april stooges start shortly at the white house america is the worst affected nation in the world with more than 140000 deaths and well over 3800000 cases but the countrys centers for Disease Control and prevention says the real number of cases in the u. S. Could be anywhere from 2 to 13 times higher than current reported Russias News Agency says california has now become the 2nd u. S. State after new york to report more than 400000 cases earlier the White House Press secretary revealed the president is tested several times a day the president is the most tested man in america and he says more than an
And illustrating how to get the message across we need artists highlighting the dangers of covert 19 and one of the worlds most crowded places. China is marking a significant milestone in its fight against covert 19 its reported no new deaths for 10 Straight Days and while that might offer Something College meant for other nations still in the grip of the pandemic that is persist over the accuracy of beijings figures in the 1st reported cases of the virus what in chinas was province in december and since then the Chinese Government has reported nearly 84000. 00 cases after no new deaths in recent days efficient death toll still stands at a little over 4601 province says it has cleared all critically ill patients but a study at the university of hong kong says the number of. Infected in the 1st wave of the outbreak may have been 4 times higher than official figures and researches say the true number could be even higher than those estimates in hong kong sarah clarke reports theres growi
I hope that you send him a dozen roses today because he will not be there to receive them. And you have the armani story. Everyone on global wall street must be focused this weekend on the soap opera going on. Banking is think left, right, and center. And i have a chart looking at the swiss franc. What it means for the further negative. But first, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with viviana hurtado. Begin with the coronavirus outbreak. It is getting tougher to gauge the true scope of it because china has provided the data that the death toll was lowered to less than 1400. Now there are more than 53,000 reported. U. S. Officials are stepping up criticism of chinas response. A stunning rebuke of President Trump from one of his most trusted cabinet numbers. William barr saying that tweets and remarks about going ongoing cases make his job impossible. Already vowed to veto a resolution to restrict his ability to wage war against iran. To be passed by the u. S. House, it
Cnbc interview with iac chairman barry diller we are higher be 0. 8 on the doubt stephanie link is here with us. Good afternoon. Thanks for having me. Good to see you as always. We shall rule off all the major at least, owned now that they seem behind you are theyre rallying and rallying hard apple is so incredibly impressive if that really is the case, we have up side to numbers for apple, and i think a lot of analysts will have to raise estimates. Its a great leadership group. It really is. Apple up 5. 2 so far in 2020. Lets fog focus in on the big stories. Were looking at what wall street is says courtney has a read on retail. Mike santoli has his market and if youre wonders what got us to the doorstep, not quite, its very simple. Its bigcap Technology Stocks apple a good part of the reason, moiismt the secondmost important, and, of course, a suite of semiconnect or stocks like nvidia. Tame, re that mean reversion trade . Center stocks rallied, why they were greatly beaten up. Thats