Top producers consider even deeper output curves. Shinzo abes state of emergency now covers the whole of japan after critics said his initial virus response offered to little, too late too little, too late. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the jobless rate coming in at 3. 8 . As expected, a rebound from the previous month of february. February was a 3. 3 . In the month of march coming in at 3. 8 . In line with estimates but still a rebound. Of course, we have seen weakness in retail and hospitality, employment, given this coronavirus pandemic. The government has tried to create jobs and that has helped the economy. They of course have already passed a 10 billion extra budget, but we are now seeing the jobless rate climbing to 3. 8 . This as president moon jaein has called for more aggressive measures on job creation. Of course, moons Ruling Democratic Party of korea just won the implementer elections. Take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. We are se
Expected to be leak at best. We are joined by the imf mission chief later this summer. Shinzo abe widens the state of emergency to cover the country after critics said his initial plan offered too little, too late. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of the markets closing in the u. S. Markets finishing in the green after fluctuating all day. President trump mapping out a phased country reopening amid economic numbers. U. S. Futures higher by 2. 8 . President trump saying some states may be able to open before may 1. The dow jones up. 1 in the regular session. We had some big banks like Morgan Stanley showing the best performance in more than a decade. We saw a selloff in airlines stocks, United Airlines saying travel demand was essentially zero. We did get more than 5 million americans filing for unemployment benefits. The nasdaq managed to end higher by 1. 7 . Take a look at what oil is doing gaining ground at the moment after finishing under the 20 per barrel level also up
Coronavirus. Well have live coverage here on cspan3 wednesday afternoon at 2 30 p. M. Eastern. It will also be online at cspan. Org and you can also listen live on the free cspan radio app. Today, federal Health Officials answered questions. Good morning. The committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will please come to order. I have one goal today and that is Accurate Information. Accurate information that can help americans understand what they should do about the coronavirus and Accurate Information to help members of congress to decide what else we ought to be doing about the coronavirus. Around the world, the spread of the Novel Coronavirus is alarming. 90,000 cases in 65 countries, 3,000 deaths according to the World Health Organization. But most people in the United States are at low risk. Here is what the New York Times said on its front page two days ago on sunday in describing the situation in our country. Quote, much about the coronavirus remains unclear and it is
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That i do not think we have ever seen before a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws and to protect and defend the constitution this president has attacked each of the constitutions safeguards against establishing a monarchy in this country in the simplest possible terms the president put his personal game ahead of the National Security interest its better to be on t. V. Than by for being the 4th scholar said if trump had tried to force ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid it would be impeachable but the scholar wednesdays sole republican witness testified the case against trump has not been proven this would be the 1st impeachment in history where there would be considerable debate in my view not compelling evidence of the commission of a crime more than a dozen white house and state department professionals have testified that trump used the power of his office to pressure ukraine to open an investigation