255,000 people now dead. China hits back at u. S. Criticism saying the Trump Administration is lying. U. S. we are seeing futures flat at the moment after stocks gained for two consecutive sessions. We have seen sentiment being boosted as economies move towards easing the lockdown, cautionary comments from fed officials cutting the gains in half. Health care, utilities and games cut in half area energy was a gainer. Look at wti, adding to the gains of the regular session in new york. It had gained 20 , at the moment above 25 a barrel, the highest in over two weeks and the longest winning streak in nine months. Production is starting to ease. Walked up being felt across markets. Lockdowns being felt across markets. Wedi there is the sense dont know what is going on and price this market we are seeing . Lets get over to our next guest. Times,e unprecedented earnings for the companies that are still giving earnings, is pretty unreliable. What metrics do we go by in terms of pricing and va
Yielding back below 1. 6 and below at 1. 957 well get january retail data coming up at 10 30 eastern time expecting an increase of 0. 3 . February read on Consumer Sentiment due after the opening bell bit of a light day on earnings well hear from Canopy Growth. See how high they go joe is giving me a look. Leisman is writing your jokes now . Astrazeneca ceo joins us live we start with coronavirus and viral video. I want a new name. It is in all of our minds now. Those numbers, 17,000. Well have azar on today i dont think it is surprising i think we thought for a long time it was really underreported or unable to track the things ill ask alex later is what i asked the gentleman yesterday heading up some of the efforts in new york city, are we preparing for testing people if it comes to that . I dont want to think it will come to that because it will mean in this country we need to test people. I hope it doesnt. The official from here in new york city, i didnt like his answer get test ki
Became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just a year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thcs related to illicit vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond more broadly to the vaping issues were dealing with in the u. S. Host and the Administration Starts the new year with an announcement about vaping and ecigarettes. Andrew, youre covering this story. What did they say . Andrew so, the Administration Says that in
In congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. We are joined by andrew, who covers health care for cq roll call. Tell us why underage vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just a year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond more broadly to the vaping issues were dealing with in the u. S. Host a
Going to show you some of the recent debate in congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. We are joined by andrew siddons, who covers health care for cq roll call. Tell us why the issue of underage vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just the year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but a sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond mo