Governments response to the coronavirus pandemic is under the spotlight now were going to take you live to the German Parliament where our chancellor Angela Merkel is set to address lawmakers and answer their questions about her governments response lets talk about that 1st with our Political Correspondent kate brady who is following the latest for us kate i get to see you what do we expect to see from the chancellor to hear from the chancellor and from lawmakers today. Whether of course at the center of this hour of questions were expecting to see the corona virus pandemic and the German Governments our reactions to that in the in the previous 8 weeks or so here in germany of course theres all sorts of different aspects that we expect a chance language machall to be questioned on of course those rather controversial shutdown measures as well and the timing of which restrictions were imposed and also the timing of which restrictions were east here in germany on top of that i dont doubt
Ready and waiting. Jerome powell says the fed is willing to use all weapons to combat the coronavirus downturn. Philip lane says the ecb is prepared to boost bond buying. Andrew bailey testifies in front of lawmakers today. A lot of centralbank action. Global coronavirus cases near 5 million, as one report throws cold water on modernas vaccine testing. That is what drove stocks lower yesterday and now we see futures down here, up in the u. S. And asia, say mixed picture. J. P. Morgan joins a Goldman Sachs in saying that further quantitative easing is needed to cap bond yields. The u. S. Is so strong a billion dollars of 20 year treasuries today and it looks like a lot more supply is getting mopped up by the central bank. An hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Take a look at the picture here. Arrowslooking at all red in terms of futures, euro stoxx, ftse futures and dax futures are down. If you take a look at the u. S. Futures picture after the downturn yesterday,
[inaudible conversations] welcome to the Houston Museum of Natural Science i am the director of Adult Education here at the museum we have the honor this evening to host mr. Brown on his discussion his new book make think imagine also here at the museum if youre watching through cspan. This evening we have a wonderful presentation and then followed by a discussion with professor minnis cini from Washington University so now i will handed over to laura brown help me to welcome john brown houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen. I want to thank the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me to spend some time here this week on the board of several museums and galleries i have a deepo appreciation for the role of institutions like this play in the local community and in society more generally. Into a window of the past and the failure of the present and a guide to the future those resources that go above and beyond what we read in books houston is fortunate to have this place and
Discussion with professor from Rice University welcome to houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen thank you for the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me to someone who sits on the board of several museums i have a deep appreciation for the role of institutions that play in the local community as a window of the past and a guide to the future the indispensable resources i go above and beyond what you read in books. Houston is fortunate enough to have this place its a great pleasure to be here. As a natural scientist i have always sought to maintain to be involved in cultural organizations and when i applied for scholarship at the university of cambridge i had to submit an essay about was completely different to my main area of study. And a piece about the architectures i can explain later to anyone who is interested what that actually means that my first bonus check and the more Senior Executive such as the Folger Shakespeare library in washington dc the British Museum tod
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