Bless their plans, as they seek to do your will on earth, and empower them to succeed. Use them to bring comfort and healing to a troubled nation and world. Keep them aware of the constancy of your presence, inspiring them to give primacy to prayer and praise as they work for your glory. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley permission to speak for one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley the pandemic has disrupted just about everything americans take for granted in life, including our food supply. Empty Grocery Store shelves have greeted u. S. Consumers, perhaps for the first time in their lifetime. The pandemic shin
Lord, give our law lawmakers aing this upper for your words and a desire to apply your knowledge in their daily work. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell the eyes of the nation are on the senate. For days now weve been engaged in intense, bipartisan talks to build emergency relief legislation on an historic scale to push resources to our Health Care Heroes and American Workers and families. Democrats and republicans sat down together. We crafted this version of the proposal together. This compromise package would push tens of billions of dollars to hospitals and Health Care Providers. It would send direct checks to
Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt at post nine of the new york stock exchange. Morgan brennan with us from hq were going to continue to bring you nonstop market coverage from separate locations for a while as we reduce travel for employees as a precaution due to the spread of the virus. For the markets volatile this morning where we will start. Major averages deep in the red, had a circuit breaker. The president did institute the 30day travel ban for europe excluding the uk in an effort to curb the spread of the virus ali and brian both here on set thank you for coming in. Good to see you. Brian, what do we say . We know youve liked opportunities in this market do you still think theyre here . Its an honor to be here today on days like this, and when youre a strategist and portfolio manager, because we do both, we are defaulting to terms of i call it the three ps of investment management, perspective, poise and process okay the perspecti
Attending decrease in travel. Their tsa screening checkpoint saw overall traffic down 18 in the first nine days of march. First day reporting worse numbers than the day before. And across the bay, Oakland International airport says it is still too soon to tell the affects the travel ban is having on their operations there. Jackie ward, kpix 5. The travel ban is causg frictionfrom europe les e of covid19 requires global cooperation. They say President Donald Trump blindsided them. The European Union disapproves of the fact that the u. S. Decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally. New at noon, last night the governor issued new guidelines on public gathers and the governor detailed new executive orders and broke down what the state is now doing. The ability for individuals that are impacted by a covid19 the coronavirus not to face penalty and fines associated with for taxes, we also are looking to waive the one week requirement on employment insurance and on disability insur
Gain of about 170 points, after the biggest oneday gain since 1933. That was yesterday. Today might be a different story. At the moment we are looking at a gain of 166 for the dow, a drop for the nasdaq, maybe down 34 points, and the s p down about 11. Mixed picture this morning as investors try to get to grips with this new package and what it means for the economy. Also influencing the market, the president s statement that he would love and he used the word three times, he would love to get the economy back up and running by easter. Thats just two and a half weeks from now. It is a goal rather than an absolute. Critics say its just too soon and many state and local governments reject the president s time frame. Meanwhile, the call for Domestic Travel restrictions keeps on growing. Some officials at the white house suggested that anyone leaving the new york city metropolitan area should be confined to 14 days quarantine. As of now, lockdown, stayathome orders are in place for well ov