Measures fail to emerge. On the monetary side, the bank of england, becomes the latest to cut rates treasury yields hovering around 80 basis points. Full Team Coverage of todays market plunge. Mike san tolly is with us and meg on the latest on the coronavirus. But well begin with breaking news out of washington major Bank Executives meet with the president today. Well get to wolf at the white house. Reporter the president and the Vice President and the treasury secretary currently hosting in the white house behind me the leaders of the major Financial Institutions of this country in attendance we have the leaders of jpmorgan, bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, wells fargo, black stone making it the type of gathering we havent seen since the peak of the financial crisis. Theyre all inside, as we speak. What will be on the agenda well, two main things. Number one, liquidity and the functioning of markets number two, lending to businesses that are most affected by the coronavirus.
Hitting the alltime record high on february 12th and the definition of a bear market is 20 lower than the recent highs. The markets tumbling just as President Trump is expected to meet with some of the biggest banking ceos in the world to find out how stable the Financial Market system is and what to do to keep it there. We are still waiting on word but if cameras are allowed in the room we are going to take you there and hear what they all say. This as the battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic moves into a new phase, as National Guard troops get set to sweep into the hot zone in new rochelle, new york. And as businesses and colleges close their doors, Microsoft Teams is swinging to their digital defense, with a suite of Software Products to help those working from home or moving to online learning. I know a lot of you were experiencing that or your kids are. Countdown has a lineup of power players to tackle all these topics. Steeple chairman and ceo ron krusz kruszewski on th
A tenyearold boy is dead after falling from a north las vegas. The incident took place last night by owens and civic center. Police are not sure if the driver of that van is related to the child who died. But he is cooperating with police who say drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors. Police are still investigating how exactly the child fell from the van. And call this a sad reminder for parents. This, this is a very tragic accident, but at the same time a good reminder for this city and for parents to just be aware of where your children are at all times. Police say there were other children in the van. But no one else was injured. A 14yearold girl is in custody after bringing a gun to Mojave High School yesterday. Officers with the Clark County School district tell us. The girl didnt pull the gun out at anyone or threaten anyone. But fox5s miguel martinezvalle to harm them. I really thought that i could get hurt, she could have shot me right there, she was after my sister All
And then he decide. Tom hawley looks into that story just ahead. All right. One more round right here at unlv for the two president ial candidates. The eyes of the country and even the world are on the valley. Jim snyder is live there and you got the opportunity to speak with lester holt. Reporter i did. And were talking about the stakes tonight. Hillary clinton and donald trump will meet face to face before one of them becomes president of the United States. Its their last chance to reach millions of americans at one time. A lot of people think this debate may have a higher audience than the first two. So i talked to lester holt who moderated the first debate. If you saw that one, you know he had a big challenge trying to rein the candidates in and get them to stop talking and interrupting each other. Tonight. Appreciate the time. I know you have to get off to do nbc nightly news here. I just wanted to talk about exbe expectations for tonight. Round one had nastiness. Round two more.
Little more difficult. Some roads will be shut down. This will happen at different times between 4 and 10 pm in the areas you see on this map. The restrictions willffect acce. For more information head over to ktnv dot com. Slash debate. Another good thing to note. For the debate if you need to get around. You might want to consider using the las vegas monorail. It will be running on its regular schedule between 4 and 10pm. If you dont want to watch the debate at home you can see it at the regal colonnade on eastern and pebble and at the regal Village Square on fort apache and sahara. Its free and open to the public. You just have to pick up tickets at the theater box office. There are debate watch parties all across the valley tonight. We have a full list on our our coverage of the final faceoff continues. You can catch the debate right here channel 13 starting at 6 pm. 13 action news will follow with walltowall coverage from the thomas and mack center. And dont forget, were always on