Thanks for joining us here with your global news update this is r. T. International. Starting with the latest figures on the covert 19 pandemic the number of cases worldwide has now surpassed one and a half 1089000 people have lost their lives the u. S. Has the largest number of infections followed by spain and italy and worldwide 337000 people have recovered from the disease. Lets start here in russia where the number of confirmed covert 1000 cases is now past 1001400 new infections were registered in the last 24 hours most of them in moscow and since the start of the outbreak a total of 76. 00 people have died so skeered taylor has the latest. Well in his recent addresses to the nation flaten akutan did say that neither globally nor in russia had the peak of the coronavirus pandemic past and it seems that todays late because do support that overnight russia has registered 1459 new case says that its highest daily rise and a considerable increase in what we saw just even 8 days ago th
The scramble to find muchneeded medical equipment. Were talking live to an emergency te house plan extraordinary efforts to bolster the economy, put checks in the hands of tens of millions of americans as the treasury secretary warns unemployment get hit 20 without actions. Battling back. Were hearing so many stories from survivors of the coronavirus. The symptoms, the hidden clues and how they managed to get better, and our very own abc News Reporter who tested positive after reporting on the crisis joining us live from quarantine. And an allstar assist. The heartwarming movement of athletes showing their support in this difficult time. How russell wilson, his wife ciara, and rookie Zion Williamson are providing kindness during the crisis. We do say, good morning, america on this hump day. Many are doing whatever they can. How about zion . 19yearold nba rookie. He has pledged to pay the wages of arena workers there in new orleans. What an example he is setting. John legend having some
Doctors and nurses this is hidden from the public. With your global news this is r. T. International thanks for joining us. Ok lets start with the latest figures on the cove in 1900 pandemic the number of cases worldwide has now surpassed 1508900 people have lost their lives the United States has the largest number of infections followed by spain and italy and worldwide 337000 people have recovered from the disease. Lets start with news from russia where the number of confirmed covert 9000 cases has passed 1001400 new infections have been registered in the last 24 hours most of them in moscow and since the start of the outbreak a total of 76. 00 people have died on the correspondent Saskia Taylor has the latest. Well in his recent addresses to the nation flaten akutan did say that neither globally nor in russia had the peak of the coronavirus pandemic past and it seems that todays late because do support that overnight russia has registered 1459 new case says that its highest daily ris
Testing limit down down by 5 as far as they are allowed to trade down before the open the number to watch this morning is down 136 for the s p. We have touched those lows and bounced off. We are not far off dow futures are down by 4. 74 . Nasdaq down 4. 6 after the opening bell, there are other Circuit Breakers you with watching. They would be kicking in with trading halting over a period of time down 7 this morning if that were to happen, youd see a 15minute halt after trading started. Next is if markets dropped by 13 . Then the third level is after 20 . That would be a halt of trading for the day. We have not seen these tested since 1997 until the last week of trading thats what we are watching so closely. If you take a look at the treasury market, you see the 10year note is 0. 71 . We got back to. 8 or so yesterday. With the yield, i was hoping they would have sold off talking to folks yesterday worried about what looked like it was better than going and maybethere could be problems
Democratic and republican members of the House Armed Services committee over the pentagon plan to devote 3. 8 billion to construct more border wall. The pentagon is asking congress to approve a 705 billiondollar budget for fiscal year 2021. This hearing is three hours 35 minutes. We will go ahead and call the committee to order. Good morning, everyone. We are gathered here this morning from secretary of defense doctor mark esper and chairman joint chiefs of staff general to hear about the proposal for the department of defense. I will start with some good news or start by thanking the witnesses for being here and further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of d