Up 40. Tures dow futures well out over 400. Andrew sheetz of Morgan Stanley joining us imminently on this program. There are always things that preoccupy the minds of economists and things that Market Participants focus on. , the Market Participants looking at the continued positive Forward Momentum of. Forward momentum. Lisa i thought you were going to say that they were looking at the money printing banks. In china, seeing one of the best trading days and more than a year. In the states, very big focus on the virus, on the progression in the reopening. We are getting phase three in new york today, without indoor restaurant dining. That said, you can get your manicure, pedicure, and massage done, tom. Nine 45, we get a read on u. S. Service is that he for the month june. At 1 00 p. M. At the berkeley at the brookings institute, holding at event on how deep will the recession be. Goldman sachs downgrading think the expectation for u. S. Growth this year. Looking forward to catching up
The committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. First, the usual administrative matters like the theater announcements we use to receive, we are getting used to those, we follow the advice of the attending physician and sergeantatarms consulted with all the right people, we are seated 6 feet apart, that means no room for public or the media here but the media is participating and we hope the public is as well. And the videoconference is a real change for the United States senate and a very welcome one because it makes it possible to attract witnesses who have busy schedules on the same day such as today, by video conference, you may remove your masks since were 6 feet apart. The sergeant at arms, press gallery, architect of the capital, capital police, committee staff, Evan Griffiths for their hard work to keep us safe. We will each have an Opening Statement and we turn to our witnesses we thank for being with us today, each witness we ask you summarize
And here are your top headlines. Angela merkel and president Emmanuel Macron back a 500 billion Euro Recovery Fund for the European Union. The deal needs the support of all 27 eu members, but the two countries of the biggest payers. President trump called the World Health Organization a puppet of china and promise to pull u. S. Funding. Stocks and futures shake off tensions and push higher. After eights potential vaccine for coronavirus. It is raising 1. 3 billion to fund the development. Just under one hour from the start of cash equity trading in europe. We kick off this program with a relatively dire number, european car sales are down 78 in april as demand evaporates. You expect that if you cannot leave the house. Stock futures are barely higher now. Just above unchanged. Dax and ftse futures up about 0. 1 . We have breaking news from the u. K. In terms of the regime that will apply from january 1. Earlier this place year, but we are in this transition phase until the end of decemb
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Rally yesterday dow futures are now down. Nasdaq futures lower by 64. Nasdaq up 190. Now this, former Vice President joe biden and the ukraine scandal back in the spotlight, an investigation Just Launched overseas after phone conversations between biden and then ukraine president are released. Meanwhile u. S. Senate taking a major senate in probe of Hunter Bidens role of Barisma Holdings and tesla tapping the brakes in battle with california, dropping the lawsuit after plant is allowed to open. Mornings with maria begins right now. And Global Markets this morning red cross the board, take a look at european indices as u. S. China tensions rise, the cac quarante is down 48 and dax index in germany lower by 174, there are sign that is the european economy is slowly coming back. The euro zone purchasing manager index coming above expectations this morning. In asia overnight, markets mostly lower. Take at the numbers in asia, worst performer half percent lower shanghai composite in china.