President trump saying youre welcome for the market milestone, this as joe biden lays out his cabinet picks and the plan for his first 100 days. We have insight all morning long. We hear from Chris Bedford from the federalist, tennessee senator Marsha Blackburn, michigan congresswoman, Debbie Dingell and laura trump. Stimulus showdown, millions of americans are waiting for another plan the to finally get pushed through congress, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin meantime will move unspent stimulus money out of the Federal Reserve, if you will. This is rescue money. And it needs to be reallocated by congress. So thats on nancy pelosi. Tax threats, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo promising a new income tax for the state if the government does not give out more coronavirus related aid. Okay. Keeping an eye on the Holiday Shopping season, weve got the best deals you can expect ahead of black friday and cyber monday. And mystery in the desert, an other worldly discovery in utah have people a
Dangerous is china and we. Were thanks so very much for joining us here on to the point where my studio guests are political scientist judy Kirsten Tucker low who believes that china will do away with liberal democracy if the west allow it was to also with us is journalist felix lee who argues that europe must be hard and firm its dealings with the chinese leadership just like the chinese themselves and a warm welcome to to examine the girl who say as long as there are a concentration camps in china there can never be normal relations with that country. Thank you all 3 for those initial comments felix id like to begin with you it is not be. In a good week for already troubled relations between the e. U. And china one Senior Member of the European Parliament a green member of the Parliament Said those relations are now as bad as it any time in recent decades do you agree. Well the summit didnt show this because i mean it was a very short summit it was only virtual it between the europea
From its previous record high close on february 19th february 19th, that seems like so long ago. What a different world that was back then. We want to fire up the fast money time machine for a trip back there to february 19th. Look at that, our traders there on set all together at the Nasdaq Market site that was fun you might be thinking to yours this is some oldtimey footage of people dining together at a restaurant that was february 19th theyre all sitting inside a restaurant can you imagine that they can out the theater goers waiting to see a broadway show while were at it, there was also an nbc news democratic debate in nevada that night. Take a look at that. Hi, bloomberg, hey mayor pete. Theyre hugging, shaking hands, so much closeness. Anyway, the entire world has clearly changed since february 19th but the stock market is back to where it was guy, whats your take on this record comeback . Well, what you didnt tell the audience is you also were playing the piano for this little
Year. Of the program. Italy has expanded its response to the corona Virus Outbreak by locking down of the entire country restrictions originally applied to regions in the north now nationwide italians have been told they should move around for work and health needs or insist they also need to carry documents declaring their reasons to travel its. Confirmed more than 9000 cases a 160 deaths. A rare sight in rome the coliseum with few visitors it was so silent you could almost hear the ancient romans cheering on their favorite gladiators modern day romans seemed willing to accept the governments antivirus lock down regretfully. Ive seen the government directives they are quite precise they must be followed and everything must be done to ensure that they are respected. If. I live here and its always full of people but this morning theres no one its not noise this reality. The governments measures to restrict people to all but essential travel commuting for work is allowed if people have d
Super tuesday, a third of pledged delegates up for grabs today. This is former Vice President gets the backing of former opponents and Mike Bloomberg appears in the ballot for the first time. Plus this, the coronavirus in the United States, 6 people dead in washington state. We are taking a look, g7 vice ministers as economies hit around the world. President trump cutting for the Federal Reserve to cut Interest Rates as the virus spreads and slows down the economic story. First, focus on retail, target and kohls reporting this morning. Watch any impact on coronavirus. Mornings with maria is right now. Maria we will start with markets. We are hitting rock bottom levels after a 52week low yesterday, check out the yield at 1. 159 . This is extraordinary numbers here and probably will lead to an increase in lending and borrowing. We will take a look at the impact there in europe this morning, stocks following the u. S. On a rally this morning and hopes that Central Bank Action, the markets