Im hopeful and sure that hes going to be fine hes strong man strong person today every patriotic american heart beats in solidarity with the incredible people of new york and new jersey theyve really become a very hot zone but some very good things are happening in new york the 1st time where the deaths were less from the previous day thats a 1st drop so far so maybe thats a good sign it could be in the hospital levels of story to. Perhaps decrease its been very short but perhaps decreased so we wish Governor Cuomo and. All of the people in new york great and new jersey governors doing a great too soon a great job in new jersey they got hit very hard. I just want to say that the full power of the American Government and American Enterprise is it really is this is an all out military operation that weve waged and especially over the last number of weeks 50 states and territories have now been approved for major disaster declarations which is very unusual thanks to the army corps of engi
People. Empty store shelves becoming the norm this morning. Amazon to hire a hundred thousand workers and Major Grocery chains adding jobs as well to keep up with demand as well. More countries closing borders. Things have reversed course and dow industrials showing decline of 96. Nasdaq up 29 but s p is are youer by 12 and a half after dow, nasdaq and s p 500 had biggest oneday point loss in history. It was 13 in a day. 12 and a third percent and the s p gave up 324 points yesterday, 12 , yeah, quite a day on wall street. Primary day on ohio. Voting still taking place in arizona, florida and illinois. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria we want to check Global Markets this morning, asian markets were mixed overnight. Remember, we did have a pretty good upswing at the end of the day coming off of the lows and into the premarket, this morning we had rally and that reversed. In china, the shanghai composite down third a percent. Oil prices rising after hitting new 52week low yes
More than a hundred schools for the next three weeks. This is the first major Public Schoolsome to close in the bay area. Live now with more of the details on this closure. Christian . Reporter many parents saw this coming. Now it has happened. The San Francisco superintendent of schools made the announcement this afternoon that all Public Schools in the district will be closed for three weeks starting monday the 16th. All the way through spring break. This is not business as usual. It is likely that we will see many more covid19 cases in the coming weeks and months. And this that announcement was made just an hour ago. And already word is starting to filter through the district. A mom we spoke with just it would be staying open. In the last 24 hours, t have been significant developments. The most noteworthy is the closure of Lakeshore Elementary School today after four students there and some other family members reported respiratory illness illnesses. They made the decision this morn
The presiding officer the senator from new jersey. Mr. Menendez i ask the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer we are not in a quorum call. Mr. Menendez thank you. First of all, madam president , i want to thank the staff here in the senate. Even in these difficult times, they answer the call of doing the work of the American People, and i want to appreciate their being here so that the senate can conduct its work. They are essential to being able to do that, so i want to acknowledge that. I come to the floor today as our country grapples with a Global Pandemic that has tragically claimed the lives of thousands of people around the world, including dozens throughout the United States and three in my home state of new jersey. And i come to the floor because i hope that people understand the fierce urgency of now, the fierce urgency of now. This is a Public Health crisis, and we cant wait to act. The rapid spread of covid19, also known as the coronavirus, has disrupted our dail
Breaking news. U. S. Stock market futures are limit down even as the Federal Reserve slashed rates to stave off recession in the face of a global coronavirus threat. Life in america changing rapidly as governments at every level take drastic and unprecedented steps to try to slow the spread of the pandemic. Major retailers including nike and apple, shutting their doors for weeks. Well talk about the fallout for the u. S. Economy it is monday, march 16, 2020 squawk box begins right now. Good morning im becky quick at cnbc headquarters joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin u. S. Equity futures hitting limit down after dropping 5 that means they cant trade any lower this morning those are the curbs set up by the exchanges. You will continue to watch whats happening with the etfs, however, because they are not held to the same restrictions. Can you see the dow etf is down by 9 . The s p etf down by almost 9 . That gives you a better idea of where the major averages would open if we were open h