Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether theyre there in person or remote. As long as you have your web ex set to acti
Ceos testify on Prescription Drug pricing. Members question why the retail price of their drugs frequently increases and at a rate that far exceeds inflation among other issues. This is just under 4 hours. Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by
Minneapolis, mourners have been paying tribute to floyds memory. The public viewing in houston coincides with a couple of things. One, a Court Appearance with the man accused of murdering him and a roundtable discussion thats about to kick off right now at the white house between President Trump and Law Enforcement officials from local, state and federal levels. This just hours after democrats unveiled a Sweeping Police Reform bill. We are going to take you to the white house when the president speaks but we have it all covered today along with two powerful guests. Morehouse College President david thomas, he taught at Harvard Business school and is here to answer not just the question has Corporate America failed black america, but how to fix that starting today. Plus, former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile joins us on the impact of the race issue on the 2020 president ial race. The customer amazon jeff bezos says hes happy to lose. And wait until you see the ceiling
For the year. 4 , at a 25 handle after saudi relaxed. The dollar index just below, weaker. In the afternoon u. S. Session, many currencies including sterling and the euro, weaker today. Deeper dive into the Market Action analysis,e equity bond market analysis, two year yield hit a record low, below 14 people flood 13. 8, into the shortterm markets, worried about the Economic Data like jobless claims. Flipside, a steepening of the yield curve. A lot of supply coming online on the long end to fund stimulus measures. Yield hit, to year the intraday record low. You mentioned the tax markets. Thes p 500 tax sector, first to turn positive yesterday for the year. I continued that continue to the day. 10 of theless than record highs going back to february, 2019. Tech continues to be the leader in this market. Individual stocks. As you focus on the latest trends, working from home, buying things online. Rising as people are buying thermal imaging systems, perhaps when people start to return to
Down the fort. Action, and as well in those money market funds. I was looking at the statistics. Money market funds pulled in 150 billion this week, while surpassing the peak of 2008. That is where we are seeing the stresses this week. Everyone just wanted cash. Francine whats amazing also is that the conversation started with small and Mediumsized Enterprises that may actually need support. Are we going to have governments take over in chunks some of the Big Companies to make sure they are safe . We will have plenty more on the markets and the economics of things, but lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city was Viviana Hurtado. Viviana the highest death toll from the coronavirus is in italy, surpassing chinas numbers. Italian fatalities topping 3400 is a nationwide lockdown continues. Europe remains at the epicenter of the disease. France reporting a 41 rise in deaths. Spain, an increase of get percent. Now to the state of california, and governor gavin new