Sales way ahead of the season which would be black friday. Seismic shift here to this calendar here. Does this surprise you . Melody, you start to talk about it since june and every year it is further back. It is making me crazy. I admit that is maybe i am old school, everything you just mentioned until after thanksgiving that to me is the official Holiday Season bahumbug amazon is rewriting the script i guess in some way is good for them we have sales, walmart and target during the week and especially in light of this weird environment we are in which is an expectation of stimulus but no actual stimulus here well, we may be the line of misfit tonight there is no question amazon and walmart are the leaders. An acceleration of all these trends we spent so much time talking about fast money of the trends being pushed forward but already in place 49 measured through last month. As you go into the Holiday Season is bigger amazon about 32. 5 it goes to 38 they continue to take market share
Wanted to acknowledge the passing of state representative issak robinson. Representative robinson was a phenomenal advocate on the behalf of the people of detroit. He had a big heart and a moral compass that drove all the work on behalf of the people he represented. His passing is a day of sadness that i think everyone around the capital and around the district are feeling. Since the last press conference on thursday, President Trump approved my request for a major disaster declaration. We expect a great need for additional medical support in the coming days. We ask please sign up now. State residents can also use the site to find out how they can help in local communities. I look forward to the federal governments Continual Partnership and were grateful for the things that have happened over the last few days to help us fight this virus. Truly grateful. I sent a letter to the secretary of defense mark esper requesting that the department of defense direct fema to support michigans are
Its great to be here with you all to celebrate and discuss an excellent new book by one of the originals and insightful economicic thinkers, amy shlaes. Over the course of her distinguished career, shes got her wideranging intelligence and feel for storytelling to some of the countrys leading intellectual and cultural and technician. She served as a member of the wall street journal editorial board, columnist forle both the Financial Times and Bloomberg News and has taught economic history at the stern school of business. Hi now in addition to her prolific book writing, she serves as a president ial scholar for james college, chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation and for us at nih hermiachairs the selection comme for the Manhattan Institute cries, an award she herself has won. The latest work a new history is a stunning achievement. Few decades have been printed on the popular quite as much as the 1960s and so many of us remember that decad the decade t drama
Pres. Trump thank you very much. Thank you. Very comfortable here. A lot of room. And we appreciate you being here. Yesterday i announced we would be extending our social distance guidelines through the end of april. This is based on modeling that shows the peak in fatalities will not arrive for another two weeks. The same modeling also shows that by very vigorously following these guidelines, we can save more than one million american lives. Think of that. One million american lives. Our future is in our own hands, and the choices and sacrifices we make will determine the fate of this virus and really the fate of our victory. We will have a great victory. We have no other choice. Every one of us has a role to play in winning this war. Every citizen, family, and business can make the difference in stopping the virus. This is our shared patriotic duty. Challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days. This is a very vital 30 days. We are sort of putting it all on the line, this 30 days.
Of on. M. , a doctor the latest developments in u. S. Efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Good morning. Its tuesday, march 31, 2020. President trump is set to hold another Coronavirus Task force briefing in the white house at 5 p. M. Eastern. Daysmes as they mark 20 since the virus was officially declared a global pandemic. Talking about the u. S. Responsiveness this morning, we are asking you to tell us who has had the biggest impact. If you think it has been the federal government, the number to call this morning is 202 7488000. If you think State Government, 202 7488001. If you think it is local government, 202 7488002. And if you think the private sector has had the biggest impact on Coronavirus Response, 202 7488003. You can also catch up with us on. Ocial media this morning, you can start calling in now. We begin with an image of the federal response. This is the United States navy in newmfort arriving york on monday. That thousand bed navy ship described today in the New