The last 20 minutes or so. Nasdaq is down 33 and 3 quarters. Now these numbers coming after signs of the spread to have virus stabilized in hot spots. That led to strong rally yesterday. Here at the close yesterday, the dow gaining and s p entering bull market. U. S. Death toll topping 14,080 but there are signs that the spread is slowing in hot spots. The cdc issued guidelines to get to workers. The Trump Administration requesting 250 billion, democrats want additional 50 billion. Fed chair jay powell will be giving us an update on the economy and actions taken to combat the impact of the virus, thats today 10 00 a. M. Eastern time. More to expect from the fed. The today is a big day for oil. We are watching the contract right now. Its up almost 5 and a half percent. The investors are watching the opec meeting including saudi arabia and russia, can they come to an agreement . All rising on hopes of a deal to cut production and bring an end to the costly priced war. And then there was
Writers festival. This is 45 minutes. Please welcome tim harford. [applause]. Thank you very much everyone. Host i dont believe in long preambles but i thought i should say a few words. I am well aware the many of you have no idea who i am printed as a thank you for showing up on the spirits of pure curiosity. It speaks very well of you. Even though its a really big name for the festival. I feel very honored to be amongst them. So who am i, few things. Already called the undercover columnist for the Financial Times. It is really good. I recommend it printed thank you sir. [laughter]. The second thing is im with radio. I chauffeur the media world service, fifty inventions that shaped the modern economy. And how we think about numbers and how numbers sometimes lead us astray. They help us understand the world. And i also have a podcast with a gentleman called Michael Lewis and malcolm. Read Cautionary Tales force all about things going wrong and sometimes in amusing ways. And what we can
Aware many of you have no idea who i am so thank you for showing up out of the spirit of pure curiosity. I think it speaks very well of you and i know theres really big names at the festival and i feel honored to be among them so thanks for coming. Who am i to mark a few things around i write a column called the undercover economist for the Financial Times. At the pink newspaper thats really good. I recommend it. Thanks baxter. And the second thing is i present bbc radio so im present a show for the Bbc World Service called 50things that made the modern economy. Ive presented a show for bbc radio for aboutnumbers and how we think about numbers and how numbers lead us astray. And sometimes help us understand the world. And i also have a podcast with a gentleman called michael lewis, a gentleman called Malcolm Gladwell called Cautionary Tales which is all aboutthings going wrong , sometimes in amusing ways and what we can learn from them. So in between all that, i tried to write a few bo
Passengers out on their balconies watching, some even waving at sky 7. At 2 30 we saw what appears to be a male passenger being helped onto a gurney. The man was loaded into an ambulance and taken away. The ship settled into berth 22 at the port of oakland just after noon. Hours later thousands of passengers are still waiting to get to solid ground. Reporter we arrived here just before noon. The ship was pulling in within a few minutes after noon. It was here, it was berthed. This is where it remains. They are in the process, a lengthy process of disembarking all of the passengers. We understand at this point 23 have been taken off of the ship. 21 who were ill and two companions of those patients. In the meantime, the others are waiting to get off. Not nearly the homecoming they expected but the 3500 passengers and crew aboard the grand princess must have felt relief as they inch closer to the end of their harrowing journey, pulling into berth 22 at an oakland port normally reserved fo
Talk about Police Brutality and profiling. April. Next question mr. President. [laughter] mr. President i need to find out from you. April ryan how did a selfdescribed workingclass black girl from baltimore get to ask for us president s questions i get called out by every one of them. This is your life and 23 years later and i was out there working and they recognized my work and said we may have a position open and i said okay i thought it was for the dc bureau chief i did not know was for the white house. I even got folded washington and anchored on the weekends but never in my wildest dreams would i imagine i would be questioning for american president s and they call me by name. E. T i did the work. I started local. Being baltimore. I love baltimore city. It was about 36 miles away south and so lets try this. I thought i would be there may be only stay two or three years and i have been here 23. I just started out being a reporter and i realized coming in washington power was havin