780 points s p also up 3. 4 the nasdaq up by 2. 5 . This morning, you do see some red arrows right now, the dow is down by 111 points the nasdaq down by 65 points jobless claims number that people will be watching so closely. Keeping an eye on trezy yields, it looked like the yell was trading at 3. 7 . Thank you, we have an update now and numbers. Confirmed cases in the United States is now more than 432,000. More than infections in italy, spain and germany combined new york state has 151,000 and 6,200 deaths Trump Administration is saying they are seeing real evidence that the measures being taken are working. A battle is brewing on capitol hill over new outbreak funding demanding 250 billion in new funding. House speaker and Senate Minority leader saying any new package would need to include more for additional money for hospitals, state and local governments. The senate is expected to bring competing measures to the floor today. Neither are expected to pass fed chair jay powell is s
This is just over two hours. This hearing will come to water. I want to thank the witnesses first and foremost for the efforts as related to the current i guess we have to call it a pandemic at this point in time with conv19, the corona virus. I do think its important we put everything in perspective and i would ask my Committee Members to include my pretend Opening Statement in the record. But we often times. Let me rattle off a couple figures here. Ebola total cases worldwide ended up being less than 29,000. I remember in a crisis we were talking about it spreading and could be a Million People which would have been a huge problem because ebola had a mortality rate of 40 , but in the end because of effective action on the part of the world health organization, the Obama Administration and resources we prevented it from spreading some less than 29,000 contracted it and about 11,000 died. Weve had other outbreaks where we are Getting Better and weve developed some relatively effective
Reduce the danger. Sleepless in america. New Research Finds women who dont get enough sleep may be eating too much fat and sugar. How its affecting your health and what you should eat before you hit the hay. Its february 19, 2020. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The dnc changed the rules to get mr. Bloomberg in the debate. Democrats get set to face Michael Bloomberg. I dont think people look at whos in the white house and think to themselves we need someone richer. President trump is making news with a flurry of pardons and commutations, among them including illinois democratic governor Rob Blagojevich. Wolf blitzbill barr reporteg people he is considering resigning because of the president s tweets. The quarantine is over for some of the americans evacuated from china. They are finally headed home. Nascar driver ryan newman is awake and talking after mondays horrific crash at the daytona 500. Dogs hit the ice for the annual weaner dog race. And all that matters. I w
Next, a hearing on how federal agencies are working in response to the corona Virus Outbreak. Ken cuccinelli as acting deputy Homeland Security secretary and doctor Robert Kadlec is assistant secretary of Human Services. Topics include supplychain management, sick pay support and travel issues. Specifically how the coast guard is working with cruise line. This is just over two hours. This hearing will come to water. I want to thank the witnesses first and foremost for the efforts as related to the current i guess we have to call it a pandemic at this point in time with conv19, the corona virus. I do think its important we put everything in perspective and i would ask my Committee Members to include my pretend Opening Statement in the record. But we often times. Let me rattle off a couple figures here. Ebola total cases worldwide ended up being less than 29,000. I remember in a crisis we were talking about it spreading and could be a Million People which would have been a huge problem b
A controversial citizenship law in india. Thousands of people turned out to welcome the return of come on rooms Opposition Leader. And we take a look at 2 very personal films about how politics of an impact in far flung parts of the world. Welcome to the program the United States and south korea have indefinitely postponed joint military drills as a result of the corona Virus Outbreak Health Officials in south korea have also released new numbers of cases there pushing the total number of people infected to almost 1600 well in the middle east saudi arabia has announced its temporary holding visas for both the pilgrimage i am for people coming in from affected countries iraq has closed schools universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries qatar has over the evacuation of the. Tare and kuwaiti citizens from iran to the spread of infections there meanwhile in the u. S. President trump has appointed Vice President mike pence to lead the response agains