Battle against the virus with the numbers continuing to rise essential workers are putting their lives at risk well tell you all about it all right its time to boost your news i q. U. S. Navy warships are heading to the caribbean and off the coast of venezuela in what could become dangerous new escalation between both countries the u. S. Claims its navy present in the region is to counter narcotics operations meantime the venezuelan government says theyre preparing for any battle r. T. Correspondent john hardy has more from miami. Americas war on drugs is taking aim at venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his socalled cartel of the sons the Trump Administration indicted majeure and several others on Drug Trafficking and narco terrorism charges march 26th an extraordinary announcement that diverted attention at least briefly anyway from another ongoing war the coronavirus war then last week President Trump announced u. S. Navy ships were heading to the caribbean and the coast of vene
We dont know who the architect was who did that expansion and who built the bell tower. Tragically, latrobe had already died at that time. He had died in new orleans. And i imagine there might be some historians in the room. And if anyone is interested in helping us solve the mystery, we would love to know. The bell tower is very beautiful addition to the church and inside the bell tower, it houses a bell that was forged by paul reveres son, joseph revere. Stamped on it, it says 1822 boston revere. Its not the only revere bell that came to washington, but it is the only one that is still in its place and being youd for its oernlg purpose. Its interesting, too, to think about this building. This is the only building on Lafayette Square that goes back to the era that it goes back to, that is still being used for the purpose for which it was built more than 200 years later. And im very happy to say that we are open most days of the week and we welcome anybody who likes to come in and just
applause welcome good evening. I am rob fisher, the director of st. Johns church. I am thrilled that our friends at the White House Historical association asked us to provide space for tonights conversation. Stewart asked if i would share a little bit about the history of this very historic room that you are sitting in tonight and so i will share with you that this church was completed in 1816. The architect was Benjamin Henri literal. Not only did he design this church but he was working on rebuilding the white house after it was destroyed in the war of 1812. In 1818 in 1818, he built what is now the home of the historical association. You see a similar entrance. It was built as a green cross and was an even four sides. In 1822, they expanded the Church Building to make room for more seating. We do not know who the architect was who did that expansion and built the bell power belltower. Tragically, he had already died at that time, in new orleans. There might be some historians in the
The russell looking at a 100 point drop. Volume has picked up today. Volume in the dow, s p and nasdaq positive versus yesterday. A little bit more activity in the selling on the first day of the Second Quarter. We have all three Industry Groups down. When you look at the decliners versus advancers, it is in double digits. Romaine on a day like this, anytime we have a big down day, i would like to see who the gainers are, the winners, names like balaton, teledock health. Teledoc a lot of the consumer staples, target, kellogg, moving higher 1 or 2 , kroger up more than 1 . I want to bring back into the conversation jim polson, still with us. Appreciate you being here. Lets move from equities and look more broadly at some of the other Asset Classes. When we look at the treasury market today, i relatively tamped down day come a relatively tamped down day. On the long end, seeing the 30year hold around 1. 27 . When you look at the treasury market, what signal is it telling you . James i th
Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question is the coronavirus morphing from a Public Health epidemic into a full blown social and financial pandemic lets get to the bottom line. Around the world factories have gone off line schools have been suspended and entire cities have been locked down in italy the entire country is now under quarantine and in america critics of President Donald Trump say his administration has been slow to deal with the outbreak and focused on dealing with a Health Crisis as a Public Relations battle more recently however and with 700 cases of Coronavirus Infection in the u. S. The administration has shifted to high gear in fact in the past few days the government set aside more than 8000000000. 00 in emergency funding and started to talk about an economic stimulus package so where is the fear of the unknown taking us now fortunately we have people around the country who have the answers with me here in washington d. C. Our dr ali khan a former u. S. Assistant Sur