There has not been immobilization like this since the second world war, especially ventilators, because it is hard. It is complex, a very complex machine, computerized all over the place, and very expensive, and right now we are building thousands of week. We have all we can use. You hear the calls. Frankly, you are invited to if you want, you do anyway even if you are not invited. And you see what is going on. Every governor there has not been one patient in this entire massive country and we did not have ventilators when we started. The cupboards were empty. The previous in ministry and left us empty cupboards. There is not one patient, not one, that needed a ventilator that did not get one. Think of that. We are talking about millions of people, big country. Millions of people. Not one person needed a ventilator that did not get it. So we want the continued, blanket lockdown to end for the states. Someave some members embers or some gashes or some flames coming, we will put them out
acounties, california has reall ahad a patchwork of plans to a deal with covid19. a of course the bay area has had a the strictest guidelines. a now, even though we are astarting to roll into phase 2 a of this reopening plan. a the question of what is a reopening, where, and when, cana be confusing. a the owner of this home to courta store in oakland is stocked up a and ready to begin sales a beginning on monday. a for Curbside Pickup only. a the store recently transitioneda to online orders and the a loosening of guidelines to a partially reopen is like a loosening a tight grip that hasa been strangling the business. a i dont know if this one a thing will be the make it or a break it, but certainly a everything helps. a it just keeps us going. In addition to retail other a changes allowed under phase 2 a include limited service a businesses like appliance a repair, child care with a necessary modifications and a manufacturing in a limited acapacity. Officials ain pleasanton say a they
Bad session like we saw in the u. S. , snapping out of gains. New york futures are slightly higher. The dollar is stronger. We saw quite a bit of steepening in the Treasury Curve. Youre seeing the threeyear at around 24 basis points. We did see the spike in yields, slightly off that now in the Asian Session after the treasury unexpectedly announced that refounding announcement. Boosting that issuance on the long end of the 10 year and 20 year with the auction so markets are bracing for that surge in supplies. Were also watching currencies, remedy still very much in focus here today. The message the last couple of days has been calm down, we have slightly stronger fixings here. Were seeing the renminbi slightly down. We are continuing the rally of brent crude, slightly higher by half of one percent, just below 30 bucks for brent. Looking ahead to the data now. China set to rae release trade figures later today. Exports likely dropped 11 from a year earlier compared with a 6 decline in m
This morning dr. Fauci will enter the senate chambers, at least virtually, and testify before the senate. There are a lot of dynamics around this word lockdown. Seeinge and wuhan infections come back. They will test the whole population of people. We will have plenty more of that. Now lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Mentioning,ou were a stern warning from dr. Anthony fauci. Disease infectious chief will enter the senate sayinganthony fauci there is a chance of more outbreak without following white house guidelines. President trump says we have met the moment and have prevailed. U. S. Deaths have exceeded 80,000. He later said his remarks relate to testing for infection. The Federal Reserve is watching its longawaited backstop for companies today, and will begin by etfs for corporate debt. It played an Important Role in keeping the Financial Markets relatively calm since march. In china, all 11 million represents residents will be coronavirus. People are
Are hoping to better understand the virus and how to ease restrictions here. And make use of land discrimination israel is said to have been boxing in palestinians and densely Populated Areas for decades. And unsporting premier league clubs say no to resuming the season at a neutral venue the league is now in talks with the u. K. Government about teams using their own state. Its been a deadly day in afghanistan with 2 attacks one on a hospital and another on a funeral a suicide bomber is believed to have set off an explosion among mourners and province thats in the east at least 21 people were killed that 55 injured and a hospital in the capital kabul has also been targeted 14 people died there including 2 newborn babies alexia brian reports. Ambulances and the military raced to the scene of an attack on some of afghanistans most vulnerable. Gunman storming a hospital compound in the capital kabul with the Aid Organization Doctors Without Borders from a maternity clinic new mothers and