Statistics. Trust me, i got a lecture this morning on my way into work about these risks of age and weight, and the number one message i have worldwide is not what you or i think or what all the good people of journalism it is what the medical people think, and they are one week out. They are one week out, and then they are in search of pneumonia. The linkage of bacterial illness with this virus is what the pros are worried about. Wish everyone a speedy recovery, but that is a timely reminder. We will have plenty more on that. Lets get to bloomberg first word news with three to ritika more on the stunning news from the white house. President trump has tweeted that he and his wife milani a he and his wife, bonnie a trump, have tested positive for coronavirus. They plan to remain at the white house. President trump will continue to carry out his duties without disruption. In london, a warning that the city is at a Tipping Point when it comes to the coronavirus. Residents are taking immed
Agree with you. We really cant underestimate the size of this deal. What i have learned in the last 24 hours, it is only the beginning process. A lot ofi spent time with Wolfgang Munchau trying to stagger the european parliament. Jonathan the signal here is important. Europe is demonstrating they can borrow at the european level and distribute grants accordingly. That was unthinkable 10 years ago. Lisa they are also putting in certain taxation powers that give it more of a federation kind of feel. Europe has gotten its act together. How about the United States . Today we hear potential results from treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and House Speaker nancy pelosi discussing the proposal that mooching came to with the white house. This will potential into payroll tax cuts, as well as potentially no state aid, which will be a problem for democrats. In the Senate Banking committee on nominations to the fed reserve board. Then united air and snap reporting earnings. Snap at the forefront of
Analysis. Kit juckes this morning was smart, smart, smart. One calculation i saw was it was only 5 of gdp, and that is a squishy number. But that aint much. You really wonder, whether be a second deal if the slowdown in europe continues . Francine it is 5 but every country has to ask for it, so it wont go to everyone depending on whether they need it or not. The other thing is that he could be the first step toward more physical integration in europe. It is a path forward, and that is probably why it is being heralded by euro files as something of a great deal. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika as you were discussing, it is a done deal. European Union Leaders have agreed on a landmark 860 billion economic Recovery Fund. It is split almost equally between grants and low interest loans. It will unleash vital Financial Aid to the southern european economies it hardest by the coronavirus, and it is being paid for by hundreds of bi
Week on the hole for global stocks. Lets get a first word news update. Heres leighann gerrans. Leighann president macron of france has appointed a new Prime Minister. Macron is preparing to reshuffle his government in the widely expected relaunch of his presidency for the final two years of his term. North Korean Leader kim jongun urging people to stay alert of coronavirus. He warned that complacency could lead to unimaginable and irreversible crisis or get despite the warning, he has reaffirmed north koreas claim to not have had a single case of covid19. This is widely doubted by Global Health officials. European president christine crisiss signature fighting tool is becoming the focus of disagreement among policymakers. Governing councilmembers face a potential risk over how much their emergency Bond Purchase Program should stay weighted toward weaker countries such as italy. That is according to multiple conversations with central bank officials. And hong kong, police have charged a
Unemployed in america is truly unimaginable. I cannot emphasize enough, francine, in the last six hours, the rhetoric between washington beijing. It is extraordinary, going back to 1972 with president nixon and china. Francine lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. The white house is rebuking chinas military and economic policies in a report to congress. Themberg obtained a copy of report before its release. It falls china for u. S. Human rights it falls china for human rights abuses among other things. Resident trump stepped up his rhetoric against china on the coronavirus, suggesting xi jinping is behind a propaganda attack against the u. S. And europe. The Senate Passed legislation that could result in China Companies being delisted from stock exchanges. Republican senator john kennedy says he wants china to play by those rules. Votedin, lawmakers have to extend a state of emergency for another two weeks. They backed by minister Pedro Sa