Good morning and welcome it is 5 00 a. M. On the east coast of the u. S im Frank Holland along with courtney reagan. Good morning lets get a start with the markets early and see where the futures will open this morning we are indicated lower the dow lower by 400 lets check on the bond markets and see what is happening. The 10year yield at 0. 77 all of this after the big rally yesterday. The dow jumping more than 1,300 points or 6. 4 the dow is on track to snap a threeday losing streak. Most my green across the board in asia. Different in early trade in europe, however. Matt taylor is standing by in singapore. Well toss to you first. Mostly positive session for asia pacific markets seemingly shrugging off the picture. Japan up about 4 . Japan logging the best weekend gain you can see at the 108 level australian stocks ending down. The government ordering all people arriving in the country must selfisolate in hotels. India cutting the repo rate by 75 basis points and an unscheduled emerg
This morning is speeches from senators laying out their positions. Senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell started up the process starting to vote to advance the measure, but that vote hasnt been scheduled. Now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty and everlasting god, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers defend us. Away. We cry out to you and seem to only hear our echos of laments. As our lawmakers reach out to you night and day, enable them to connect to your matchless power. May they find in you a sure refuge, a shelter in the time of storms. Lord, strengthen the weakness of our faith, and give us trust for our trembling and hope for our fears. Give us patience and cheerful endurance and serenity of mind. And, lord, place your Healing Hands upon john bessler, senator rand paul, and others who need to feel your touch. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the ple
Symptoms, hanks says he and his wife and rita wilson feel better. In a tweet announcing their improvement, hanks reiterates sheltering in place and says this too shall pass. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 23rd. From abc news, this is world news now. Thank you for jning us on this monday. We begin with the battle over that rescue package to address the pandemic. Talks on the economic rescue bill resumed this morning after democrats and republicans failed to strike a deal. As the virus continues to spread across the country, President Trump activated the National Guard in the three hardest hit states, saying the federal government will pick up the cost. And after one of the worst weeks on wall street, s p 500 futures fell 5 minutes after opening gaining the maximum drop allowed. More now from abcs zachary kiesch. Reporter talks resumed on capitol hill as lawmakers worked to put together a package, now expected to provide at least 2 trillion in Economic Relief ami
Amazon, microsoft, and alphabet are still to come. We will break down the key numbers to look out for and we have an interview with the ups cfo. Mark lets have a look at where european equities are trading right now. 30 minutes until the end of the session. Stocks falling for the first day in seven, highest close since august 2015. Today is all about the ecb. And actually rose during the ecb meeting. They kept policy unchanged, rates at present or lower levels. Qe can be increased in size and duration. The big comment was Downside Risks have diminished. That pushed the euro higher. However, underlying inflation pressures remain. Risk still tilted to the downside. They did discuss whether to. Hange the assessment of growth ecb economists suggest that will happen with forward guidance. The euro lower, sovereign bond yields falling today. Commodities and cds. Deutsche bank shares lower today. In the u. S. ,s rising 11 versus 24 for the big five in the u. S. Revenue dealing from stocks, wh
Week. Earlier today on capitol hill, House Speaker paul ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke with reporters about the government funding and health care bills. As well as the trump administrations tax proposal announced yesterday. Up next here on cspan3, speaker ryan followed by minority leader pelosi. Are you ready, archer . Ready. What sticker . Oh, yeah. I havent had one of those in a long time. Good morning, everybody. First i want to welcome all our special guests today. I think its great to see you here and its great that you get to see the work your parents do, but dont tell them this but theyre actually kind of good at their jobs. One of those your daughters . Yep. So cute. You had one last year with us. This is abbys first time. Very cool. I digress. Sorry. Later today, the president will sign an executive order to improve accountability at the va. Under the Obama Administration, not nearly enough was done to hold bureaucrats accountable for failing veterans at va. Desp