Well go through some of the facts. The numbers are still increasing. We have been seeing that. Thats the line that were tracking. This is all about the increase in the number of cases. And managing the increase in the number of cases to the capacity of our Health Care System. What are we doing . Were reducing the spread and the rate of the spread to match the increase in the number of cases. And increasing Hospital Capacity at the same time. Just how do our hospitals manage the rate of the spread. Were trying to reduce the spread to over a period of months, over a period of months our Health Care System can deal with the numbers. We have moved to zero nonessential workers. You cant go below zero. So were doing everything we can there. And we put out new rules on personal conduct and what people should be doing and how they should be behaving and where they should be. Matildas law, which is for the vulnerable population, Senior Citizens, people with compromised immune systems underlying
Tracking. This is all about the increase in the number of cases and managing to the capacity of our Health Care System. Spread andcing the the rate of the spread to match the increase in the number of cases. And increasing Hospital Capacity at the same time. Just how do our hospitals manage the rate of the spread. Were trying to reduce the spread to over a period of months, over a period of months our Health Care System can deal with the numbers. We have moved to zero nonessential workers. You cant go below zero. So were doing everything we can there. And we put out new rules on personal conduct and what people should be doing and how they should be behaving and where they should be. Matildas law, which is for the vulnerable population, Senior Citizens, people with compromised immune systems, underlying illnesses, that was very specific. As i mentioned, i named it for my mother, matilda, because i went through this with my own siblings. How do we help mom . Where do we bring mom . Ther
Trillion coronavirus aid package saying it has a slush fund for big business republicans warning their rivals are playing with fire as the economy tanks. At risk, new warnings from Health Officials on the viruss toll on younger americans. We have to really examine why were seeing it here but we didnt see it in china. What the cdc is saying straight ahead. Plus olympics in jeopardy. The First Nations announce they wont send athletes to tokyo and the debate intensifies this morning over whether the games should really happen today monday, march 23rd, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today the coronavirus pandemic with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on monday morning. Its good to have you along with us once again we are separated but together in our hearts, hoda im working from home this week and youre back in the studio. Indeed, savannah. Its great, great to see your face on this monday morning. We do have a lot to
Liquidity conditions. But, fundamentally, this is coming back to a physical problem rather than a monetary problem. Romaine the dow jones down about 3 . The s p. Composite finished in the red. Into the green at the close, about 0. 2 . The only real sector was actually consumer discretionary, but it was a pretty lopsided victory. Namesof the semiconductor actually moving significantly higher, up about 10 index was your outperform her. A lot of names that people think could benefit from the stay at home, work at home environment. Netflix, intel, a lot of those names. Of course, to the downside, we see some of the names in the travel and tourism spacelike marriott, down about 6 on the day. As far as the treasury market, we continue to see some buying. 10 year yield 0. 795. The bloomberg dollar spot index is still higher on the day. 10th street day of games of gains on that index. Still with us, jack manley. Joe weisenthal, scarlet fu, still in their bunkers somewhere. Jack, when you look
Will you fix your tie, please . David people wouldnt recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. [laughter] just leave it this way. All right. I dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David many people in the investment world have bought sports teams. Im not one of them. But, i do admire others who have fulfilled their ambitions to get involved in sports. One of them is steve ross. He bought the Miami Dolphins a number of years ago, redeveloped the stadium area, and this year, he was the host for the super bowl. Its an incredible diversion from all of the other successful things he has done. Almost everything he touches works out quite well. His business interests, his real estate interests, and now his sports interests. One of the early signers of the giving ple