Lauren simonetti watching the markets. Edward lawrence also in d. C. , and Jackie Deangelis in new york, but on the markets, lauren, we start with you. Lauren what a day, right . Oil saw the biggest gain one day ever, up 25 . Closing just over 25 a barrel. Energy stocks rising in a big way. What happened . The president said russia and saudi arabia appeared close to a supply cut, taking oil off the market. We dont know if that will happen, if they actually agree to it or how much they will take off the market and where exactly they will put all of that crude because think about it, were not using very much right now. So supply is certainly out there. Anyway, great day for the price of oil. And with that, some of the big Energy Stocks as well. The oil news helped investors brush aside the news we got an hour before the market opened this morning. That showed last week 6. 6 million americans filed for first time unemployment insurance. 6. 6 million. If you add that to the week before, we
Performance for the dow and the s p since the great depression. We have fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman with the latest, with the president. Lauren simonetti watching the markets. Edward lawrence is live in d. C. Lawrence, lets kick it off with you . I have to say good riddance to the month of march and it was really awful. Let me tell you how awful it was, the worst month for talks since the 2018 financial crisis. If were talking, dow lost, nasdaq lost more than 900 points this month. Not one dow winner in the entire month of march. In fact four march, worst one for the dow and s p 500 since, ready for this, the great dedepression. Does it get any better for the First Quarter . Not really, the dow down 23 in the First Quarter of the year. S p down 19 . Nasdaq down 12 . We had a winner in the quarter, just one. Out of 30 dow stocks it, was microsoft up barely but in the green. The worst stock for the month, for the quarter on the dow was boeing. This is a stock that saw 330, t
Then, taxpayers for common sense president steve ellis talks about what is in the to trillion dollar coronavirus aid bill recently passed by congress. Washington journal is next. Host with the United States death toll from coronavirus approaching 2500, the president made the announcement he is extending social distancing guidelines until at least april 30. Big news coming out of that briefing with reporters last night. We want to get your reaction this monday morning, march 30, to the president s news extending the social distancing guidelines to april 30. If you live in the eastern or central time zones, call 202 7488000. The mountain1 four and pacific time zones. If you are a medical professional, we have a number for you 202 7488002. A couple of other ways to take part in the conversation this morning. Send us a text at 202 7488003. Please leave your name and the city you are calling from. You can also send a tweet. cspanwj is our twitter handle. You can also post a comment on faceb
Ahead we will be covering all aspects of this health crisis. We want to begin in the first hour with the Financial Impact it is having on you, your family, your loved ones. If you are recently unemployed as a result of the coronavirus, 202 7488000. For all others, 202 7488001. You can join us on social media, we will read your tweets at cspanwj. We are also taking her text messages, tell us your first name and where you are texting from. 202 7488003. A lot to talk about in the next hour. The Johns Hopkins sobering numbers across the years across the world now, 670,000 confirmed cases, approaching 31,000 deaths around the world. Here in the u. S. , close to 125,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States. We want to get your phone calls. Again, if you are recently unemployed, tell us your situation. That number is 202 7488000. The headline from cnbc, the u. S. Economy has come to a. Ndstill host yesterday on fox news, this conversation with Vice President pence on when t
Live look in center city, 46 degrees, northeast breeze at seven. Northeast wind will kick up after midnight tonight and it will be a windy day on monday. Then fog advisory through the area, exception central southern delaware and southern and eastern new jersey. They are seeing some rain right now, which is helping dissipate the fog. But. 3 of a mile visibility in allentown, fill increased to two and a half,. 3 in wilmington. Depend where you are, dealing with that locally dense fog. One batch moving through the region right now in south jersey and in central and southern delaware you can see right there moving off shore in the next half an hour to maybe an hour. Then we will be dry, maybe couple showers this afternoon, main event steady rain arrives after midnight tonight. Temperatures holding low to mid 40s, maybe up to 50 degrees for philadelphia and the shore. Fortys in the poconos. The tonight we will watch that coastal storm develop, and it turns windy, wind advisory in effect, l