Im julie haener. Im Frank Somerville tonight working from home. Lots of new developments to tell you about this evening. Governor newsom has put out an urgent call for doctors to help treat the expected surge of coronavirus patients. The governor says the number of people in the hospital in california has now doubled and the number of icu patients has tripled in just the past four days. Across the u. S. More than 3,000 people have now died from the outbreak. Among them the first u. S. Service member, a new Jersey National guardsman. Today the Navy Hospital ship comfort arrived at new york harbor to ease the burden on hospitals by caring for people not suffering from covid19. At the White House Health and Human Services secretary alex azar said the u. S. Has tested more than 1 million coronavirus samples, more than any other country. He also says the u. S. Is now testing nearlysamples a day. Experts say the u. S. To test between 100,000 and 150,000 patients a day to contain the virus. S
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10 year treasury yield hit a new record low below one and a quarter percent as investors clamor for safety Goldman Sachs is projecting 0 percent growth for the u. S. Companies this year given the severe decline in chinese Economic Activity disruption to the supply chain elevated Business Uncertainty and low demand for u. S. Exporters this is a drastic deviation from previous consensus which is still pricing in a 7 percent growth european equities to 3. 6 percent lower and officially entered correction territory with the cac the dax and the flat the all down but lets take a quick look at asia while the west is swimming in a sea of red the shanghai composite the hang thing and the cent and index are all positive china sports have reached a turning point as crane operators customer operators and other key logistic links begin to slot back into place turnaround times are starting to improve as the ports work to clear up the backlog official numbers continue to show a drop in new cases and
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Good morning, everyone. Oh, isnt that nice . Thanks. Good morning back. I morgan. Thank you for everyone coming to this event to focus on a very serious subject, human rights in iran. I was the first to recognize some amazing attendees we have here today. Have over 50 matter members of the core. Thank you for coming. Im very glad to see we also have many, as well and this is for you, as well. Remarks from mike pompeo, followed by a discussion of the days events. Group director for the rn mike bell, and assistant secretary for democracy, human rights, rubber distro. Lesson, we heard about how we can continue to stand with the iranian people by sharing their stories, supporting their voices, and champing ning their rights. Championing their rights. We will have an opportunity to hear from three survivors who have firsthand experience of the regimes open russian. I would like to welcome robert distro. He previously served a sixth six year term on the u. S. Commission of civil rights. He h