Confirmed cases. The country has extended its state of emergency through may 9. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. In new york, 1 00 6 00 in london, 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets. Here are the top stories we are following from around the world. U. S. Stocks are raising gains from what has been a recovery rally. The s p 500 was up almost 2 but losing ground now on a ft report that gilead, maker of remdesivir, may not be as effective. Jobless claims rising by 4. 4 million last week but a number coming in slightly less than expected. Total job losses now top 26 million in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. In a few minutes, an exclusive conversation with the former National Economic Council Director gary cohn. You dont want to miss that. Lets get a quick check on the markets. 8 , p 500 is up just giving ba
Of people leaving around noon today. Park general manager adrian jones says they believe the threat to be a hoax, but out of an abundance of caution, the park closed down the rest of the day. Park goers told us how it all went down. Everyone was very calm. Nobody ran. It was. You could see that people from the park were a little. More scar. Daughter, she starts crying. But, we. We controlled that. People were allowed to go back to their hotels around 5 00 today. Newschannel8 was there when authorities brought west wild hogs to polk county. He is the one accused of tennessee. A deputy is accused of pawning his Service Weapon and stealing drugs. 32yearold steve smith is off the job and facing charges. Pinellas sheriff tells us the former deputy sold oxycodone pills that had been brought to the station to be destroyed. He is also accused of pawning his issued handgun. A lakeland woman was killed this through her house. Ryan talent lost control and slammed his truck into the home of revere
The kitchen at the Phoenix Convention center is buzzing. We had a few cooks starting at midnight and then trickling in the rest of the day. Reporter it is to help feed thousand force the Salvation Armys thanksgiving feast. It is a lot of undertaking but it is a tradition for us now. Reporter in all 750 volunteer also lend a hand for volunteers will lend a hand for the big day. Theyre packing up 2,200 meals that will be delivered across the valley and theye expecting to feed about 1,500 who walk through the door. It is a good thing to do on this day. There are a lot of people who need help. Reporter 1,200 pounds of stuffing, 1,200 pounds of potatoes and 80 gallons of gravy. Each plate will be made with tlc. The chef was telling us how it was supposed to be put into the tin. He said make it look nice. Reporter he says going the feel like it is a home away from home. Alison rodriguez, abc 15. Thank you. Lets talk about the most accurate forecast. A live look outside. Pretty nice. This is
Iowa and beyond. This will be a big snow,e the worst since 20082009. Reporter more than a foot in colorado and in nebraska where whiteout d more than 100 miles of interstate 80, 15 inches of snow. Airports scrambling to keep up. Million americans at blizzard warning. We could have wind, hail, even tornados today. Reports of at least two tornados damaging a church and a college in mississippi. Reported sightings in alabama. Tornado watches to kentucky. In memphis, parking lots and intersections flooded in minutes. Meanwhile in pennsylvania, aprediction. There is no shadow to be cast. An early spring is my forecastnly the 18th time Punxsutawney Phil has not seen and with el nino bringing temperatures above average, an early spring is not out of the question but for millions of americans it it cant come early snow, hail, people running shirtless. Bill karins here with us this morning. Almcalmer, a lot of rain. But the severe stuff is pretty much over with andgetting a little extra snow th