Take a look at gain better than 2 . Nasdaq futures up 130 and s p futures up 32 points. Dow, nasdaq and s p 500 marking marking second consecutive week of losses on friday, big bounceback from that, on friday you had as you see markets lower, new fox poll new fox news poll show the 2020 race is narrowing, President Trump and joe biden taking their messages to swing states but just over now 50 days to go until election day. Plus, how you can live like the fresh prince of bell air courtesy of will smith and airbnb, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria firmer tone to markets this morning. European indices are mixed with european markets kicking off the gains with fractional moves here. Cac quarante is up 6 but the dax index in germany lower by 8 points, virtual trade talks between eu and china, we will tell you more about that coming up. The big Softbank Nvidia deal. As you see korean kospi index up one and a third percent and shanghai composite about twothirds 1 . Ruling party af
All across our country. I spoke about the human toll of the democrats choice to play politics with billions and billions of aid and block it all over noncovid related wish list items. Its been clear for some weeks that the speaker of the house and Senate Democratic leader are treating this crisis like an ordinary political game. The New York Times said p Speaker Pelosi is quote playing hardball. Politico says she is taking a huge risk as she remains almost entirely unyielding in her demands. More than 100 60,000 americans have been killed by the worst Infectious Disease outbreak in more than a century. More than 16 million americans are out of work. An entire school year for our kids is in limbo. The democrats by point political games like this for some runofthemill typical negotiation. Speaker pelosis Democratic House members all her proposal quote washington gamesmanship, partisanship and playing politics. Those are House Democrats i am quotingse on the house democratc bill. Yesterda
Actions taken on pandemic and how money is being spent today. Getting america back to work today, larry kudlow will join me today at 8 30 a. M. Eastern live on the reopening of American Economy and rebound hes expecting and what if any additional stimulus is needed. We will also get into china. Turn into markets this morning. Futures are turning direction this morning. We are expecting weak opening this morning for stock prices, s p futures down 10 and nasdaq futures lower by 12 this after positive news from moderna on vaccine trial help fuel strong rally for stocks. Dow industrials up 911 points yesterday almost 4 . The nasdaq was up 220 points and s p was up 90 all the major indices up 2 and a half and 3 and a half percent. A closer look at the Pandemic Impact on retail this morning, this morning we will get walmart, hem depo who remained open reporting earnings. More stores and malls are reopening even in the face of bankruptcy elsewhere. Who would be held responsible . Attorney gen
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The clerk will read the communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , april 9, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable roy blunt a senator from the state of missouri, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask to be recognized, notwithstanding the previous order, for a session today. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell our nation continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. More than 400,000 americans have tested positive. Nearly 15,000 have lost their lives. Nurses, doctors, and e. M. T. s are fighting this disease literally day and night. An important public and important Public Health measures are creating an economic catastrophe. This morning, we learned that 6. 6 million more americans filed for unemployment in just the last week. That means, mr. President ,
Conversation through our washington journal program. Cspan, created by private industry. As a Public Service and brought to you by your television provider. The u. S. Senate gaveled in this morning. Mitch mcconnell attempted to approved by unanimous consent and increase to the Paycheck Protection Program. The ranking democrat on the Small Business committee objected and said the majority leader had not negotiated with democrats on this package. Senator Chris Van Hollen also the floor and tried to call up another Small Business bill. This is about half an hour. Our nation continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. Americans have00 tested positive. Nearly 15,000 have lost their lives. Emts areoctors, and fighting this disease literally day and night. An important important Public Health measures are creating economic catastrophe. This morning, we learned that 6. 6 million more americans filed for unemployment in just the last week. That means, mr. President , more than 16 million amer