Saying if the infection rate in new york state remained low and statewide give or take, it is low, hovering around the 1 mark the schools could open. Governor cuomo previously said if it stayed below 5 they could open if it were to spike up to 9 they would then close down so this is in line with that, what the governor is saying today. The most important part of all of this is what the local jurisdictions decide to do, and the way it played out in new york is that the local superintendents of School Districts around the state submitted their plan by last friday. Now, some didnt get a plan in at all but most did, and most of those superintendents submitted a plan that had some blended approach, meaning that even if School Districts be open to in person learning, students would not be going backtoschool five days a week, in some districts they would, but in most they would not. It be one or two or three days a week, some rotating system that allows the schools to have a smaller presence
States, again launching these initiatives right now to really unwind this process. By the end of the week the country as a whole will be 50 freer, if you will, or less locked down when all of this started. So that is a Big Development here. As people get back, a lot of them look forward to the memorial day weekend which they can see themselves going to beaches and the rest. The trend is share friend. Certainly concerner of wall and broad a very big trend at that. Well pick that apart with technology action, retail action, oil action. That has been dancing today. It is interesting to point out right now the dow and the s p and the nasdaq, forget about the nasdaq, already in positive territory on the year, it is not more than 5 from alltime highs, my friends, alltime highs. When you look at the dow and the nasdaq, they are respectfully down 13 , 9 , from where they started, when all of this was careening. Think about that, how much of a comeback the markets have seen. A lot of it built o
Just a few minutes ago we hit another record low. The nasdaq of course is obviously under stress as well, down triple digits. Then of course, the Dow Jones Industrials completely lower by 1,862 points, although i would point out the low of the session is a loss of 2,096. Let me take you back to four minutes after the open. Stocks fell so aggressively that the First Circuit breaker as its called, the level, level 1, to halt trading kicked in and that exact trigger would be the s p 500 hitting level 1, a loss of about 7 at that time. Now, after 15 minutes, this is what the dow was doing earlier on the new york Stock Exchange, after 15 minutes of the halt, stocks then reopened and thats when the dow promptly fell 2,046 points. At its low, 9 50 a. M. Eastern time exactly, coming within 200 points of a bear market level. In the last 15 minutes, the dow hit another new intraday low so we can change that 2,158, 2,158. Lets talk about oils response to this deadly Coronavirus Impact on the glob
Normal. We cannot grow accustomed to this kind of disgraceful behavior. We cannot look at the poor behavior of already confirmed nominees and conclude that we should lower our standards when it comes to miss blanchards nomination. This is the United States senate, supposedly the worlds greatest deliberative body. We should examine the fitness and qualification of every single individual nominated to be the face of america in nations across the world. We should expect our ambassadors to represent the United States with dignity, respect, and sound judgment. And we should remember that americas role as a leader of nations rests on our moral standards and greatest values. Something is wrong if we willingly confirm people to these positions who repeatedly spread fake news, baseless slander, and the most despicable of conspiracy mongering. For these reasons, i will be opposing the nomination of Lynda Blanchard, and i urge my colleagues to do the same. With that, i yield the floor. The presid
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