Boosts gun sales in the u. S. We talked to one man who fears of riots and races he says he feels safer with a gun. And as if a pandemic wasnt enough to contend with the u. S. Faces a new threat an invasion of giant murder for its scientists are worried well tell you why. Oh im terry martin good to have you with us the European Union has joined the race to develop a vaccine against the crowbars by securing pledges worse almost 7 and a half 1000000000 euros nations around the world join the European Commissions pledge conference on monday as world death toll from the virus exceeded a quarter of a 1000000 commission president. It is calling it a victory for Global Cooperation but the fundraiser was just as notable for the no shows lets start the pledging the e. U. Kicked off its fund raising drive with 1000000000 euros in the hours that followed pledges were beamed in from across the globe the kingdom of saudi arabia has pledged 500000000. 00 even pop icon madonna made a last minute donat
Coronavirus testing with the result that its reporting the biggest jump in confirmed cases so far but Indias States are loosening their law. As welcome to the program talks on the way between chancellor Angela Merkel and to representative of the german car industry the Conference Call will discuss the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on production and sales as well as ways of reviving the hard hit industry comic has such as folks have urged the government to help boost demand for cars data released yesterday shows the sector is facing its biggest slump in search. Of a more on this lets bring in the Political Correspondent kate brady kate what are the chances that german car makers will receive state aid. Well were not actually expecting to see any great big announcements coming out of that telephone Conference Today instead it seems that today will be a chance to put proposals on the table and to discuss what might be possible in the coming months as hopefully at least in terms
Its reporting the biggest jump in confirmed cases so far but at the same time Indias States are loosening their lockdown. Plus the corona crisis boost gun sales in the u. S. We talked to one man who fears riots and racism he says he feels safer with a gun. Welcome to the program the number of People Killed worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic has now passed 250000 fresh data shows that the u. K. Has now become europes latest epicenter figures released by the u. K. s office for National Statistics show the number of deaths there. Has moved past 32000 overtaking italy the country has been under lockdown since the end of march strict social distancing measures remain in place and authorities are urging people to save lives by staying at home u. K. No the 2nd highest coronavirus death toll in the world behind the u. S. Joining me now from london is our correspondent big it must be if you can become the new epicenter in europe how has it got to this point. Well the figures include all the
Telling v. W. They are facing police abuse as well and the corona crime corona crisis boost gun sales in the United States. We talk with one man who fears of riots and racism he says he feels safer with a gun. Plus taking stock of germanys progress fighting the pandemic the country has won praise for keeping ducks low well examine whats behind the success and how germany is planning its next steps. Im sorry kelly walked into the program 1st and has passed a sobering milestone in its fight against the corona virus pandemic fresh data from the u. K. s office for National Statistics reveals of more than 32000 people have died from cope at 19 thats the highest number in. Europe and 2nd only to the United States globally the u. K. Has been under lockdown since the end of march and strict social distancing rules remain in place a trial of a mobile phone app has just begun that authorities hope will help contain the outbreak. The isle of wight the new testing ground for a Contact Tracing app
The markets desk, where julie hyman is tracking the moves. The fed, the doj, with big corporate m a deals. Julie it has become a busier week today with microsoft and linkedin, yet today it seems like faster tracking oil prices, not necessarily those other events. When oil started to make a recovery, we saw stock to the same. Now stocks are tracking right along with it. Alternate day averages briefly in the red after going briefly positive midmorning. The nasdaq is now down three quarters of 1 . Take a look at whats going on within the groups here. Overall the s p 500 is tracking oil prices, trajectory why is it does remain higher. Tech shares are weighing the most on the s p. Taking a look at the big cap within the group thats falling, microsoft declining after ring to buy linkedin and apple shares shareshe report that will fall 8. 6 yearoveryear. Facebook has been lower, missing a price here for some reason. A bit of a glitch going on here. But they did say they were shorting shares o