President trump donald trump saying america is winning the war against the virus. Dr. Anthony fauci says at least part of the economy could reopen next month. Over at the capital additional funding for Small Businesses, Congressional Republicans to add 251 billion, democrats looking for more money and a much broader use of the funds. Meantime futures are pointing to a lower open to kick off this week. You have almost 300point loss on the dow futures after u. S. Markets in a short week last week rallied big time. The dow, nasdaq and s p all up more than 10 . S p having the best week since the mid70s. 1974. Deadly storms slamming parts of the United States over easter weekend. The southeast still being battered by horrible weather. We will have a live update. Mornings with maria is live now. Dagen and good morning, maria. Maria good morning, everyone. Dagen, thank you. We want to check Global Markets. This is a big week. Hope everybody had a great easter. Lets check Global Markets right
Havent lifted it before, see what that podium. To be stewed. It is like to be on the wrong end of it is like to be on the wrong end of it as and coming up before 12 30 it is like to be on the wrong end of itasa it is like to be on the wrong end of it as a captain makes me very hungry to be the one student that podium. Asap rocky is due to take the stand in sweden where hes and coming up before 11 30 on trial for assault. Asap rocky is due to take the stand in sweden where hes on trial for assault. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We begin with breaking good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. News this hour the government has announced the bank of england has left the additionalfunding to prepare the uk in the event of a no deal brexit. Interest rate unchanged, it remains the chancellor, sajid javid, says ata Interest Rate unchanged, it remains at a quarter of 1 . The bank of the extra £2. 1 billion was necessary england has left Interest Rates to ensure the uk is prep
Increases financial uncertainty. What it clearly does do is add additional volatility. My conclusion would be increasing volatility and that will be with us for a while. Asian and european stocks are down or indicate u. S. Stocks will open lower as well. The sixth straight day of decline. Bond yields and set record lows in japan, germany, italy and five of the euro area nations. The west tenure is only 1. 73 . Cheap oil and u. S. Growth are not the solution to Global Economic woes. Christine lagarde spoke yesterday to washington. The question we have at the moment is should Lower Oil Prices and a stronger economy in the United States make us more upbeat about the prospect for the Global Economy . Most likely, the answer is no. One risk according to Christine Lagarde, that the fed could disrupt Financial Stability by raising Interest Rates. She did not get even get a heads up or know about the s p policy change ahead of the time. Not in the loop. The price of oil up as much as 3 this mo
Welcome to the lead im jake tapper. It is the messy result of President Trump governing by gut, picking someone he likes, with insufficient experience and nonexistent vetting to head the second largest burock rasry and opening the door for Ronny Jackson to step aside asserting he doesnt need the job or the aggravation that trump himself would not go through with it were it him. This comes after the news this morning that his confirmation hearing has been put on hold indefinitely by the u. S. Senators, led by Johnny Isaacson of georgia, chair of the vetera Veterans Affairs committee expressing concerns about allegations unproven allegations that one senator called devastating if true. After two whistleblowers detailed alleged behavior involving what they called a toxic Work Environment on capitol hill and jackson saying he was eager to answer any questions about this. We start off with more from the white house. I dont want to put a man through a process like this. It is too ugly and di
Work environment, all being investigated by the Republican Controlled Senate committee handling his nomination, which suspended hearings on it. And thats on top of long standing bipartisan concerns that rear admiral jackson has no experience running Large Organizations which the va certainly is. More than 300,000 employees working there. With all that, sources tell us hes not bowing out, not tonight at least, and the white house is defending him, releasing testimonials from president obama and george w. Bush. Well ask an administrator from the veterans affair, how does a president who champions extreme vetting on foreigners not even do basic vetting of people responsible for multibillion dollar agencies or the countrys national security. How does what weve seen again and again over the last year and a half square with the prom the president made again and again during the campaign. Were going to make America Great again. Were going to use our best people. Im going to get the best peopl