Out of his still in the but love that we may keep one another healthy and safe. It will therefore be unusual but mr. Speaker this legislation represents a bipartisan resolve to me the coronavirus challenge. It represents a focus on families and workers to the objective to make them safer and economically supported. It will protect workers and their families and our economy as we all do our part to flatten the curve. Public Health Officials made it clear that the only chance we have to prevent them from getting overwhelmed is for as Many Americans to stay home as possible. It is however necessary to be here, to pass legislation, respond on behalf of thees American People to the daunting challenge. Closure means large parts of the economy are temporarily shut down causing severe disruption for businesses and workers. We saw the impact of this yesterday with the new Unemployment Insurance claims increased by more than 3 Million People. 3million individuals. 3million families rely on them
The dow is now negative for the year. Its accelerated throughout the day and the major averages closed at the lows of the session. All 40 dow stocks finished in the red yesterday. 97 of the s p 500 and 96 of the nasdaq closed lower. All ten of the sectors were down at least 6 . Heavy volume throughout this. We saw 4. 3 billion sharls that were traded on the nyse. More than a billion more than the average. And as for volatility, take a look at the vision. Youre going to see right now that the vision is up about 27 . 16, almost to 17 at this point after these incredibly low volatility rates. We knew that when things changed, they would change in a hurry. Yesterdays selloff means that the dow and the s p had their first monthly decline since january. The dow and the s p dropped nearly 2 in month of july and it doesnt end there, folks. If you take a look at the futures this morning, youll see there are more red arrows. The dow is now indicated to open down by triple digits. A decline of 11
And floridas panhandle. Well go live to pensacola for the latest. Talking to friends up there right now, and man, they say it is rough. Plus, some stunning admissions from President Trump in a town hall interview on abc news that aired last night, including a slip of the tongue that might have revealed his true strategy for combating the coronavirus that would mean for the potential of millions more dead so, when he said, its going to go away, he may have meant it well explain that and our big interview this morning. Bob woodward joins us at the very top of the 7 00 hour of morning joe. Along with joe, willie and me, we have White House Reporter for the associated press, Jonathan Lamire, former aide to the george w. Bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. But lets start with the state of the president ial race with 48 days to go until the election, the latest cnn ssrs poll out of wisconsin likely voters has biden with a tenpoint lead over President Trump in that state, 52
However much her father and boss savaged Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, tonight the Senior Advisor to the president , a Public Servant who also happens to be the president s daughter, has an email problem. Specifically, the Washington Post reporting that ivanka trump sent hundreds of emails last year to white house aides, cabinet officialsed, and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules, according to people familiar with a white house examination of her correspondence. White house ethics officials learned of trumps repeated use of personal email when reviewing emails gathered last fall by five cabinet agencies to respond to a public records lawsuit. That review revealed that throughout much of 2017 she often discussed or relayed official white house business using a private business account with a domain that she shares with her husband, jared kushner. The article continues, the discovery alarmed some advisers to President Trum
The Texas Tech Board of Regents last week approved the appointment of Billy U. Philips, Ph.D. and Thomas J. Abbruscato, Ph.D. as Grover E. Murray Professors.