We do want to check where stocks are and what has been a volatile few hours of trading the dow holding on the a 1. 5 gain thats better than 300 points. That stunning claims number today. Everybody digesting that the stunning move higher in oil as well. The president saying there could be a cut of 10 Million Barrels lets welcome in jim she joins us on the phone. Welcome back i hope you and yours are safe and healthy. We are, scott i hope the same for everybody there and everybodys families we appreciate that. Can you sort of help us. I want to make sure our viewers understand exactly the angle that were coming from today what is your current positioning in the market . Are you net short as we speak . We have our own hedge fund which basically is always net long varying degrees. That is about 50 give or take a little bit net long. Thats on the low end of where its been. Thats probably where well be for a while. On the short onlies, its been hard the stay short. If the market goes your wa
Mountain and pacific, thats 202 7488001. We welcome your comments by text. Thats 202 7488003. Nd on twitter we are cspanwj your Facebook Comments are welcome, journal cspan. Org facebook. Com cspan. Members of congress, as we know, saying that the house will be back until may 4. Our capitol hill producer theted yesterday about white house plans, a 10 00 a. M. Conversation with the members of the house. At 11 00 a. M. , president hosting a phone call with members of the senate. Cnbc posting yesterday about the president s briefing and his indication that the u. S. Has passed the pico coronavirus outbreak. Peak of coronavirus outbreak. Host the report says that President Trump says the u. S. Has passed the peak of the infected asich has we mentioned more than 632,000 people in america. We will update those numbers for you momentarily. Heres what the president said yesterday in his briefing. [video clip] American Society is engaged and mobilized in a war against a invisible enemy. We must
Welcome everyone to the governments daily briefing. Im joined today by the chief executive of the nhs Simon Stephen and deputy chief medical officer jenny harris area id like to update you all on the facts of the spread of covid19 and the steps that we are taking in the battle against the coronavirus. 130,777 people have now been tested for the virus. Of those, 14,543 have tested positive. Increase in the last day of 2885. That scientific analysis now is at the rate of infection has been doubling every 3 to 4 days. Of those who have contracted the virus , 759 have sadly died. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have passed away. These figures are a powerful reminder of the need for all of us to. We need to slow the spread of the virus and strengthen the nhss ability to protect us all. Social distancing measures have been put in place to restrict the spread of covid19. So fewer people should need hospital treatment at any one time. The measures that we put in pla
Critical function, which is getting spent fuel rods out of and into a storage challenge, s a major the hink all much, nk you very everybody. Thank you. So america continues to wager war to defeat the virus, this horrible, horrible virus. You see how terrible it is, at the ly when you look numbers from yesterday. I will explain why we are extending our nationwide guidelines to slow the spread. We have the power to save countless lives we are ttacking the for our workers, rapid medical very serious and innovation and banning dangerous foreign travel that threatens people, and weour did that far earlier than anyone and way aheadught of anybody else. In this time of need, i know will do y american their patriotic duty and help us achieve a total victory. As governments and nations focus coronavirus, theres a growing threat that cartels, and other terrorists, malign actors will try to their the situation for own gain, and we must not let that happen. Never let that happen. Today the United
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and ting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation foro publiccasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a new week has and the pandemic keeps burning through the u. S. Population. Infections across the nation are at 160,000 andisll sin rg, th some 3,000 deaths. New york state remains the nations number one hotspot for the virus, and the governor is appealing for outside help. We begin, with this report from amna nawaz. Nawaz at the epicenter of rte u. S. Coronavirus outbreak. New york undeakes new steps toeare for the continuing t of patients, as state Health Officials ticipate a peak in two to three weeks. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo y