Im Andrew Ross Sorkin with joe kernen and melissa lee becky is off again we are about 111 points up now s p 500 looking to open about 11 points higher. Flip is around and show you we are at. 952. Still under the six handle i always wonder what the bond vigilantes are thinking now relative to our little equity world. Worth noting we are still 3 well away from the february record highs some highlights. The ceo of Tractor Supply, auto nation venture capitalist, treasury secretary mnuchin, house leader and twitter ceo. A huge lineup straight ahead thats a big show yeah. You guys always have a big show but this is particularly large. For you because you are here people said, melissa will be on book her i think they wanted to do it for you but i think they were scared if they didnt do it of me thats the feeling they got they didnt want to disappoint you. I doubt it thats nice to say but i doubt it im not a scarey person. Im not. Maybe to you nows this morning out of washington. Reaching Comm
Are trying to create a robust commercial marketplace in lowearth orbit great we need spacex to get customers that are not nasa. We want to be a customer, but we want to be one of many customers. What we are doing is giving spacex a lot of leash. We have contracted for them to do the launch independently, but make no mistake, our engineers and our technicians have been involved in the developing of this capability, and our astronauts have been involved in it. We want to be one customer of many. We are helping to grow this commercial marketplace by being a tenant customer, but we also want to have numerous providers that are competing against each other on cost and innovation and safety, and when we achieve that it will transform how we do spaceflight. It will bring down costs and increase assets. David you talked about commercialization, which is interesting to our audience, how that works. When it comes to spacex launching a satellite, it is clear. Companies need satellites in orbit. W
Time for todays market moving news from our washington and new york bureaus. President trump is pushing to reopen the economy, even if it leads to more deaths. Speaking in arizona in his first trip outside washington more than a month, the president is preparing for phase two of the u. S. Response to the coronavirus. Pres. Trump the people arent going to accept it. They wont accept it, and we shouldnt accept it. We have a great country. We cant keep it closed. Ive had doctors say, why dont we close it for a couple of years . This is the United States of america. Will some people be affected badly . Yes, but we have to get our country open, and we have to get it open soon. Alix Kevin Cirilli joins us with more. Good morning, kevin. Kevin good morning. The president returns from that trip to arizona, really signaling that he is going to be taking his message of reopening the economy back on the campaign trail in arizona, where polls have him trailing joe biden anywhere from 4 to 6 . Clea
Now projecting anywhere from 100,000 to 240,000 total deaths in the u. S big investors are weighing in. Rosengren says the feed needs to adapt as the crisis proceeds and he expects the Unemployment Rate to rise dramatically weve got a big guest lineup coming for you in just a couple minutes, talking to james gorman from Morgan Stanley. Hell talk about the market volatility and how the banks have fared so far in this crisis lets focus in on the big stories we are watching at this hour, the final hour of trade. Mike santoli watching the market plunge meg tirrell has new details on the state of Virus Testing in america, so important. Micah, first to you on this market were seeing a pretty steep selloff here. A pretty steep selloff sad to say not that unusual after you get one of these crashlike moves, then a rebound. I think a lot of folks were hand capping this to be an area where it would stall out this may be a little more than a stall. Well have to see. This is a twoyear chart we were
Jerome powell was on capitol hill to update lawmakers on the economy and Monetary Policy. He spoke about the Economic Impact of the coronavirus, Cyber Threats in the Banking Sector and his influence in the Global Economy among other topics. This services hearing is three hours. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome back chairman powell. As i discussed earlier, and at our last hearing with you, i remain very concerned about the president s efforts to interfere with the feds interMonetary Policy. A recent news story noted that trump has tweeted over 100 times about your nomination. Many of those tweets appear to be attempting to exercise pressure on the fed. Chairman powell, you and the fed board of governors must not be swayed by these aggressive tactics. Fedsolding the independence, you should also be mindful of public perception. Of course, trump continues to claim credit for Economic Growth that was put in motion by the policies of p