On fox business. He will be talking about the jobs numbers, about the stimulus plan, if we will get one or if the president will have to pull the levers himself without congress. 30 minutes from now, larry kudlow. Well also ask about President Trump issuing those executive orders banning u. S. Transactions with wechat and tiktok. Shares of tencent, lets see, tencent is down about 6 right now. Well see how things are going. Futures, by the way, are down about 73 points. They had bumped up into the green from triple digit losses earlier when we got the jobs report, but they have settled down a little lower. Again, a lot less than it was earlier this morning, before the jobs number came out. As President Trump threatens executive actions to get another round of stimulus as democrats are stonewalling any compromise. We are also going to be weighing in on the market trade worries as the president signs a new executive order reimposing 10 aluminum tariffs on canada and that crackdown on Chin
Discussing just that, an early return to work. 9 40 eastern time today on this program. There is outrage at Speaker Pelosi loading up the stimulus package with a host of items unrelated to supporting workers and industries. For example, canceling post office debt, the return of obama phones, same day voter registration, 35 million for the Kennedy Center for performing arts. What has all that got to do with getting money to people who have just lost their jobs, millions of workers thrown out of a job. However, treasury secretary mnuchin and senator schumer did meet last night, and they suggested that a 2 trillion rescue package, stimulus package, is close. Well see. All this has given the market a shot in the arm. For much of the morning, we have been limit up for the dow jones average and at the opening bell, the dow will be up, what, 900 points, maybe more when the restrictions of the limits on trading are off. S p, nasdaq also up 4 , 5 . Clearly, investors like the 2 trillion rescue
Stocks will surge when this is over. Now look at this. An overnight tweet from the president. Quote, the United States will be powerfully supporting those Industries Like airlines and others that are particularly affected by the chinese virus. Big bucks coming. The president is clearly on board with the rescue plans that deliver trillions of dollars to industries and individuals. Who gets help and how its delivered, thats going to be hotly debated but there is a new sense of urgency to push that money out there. Here are the latest virus developments. Todays primary in ohio has been canceled by order of the governor. Primaries in florida, arizona and illinois will go ahead but the results are likely to be skewed by what may be a low turnout. Mcdonalds will close its dining rooms. Takeout and drivethrough okay, but no eating in. Chickfila, starbucks, they are encouraging takeout. The Kentucky Derby has been postponed. Very tight restrictions around the San Francisco bay area. Residents
All across the east. Not much of a bounce back as of right now. Lets bring you up to speed on the flight to safety, gold has retreated to the tune of 23 an ounce now are well shy of 1700. But the yield on the ten year treasury, that remains stubbornly near its lows. That indicates the move into safe u. S. Bonds remain intact, 136 on the tenure right now. Move on to politics, the democrats debate tonight right before 7 00 p. M. , at the South Carolina primary, Bernie Sanders will be attacked. Especially after he doubled down on his admiration for fidel castro. Also crunch time for Mike Bloomberg, he can show he could debate, and joe biden has got to show hes up for the fight ahead. As usual in the hectic times, a big show on the way for you, and a moment you will see the president go after cnn, what a putdown it was. Varney company is about to begin. How can you justify to their American People have an acting dean i would note intelligent. First of all i want no help from any country an
287 points. Tracing half of yesterdays loss. The Oil Price Crash is a problem yesterday, still his. Bankruptcies and layoffs are a near certainty in the oil patch, drillers can to make money, cant service their debt with oil in the 30 barrel range. Russia wants to meet with opec soon, to see if the price war can be resolved. Oil is back to 34 a barrel as we speak. The anxiety indicator, the 10 year treasury yields 0. 6 almost double what it yielded at the low yesterday which was 0. 31 . Big day in politics, primaries in 6 states. Im calling it bernies last stand. He needs to win big especially in michigan. He is way behind biden in two recent polls. That would be good news for investors, the threat of a socialist in the white house receives but it is not good for the democrats. Their split is obvious and toxic. Varney and company is about to begin. We are going to take care of and have been taking care of the American Public and the american economy, meeting with house republicans, Mit