Be also not seeing the robust gains we have seen the last couple days. Looks like we are snapping out of six days of gains for mainland shares. Hang seng also down 53 points or so. Nikkei futures slightly positive. We are watching currencies and other bonds as well. We are looking of course at the dollar which is holding pretty steady after we saw some strength in the u. S. Session. Chinese 10 year yields, yields actually falling lower by two basis points. Offshore room and be back above 710, 702. Aussie dollar continuing to see weakness with victoria, melbourne under a six week lockdown. And of course we mentioned the yen earlier. We are watching the hong kong dollar very closely here. Our scoop on how president trumps aids are waiting proposals to undermine hong kongs dollar. Seems like right now it is just talk, a lot is hypothetical. You are seeing a lot when it comes to the spot rate, but you see of the bit of movement in some of these markets, up slightly. Of boostingback interve
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
Coming up, more on the coronavirus outbreak on the u. S. Response with dr. William schaffner from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and we will get your reaction by phone, facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Guest republicans 2027488001 independents 2027488002. The conversation on twitter cspan wj or facebook. Com cspan. Here speak House Speaker nancy yesterday sounding confident that the house would vote. I dont think well get consent. Theres some other people who that. Bject to were not worried about that. Our members want to come back in debate and wethe expect to have a voice vote on it. Preparedt, well be for whatever it is. One way or another, with losing no time, we will be passing the bill tomorrow. Thank you. Host speaker of the house yesterday. David when they gaveling in at next . M. , what happens guest they will pass this as quickly as they can. The question is whether or not, is going to have force rollvoice and call voice. Theres parameters in place to r
The Pacific Research institute who makes the argument against medicare for all. Watch tv tonight starting at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. Joining us from nashville, tennessee is doctor william shatner, a professor of Preventive Medicine and Infectious Diseases and at Vanderbilt University medical center. Doctor, thank you for your time this morning. Sure, good to be with you. Doctor, the United States has surpassed china in a number of cases at 82000. What do you make of that and what are your concerns with that number . Guest my concern, of course, is that it will grow. You know, we have not yet completely define how widespread this virus is in the united instates and how intensely it is just a beaded in different parts of the country. We need to do more testing but the next several weeks, i think, will see a surge of cases coming into hospitals. It may not get as bad as new yorkd everywhere but we are already seeing patients coming ain in a rather steady weight here in nashville and
As the outbreak crippled. Ctivity Saudi Arabia Oil export to day. D 10 Million Barrels a determine withts get you set up quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures under pressure at the open. This after stock markets. Ebounded we have s s p 500 really moving green after we heard that the fed was commercial paper facility and additional move the we havent seen since financial crises. We are just getting more details from the fed. Establishing primary deal credit mentioned, were also getting a Deal Offering and funding. Rate. Te matching discount it will allow primary dealers to support market functionality. From jae powell saying thats what the fed was focused on which is restoring normal function in this dysfunctional condition. The fed saying that primary deal Credit Facilities established section 133, saying that available for at least six months from now. March 20th. Le starting on maturities up to 90 days. Were getting some of that on thecoming through latest effort by