Im becky quick along with joe kerr de kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. After two days of optimism, the get out there again trade was on turned around a little bit yesterday. We did see people rushing back to the stayathome stocks as covid cases and momentization hs continue to climb. And some states are imposing restrictions and the nasdaq ended up 2 after being down monday and tuesday. Yesterday the dow ended flat, right now indicated down by about 115. Never made to the record, still waiting circumstanling around tt s p 500 down by 2. 5 and nasdaq indicated up another 51 points this morning these were the stay at home stocks, amazon up, apple up 3 , zoom which had gotten hammered, yesterday up by almost 10 took c docusign 5. 2 and netflix 2. 2 and treasury yields, yesterday it was closed for veterans day this morning it is open and you can see the ten year still around the very heightened levels, again, not historically, but based on what weve seen in recent history within range of 1 a
And. China says the coronavirus pandemic is exposing shortcomings in the Global Health system the comments from the Foreign Ministry come as many other countries are dealing with a growing number of cases china though is reporting just 13 new infections malaysias borders are now shut its had 2 deaths and 673 cases more than half of those are being traced back to a religious gathering in kuala lumpur attendees of carried the virus back to 7 other countries the United States has announced a one trillion dollar stimulus package to ease the economic fallout and to try to prevent a recession a strain has imposed a global do not travel order a ban on indoor gatherings of more than 100 people and japans deputy Prime Minister has questioned the feasibility of the summer olympics going ahead it follows the decision to put back the euro 2020 football tournament by a year or so chinas Foreign Ministry is calling on the International Community to work together. We need to enhance Global Public Hea
Officials one of its. Responsible to home. Countries across Southeast Asia racing to track hundreds of people who may have been infected with the coronavirus during an event in malaysia that countrys shut its borders to all travelers after registering 2 deaths and 790 cases maybe 2 thirds of those are linked to a religious gathering of 16000 people in the capital straightly and being told not to leave the country its declared a human biosecurity emergency giving the government the power to seal off cities and impose curfews the United States has announced a one trillion dollar plan in a bid to try to lessen the economic fallout but that doesnt seem to have calm Financial Markets and its only patients are being moved to a new Treatment Center in rome more than 30000 italians are infected the death toll has now passed 2500 lets go 1st to kuala lumpur about 0 Florence Louis you can tell us more about the shutdown there how is it going help people behaving. Well its relatively quiet on the
Contain it. Welcome to the program malaysia is racing to track down potential coronavirus carriers confirmed cases spiked to 673. 00 nearly 2 thirds of those are linked to a mass gathering of muslims have late last month now thousands of attendees still havent been tested across the globe restrictions are becoming more severe as the number of infections worldwide approaches 200000 australias Prime Minister is calling on citizens to avoid any International Travel and theres now a ban on indoor gatherings of more than 100. 00 people in the United States the trumpet ministration has announced a one trillion dollars stimulus package in a bid to lessen the economic fallout but oil prices have dropped to their lowest level since 2003 with wall street due to open very soon. In italy coronavirus patients are being moved to a new Treatment Center in rome more than 2500 people have died there and more than 30000 are infected and spains Prime Minister has been delivering updates on the situation
Healths on the States Harris ofthen drew Thomas Jefferson university. Washington journal is next. Is next. Sweep for joe biden in tuesdays primaries in florida, illinois, and arizona. It raises the question of when Bernie Sanders might withdraw. Washington journal this is this is washington journal for march 18. We will talk about that and the latest in the coronavirus responds with a near trillion dollar package likely. For those in the eastern and central time zones, the line is 2027488000. The mountain and pacific region, 2027488001. If you are a medical professional, really appreciate on yourfrom you experience. That line, 2027488002. Tell us where you are texting from in your name and the line is 2027488003. At c on twitter it is cspanwj. And on facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. The president this morning saying for the people who are now out of work because of the important and necessary containment policies, the shutting down of hotels, bars, and restaurants, money will be com