We still cant hear you. I wonder if we should try having you sign in again or have you call in rather than just a video link and we could hear you by dialing in. I will let my staff interact with you directly and in the meantime we will begin with some questions. My apologies, Mister Morrison, we will get this worked out. Let me look for any of our witnesses that can be heard. The current pandemic began in china. If possible the next pandemic may begin somewhere else. If the pandemic were to begin or begin spreading in africa what level of confidence do you have in our ability to identify that it is taking place, what transparency would we find, given there was not much transparency out of china in some critical early days and weeks, how would you assess the threat of a pandemic coming from the african continent . Can i start . Sure. Im confident that should such a pandemic start in africa we would have tremendous cooperation. I look back on the situation with ebola in west africa wher
Intelligence Committee Heard from former ambassadors and diplomatic officials. House committee on intelligence, first remote hearing. Before we proceed to where were topic today, the impact of the covid19 pandemic in Subsaharan Africa, i want to address some housekeeping matters. Todays session will be conducted on an unclassified basis. Urged tonts are inrain from presenting compliance with House Resolution 965 and resolutions for remote proceedings. Like many of you, i would have preferred to hold this in person in washington, d. C. , but because of the threat of covid19 we remain serious and widespread and are proceeding remotely to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff, and the public. I was hoping that todays hearing would be bipartisan. Unfortunately, our republican colleagues have decided not to dissipate. I hope they will not to participate. I hope they will join us in the future and im committed to continuing our work notwithstanding the pandemic, and both sides o
Opecs cuts may be draining the glut. The bank of japan prepares for unscheduled talks as the coronavirus keeps extra pressure on the economy. Help for Small Business tops the agenda. Downside are seeing a start to trading on this final friday session of the week. Overwhelmingly, the concern over these escalating tensions between washington and beijing, and now also, beijings expected move to impose the National Security law on hong kong and we are watching, in particular, the start of mainland trading as well as hong kong trading and trading in the hong kong dollar but in the meantime, we are seeing a downside view when it comes to nikkei futures as well as kospi. Sydney futures looking to extend losses of. 4 in the previous session although we could expect to see some modest gains when it comes to the Energy Sector given the gains and that story when it comes to the continued rally in oil prices. We are also watching trading in new zealand. We had retail Sales Numbers out in the last
Drug failed in trials. Good afternoon afternoon and good evening, good morning. This is viviana , this is bloomberg surveillance. First thing is first, this is what your markets are doing. A lot of the focuses on earnings. A lot of the focus yesterday was the fact that we saw this blunder through w. H. O. Leaking. We understand gilead and the impact we saw on the markets because the trial was not as successful as a lot of people were hoping it would be. Overall, your markets are also focusing on oil. Touch today, west texas actually extending the recovery, treasuries climbing with the dollar, and a lot of the focuses what is going on with italy, the Italian Government bond fell after the europeans felt signed off on this plan, immediate follow from the pandemic, and we also look at Corporate News and some of the earnings. Ifo german Business Confidence falling, but it was expected. Of the 79. 7 figure. Again, that is the lowest ever, and in about 30 minutes, we will speak to the head o
A system you can count on, we need transparency. President trump ramps up his Public Campaign to blame china saying he has seen evidence linking the outbreak to a lab in wuhan. I think the World Health Organization should be ashamed of themselves. The threat of tariffs weighs on the futures rbf and posted better than expected profits revenue surge and shares sink. Jeff bezos plans to spend 4 billion on virus response measures apple beats top and bottom line forecast in the First Quarter but ceo tim cook said he wont pretend to provide an outlook. Sending shares red after hours a very good morning to you and welcome to street signs. A rough start to may, the only stock markets that are open are trading lower after washington and beijing increased overnight. Threatened new trade tariffs against china after claiming the coronavirus outbreak originated from the country the president did not offer any evidence adding, quote, im not allowed to tell you that and also saying the worth Health O