Victim may have developed symptoms while on a princess cruise ship the travel to mexico and doctor back in San Francisco last month. At least one other person on board that trip was infected. We have Live Team Coverage tonight with the latest on the governors message to new details about the grand princess the ship where people may have been exposed to the virus. We begin with kron 4 sailors sacking live at pier 27 where the ship departed taylor. Another victim who died in Placer County was here at pier 27 in San Francisco, not too long ago. He was here on february 21th which also raises concerns about exposure in the city and to his fellow passengers still on that same cruise ship for now showing symptoms theyre still 62 people on board that ship from the previous wage to mexico. The addition of thousands of other new passengers on this latest trip which has now been halted Governor Newsom says the ship was supposed to arrive in San Francisco tonight. But thats no longer the case inst
Cdc calls for stronger restraints to stem the coronaVirus Outbreak youre watching a special edition of squawk box. Good morning, everybody, im becky quick. Joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin are live at times square. Youll see the dow futures, the s p futures, nasdaq across the board limit down after weve seen what the feds reaction is and wait for the market to open. Well watch the etfs, those are not capped at 5 down. You can see what the action would be right now the dow etf is trading down by 8. 9 s p 500, etf trading down by 8. 8 these are the things youre watching very closely. Last night the fed took Emergency Action cutting i its benchmark Interest Rate from 1 to near zero, and other attempts in an attempt to stabilize the market buying 700 billion in mortgagebacked securities they are also activating swap lines, in an effect to calm lines. More from Steve Liesman in a moment. Other news out of washington today, the house passing emergency coronavirus aid legislation including f
Breaking news. U. S. Stock market futures are limit down even as the Federal Reserve slashed rates to stave off recession in the face of a global coronavirus threat. Life in america changing rapidly as governments at every level take drastic and unprecedented steps to try to slow the spread of the pandemic. Major retailers including nike and apple, shutting their doors for weeks. Well talk about the fallout for the u. S. Economy it is monday, march 16, 2020 squawk box begins right now. Good morning im becky quick at cnbc headquarters joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin u. S. Equity futures hitting limit down after dropping 5 that means they cant trade any lower this morning those are the curbs set up by the exchanges. You will continue to watch whats happening with the etfs, however, because they are not held to the same restrictions. Can you see the dow etf is down by 9 . The s p etf down by almost 9 . That gives you a better idea of where the major averages would open if we were open h
Should know were on top of this. Little information is being released about the patient, who is from Solano County but currently in treatment at Uc Davis Medical Center in sacramento. She is a female who had been out in the community for several days, was not in contact with any of the evacuees isolated at Travis Air Force base, and Health Officials are tracing everyone she might have had contact with. Step by step, we look at where theyve had, where theyve been and who they might have been in direct communication with. Reporter newsom emphasized the most urgent need in california is for more testing kits and testing locations with quick turnaround. We expect that those kits will be here any day now, and we already have a number at the moment. So this will just augment that capacity. Reporter the states medical and Health Coordination center was activated last month, a command center for the various agencies monitoring and responding to the virus. First and foremost, im an american cit
Primaries as he takes a dominant lead over Bernie Sanders in the race for the democratic nomination and in School Coronavirus threatens the opening race of the formula one season 3 f one team members placed in quarantine in melbourne ahead of sundays race. So coronavirus to start off and the fears that europe may in fact slip into a recession countries are trying to limit the damage resorting to sweeping measures to fight the epidemic germany 1st of all with a chance less as Health Care Systems will be tested she is warning it is likely the majority of the population will become infected and so im glad merkel has urged european governments to implement measures that will slow the spread of the. Iris as germany now reports nearly 1300. 00 cases but time was one 1st in the north of you will start the have to understand the virus is here there is no immunity in the population against these vitals there are no injection possibilities north head of peace and it means that. A High Percentage