From the market today, even do see the that, we higher than yesterday, and volume down 6 or yesterday. Same time lets bring back darrell kronk, ells fargo Institute President to give us a little more insight off what we should be looking for next week. Its april jobs report, it will midmarch to midapril, so asically a more clear picture of what happened when the lockdown really took effect. Will that data point matter to investors. Its backwards looking, yes, but its going to e really paint out for us in black and white the damage from the pandemic. Darrell yeah, its a great point, scarlet. It will matter. It always is, if not the most important Economic Data point, one of. Y it looks less like on the math 22 millionhere around jobs would have been lost through the month of april on payroll report. To put that into perspective, thats basically all of the jobs in the u. S. Ed economy through the 20092020 expansion period. The Unemployment Rate is going willeak to 16 , 17 , which far surpass the 2009 peak of 10. 2. Watching really close, though, beyond just the headline want of jobs given up, i to see what average Hourly Earnings look like. I want to see how much impact workweek. O the there is a whole bunch of data inside of there, i want to see that willipation rate be really important for us to think about how we should start may, june, into the summer months and how much permanent labor impairment done to this e labor market. Im curious tol, just thoughts on the permanency. How many of these jobs, i dont put a number, do you have a general sense of whether these jobs are going to order, ped in short meaning say within the next, i dont know, 12 months, for example, or is this a situation we just have to prepare ourselves that the number of Unemployed People in this a ntry is just going to be lot higher for the foreseeable future . Great thats a question, romaine, i think anyone that tells you exactly answer may not be telling you the truth. Rate ect the unemployment to finish 2020 in december somewhere around 10 which is three xtremely, its times the number we brought heading into this. Eliminated about 18 of all of the jobs in the labor orce and just to put that in perspective, thats about, thats the equivalent of one of job producing in the country. Leisure and hospitality employees 16 to 17 million today. About 22 million job losses, youre taking out almost the entire sector. Obviously some of that will come back. The speed at which it comes back i think will be the critical oint about how much government assistance and support needs to happen. We think perhaps a year out from it, lets call it late spring or spring into ummer, you may see that Unemployment Rate drop down to 7. 5 . R around 7, but from there, thats still double from where we were. To take a while. Scarlet all right, we want to cronk, the darrell wells fargo Institute President. We want to take you to where President Trump was speaking moments ago. Lets listen in. With dr. P i spoke fauci and deborah about it, its a promising situation. We have been doing work with the i. H. And the fed, gilead work spearheading this ublic private partnership to make it happen very quickly. So today, im going to let dan well let dan make a statement as to what the Company Contribution g a to really people that are not doing well, people that are sick, people that have this that set into our country and were getting rid of and were going to be incredible really results. E have very promising studies coming out on the vaccines, we coming mising studies out on therapeutics and the one is dan and gilead, i would like to maybe have you say dan, words, if you would, if you would to number one about and also the contribution being made by your company. We very much appreciate it. Thank you very much, mr. President , thank you for having us here. Mr. Vice president , for the collaboration we have had. All of the colleagues at gilead, want to thank all of the collaborators that brought remdesivir to this point. Includes n. I. H. And dr. Commissionertainly han and many, many more people that have been a part of this to to where we are today. And, in fact, really, the thanks o to the patients and the care givers that participated in these Clinical Trials. I also want to say im group ged to work with a of amazing scientists at gilead decades have been ording on antivirals, were posed to put remdesivir immediately into Clinical Trials hen we saw the covid19 circulating. Im proud of the colleagues at gilead. To say on behalf of president s point, this is an important first step nd wants to make sure nothing gets in the way of the patients getting the medicine. Donating 1. 5 vials of remdesivir. Well be working with the government to determine how best to distribute that within the united states. Well be working very closely to working to patients with fema, working with other parts of the government to make that to the get patients in need as quickly as possible. There are patients out there benefit from this medicine today that are hospitalized and we dont want any time to waste for that. Fully committed to continued to expand the supply of this medicine. E started investing in this back in january as soon as we became aware of the coronavirus. Is a long time to manufacture. It used to be 12 months. Its now six months. Scientists have brought that down. As we get into the second half haveis year, were able to many more supplies available to patients and were fully committed to working, mr. You, in your th administration, to make sure that patients in need can get important new medicine. Pres. Trump i totally appreciate it, i also notice the job you have done with h. I. V. , we remember so years agoears ago, 16 it was a horrible thing. A lot in new york, lost of friends through h. I. V. And also hepatitis c. Just a quick s moment on how successful thats been, because i have seen things are pretty incredible that a lot of people dont know. Dan absolutely. Im reminded of deborah birx and this field as well. Colleagues in gilead have years. Orated for its really astonishing. This is one of the reasons why hen i joined gilead a while ago, the reason i joined is because of this progress. Ou remember, of course, back when h. I. V. Was a death sentence and now thanks to the scientists elsewhere, we have turned this into a really chronic disease and also a disease. Le i want to give special thanks to the administration for the work prevention and prep program that were working particularly disadvantaged parts of our country to get more patients on best tion, because the way, of course, is to stop and end this epidemic is a ombination of treatment and prevention. And hepatitis c, im really appen to say, that the scientists came with up a cure some years ago and we made remendous progress and including some really creative new arrangements in the united tates like with the state of louisiana where weve looked at ways to look at programs to make in a hat every patient state is able to get the opportunity to be cured. Have very proud that we this kind of science, but also hat we put this science in a way with access to patients. C, s. Trump with hepatitis its an actual cure, rather than keeping it down. Oral therapy cure. Were still working on the h. I. V. Cure. We have not given up. Difficult more problem. Well probably get the long acting medicines first. Pres. Trump much more complex. Dan im really embarrassed to this in front of dr. To get t its a complex the virus completely suppressed. Pres. Trump where would you put corona in that level of complexity . An were in the early stages on coronavirus. This is the first step today. T may be like with other viruses we have seen, with this step, an antiviral like way to actually get better results is to add medicines on top of an antiviral. That is how we were able to get h. I. V. To a chronic illness by therapies. Of this is the beginning, there is a lot of Great Companies out there that are working on this were collaborating with, my colleagues in the industry. Dore all working together to everything we can with this. Pres. Trump real exciting. Is making, know, dan the company is make a major contribution towards helping people. That. Y much appreciate i mean im talking about a monetary contribution as well as ore importantly what you are doing scientifically, so we appreciate it very much. Doctor, would you say a few words . F. D. A. Has been moving things along. It. Hank you, i appreciate as the president just announced, e authorized gileads application for emergency use authorization to use remdesivir in hospitalized patients. Issued today, thank you very much and congratulations for the great work and the the collaboration that weve had. I also want to thank more than f. D. A. Who yees at have heeded the president s call and reduced Regulatory Burden red tape and moved things forward. I think i said the other day, this is lightning speed in terms getting something approved. From Clinical Trial to getting f. D. A. Iszed from the has been the speedy and effective process. His is an important clinical advance that showed a tatistically significant reduction in time to recover from covid19, the First Authorized therapy for covid19. Really proud to be part of it, mr. President , thank you for your leadership h. Hahn, one of dr. The most important jobs in medicine as you know, take the were glad he did. Very important job and a to endous reputation, but take this job and really proud of you. Thank you, sir. Pres. Trump deborah, please. Dr. Birx ill be brief. This illustrates what can happen in a short time. Case that was diagnosed in the united states, now our first step forward with 90 erapeutic in less than days, for those of us who have worked in viral diseases and long time, this is our really first positive step forward. Step forward, obviously groups are still working on vaccines. Thank the company for not only making sure this got into Clinical Trials, but or individuals who didnt qualify for the Clinical Trial, use made compassionate drugs available from the very beginning at our request and around the world. Combination of really strong scientific rigorous Clinical Trials, but you dont really have compassionate ke use available was also quite extraordinary. Omaine were listening to dr. Deborah birx speaking at the hite house, alex azar and President Trump talking about this gilead treatment that was by the for emergency use f. D. A. Im Romaine Bostick joined by and you are watching whatd you miss . We saw the aine, u. S. Stock market close with losses, on the heels of a very in april, the s p 500 had the best run in april and started off with some declines here. To follow what youre saying, ilead getting emergency authorization, emergency use remdesivir. Patients benefit with as little as five doses. You posted with further developments. Thats good news in the quest for some type of permanent here or any kind of helpful treatment to coronavirus. Lets move on to another story its one that we have been keeping an eye on here, especially as we turn to the weekend. Berkshire hathaways annual meeting in omaha, nebraska, is staple in the Global Business community. Its known by some as woodstock this pitalists, however, year things are a little different. Warren bu c. E. O. There virtually. We are hearing from bill. Talk to you. I guess the first question to you think warren has been fairly quiet which it comes to the opportunities in the market, the environment out there, there has buy america rallying cry from the worlds most famous investor during this difficult in the nation, why do you think that is . Put it at two factors. That he has 125 and so to invest somebody compared it to trying of water into a tea cup. Factor, i believe is that he is good friends with and bill gates is one of the most negative people on we should control everyone and how long we should shut down and i think that in his y a big factor attitude. Romaine but, bill, one interesting thing and the thing seems to frustrate or at least confuse some people right that when you look at the set with how they invest, this would be the time and the event that would sort of provide them opportunity to take some of that excess cash work. Have and put it to even if they are too large to maybe pull off some of the deals n the way that they were able to when buffet was younger and had a smaller company, why not the company into another investment arm or find some sort of way to use that a way that can take advantage of the opportunities it. Ill your question is excellent and makes me think, ted weshler, his top pickers, why stock isnt he on the call with them. If they own 20 stocks, they own than a billion dollars in each stock on average which means they would be much more flexible. See, i view the current circumstances a lot more like market in 1974he after crushing 40 out of the in about a year and eight growthafter the nifty 50 buffett felt like e was an oversexed man in a harem. E was buying bargains Like Washington post, all of seas candy, very small pieces or companies. You have 125 billion, monger both said the size of their capital have reached their returns. We have reached that day. That day. Ch reached he already owns the airlines, so there is not much he can do that. Already a big owner of the banks, two areas they got on the shelf already in a big way. If he is going into something to put 10 ants billion or 20 billion to work kind of a boy, thats square peg youre jamming into a round hole. Scarlet absolutely. Bill, i guess one question that needs to be asked here is planning, it becomes all the more critical now, were the middle of a Health Crisis where the elderly is available. Is it time for them to spell out, for buffet specifically, is going to take over for him rather than playing coy . You know, even a long that, warren buffet and have been the spiritual leaders of investing over the years. Annual letter, he seems to be looking forward to passing that baton and i its their vision to their e that role within company. And that is the bizarre all mstance here, were looking for that spiritual is doingp from what he and were not getting it and its a source of frustration. Anxious for him to come out and say, wow, this is a bargain and oh, is this a great to buy and he might think at , but also, if you look the breakdown in the market, the concentration in the five or six Largest Companies in the s p is the highest its been other than 1999. E end of its higher than the end of 1999. Likes to buy a very Large Company that is way a of favor, which means broken growth stock of some kind and the Growth Stocks are not broken right now. 30 and 40l trading at and 50 and netflix and amazons 80 or 100 times earnings. He didnt buy times or coca cola at 60 earnings in 1972. He waited until the stock was 1989 more out of favor in on coca cola. Romaine bill, real quickly, 30 seconds. Lets say they were to move the baton to someone else. Is berkshire a better investment in your eyes is bill Charlie Munger said they becausee really careful there are many people that have 0 of their net worth in Berkshire Hathaway and shareholders like us do not want for that comfort. Scarlet well said, bill smead us by phone before the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting tomorrow. This is bloomberg. Its all about liquidity. These are not companies that are their own companies, theyre sick from being affected by the virus. If the corporate equivalent f a ventilator is a restructuring or a bankruptcy proceeding, how many of the clients or what percentage of the clients youre dealing with headed in that direction, need a ventilator, if you will . Hard one w, thats a to answer because the information on when this virus end or when we will get back to something normal is difficult to know. I just read an article that said that 60, 70 of the population by the to be infected time this is over and its going to go on for another 18 months which is obviously a very negative article. O if that happens, there are going to be a lot of bankruptcies. If we get some reopening and it and there isnt a big second wave of this virus, then a lot of these companies survive. Bankruptcy doesnt necessarily help most of these companies. Them from perhaps an outgoing cash perspective in terms of any interest theyre that, or Something Like but the operations are the operations. These are not companies that are like most Companies Going into bankruptcy that are looking to make big changes. Theyre a retailer and theyre rejecting leases or Something Like that. This this] is not what situation is like. Its very hard to tell right now how many will go. A lot of ll will be bankruptcies, i dont mean to suggest otherwise. Be, whether re will everyone will be in bankruptcy. A lot of that is driven by what happened with the virus. Goes without saying, tim, this is the first time in modern industries whole have no revenue and some people the r, given thats been case for weeks already why we avent seen more companies default, miss Interest Payments to the point where theyre default or even start a bankruptcy proceeding. Explanation for that or is it just too early . Probably a little bit of both. Ertainly the companies that i would describe as Good Companies great n with, investment companies, those companies, their banks dont want to seem them falter. The government doesnt want to see them falter. He extent they are hitting covenants, maintenance covenants that would normally trip them banks, you have to be careful about being too of the banks ost are waiving those covenants and into liquidity covenants. Youre a good company, you should be back, you should be normal at some point assuming is normal, im not going to cause you to go into default just because you have that you otherwise wouldnt have tripped. I am going to put a liquidity covenant that is going to say to me if you keep going down this path and you start