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To come back to life, whether weve actually based on the numbers weve had in the last couple days seen a peak in confirmed cases, what all of that looks like. Then, of course, the fact that we have earning season kicking off in earnest this week, the big banks reporting and some key other names that give us some insight into the state of the economy and things like trade flows like jb hunt will report this week too. Number of analysts and strategists saying the number is meaningless, the eps number is meaningless, any guidance for q2 probably up in the air as well, that its really going to be the health of these companies, its going to be the Balance Sheets and how theyre able to weather what has been a complete shutdown in so many different parts of the economy, so many industries, so many different businesses dom . I mean, whats curious about this whole conversation debate, guys, thats happening right now is there are so many ta ....
Weekly caucus meetings. Republicans are meeting with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin this afternoon about the coronavirus response. We expect to hear Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell address reporters at 2 p. M. Eastern. The senate will gavel back in at 2 15 eastern and, of course, well have live coverage here on cspan2. Up next, a conversation on the coronavirus pan dem sick and public trust in pandemic and public trust in government. We hear from this forum hosted by the Atlantic Council. Good morning. This is fred kemp from the Atlantic Council, and thank you for tuning into this timely, unfortunately timely conversation on Public Tru ....
Trust in government. Live coverage here on cspan2. Okay. Good morning. This is fred kempe from the Atlantic Council, and thank you for tuning in to this timely, unfortunate timely conversation on Public Trust Institutions and the corona virus epidemic. First of all i want to thank our speakers who are here today and itll just joined us online for being responsive to the call for social distancing. We actually dont think that social distancing contradicts common cause and thats the way were going to run the Atlantic Council during this period of time. We see this moment as a challenge. Went to keep ourselves safe. We as Atlantic Council have to keep our staff safe, arcing or be safe at the same time we have to rally our community globally, transit me ....
We see this moment is a challenge. We have to stay safe. Our community safe. We have to rally our community to take on the challenge of a sort we have never seen. Our team will be monitoring your questions. You can do this as much as possible. We will get more of this sort of thing from the atlantic council. We are working together with our friends and partners. We are working rapidly to respond to provide all of you policy understanding and ideas and how we can collaborate better. We find ourselves bracing for major geopolitical and economic impacts. Causing chaos, confusion, but also the beginnings of common cause. 130coronavirus has reached countries. 169,000 cases. U. S. , it could be as much as 80 deaths now. Is this information about the virus is spreading faster than the pandemic itself. We must all turn to fax first. The words we use matter. This is a pandemic. The president called for a national emergency. Viralis reason the term applies to this. This is making it harder to mo ....
The maca supervisor at the San Francisco store said they have a long line of customers even before they open this morning, he says almost 550 customers came through in the first 30 minutes of operation. Mac when people are in a panic they will buy much of it in bulk. I found one person with a cart full of toilet paper, these customers emptied the last pallet of paper, demetrius got here too late. Somehow i guess i will try the other cosco on airport and if not there then target or some other supermarket. May any date area cosco told me they are out of the same items. People unfortunately are going to feel a little bit more threatened or scared. Mac this dr. Says the risk of getting coronavirus in the bay area remains very low and theres no need to panic. Theres no need to be scared. Definitely wash your hands well, cover your mouth, and if you are truly sick you need to stay at home and if you are sick to the point, you need to go ....