we went to ferguson. we go to jail when we go to ferguson. we want the young folk to know some of us old-school folk love them and love and deeply. we might not understand everything, but we are in solidarity with them even as we want to respect and protect and correct them. we stand alongside them like coltrain allowing eric dolphin to play. coltrain could have been center stage every performance. he let the guy voices in. come on. you all see what i am talking about in terms of what it means to tell the truth but also make room for the young folks coming through because so many of them have been unloved and uncared for and unattended to, and i have been so loved and cared for and attended to for three lifetimes. that is just the west household. we ain't got the shiloh baptist church yet or harvard or yale and princeton, so it is a matter of keeping the caravan of love going, or the love train curtis mayfield sang about. people, get ready, don't need a ticket to get on this love train. but are you ready for the love train? are you well-equip

business i'm kate ferguson welcome. global stocks have continued their freefall as the number of coronavirus cases surpasses 100 ties and the spread is threatening economies around the world and forcing governments and central banks to step in with economic stimulus here's a recap of what's been a turbulent 2 weeks. it's been the worst 2 weeks for global stocks since the 2008 financial crisis from wall street to tokyo investors are facing a global epidemic that could have to risk consequences for the global economy and the u.s. the dow jones industrial average fell more than 10 percent over the past 2 weeks stocks have been hit even harder and frank for the dax index has lost 15 percent since february 21st that's when cases began to surge in south korea italy and iran the coronavirus is continuing to spread outside of china with around 20000 cases recorded. more airlines have been forced to ground planes american tech giants have sent workers home and japanese officials have suggested they could delay the tokyo olympics

this is t w business i'm kate ferguson welcome. the federal reserve has announced its biggest interest rate cut in a decade in response to the danger the coronavirus poses to the american economy so far though investors don't appear to impressed coronavirus has brought yet another 1st since the dark days of the financial crisis 2008 was the last time a fed chairman announced a cut to interest rates between regular policy meetings my colleagues and i took this action to help the u.s. economy keep strong in the face of new risks to the economic outlook namely the coronavirus which is now spread to more than 70 countries including the u.s. where citizens a stocking up on supplies has resulted in the fed cutting rates by half a percentage point the biggest since you've guessed it the global financial crisis . we are beginning to see the effects on the tourism and travel industries and we are hearing concerns from industries that rely on global supply chains the feds rush to action follows some international pressure in germany there ha

this instead of the business line kate ferguson welcome the u.s. house of representatives has approved a plan to spend more than $8000000000.00 on fighting the coronavirus a large portion of the funds will be spent on vaccine research a further $430000000.00 will go on overseas aid meanwhile the international monetary fund has pledged $50000000000.00 for countries hit by the epidemic its managing director says the situation is serious. the impact then we have more dire scenario use we are considering unfortunately we have moved in the territory of this more. we also know that we have a sound financial system much more resilient than it was before the global financial crisis. and one industry that's really feeling the pinch at the moment is aviation earlier love tons honest it would be granting $150.00 aircraft this offer at a ready suspended flights to china and on to late april in the times of swiss and austrian airlines european airline executives warned that the worst economic damage is still to come. now let's talk more about all of this with f

this is business i'm kate ferguson welcome officials in the u.s. have agreed to spend more than $8000000000.00 to fight the coronavirus a big portion of the funds will be spent on vaccine development the united smoke comes as investors continue to digest the fed's decision to cut interest rates in response to the outbreak markets in asia and europe were mainly on the wednesday following the u.s. fed chairman jerome powells announcement of a cut to interest rates investors sense other central banks will be taking a closer look at their own stimulus measures to. however the fed's decision to cut between monetary policy meetings for the 1st time since the financial crash left traders in no doubt that the americans see coronavirus as a serious threat to be dealt with. the international monetary fund added to that with troubling words about the global economy. the impact then we have more use we are considering unfortunately we have moved into this more. the i.m.f. previously said 2020 would be a better year for global finances than 2019 it now says tha

pmqs, remember the strangeness of this, when you saw the pmqs, rememberthe government adviser niall ferguson he came down with covid—19 and he is in westminster was rife with this disease and then you go to prime minister's questions and you see the commons packed to the rafters, hundreds of mps standing and sharing a very small space and only after days did they decide there are fewer mps, let's space them out, because at least if they are going to represent people they can show they are just as aware of the guidelines as the rest of us. it is difficult, you are constantly dodging each other and trying to find a way around the desks, but we are all becoming very mindful of what the new normal

pmqs, remember the strangeness of this, when you saw the pmqs, rememberthe government adviser niall ferguson, he came down with covid-19 and adviser niall ferguson, he came down with covid—19 and he is in westminster was rife with this disease and then you go to prime minister's questions and you see the commons packed to the rafters, hundreds of mps standing and sharing a very small space and only after days did they decide there are fewer mps, let's space them out, because at least if they are going to represent people they can show they are just as aware of the guidelines as the rest of us. it is difficult, you are constantly dodging each other and trying to find a way around the desks, but we are all becoming very mindful of what the new normal is. rachel, the financial times, ministers under fire new normal is. rachel, the financial times, ministers underfire for new normal is. rachel, the financial times, ministers under fire for the situation over ventilators and supplies have said the call came too late. offers were not taken up, it seems. “— late. offers were not taken up, it seems.

this is professor niall ferguson. danger is to lift those restrictions to soon and then the virus takes off again. it seems to be working quite well at the moment, the social distance and self isolation and so on. but this epidemiologist who i think has also had the coronavirus himself and recovered, doctor ferguson, he is saying that we have got to expect at least three months of lockdown, and then after that, we are going to have to do more social distancing for some months after that. so our lives are really com pletely that. so our lives are really completely changed if we want to defeat this horrible disease. as if by magic, another journalist defeat this horrible disease. as if by magic, anotherjournalist has appeared, martin is here. thank you for getting back to us! my wife i we nt for getting back to us! my wife i went down. i don't know why. for getting back to us! my wife i went down. i don't know whyli for getting back to us! my wife i went down. i don't know why. i am glad you recovered —— wifi went down.

[applause] during the ferguson boba and come during the ferguson uprising we didn't hit the streets thinking oh, his processes happen for me put on my organizer hat. let me put a organized hat and a become out and look special try to get a name for myself, like that's not what we're doing. we didn't have them foster will be did know is we're about to make history. we didn't allow, we didn't set out to make you too. we did try to make a name for ourselves. we wanted justice for black and brown people. we want to justice for the 18-year-old baby that was murdered. [applause] so we were fighting for someone we didn't know. people say you know, if i was born back in such and such time, you know, i would've done this. why let me say this. when you're in the history making moment, you don't know that you're in the history making moment. so let me say, we did know we were making history. we did know we would touch the entire world, regular everyday folks like us but we did know so let me say this. all of you sitting here under the sound of my voice, we are making history right now. this is a histor

remember the whole business about herd immunity which also came from neil ferguson.en absolutely wonderfully honest about when he has changed his mind about things, but now that they are working on, you know we must get the support of the people. it could be bad. let's hope it's not going to be as bad as some of us fear it might be. ithink as bad as some of us fear it might be. i think that is a very strong message. you get, i have been reading in the last 48 hours or so, experts saying it has all been exaggerated and it is a terrible plot. i feel very very concerned because of the multiplying effect that you get, and you get some really crazy stuff out there now in social media. the amount of fake news social media. the amount of fake news blowing around even on my twitter account, not from me, news blowing around even on my twitteraccount, not from me, is amazing. polly, let's go to the mirror. protect our doctors and nurses and coronavirus medics pleading for more protective masks and gowns to stop them becoming the sitting ducks. there is a quote from someone who

specifically, winston was referenced in the months ferguson registration bill which would've requiredry member of the communist party to register with the u.s. attorney general's office. not only were leading communists being rounded up on phones charges of conspiring to overthrow the u.s. government now all communists if this bill became law would have to register based on this falsehood. according to party southwards arnold johnson months ferguson would nullify the bill of rights, cripple the trade unions and advance the establishment of a full-fledged fascist dictatorship. the message was clear, civil liberties for communists would not be recognized. the mccarran internal security act, which passed congress in september 1950 further copycatted matters for winston and his comrades. the mccarran act differed from the smith act in that it attempted to force communist front organizations also register with federal authorities. any organization was communist in leadership was then considered a communist front. as winston and the party warned, democracy was in the crosshairs, not just co

among other things, ferguson projected in his report that, quote, 2.2 million people in the united states could die if more wasn't done. here's what he told nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel in an exclusive interview today. >> how far behind is the united states compared to italy or other european countries that have seen pretty big outbreaks? are we talking days, weeks? >> i think some areas of the united states are probably a week or two behind italy. italy is the first affected european country. we think it started mid-january. compared to the united states with like germany and france, i think, again, the united states is bigger but the worst affected area of the united states will be very comparable to what's happening in france, the uk and elsewhere. >> i'm joined now by congressman adriana, democrat from new york, a health care reporter from "the washington post" and miker oester home, director for the infection and policy. thank you so much for being here. michael, let me start with you. so much here flattening the curve, the expression we keep hearing. the curve is

. >> thank you now i want to bring in doctor on demand ceo hill ferguson back with us. k telemedicine, sup an importach part of how we all continue to deal with this virus outbreak and doctor on demand is a pioneer on that, hill ferguson joining us on the newsline hill, good morning. >> good morning, jon >> now, it seems, hill, that some at least temporary regulatory changes coming into effect that should make telemedicine more accessible to people, particularly on medicare what do you think the impact of that will be >> well the administration made some good moves here in the last few days top of mind really removing the barriers for 37 medicare beneficiaries to receive virtual care this allows our most vulnerable populations to more easily get treated in their home without going in to see a health care provider in person i think the next step there is really helping expedite the timelines for provider enrollment in medicare but that's been a really good move >> so practically speaking, hill, do you expect this to aid with the diagnosis of covid-19 itself do you expect

coming out about the response from the science behind the response leading scientists neil ferguson who's behind the imperial college team in london which did the modeling the change the government's thinking about the way in which the virus would overwhelm the health service if it wasn't contained he's currently giving evidence of that so the parliament's science committee here and he said that it was their understanding of the disaster that's now unfolding in italy and endings. and the underestimation of the number of people who would need ventilates as one hospital beds in europe printed them to say to the government you've got to do something different rather than letting the disease run rampant and on the community and that in turn inform the government's thinking about suppression setting up this enormous place just on the edge of london because of the conference and we're going to have $4000.00 beds it's in order to try to make sure that if people are very seriously ill they can actually have a ventilator and they'll ferguson in a few last few minutes told. this committee that he n

joining us now is george ferguson of bloomberg intelligence. think government will step. deliver anything like the kind of money that the aviation requires? >> good morning guys. i think we've already seen the about $50 billion to $60 billion for airlines. like it's getting traction in capitol hill. i would say it's very likely we'll get to that 200. i expect the european governments as well to support their airlines. keyink airlines are infrastructure. when the economy working well, they really provide the connections between businesses, they provide and i think government integral to the economies and step up. alix: what's the most effective way? ofit going to be some kind multibillion dollar bailout or nationalization, we saw in some bigstakes industries and businesses. which is the best way? free market guy. i think that the best way probably cash injection or some way to get the airlines resources. know governor do great airlines.g in some countries you could see some nationalizations. in the u.s. you'll see cash. have to remember that some of the actions we're takin

this is a business i'm craig ferguson welcome. the organization for economic cooperation and development says global growth could be caused inhofe if the corona virus spreads widely should that come to posture pan and europe would be likely to go into recession and growth in the united states could fall close to 0 the warning comes as the international monetary fund and the world bank say they're ready to make funds available to help poor countries step up their response to this virus. and for more on how all of this is playing out on the markets left cross night financial correspondent against caught up on wall street. and now we have seen a rebound on markets today but the misery is far from over especially when you look at manufacturing data run us through the numbers we're seeing from factories. you know well what we got was those manufacturing numbers and they showed that there is a barely grows this index dropping to 50 point one percent everything below 50 percent. contracting economic activity and everything on top of 50 p

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i'm kate ferguson welcome. it's been a day of carnage on the markets with shares posting their biggest losses since the financial crisis in 2008 the massive drops were triggered by saudi arabia's decision to increase oil production after russia refused to cut its a push in response to weakening to munt because of the coronavirus and here's the damage here in germany the dax closed around 8 per cent down entirely wiping i almost the gains of the past year the footsie $100.00 in london fared no better it ended just shy of 8 per cent in the red as well and there was chaos that trading going on in new york 2 similar to other exchanges the dow jones closed nearly 8 percent lower as well all of this volatility of course coming as the price of oil so it's because $1.00 day drop since the gulf war in 1991 now earlier i asked these financial correspondent jose luis to harrow on wall street for his take on a saudi arabia's decision to increase i put and i asked him whether he thinks the move could lead to retaliation fro

business i'm craig ferguson welcome the united states wants to make corona virus tests available to everyone as soon as possible but there are 2 big problems the 1st is a shortage of kits the 2nd the millions of uninsured americans who may not seek medical help if they fall ill by the end of the week kits that would test 1500000 people for corona virus could find their way to hospitals in labs around the united states. increasing access to testing and health care is a crucial part of the administration's plan for controlling the virus but the demand is overwhelming i know everyone would like to know do i have the virus right now there's simply not the compasses be anywhere to do that kind of testing the trump administration is working with manufacturers to increase supply but many potential suppliers still need approval from regulators and that could take weeks 27000000 uninsured americans could be the bigger challenge though the white house is considering using a national disaster program to pay their medical bills. our objective is in addition to those tests being available. we want to get

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george ferguson joining us on the latest on the airline sector.airbus looking like they are going to get some sort of loan from the french state. it is going to be interesting to see whether or not there is a level playing field when it comes to the loans ultimately issued. we will manage what is happening with these markets. it is interesting to see airbus up over 20% today. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: time for futures in focus. joining us on the phone from chicago is bobby a chino -- is bob iaccino of path trading partners. have we found a bottom? i don't know if we have quite seen it yet. bob: no, i don't think we have. it was inside range from a technical perspective, which generally means a continuation lower. i know a lot of people who don't normally focus on technicals are looking at those now, so i would expect us to move a little bit lower . this economic weakness isn't going to round itself out for crude anytime soon. do you still want to be a buyer of gold? bob: i don't. i think one of the main selling points of gold from a perspective o

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and no one really looked at neil ferguson's base assumption which is a guess as to what was going on in china early on. >> dr. smith, we heard these horrific possibilities today that there are all these doctors talking about dnr's, do not resuscitate orders. i imagine they are going to run out of ventilators. dr. birx threw cold water on that, angry about that today. what are your thoughts on that? >> the dnr obviously is always a decision for the family. most are in their 90s, some of the patients we have had discussions with families about, we don't even know if they have covid. anytime someone in their 90s gets sick or goes to the hospital, it is just a discussion. there is not pressure on people now more than ever simply because of these situations. there is no one thing we need to make your grandfather dnr because we don't have enough fence, that is not happening. >> laura: it panics everybody, that in and of itself can drive the concern about keeping this country shut down. as long as possible, isolate people as long as possible. but you have been looking into the herd immunity

for more on this, george ferguson joining us from princeton come apart of our bloomberg intelligence in terms of the slot rule, how important is that that the european union has done that for carriers? george: i think it is extremely important. you have to operate those slots 70%, 80% of the time. i don't of the number exactly, time, theof the constituent airlines and all , that is part of their competitive advantage. inclinedhey would be to try to operate in those spots to make sure they don't use them . with demand falling off so badly in these airlines cutting , they have really struggled to continue to operate in those slots, and i don't even say maintain profitability. delta and american are the latest to cut back on flights, and capacity through the summer. this is a cascade of airlines announcing these measures. do we see bankruptcies out of this? george: not yet. even we are right now is the european airline balance sheets are in pretty good shape. all of these airlines have had some very good years of profitability and cash generation. i think everything here is a function o

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for the pbs newshour, i am jane ferguson in beirut, lebanon.udy: we thought we would close tonight with ato of hope. how in these trying times people are creatively using the arts likes onto come together evenn the face of social distancing. ait is reminder of the power of humanity e dnuring hardship. jeffrey brown has a look as part of our ongoing culture series. >> broadway may be dark and silentut in the digital world, there is music in the time of coronavirus. the show in that way goesn, a chorus line of nyu students eager to pick up where they left off. a song from the musical, you're inown by a middle school -- urinetown by a middle school. and a performance from les miserables froolthis high sc this last video and many others like it were posted to sunshine songs, started by this broadway veteran, a tony award winning actress and singer who found herself sidelined with the thought of youngpl peo facing their own canceled shows for which they put in so much work. to put out the word, send me your sg videos. >> i want to see you. i want to

neil ferguson. she said it would appear that what the decisions of that study would imply the cases are going to be lower. the number of deaths will be lower. in fact, dr. ferguson said his revisions are being misrepresented or misunderstood. the major change to that modelling is really that perhaps more effective than we realize but the total number of cases and deaths they are predicting are unchanged. >> i want you to stand by. we'll try to improve your audio over there. what to do -- stood out to you? >> there's a lot of things in play but they are not quite there yet. if we talk about testing, we are just ramping up and there's still this inconsistency. we may have a test. we may have a new analyzer. we may not have the medium, the swaps. there's different guidances from week to week in terms of testing. we don't have good information on that. we don't know why younger people are getting sick. i think that's a big challenge for all of us who are working in health care to understand those factor

let's bring in neil ferguson from the hoover institution. a public policy institution.an think of no one better to talk to about the global economic consequences of this possible global pandemic. neil, what are your thoughts? >> one of the reasons that markets are gyrating, there's so much uncertainty about how far this thing is going to spread. in particular, we don't know when we're going to get a clear indication of just how many people are infected in the united states. it seems early in the game. a major risk for markets is in the next day or two, you might suddenly discover once we've done enough tests closer to south korea or northern italy, that would be a bad scenario where we would see a jump in the number of recorded cases. public sentiment would likely shift. people are not quite panicking but poised to panic. the other thing to remember though, even in a good scenario whereby some tremendous good luck the united states isn't as badly affected as somewhere like south korea, there's still a big shot working its way through the global economic system because r

super tuesday isn't ferguson narrow the race for the u.s. democratic presidential nomination and joe biden bernie sanders leaving but with a number of challenges dropping out to endorse biden there's a growing belief the party establishment is already showed its preface. to his refugee dispute with greece deepens as tens of thousands of asylum seekers try to cross into the e.u. even those who've made it into the block could be wrong. in the north of the.

s ferguson a bigger part was giving evidence to m.p.'s he of imperial college london he's a coronavirus expert his work was largely influential in getting the government to change its course and its response in the last couple of days he now believes that this surge which will lead to a doubling of available critical care beds plus the new strict stay at home social distancing guidance from the government together will mean that the n.h.s. will broadly be in a position to cope albeit with areas of severe stress in certain places he thinks that the peak of this epidemic will arrive here in the next 2 to 3 weeks and in london alone let me tell you a city of 9000000 people professor neil ferguson believes up to 10 percent of this population alone will contract the virus and join a we've also very recently gotten the news that prince charles has tested positive for the corona virus is that likely to change the way that british people are approaching the pandemic. i would highly doubt that will have much impact on very many people in the way

richard engel talked to neil ferguson who's advising the white house's task force. here's what he told richard. >> how far behind is the united states compared to italy or other european countries that have seen pretty big outbreaks? days, weeks? >> so i think some areas of the united states are probably a week or two behind italy. italy was u the worst affected european country, the first one. we think transmission started there in mid january or so. in the united states compared to germany and france, i think again the united states is bigger but the worst affected areas are probably comparable to what's happening in france, the u.k. and elsewhere. >> ferguson also told richard that whether the death toll is in the millions or tens of millions is what the government does now. joining us from rome, claudio. i really wanted to have you on for this very reason. you know when italy is normal and you know when life is not normal. so tell me this. number one. how is italy handling the lockdown that they've been under i guess you're on week two or three of this. we're on

in a sense, the end of one age, plessy versus ferguson the beginning of the next stage. >> what plessy versus ferguson is say separate but legal, remaining in application, separate but unequal becoming the norm. is gohey decide to do back to the original court ruling that says separate but equal is legal. but they decide to do is launch an attack to make it in fact separate and equal. it wherever you have these different kinds of settings and schools for african-americans and flight children, if the facilities are not well, the idea is to force them to live up to the law to make them equal. the other current is they think it will be so expensive to create two equal systems that it will force the powers that the to decide it is too expensive and bring them together. the hope is that by forcing things to actually be separate but equal according to the law, they will create a crack at the ,ystem of separate but unequal making desegregation financial -- financially logical for those places. >> what were the >> in the strategy? >> they start at first in the law schools, starting high. if th