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a senator named jim inhofe known for his interest in african affairs. on. the bottom on honor and you know probably my it's what you might think you fight. in hoff was one of the stars of the coney 2012 video. with all the problems that are out there no one is more severe than one in the middle ages and takes the lives of the little kids. to sit on a this senator jim inhofe from oklahoma must be pretty close to the ngo because in one of the other videos we have we see him taking part in one of the n.g.o.s protests. there he is going to his interest in uganda goes back many years. in this press release from 2006 he was already raising the alarm about what he called northern uganda as terrorist group the l r a. when i go he says i'm doing my jesus thing when he goes and meets with foreign leaders he says i'm a u.s. senator i'm the conduit to u.s. power and money and if you want to get there you go to me and you go to jesus. the senator will not answer our questions what's clear is that for decades a radical fellowship has been pulling strings behind the scene

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 percent shows a growth. of the coronavirus so we see quite a few delays when it comes to the supply chan

economists warn global growth could be cut inhofe if the coronavirus continues to spread outside of china this sounds fox reality put drops on the aviation sector thanks as get more charged and look at the latest on the viral outbreak a from our correspondent on wall street. found a fold out wasn't gloomy enough pharmacists here in germany are warning us medical shortages of supply chains from china are disrupted by the epidemic. and then maybe as brain. it is germany's game criticism europe's top economy looks to africa and the search for qualified health care professionals. this is a business i'm very welcome. the organization for economic cooperation and development says global growth could be cut in half if the coronavirus spread widely so that come to posture upon 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 the virus. and for more on how all of this is playing out on the

two other senators involved, inhofe and feinstein is bringing her husband for making the tray tweeting the quote, under senate rules i reported my husband financial transaction, i have no input in his decisions. inhofe and leffler said they are not in charge of their own investments. >> first of all i did not give the briefings when i became the chairman, i invested myself of all stocks, i said get rid of all stocks that we have, put in mutual funds and no one can argue with that. >> that is false and cannot be true. if you actually look at the personal transaction reports that were filed, it notices at the bottom that i'm only informed of my transactions after they occur. some are weeks. >> the president reacted to this news calling them all honorable people. >> i am sure we will heal her about this. not to the numbers as we see today, we will give you some sort of update every day, more than 260,000 cases of the coronavirus worldwide. of those, 15600 are here in the u.s. we are seeing an increase but not across the entire country in particular areas getting hit really hard. new york

senate armed services chairman james inhofe sold more than $50,000 of stock on january 27th. but inhofe insists it was not in response to a closed door coronavirus briefing which he did not attend. >> when i became the chairman of the senate armed services committee, i divested myself of all stocks because i thought some day that may come up. >> georgia's new senator kelly laugh ler is under fire for selling the stock same day as an all senators briefing. her husband is chairman and ceo of the new york stock exchange. love ler responded to the controversial today on fox. >> i'm only informed of my transactions after they occur, several weeks so certainly those transactions at least on my behalf were a mix of buys and sells, very routine for my portfolio. >> there have been calls for them to resign. burr -- asking him to open a complete review of the matter with full transparency. bret? >> bret: mike, thank you. president trump says he is talking with one automaker about retooling its factory to make much needed ventilators to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak. and there

feinstein in california, james inhofe of oklahoma and kelly accused of doing the same thing.ol hill with the latest. to add to everything else in washington, hillary, this is something else. >> that's right. these senators really caught in controversy for selling off stock before coronavirus crippled the market. the news reached the president he reacted to it this morning. >> i don't know because i'd have to look at it but i find them to be honorable people. >> three of those senators, jim inhofe, kelly loeffler and diane feinstein are pushing back on reports that they made those stock sales. she said her husband made the sale saying quote, i have no input into his decision. my husband in january or february sold shares to a cancer therapy company. this is unrelated to any work on the coronavirus. the senators say they have other people in charge of their investments and they did not find out about this until weeks later. >> i don't have to explain anything. i didn't do anything. >> certainly i'm not involved in the decisions around buying and selling. there is a range of dif

. >> i think senator inhofe's statement is important.hree of the four senators have said, i didn't make these trades, my financial advisers or my spouse made the trades. richard burr is not saying that. he's acknowledging that he made the decision to trade in. he and his wife sold 33 different stocks that were worth between 600,000 and $1.7 million. and that was a significant chunk of his net worth, especially, according to his financial disclosure statements. kelly loeffler of georgia sold stocks with her husband worth up to $3.2 million and senator dianne feinstein dumped some stocks between january 31st and february 18th worth up to $6 million. james inhofe of oklahoma sold holdings in paypal and apple worth up to $400,000. but, again, the three of them are saying they didn't make the trades. burr is in a different category. he was getting daily briefings as the chair of the senate intelligence committee. he's saying he made the trades himself. he was saying something different about coronavirus in private than he was in public and a

confront the crisis.an difine stinal, democrat of california, kelly loeffler, republican georgia and jim inhofepublican of oklahoma also sold stock beforehand. on friday burp asked the senate ethics committeeo review his sales. nancy, you'reat ihe come lican senators. who is the response to the newr reabout senator bur. is he being asked to resign or is it business as usual? >> the rponse in the public was vicious but here most of them said they didn't know all the details or didt want to judge what burr and some of their colleagues had done. i think this is a very tricky situation because yes, br did sell off somewhere between 600 and 1.7 million dollars' wortht of the wee before the stock market started to tan and there was a suggestion that perhaps because he was receiving coronavirufings, he had some kind of inside information about what was going to the reality is that the reason he was getting coronavus briefings at that point was because of the nulls that everybody was seeing out of asia was so dire at that point that snampts were demanding these briefings so that wasn't exactly a secrea

. >> reporter: there are also questions around jim inhofe and dianne feinstein who both sold off hundreds of thousands of dollars in stocks but they say they were not at the coronavirus briefing and insists they were not directly involve in the decisions to sell. >> mary bruce tonight. mary, thank you. >>> when we come back, dr. jen ashton and your questions. how quickly some cases are turning into severe pneumonia like symptoms. she'll have more on that and more of the difference between men and women, who it's hitting harder and why. >>> also tracking the severe storms through the east. the confirmed ef-tornado and where that played out. balk in just a moment. a. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nau

the face of this global pandemic now according to the hill senators kelly loffler of georgia james inhofe of oklahoma dianne feinstein of california and richard burr burro of north carolina each told hundreds of thousands of dollars in stocks within days of the senate holding a classified briefing on january 24th with president trump administration officials on the threat of the corona virus outbreak so ben what can you tell us about these stock sales. yeah it's pretty sketchy to say the least look at this kelly loffler who by the way is a senator right here in georgia where i am right now she is maybe the most egregious in this in terms of at least the appearance of impropriety we don't know that there was but it there certainly appears to be she sold at least $355000.00 worth of stocks that was from january 24th until the 31st she and her husband who by the way is also the new york stock exchange sold 890000 stocks from february 5th to the 14th in all she sold she and her husband sold between 1200000 and 3100000 worth of stocks and all of that kicked off the very day she began selling t

kramer of north dakota bill cassidy of louisiana tom cotton of arkansas ted cruz of texas and james inhofe of oklahoma among others now the senators are scheduled to meet with saudi and the saudi ambassador to the u.s. later this week to discuss the oil price war in more detail so just how much longer can the kingdom maintain this flow before giving up from the pressure for that we go to our to correspondent saya tavenner so this is what we're dealing with add them and currently non opec members are producing close to $68000000.00 barrels of oil per day we have paid producers producing about $34000000.00 barrels per day so we have a total world oil consumption at $100000000.00 but the production is at $102.00 so ready there is a surplus of $2000000.00 mostly to do with china as slow growth and then we had to crown a virus and now we have the additional oil and met a price war where saudi arabia is promising about $2.00. barrels more into the mix with the u.a.e. at a 1000000 now iraq has even joined this price war and is adding about 800000 barrels of oil whereas russia is promising at leas

james inhofe sold $400,000 in stock at the end of january.rgia senator kelly loeffler and her husband who is chairman of the new york stock exchange began to sell shares the same day her health committee hosted an all snores meeting with health officials. sales had gone through for her worth up to $3.1 million. she also bought shares in two tech companies. citrix and o -- and oracle. >> if you look at personal transaction reports filed, it notes at the bottom that i am only informed of my transactions several weeks after they are made. there are decisions made every day regarding my portfolios that i'm not involved in. like any other trade, you can't see into the future. david: my next guest is running against loeffler. she was appointed to her position, not elected. >> that's correct, the governor appointed her. david: you are fighting her from the republican standpoint. what do you make of her excuses? >> it's sad. the fact that she has to give this excuse at a time when people are losing their businesses, losing their lives, losing their h

dianne feinstein, james inhofe, said she loeffler, she told our kevin cirilli that no engagement withent activities. she says her third-party intermediaries handle her financial affairs. italy preparing to extend a near total lockdown on the country after italy reached a grim milestone of being the nation with the most coronavirus deaths. officials considering extending the ban on nonessential activities until at least may. an italian newspaper says the government may call in the army to help enforce restrictions. more than 3400 italians have died from the virus. modidia, prime minister urging 1.3 million citizens to stay indoors to protect themselves from the fast spreading virus. government is also halting all international flights from landing in the country for a week. india's government asking states to enforce work from home for all private sector employees and set those in emergency and essential services -- except those in emergency and essential services. global news 24 hours a day, online and at quicktake on bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in ov

feinstein tweeted today -- >> senate armed services james inhofe sold $50,000 of stock january 27. but he insisted it was not in response to a closed door coronavirus briefing that he didn't attend. >> i divested myself of all stocks because i thought some day that may come up. >> georgia's new senator, kelly loeffler is under fire for selling stock the same day as an all-senators briefing. her husband is chairman and ceo of the new york stock exchange. she responded today on fox. >> i'm only informed of my transactions after they occur, several weeks. so learnly those transactions at least on my behalf were a mix of buys and sells, very routine for my portfolio. >> there's been several calls for some of these lawmakers to resign. chairman burr said he spoke with the chairman of the senate ethics committee asking him to open a complete review of the matter with full transparency. shannon? >> shannon: mike emanuel, thank you. so let's unpack it with the political panel. helen and steve are here with us. glad to have you here. >> thank you. >> shannon: steve, i'll start with you. you

. >> other senators under scrutiny democrat dianne fine feinstein and republican james inhofe of oklahomas are negotiating a trillion dollars stimulus package. the bill would bail out the airline industries, help small businesses and send two checks worth a thousand dollars to americans in need. rop majority leader mitch mcconnell is aiming for a senate vote on monday. that leads senate leaders and advisors until this afternoon to finish work. you now have an extra three is w udfiling as nirati s ad well. it's up to each state to make its own deadlines. in california, you have until june 15th to file and pay your state taxes. sa at president trump's steve direction we are moving tax day. all taxpayers will have additional time to file and make payments without interest or penalties. and, for now, president trump says he does not anticipate a federal dock loun. while these steps are necessary in hot beds in these states, that other parts of the country don't face the same issues. a crackdown at the u.s. border is limiting nonessential travel to and from mexico in response to the pandemic.

trading before the virus began spreading include republicans kelly loeffler, david perdue, and james inhofe, and the husband of democrat dianne feinstein also sold stock before the market downturn. we should note mr. berger is regarded at the senate's leading authority on pandemics having written a book about the subject back in 2006. >> sean: trace gallagher, thank you. now unfortunately as president trump and his coronavirus task force work around the clock to keep our country safe and secure, sadly not everybody is rising to the occasion. nancy pelosi and the democrats, the ones that were withholding valuable money for hospitals or displaced workers that have rent payments and have mortgage payments and car payments and kids in college, they were fighting for money from the national endowment for the arts in the kennedy center and the arts and humanities. anyway, use it as an opportunity to attack the president while the rest of the country is all hands on deck. listen to this shameful remarks you made yesterday on fake news cnn. >> the president, his denial at the beginning was deadly.

senator dianne feinstein, senator james inhofe, senator kelly loeffler in senator richard burke, alle senators were believed to have received secret briefings on the virus before the outbreak hit the country hard. these senators did not alert the public to how bad things could get, but they sold stock. some were thin millions of dollars before the market dropped. now different senators have different explanations, and they deny all wrongdoing. they will be investigated, that is for sure. coronavirus crime is a serious threat. the pandemic is changing america. and people are taking advantage of it. price gouging, is out of control. hand sanitizer prices are being jacked way up. there are reports of scam artist, knocking on doors selling fake virus trinkets. identity thieves are taking vanity people working from home. so look out for phishing attempts, and for people impersonating coworkers. and watch out for charities. when they ask you for money, make sure you know where you're donating to. and philadelphia police are telling officers not to make arrests in certain cases. like robber

oklahoma republican james inhofe gave the same plngs when asked about some transactions of his at the of july and california democrat dianne feinstein says it was her husband who sold some stocks, not her and her assets are all in a blind trust. guys, we have kimberly and david still back with us here. i want to focus on this because this richard burr thing in particular is a burr under my saddle. you have burr at senate intel taking a bunch of private briefings, getting briefed in great detail about the threat of coronavirus. he writes an op-ed. a fox news op-ed february 7th. thankfully the united states is better prepared than ever before to face emerging public health threats like the coronavirus due to the senate health committee. congress and the trump administration. that's february 7th. so let's keep this in mind here. on february 27th, burr is doing a private briefing. let's play this sound. a private briefing where he says something slightly different. >> there's one thing i can tell you about this. it is much more aggressive in its transmissions than anything we have seen in

we haven't gotten any response from senator inhofe but spokesperson for feinstein said that all of senator feinstein's assets are in a blind trust. kristen welker, nbc bay area news. >>> workers at a los altos senior facility are taking new precautions to protect patients after a 75-year-old man there tested positive. this is at los altos subacute and rehabilitation center. so far there's no update on the man's condition. >>> it comes after five people at the atria burlingame facility tested positive. we're awaiting word on how six people there are doing. they're waiting for their results. >>> the san jose police department confirms one reserve officer has tested positive and is recovering at home. chief eddie garcia has ordered another 20 or so reserve officers to be self-quarantined through next tuesday because all of them might have been exposed at a recent luncheon. the chief is calling for the county to put first responders on a priority list for testing. no questions asked. >>> san francisco's coronavirus testing efforts are getting a big shot in the arm thanks to facebook founder ma

other senators including james inhofe and democrat dianne feinstein.a spokesperson for feinstein saying all of senator feinstein's assets are in a blind trust. savannah, back to you. >> all right kristen welker, i know you'll keep your eye on that one for us hoda, back to you. >> more on the unprecedented lockdown in california the entire state ordered to shelter-in-place with us eric garcetti, the mayor of los angeles mayor, good morning. thanks for joining us this morning. >> good morning. thanks to you and savannah for being such amazing voices during this time. >> thank you this was a big, big decision for you and your governor. you are ordering people to stay in their homes walk me through why you thought you had to go to these drastic measures. >> it's a decision i made with a heavy heart and very clear mind and real resolve you look at history, and citie that act quickly in the crisis have a better shot those that don't lose more lives. i describe this to my people as an act of love that human life is precious, that days are precious what we do,

sold large amounts of stock before coronavirus rocked the stock market, dianeson feinstei, james inhofe richard burke, all of the senators are believed to have received secret briefings on the virus before the outbreak hit the country hard. these senators did not alert the public to how bad things can get but they sold stock, some worth millions of dollars before the market dropped, different senators have different explanations and they deny all wrongdoing, there will be an investigation that is for sure, coronavirus crime is a serious threat, and pandemic is changing america and people are taking advantage, price gouging, out-of-control, hand sanitizer prices are being jacked way up, reports of scam artist knocking on doors selling fake virus testing kits, identity thieves are taken advantage of people from working from home, looking out for phishing attempts and people impersonating coworkers, and watch out for charities when they ask you for money, make sure you know where your donating. in philadelphia police are telling officers to not make arrests in certain cases like robbery, d

democrat dianne feinstein and jim inhofe both say their trades were initiated by others and were not to the updates. >> i do want to set the report set. >> reporter: republican kelly l11 loeffler tweeting to keep our country health. she and her husband sold stock. >> i'm only informed of my transactions after they occurred, several weeks, certainly, those transactions, at least on my behalf were a mix of buys and sells, very routine. >> reporter: still there's no proof that anyone traded on inside information and the president's assessment -- >> they said they did nothing wrong. i find the whole group very honorable people. >> reporter: tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> singer-songwriter jewel is resilient. the coronavirus forced her to cancel a big concert but the show will go. and we'll talk with her, next. it finally matches me. i'm denise bidot, and my skin is powerful. and i can face anything with my olay. you should be mad your neighbor always wants to hang out. and you should be mad your smart fridge is unnecessarily complicated. make ice. making ice. but you're not mad becaus

democrat dianne feinstein and republicans richard burr, kelly loeffler and james inhofe all dumped assets a reportedly classified all senators briefing at the end of january. now all four of the centers are denying any wrongdoing and senator burr is calling for an ethics review of his own action. senator loeffler was grilled this morning by fox's ed henry on "america's newsroom." >> you thought the governor was prepared but shortly after that tweet you sold a million dollars in stocks in your own personal portfolio before the market went down. you trading on inside information about what was coming? >> i'm really glad you asked because i want to set the record straight. i've seen some of those stories, and it's absently false and could not be true. if you look at the personal transaction reports were filed your notice at the bottom that i'm only informed of those transactions after they occur several weeks. >> juan: it's hard to make sense of all of this. let me start by asking you, is this serious? in the loeffler case it's also an issue that not only does she sell stuff, but she bought

senator armed services chairman james inhofe sold more than $50,000 of stock on january 27th, but inhofeists it was not in response to a closed door coronavirus briefing which he did not attend. >> when i became the chairman of the senate armed services committee, i divested myself of all stocks because i thought some day that may come up. >> georgia's new senator kelly loeffler is under fire for selling the stock the same day as an all senators briefing her husband is chairman and ceo of the, no stock exchange. -- new york stock exchange. she responded to the controversy today on fox. >> i'm only informed of my transactions after they occur, several weeks, so certainly those transactions at least on my behalf were a mix of buys and sells, very routine, for my portfolio. >> there have been several calls for some of these lawmakers to resign. burr says he spoke today with the chairman of the senate ethics committee, asking him to open a complete review of the matter, with full transparency. in washington, mike emmanuel, fox news. jon: meantime, president trump has been sounding off on the

now nbc news also confirmed at the end of january oklahoma senator james inhofe sold as much as $400,000 in stock includin. the senator says he doesn't have any involvement in his investment decisions. georgia senator kelly loeffler and her husband sold millions in stocks. she says the move was made without her and husband's involvement. and senator dianne feinstein's husband sold between 1.5 million and $2 million in stock. a spokesperson says senator's assets are in a blind trust and she's not involved in her husband's financial decisions. unsettling reports of four senators selling their stock. they're shining a new light on a 2012 bill. in 2012 the senate and house passed the stop trading on congressional knowledge act. president obama signed it into law. the act explicitly prohibits government employees from using private information they learn from official business for personal benefit. it requires every member of congress -- pay attention to this. it requires every member of congress to file within 45 days any financial transaction of bonds, stocks and futures. it prohibits membe