michael schumacher, mona, david kelly, we'll have more coverage throughout the hour as we get ready for fed chair jerome powell to host what will actually be a virtual press conference at 2:30 p.m >> all right, kelly. the other big story of the day, some positive results coming out of a trial of gilead's coronavirus drug, remdesivir it's helping to boost the markets in a big way today and meg terrell has the details. hi, meg. >> hi, tyler these were the results we were waiting for from a nih study a double-blind of remdesivir, the gold standard. we were not expecting these results for another month, but we got them today from dr. anthony fauci in an oval office briefing in just a little time ago. he told us this in this trial of more than a thousand hospitalized patients, they saw a 31% faster time to recovery for those on the drug, about 15 days taking remdesivir versus about 11 for placebo he also described a suggested survival benefit 8% of those on the drug passed away versus 11.6% of those on placebo. and he called it suggested, because it wasn't yet statistically significant. "the

michael schumacher is an atmospheric chemist. he has to walk a kilometer and a half every day to reach a site where he takes no samples. but he's going to pound this plastic tube into the snow. afterwards the sample will be carefully packed and shipped to germany for an. alice. these tests are aimed at to terminate how new snow turns into glacial ice over time. marco says it's pretty solitary work. it is also he said. you spend a lot of time by yourself out here in the middle of nowhere. and the weather conditions are extreme. d.v.d. . to the temperature can drop to minus 40 and there's the wind chill in fact it's been dubbed by. marcos works in his own building which houses the air chemistry observatory. he monitors the presence of greenhouse gases in the dark atmosphere. as in we have big pumps that feed into 4 different filtration systems because. marcos records the increase and particles for example during large fires in the amazon rain forest. but his main focus is on carbon dioxide and other compounds that can damage the ea

he was quite critical of michael schumacher at times which seems incredulous, because almost nobody isns in the paddock because he spoke his mind, as did so many of his generation. just a few yea rs many of his generation. just a few years ago, he and lewis hamilton spent time together as you saw at the obituary package, driving around silverstone. he was really one of those people who was the life and soul of formula 1. he stepped away from public life a few years ago and the paddock was a slightly sadder place for it and i think the passing of legends of the sport, like himself and nicky louder last may, it isa himself and nicky louder last may, it is a time when we have to reflect, it is amazing that they made it to this age, but it is sad for the sport and greater public that they are —— back with his greater names are now disappearing. thank you forjoining us. questions around the world a re —— the focal for an —— the focalfor an immediate ceasefire and global conflicts. if a few hours he will go on to deliver an easter message from his private library instead of addressing the cr