richard byrd is a senator from richard byrd is a senatorfrom north carolina, a senior senator, but hentelligent select committee. one of the key posts inside the senate. —— coronavirus. -- burr. inside the senate. —— coronavirus. —— burr. investigators got a warrant to search his home and see his his phone as part of an investigation over potential insider dealing in terms of selling stock related to companies that might be affected by the corunna virus. so there are no charges at this stage, we have to stress that as far as we know. but the question is did mr burr get information through his briefings as a senator that may have led him to start selling stock from the middle of february to the middle of march? so stock sales are a matter of public record. they are out there and being investigated. and of course the stock market plans, a lot of people sold stock and the question is whether or not he sold ata time question is whether or not he sold at a time when he had information that was in the public domain and that was in the public domain and thatis that was in the public domain a

has seized the cell phone of richard byrd according ." hise los angeles times office has denied any wrongdoing. boris johnson is facing more pressure of his handling of the coronavirus crisis. the chancellor of the exchequer warns the country faces a recession. johnson was criticized over the spread of the disease and care homes where over 800,000 people have died the international energy agency sees the oil , saying demandg is stronger than expected and demand rained and by a griddle n by atal -- reined i brutal price crash. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @quicktake on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. gupta.tika this is bloomberg. tom: equities, bonds, currencies, commodities, a little bit of a lift today. it gave way with a vengeance off the chairman's comments. green on the screen, a little bit of a move. yields come in and there has been curve flattening. gold up $10. francine: i would also note what gold is doing. pound, a bit of movement. european stocks are dropping and

trading there were trades noted by a number of members of both the house and of the senate however richard byrd's the only one who we know has been investigated by the f.b.i. at this particular stage it's also important to note that berg headed the senate intelligence committee through the 3 years of its russia investigation they release a report on april the 21st in which the intelligence committee found that yes russia did indeed interfere in the u.s. election in 2016 this report was greeted by the president with absolute fury his relationship with senator byrd has been deeply impacted by the news of that the senate intelligence report so now we've got a situation f.b.i. continuing to investigate we will hear more in the days and weeks ahead i can with the latest on that from washington d.c. thank you. public health england has confirmed a new coronavirus antibody test these nearly 100 percent accurate prime minister boris johnson spokesman has hailed the finding as a potential game changer the u.k. is in talks with the swiss manufacturer of hosh which says it can produce hundreds of thousands

north carolina republican richard burr is stepping down as chairman of the senate intelligence committee. senator byrdder investigation for stock trades of the at the head market downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell announced the move in a statement, saying he agreed it was in the best interests of a committee. the fbi served senator per with the search warrant and seized his cell phone. we will follow this story and bring you more developed sense -- developments as we get them. --they present -- and a azevedo has faced intense pressure from president trump, who infused the geneva-based trade body of having an anti-u.s. bias. the president says he doesn't want to talk to pride as .resident xi jinping right now mr. trump he could cut it off. the president also rejected the idea of negotiating a phase one trade deal he signed with china in january, but a chinese publication reported that beijing might renegotiate or canceled the agreement. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts