since pang won't take him seriously, he threatens to contact the wall street journal.ce recalls pang's reaction. "i don't give a [bleep]" he didn't care. danny, at that time, had a huge ego. you know, he felt that he was untouchable. you raise the specter of the wall street journal, he didn't care, and danny's not responding to it. >> narrator: aboubakare makes good on his threat and calls writer mark maremont. >> we got word that this fellow who was running this purported $4 billion hedge fund in orange county did not have his degrees, and it sort of seemed intriguing. >> narrator: maremont digs into pang's past and discovers a shocking chapter. he learns that in may 1993, pang marries 29-year-old janie beuschlein, a stripper who he had met at a club. >> danny pang and janie pang had a very [chuckles] some would call it passionate, others would call it tumultuous. call it what you will, it was a marriage that brought a lot of attention to itself. >> narrator: the police are summoned to the pang house at least four times over the next four years for domestic-disturbanc

. >> host: jason riley, author, columnist, contributed to the "wall street journal" and manhattan institute, , a fox's contributor and among your books "please stop helping us." you say the following,g liberalism has also succeeded tragically in convincing blacks to see themselves first and foremost as victims. >> guest: yes. i believe that is a big part of political strategy. they have been at it for some time and, unfortunately, they've had a lot of success in painting blacks as primarily victims, as defined by their victimization first and foremost and then the follow-up is that weic have a government program or government solution to help you overcome your victimhood. i think it's a logical strategy. >> host: your book writes about this. there's been a number of essays and books on lyndon johnson and the great society. was it a failure or a success? >> guest: i think if you look at the actual track record of the programs, if you look at the goals that the objectives that were stated at the time, you would have to say it's largely a failure, that particularly with regard to t the people

to us and to saudi arabia it was in a deadlock you know it you covered it very well actually wall street journal covered that very well. i worked with putin and with the king on that and. president putin was a total gentleman and it was very important to get that done and the king was great and we actually had to bring in mexico because mexico was a lone holdout and they showed great flexibility you know the super no i think we're doing fine and yeah sure it's north korea i see they're testing short range missiles and been doing it a long time. i received a nice note from him recently was a nice note i think we're doing fine look if i was elected you would right now be at war with north korea ok i'll tell you for your people that don't understand the world and they don't understand how life works if i was elected you would right now maybe the war would be over hopefully with a victory but if you remember when i 1st came in we didn't have ammunition not a good way to fight a war president obama left us no ammunition ok and he left us virtually no medical and ventilators he left us the cupboard wa

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if you like msnbc, read the editorial page of the wall street journal. i think one of the worst things that people do is they just read what reinforces what they actually believe. go challenge yourself. i also watch one of the evening broadcast networks every night i read the editorial page of the wall street journal and the new york times. it is like triangulation. if you see one side and the other, you may not agree with the other side but at least you are aware of it, really open eyed and open minded about it. somethingle to learn and challenge your preconceptions. question.for the john, tell us who you are and where you are calling from. >> great to be here. i'm calling in from long island, new york. would you believe the trump administration, including officials and the president himself, do you believe it is effectively and accurately communicating with the public concerning its response concerning covid-19? >> now-- no. i don't think they are opening line -- openly lying come but they are trying to tell a story of how well they are doing. there's

our reporters, editor in chief of the "wall street journal" this week on press here. >>> on thursday a biocompany called 10 x jgenomics. the founder was my guest a few weeks ago. the company's stock priced at 39 above expectation and rose steadily throughout the day. silicon valley companies are marching toward ipo even as we worry about the days ahead. we have the ceo of forge, which allows employees of private companies to sell shares before the company goes public. let's start with this idea of these companies that are not yet public that are so big. give me a list. spacex would be one. what else is on this list? >> there are 40 companies today that are the size of what used to be considered a large cap public company that are still private. these companies are now staying private for an average of 12 years. about ten years ago it was six years. >> we talked about why companies are staying private. what's your opinion? >> i think companies who are trying to change the world, who are building something new, building something global. in the case of spacex the most cost effective wa

. >> jason riley, author of colonist, contributor to "the wall street journal" at the manhattan institute, fox newsey contributor among your books i want to begin where your book concludes because you say the following quote, liberalism as succeeded tragically in convincing blacks to see themselves first and foremost as victims. >> yes, i believe that is a big part of a political strategy actually. they have been added for some time and unfortunately they have had a lot of success in painting blacks as primarily f victims ad as defined by their demise asian first and foremost and then thei follow-up of course is that we have a government program or government solution to help you overcome your victimhood so it's a political strategy.. >> your book writes about this and they have been a number of essays in lyndon johnson in the great society and wasn't a failure or success? >> i think if you look at the actual track record of the program and if you look at the goals that the objectives that were stated at the time you would have to say it's largely a failure and that particularly with rega

patients infected with coronavirus according to excerpts of internal memos shared with "the wall street journalew days ago in the journal, one of those memos circulated among a group of top-ranking va officials, said quote, experiencing serious ppe shortages. several sites doing 3d printing but it is not enough. soon ppe will be rationed. these were the kinds of alarm bells going off this month within the department. to the public though, the va was taking a stance very different than that. on the same day that internal memo circulated at the highest levels of va warning of serious shortages and rationing, a spoks woman said there was no concern about shortage of equipment, quote, all va facilities are equipped with supplies and we're monitoring the supply of the items to ensure a robust supply chain which sounds great. good talk. the only problem is internal memos showing exactly the opposite ground truth that facilities kept leaking out. the journal soon got their hands on another internal memo that was sent to top level va officials saying that the rationing of ppe had officially begun by wh

wall street journal senior writer, jon hilsenrath, reporter and host of secrets to wealthy women podcast verÓnica. >> thanks for having me. dagen: morning. maria: brent, do you think we will see things get back to normal sooner rather than later on how to do it? how would you propose doing it and what do you think of markets reacting to that? >> well, i do think you're seeing positivity and we can't wait until we have a virus treatment. i'm interested to see details of the plan because the plan needs to start sooner rather than later and having the testing would be very important. that's a positive towards the u.s. economy. maria: jon hilsenrath, we have been waiting to see how we will see an opening here. maybe it's sector by sector, a slow opening, how do you see it?

it about himself in this days too long and he starts getting in fights with reporters, the wall street journal cited that the presiden, your very rational season business guy, do you think the wall street journal is fake news. >> no i do not. i love that newspaper, i worked there for ten years. i'm a little biased as you know. >> i thought you would say that. >> i thought there was -- i love this president, i worked with him but i would say this, they say the president would be wise to take some of that advice from the wall street journal, he's done an amazing job in the press conference but maybe not doing battle with the media so often and so much in the american people just want to know what is going on and they want to be reassured by the president, we will solve the crisis both with respect to our economy and the health crisis that we have right now and i would like to see him rise above this and knocking and sponsor the media but donald trump, he is going to do what he wants to do and that's one of the things i love about him. but at least he's reading the editorial for the wall street j

there was an article in thursday's "wall street journal," similar piece from "the new york times" this morning, "wall street journal" headline on their piece said farmers dump milk, break eggs as coronavirus restaurant closing destroys demand. how reliant in the past is your organization, feeding america, on that type of donation from restaurants from their food bins. guest: you've identified another stream we've been able to reliably and consistently access. one of the things that people, even those who know our network may not realize is that we are the largest food waste recovery organization in the u.s. so while about 72 billion pounds of edible food tends to go to landfills, our organization recovers billions of pounds of that food and instead of going to landfill goes to feed people who are hungry. when i mention the perfect storm, i didn't mention all of the elements of that storm but the challenges around restaurants and restaurant productivity are definitely causing a strain on our network as well. and you mentioned the dumping and those challenges there. and i want to identif

treating patients infected by coronavirus according to excerpts of internal memos shared with "the wall street journal" a few days ago in the journal, one of those memos, something that was circulated among a group of top ranking v.a. officials. it said, quote, experiencing serious ppe shortages. several sites doing 3-d printing but it is not enough. soon ppe will be rationed. those are the kinds of alarm bells that were going off this month within the v.a. at the highest levels inside the department. to the public, though, the v.a. was taking a stance that was very different than that. on the same day that that internal memo circulated at the highest levels of the v.a. warning about serious shortages and rationing of ppe, a spokeswoman for the department said publicly that there was no concern about any shortage of equipment. quote, all v.a. facilities are equipped with essential items and supplies and we're continually monitoring the status of those items to ensure a robust supply chain, which sounds great. good talk. the only problem is, right, internal memos showing exactly the opposite ground tru

. >> -- wall street journal. on that point though does the tweeting about the case of virginia linking the second amendment to some of these issues about lifting some of these restrictions in states. not potentially for the concern for the governors and civil unrest and potentially -- second question too. >> for that question, i think that is an easy one. that's not even politics. we're entitled to a second amendment and he's trying to take the second amendment. meaning the state is trying to take, the democrats in that state. the republicans are fighting it. they are trying to take that second amendment right away. to me that is liberty. when i say liberate virginia. where does it all stop? i think it is a very good analogy. >> is this the right time to bring in a second amendment issue? >> i think when they talk about taking your guns away -- and if you notice at the beginning of this pandemic there were more guns sold i think than in almost any time in history. because -- so it is obviously a big issue. and th

the president reading at one point clips from the wall street journal op ed in which it says trump rewrites the book on emergencies. and from andrew cuomo praising his and the federal government's response. that's what i pressed the president on on sunday. >> the clip that you played and what you read earlier was praising you and your administration. >> all i played today was governor cuomo saying very positive things about the job the federal government has done -- >> with 30,000 americans who have now died. >> those people have been absolutely excoriated by some of the fake news. like you. your' cnn. you're fake news. they were excoriated by people like you that don't know anything better. you don't have the brains that you were born with. you should be praising the people that do that job. even that question. >> the question is why now? >> i'll tell you why now? are you ready? the people in hospital, it's dangerous, it's going to a battlefield. >> the president's response isn't truthful. the president wasn't focused on health care workers, doctors, urs ins. instead he was talking about p

in fact, and i appreciate it very much, the "wall street journal" wrote a fantastic piece. highly respected gentleman, christopher demuth. this piece was in the "wall street journal" weekend edition. trump rewrites the book on emergencies. that's what's happened, too. and we -- just read one paragraph. he has given pride of place to federalism and private enterprise laweding the patriotism and proficiency of our fantastic governors and mayors. meaning i do call them fantastic when it is appropriate. and our incredible business leaders and genius companies. i guess i have probably used those terms, too, when they are doing a good job. when they are not doing a good job i don't use those terms. toic doctors and nurses and order lease and tremendous truckers. they have all done good jobs, by shouting out many of them by name and documenting their deeds on a fully daily basis, he has vivified the american way in action. once it was refluktantly aroused. it was hard to get it aroused. and it is hard to get it aroused. but we got it aroused. when asked why he has not issued orders

health care professional told "wall street journal" reporter ben kes ling, quote, the fear is palpablehe kept reporting on this as a line of inquiry at the journal. then just a few days ago, ben kes ling got the v.a. secretary himself to finally acknowledge the problem. quote, in a better situation, would we have more supplies available? yes, but we are competing with the rest of the country. joining us now is "wall street journal" reporter ben kesling, who has really been driving the heck out of this important story. thank you for joining us tonight. thanks for your reporting on this issue so far. >> thanks for having me. >> the thing that i find remarkable about this story and what you've reported is not that v.a. has had a hard time putting together enough ppe to protect all of their medical staff. that does not surprise me sadly. i'm disappointed and worried about it but not surprised. what i'm surprised about is that there's this huge disconnect between that fact on the ground and all of this happy talk that v.a. has been spreading about it, trying to say it's fine and there's no

china has paid us you know, for the wall streetjournal, has paid us you know, for the wall street journal paid us you know, for the wall streetjournal, hundreds of billions of dollars, is in tariffs. and we give a lot of money to the farmers and it kept the farmers going great. hundreds, we are getting tens of billions of dollars in tariffs, and, by the way, for those of you that say, oh, we are paying to my china devalue their currency to pay us, we didn't pay, china paid. they don't like to write that. they also added money into their system, so they paid for that. no, money into their system, so they paid forthat. no, i money into their system, so they paid for that. no, i thank you have numerous countries waiting to see whether or not sleepyjoe wins, because if sleepyjoe one, they own our country. they will take our country, you know, if you go back two months, we had by far... china was supposed to catch us you know better than anybody, wall street journal, for years i heard, by 2019, china will catch us. there's only one problem, trump got elected in 2016. that was a big difference,

according to the wall street journal, executives at costco and walmart are worried, they could run out as demand is surging. the british company that makes lysol, is the latest to speak out after president trump suggested, the possibility of injecting disinfectants to protect people from the virus. he made the comment yesterday at a briefing. officials discussed the effects of disinfectants on the virus was on the surface. lysol issued a statement that said under no circumstance should a disinfectant be administered into the human body. the white house says, the media and health experts reacted and said that president's comments were taken out of context. >> >>> a study published in today's wall street journal said they plan to drop internship programs. an additional 23% said they are strongly thinking about suspending programs. governor newsom says he has some good news or californians struggling with student loan debt. most of the states largest private student loan services are holding off on payment for 90 days. that'll help more than 1 million californians dealing with student deb

it is brand new in "the wall street journal." about this interesting partnership between some of the nation's top scientists and influential billionaires a quiet group putting together a plan of action. they want to end the pandemic. they're using connections and got their report into the hands of trump's influential advisors. collins, he told, this is in the journal, he agreed with most of the recommendations. almost like a manhattan project of scientists. what do you make of this story? >> this is just another beautiful example of the united states being a nation of entrepreneurs. even in their medical practices, even with their medical backgrounds, they're coming together, forming a group of individuals from the respective fields at the top of their fields to make recommendations. this is why the president has done such a great job mobilizing the private sector and not disrupting the free market, allowing the free market to work. allowing for groups like this to advise on informal basis what government cannot do. government is

this is a piece from the wall street journal that is focused on the pandemic.he headline is, coronavirus crisis legacy: mountains of debt. he writes the following. the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic may take years to play out. one outcome is already clear. , andnment, business households will be loaded with mountains of additional debt. the federal government budget deficit will reach $3.6 trillion in this fiscal year. $2.4 trillion the year after that. businesses are drawing down bank credit lines. preliminary signs are emerging that some households are turning to credit for funds. the debt surge is set to shape how governments and the private sector function long after this virus is tamed. he joins us from his home in bethesda, maryland. a lot to unpack. if you could, please. guest: thanks very much for having me. i'm in economics writer. i'm not a health writer. surely, the most immediate impact of this crisis is the from that are being taken families and communities all over the world. i'm focusing on the economics of it. it is very clear that we a

i particularly likes the editorial page and op-ed page in the wall street journal as i think they have really interesting arguments. they are making a case in they tell me things i don't know that find very valuable. they have a weekly talk show they cover it in greater depth than anything else there are various blogs and think tanks that put things out. but one thing i try to do is hallenge myself. if i read something that has a liberal slant or comes from an organization with a liberal slant, i always want to check out the other side of it. i am always looking for pushback. i know that he is going to make the case that how good the administration response on testing is, i have a great researcher. i will say to her, give me the pushback give me the counterargument not to say it's right or the other one is wrong, give me alternatives so that i can test that and form a and let me tell you, when i'm talking to nancy pelosi i do the same thing. so i'm always looking for both sides. >> chris, we are coming up on the end of our time. i want to close with one last question. you are a student

here's a couple of the political items from our new nbc "/wall street journal poll. head to head, trump v. biden. here it is. biden continues to lead here, leads by seven in this new one. 49-42. he's essentially had about that kind of lead over the president throughout this calendar year. e here are matchups on specific issues. president trump leads biden on who best to handle the economy, but it is biden that leads the president on handling a crisis and biden that leads the president on responding to a coronavirus. danny, we went back, the last three incumbent presidents when asked about who best to handle a crisis, obama was picked over romney. bush was picked over kerry. clinton was picked over dole. it's rare to see an incumbent president not seen as better handling a crisis in the middle of a campaign. >> well, i mean, think the evidence speaks for itself, doesn't it? you know, we've seen -- we've seen donald trump handle this crisis and that's where his numbers are coming from. i think people hope, would hope, for more from their president and they haven't gott

that's it "the wall street journal at large." that's it for this us, have a great weekend. >> barron's round table sponsored by: ♪ ♪ jack: welcome to barron's round table, i'm jack otter. we begin with what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. stocks took a big hit in response to the coronavirus, but the s&p 500 and big tech are showing surprising resilience. health care companies at the center of the pandemic, which stocks to watch and the impact of the crisis on automakers. how the entire auto ecosystem might function in our new reality. we spoke to ford ceo jim hackett. on the barron's round table, ben leveson, jack howe. ben, we saw stunningly horrible economic numbers last week, really unbelievable, but the market actually was higher on the week. what is happening? >> yeah. i mean, this data was just terrible. retail sale, industrial production, empire state manufacturing, you name it, it was probably the worst ever on record. unemployment, the jobless claims continued to

meanwhile, a new nbc news wall street journal poll reveals that most americans are not in favor of lifting the stay at home orders. too early suggesting that the protests represent a small minority. now we're tracking how the number of cases have grown in the bay area. so let's take a look at this graph will show us. how cases have progressed since march 16th. back then we had less than 300 cases today that number has climbed to more than 6500 that increase happening in the course of just over one month. and here in the bay area we now have nearly 200 s and more than 6,000 cases of coronavirus and we can see the breakdown of the counties right now on our screen santa clara county continues to be the hardest hit with more than 1900 cases and 83 deaths. alameda county has had 42 deaths with over 1100 cases, san mateo county has 28 tests and over 900 confirmed cases and you can find a complete list of cases by city on our website kron 4 dot com. medical experts are saying tonight that steps taken in california and specifically the bay area have done more than just flatten the curve but they w

and jerry seib, executive washington editor for the "wall street journal."er, we'll begin with you. what do these economic numbers signal about the economy? peter: this is about as bad a number anybody could have homed for at this point. 11.7 million americans at this point are seeking or on unemployment. that is about 50% higher than the peak of the 2008 financial crisis and this is really the beginning. we're not anywhere near the peak that people expect. so many businesses are shutting doors, so many people are out of work. we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg. this suggests this is not going to be a short-term thing. the president wou like it to be. come summer or fall, things will snap backinto place. maybe they will but that's not the way the congressional economists are looking at it. it's projected the unemployment will reach 10% and stay asas hi 9% through 2021, which, of course, is after the presidentiallection that matters some to predent trump. robert: what ds this all mean for low-income americans, and tie they g the money they need as soon

that's it "the wall street journal at large." a great weekend. >> barron's round table sponsored by: ♪ ♪ jack: welcome to barron's round table, i'm jack otter. we begin with what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. stocks took a big hit in response to the coronavirus, but the s&p 500 and big tech are showing surprising resilience. health care companies at the center of the pandemic, which stocks to watch and the impact of the crisis on automakers. how the entire auto ecosystem might function in our new reality. we spoke to ford ceo jim hackett. on

. ♪ ♪ gerry: hello and welcome to the "wall street journal" at large.re now about a month into the u.s. feeling the full effects of the coronavirus outbreak and the impact caused by the virtual shutdown of much of the economy is becoming more and more apparent. the labor department reported on friday that a massive 701,000 jobs were lost in march. that breaks a string of 113 months in a row of job growth in america. meanwhile, the unemployment rate skyrocketed to 4.4%, and economists believe this is really just the tip of the iceberg with probably millions of layoffs still to come. on monday the first big wave hit the retail sector with macy's, kohl's and gaps announcing they would furlough tens of thousands of mows. the closure of stores to prevent the spread to have virus has taken a heavy toll on its business. and president trump had to give up on his hope expressed just a week ago that the u.s. could be opened up by easter. he's now saying the company will have to keep practicing social distancing for the entire month of april, and he add added that

there was an article in the wall street journal. the headline on their piece said, farmers dump milk, break eggs as coronavirus restaurant closing destroys demand. organizations your on that type of donation from restaurants? guest: you have identified another stream that we have been able to reliably and consistently access. even those who know our network may not realize that we are the largest food waste recovery organization in the united states. pounds ofillion edible foods tends to go to landfills. our organization recovers billions of pounds of that. instead of going to landfills, it goes to people that are hungry. when i mentioned the public -- perfect storm, i did not mention all the elements, but the challenges around restaurants and restaurant productivity are causing a strain on our network as well. andmentioned the dumping those challenges there as well. i want to identify the fact that feeding america has had long-term partnerships with farmers, the dairy industry, etc., and we are working now to come up with solutions

. ♪ ♪ gerry: hello and welcome to the "wall street journal" at large.re now about a month into the u.s. feeling the full effects of the coronavirus outbreak and the impact caused by the virtual shutdown of much of the economy is becoming more and more apparent. the labor department reported on friday that a massive 701,000 jobs were lost in march. that breaks a string of 113 months in a row of job growth in america. meanwhile, the unemployment rate skyrocketed to 4.4%, and economists believe this is really just the tip of the iceberg with probably millions of layoffs still to come. on monday the first big wave hit the retail sector with macy's, kohl's and gaps announcing they would furlough tens of thousands of mows. the closure of stores to prevent the spread to have virus has taken a heavy toll on its business. and president trump had to give up on his hope expressed just a week ago that the u.s. could be opened up by easter. he's now saying the company will have to keep practicing social distancing for the entire month of april, and he add added that

that's it "the wall street journal at large." weekend. >> barron's round table sponsored by: ♪ ♪ jack: welcome to barron's round table, i'm jack otter. we begin with what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. stocks took a big hit in response to the coronavirus, but the s&p 500 and big tech are showing surprising resilience. health care companies at the center of the pandemic, which stocks to watch and the impact of the crisis on automakers. how the entire auto ecosystem might function in our new reality. we spoke to ford ceo jim hackett. on the

and then there's this "wall street journal" article saying, "no, none of that is correct." >> i foundlieve so badly how great it would be if this were true. but it turned out not to be. and so instead, you start thinking, god, does she really believe this stuff? >> elizabeth, i have to tell you, in all my years i can't recall a private company that i think candidly many have never heard of getting this kind of attention and scrutiny. what do you think is going on here? >> this is what happens when you work to change things and first they think you're crazy. then they fight you. then all of a sudden you change the world. >> oh, come on. no. no, enough. enough, elizabeth holmes. enough with this belief in yourself. >> i have to say, i personally was shocked to see that "the journal" would publish something like this. >> enough with this insanity in the face of an article that basically says, listen, this company is a fraud. >> but elizabeth's next fight wouldn't just be in the court of public opinion. >> do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> i do

that's here on "the wall street journal at large." welcome to "barron's round table" where we prepare you for the week ahead. i'm jack otter: the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. stocks rallied sharply on indications that measures to slow the spread of coronavirus may be working in some states, but the impact on earnings is still unknown. the entertainment industry has been hard hit, we spoke to disney chairman bob iger about changes coming to the company's iconic theme parks and how the world has changed for utility companies and what that manes for investors -- means for investors.

that's it "the wall street journal at large." that's it for this us, have a great weekend. >> barron's round table sponsored by: ♪ ♪ jack: welcome to barron's round table, i'm jack otter. we begin with what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. stocks took a big hit in response to the coronavirus, but the s&p 500 and big tech are showing surprising resilience. health care companies at the center of the pandemic, which stocks to watch and the impact of the crisis on automakers. how the entire auto ecosystem might function in our new reality. we spoke to ford ceo jim hackett. on the barron's round table, ben leveson, jack howe. ben, we saw stunningly horrible economic numbers last week, really unbelievable, but the market actually was higher on the week. what is happening? >> yeah. i mean, this data was just terrible. retail sale, industrial production, empire state manufacturing, you name it, it was probably the worst ever on record. unemployment, the jobless claims continued to

that's it "the wall street journal at large." weekend. >> barron's round table sponsored by: ♪ ♪ jack: welcome to barron's round table, i'm jack otter. we begin with what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. stocks took a big hit in response to the coronavirus, but the s&p 500 and big tech are showing surprising resilience. health care companies at the center of the pandemic, which stocks to watch and the impact of the crisis on automakers. how the entire auto ecosystem might function in our new reality. we spoke to ford ceo jim hackett. onhe

. ♪ ♪ gerry: hello, and welcome to to "wall street journal at large."ther week when most of the nation remains essentially furloughed, but there are growing signs the country might not be prepared to take much more of the damage the lockdown is inflicting on the economy. across the nation thousands of protesters marched on state capitols to demand the right to get back to work, hoping to push government leaders to do what we know is necessary, yet america moving -- get america moving again. much of the media claimed the protests were being organized by right-wing extremist groups, and of course there was some of that, but a large number were simply ordinary working people who see their livelihoods slipping away. they've lost jobs, income and in some cases hope for the future. they're scared. a few states are responding to the demands. florida and south carolina opened some of their beaches. texas is now allowing retail to go curb curbside pick-ups. georgia's governor brian kent went further allowing nonessential businesses to given operations. -- to beg

that's it "the wall street journal at large." that's it for this us, have a great weekend. >> barron's round table sponsored by: ♪ ♪ jack: welcome to barron's round table, i'm jack otter. we begin with what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. stocks took a big hit in response to the coronavirus, but the s&p 500 and big tech are showing surprising resilience. health care companies at the center of the pandemic, which stocks to watch and the impact of the crisis on automakers. how the entire auto ecosystem might function in our new reality. we spoke to ford ceo jim hackett. on the barron's round table, ben leveson, jack howe. ben, we saw stunningly horrible economic numbers last week, really unbelievable, but the market actually was higher on the week. what is happening? >> yeah. i mean, this data was just terrible. retail sale, industrial production, empire state manufacturing, you name it, it was probably the worst ever on record. unemployment, the jobless claims continued to

when that money will come, but you are by law supposed to get that money and in terms of the wall street journalting, it is interesting, we're talking about people who haven't gotten their unemployment checks yet and you're hearing about industries that are trying to reopen. the detroit automakers, according to the wall street journal, may 18th, the day to restart some production lines that have been put on hold because of the pandemic, guys. >> christine romans, always good to have you on top of it, thank you very much. >> thank you, guys. >>> this morning, jetblue becomes the first u.s. major u.s. carrier to require passengers to wear face coverings. >> jetblue said its decision is based on guidelines from the cdc, the policy comes after the airline began requiring all crew members to wear face coverings while working. the new requirement for passengers will begin may 4th. >>> americans running out of patience with restrictions and new study shows more people are leaving their homes, but what price are they paying? will society pay for that ahead? you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any

let me read what the wall street journal warned about. these briefings are, know, all about the president. they're now in two-day war of words with donald trump. where he came back, talked about the ratings. wall street journal felt need to point out the ratings because people are dying. it's a life and death matter for the country and the rare moments that doctors fauci and birx get to stand behind the podium we hear valuable and important information. donald trump, despite the fact his poll numbers are sagging and his allies have said to him publicly and on tv that these things are a loser, he can't stop talking. >> no, and there's war going on inside donald trump's head. i cringe when he said, the metric, it's going to be his own mind because he's hearing these voices on the outside in the conservative media saying, okay, the curve has been flattened all of this has been overhyped. you have to get the economy back together again. so far we've been fortunate that he's been listening at least for the time being to some of the experts like