After the election we start off with the stimulus shocker that sank stocks melissa, the president announced this on twitter saying that he had made a generous offer, but that House Speaker nancy pelosi was not negotiating in good faith. He wrote trump had a call with the treasury secretary and the Top Republicans in the house and senate to talk about another relief package mnuchin and pelosi were to get on the phone to hash out a deal, but clearly that has been upended. Pelosi was in the middle of a call with her caucus when it came out i am told that privately she responded by questioning the president S Mental Health and suggested that it may be impairing his thinking what she said was melissa, pelosi and ma knnuchind a phone call at 3 30 was there any indication she what give in i dont think she was willing to do that a shocker out of d. C. This afternoon. That had an Immediate Impact on stocks which saw stocks immediately reversed i think brian was the only guy on the desk who said
Well. We are watching what is going on with individual indices. Hong kong coming back and a big way after that long holiday. Hang seng up more than 300 points. The nikkei 225 up more than 1. 3 . At this point, seeing positive signs of drug and his recovery, although there has been mixed messages about what treatment he is getting, the timeline of his diagnosis as well. We are looking at risk aversion trade that we saw on friday,. Hich were gaining not doing a whole lot here this morning. Moving on 70 basis points. Seeing the reversal from friday, ozzie gaining and the yen, which additionally i despite, it it kit. 1900 after that 4 brent crude just below 40 a barrel. Watching fx, watching the dollar, pretty steady this morning as well. The pound seems to be holding onto the gains as well, brexit set for a showdown at the eu summit. Aussie and your revenue be holding on the firstlets get world headlines. Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell says the fasttrack schedule of the Supreme Court t
In southwestern louisiana, about 30 miles east as a cat 4 a storm surge forecasters say could be 20 feet deep. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. The rain is steadily coming down here as hurricane laura moves up the coastline or state line from lake charles up to shreveport where i am the rain is coming down steadily for the past several hours this storm has been downgraded to a category 3. Many concerns remain around heavy rain that could lead to flooding and the possibility of high winds that could impact trees and cause trees to fall and lead to downed power lines and outages much like we are seeing in the southern part of the state. Shreveport is one of the places folks were evacuated to from lake charles we are here along the riverside where folks are staying in hotels to get away from the storm but the businesses here are closed casinos here are closed. The cities in the area, the surrounding area, School Districts all closed for the day as they wait out to see what exac
Investment savings again as tensions continue to rise. Selling underway this morning. Dow futures down 50 points duh the nasdaq is up 4 and a quarter. S p 500 right now down 3. Growing concerns over coronavirus spikes and what it could mean for the recovery fueling a selloff yesterday. Nasdaq and s p 500 snapping 5day winning streak with declines in double digit. Facebook not getting a like. Walmart says retailer reportedly to offer freeday delivery and customers willing to pay a 100 a year. Defund police, this as crime is rising across america. We have you covered coming up at 7 30 a. M. I will speak with new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani, dont miss that. Secretary of Homeland Security chad wolf will join me. Secretary is live at 8 30. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning are mixed. Take a look at european indices across the board. Dax lower by 86. Uk finance minister announced that the latest Recovery Plan lathe today later today is expected to open pubs
This years b. E. T. Awards show featured artists gathered. As well as a performance by First Lady Michelle Obama as she presented beyonce with a humanitarian award. Those are some of our top headlines on this monday, june 29th. Happy monday, everyone. We do begin this half hour with the devastating new numbers on the pandemic. More than 500,000 lives have been lost worldwide, and more than 125,000 of them in the u. S. Alone. Some areas that reopened are now backtracking. Beaches across south florida will be closed for the july fourth weekend. The pittsburgh area is the latest to shut down bars. Cases are on the rise across much of the country with only two states reporting a decline in new infections. Abcs zohreen shah has more. Reporter this weekend, 10 Million People infected and more than 500,000 worldwide who have lost their lives to the coronavirus. In the u. S. , seven states breaking records this weekend, including florida with nearly 9,000 new infections. Broward county and mia