slightly, any gain on the nasdaq with s&p into the close would be new records for both of those indexes. meanwhile salesforce the biggest drag on the dow 30, the stock tumbling more than 8.5%, slack is down more than two and a quarter percent and $28 billion deal, that is putting pressure on both stocks, we will talk about it. but one is growing and think they can help the government deliver the new vaccine for those who need it most. we will introduce you to a former sales force executive that is now the ceo of air kit. avery b hit the road as doordash prepares for the public debut. the hot unicorns should be on your christmas wish list. let s take a look at pfizer and biontech, these are two of the big stocks we ve been following all week long on the vaccine news as the u.s. awaits the approval of the covid vaccine, earlier today u.s. officials say they do want to prove one next week and 20 million by the end of the month with an additional 30 million in january and 50 mill
the president can t do that. on top of that you have a null gdp report that everyone envisioned. claims are stubbornly high. that is weighing on investors right now. spiking case, worldwide whack-a-mole, no sooner control in one country than pops up in another. germany, the poster-child how you handle a virus is reporting spikes in cases as well. doesn t seem to be matter if you re well-disciplined on this, it is still a major concern. right now cases are popping up and deaths increasing at the rate of one every minute across the globe. so we ll be following all of that. also following a lot of developments on capitol hill. true to our name, coast to coast. we re watching in washington, d.c., scramblings and moving as fast as we can getting a stimulus going, as far as dollar amounts. republican plan. a trillion dollars, still generous but not as generous as the democrats 3 trillion out of the house. we ll monitor. that we ll monitor what is going on in portland and also w
one famous wall street name. we will get the very latest from the white house. and the daytona 500 overshadowed by a final lap crash that sent ryan newman to the hospital right there. there goes his car. also sent denny hamlin to victory lane. the man of the hour himself will join us in moments on his second straight victory in the great american race. incredible stuff. less than an hour now to the closing bell, i m ashley webster in for liz claman. let s start the claman countdown. ashley: all right. we have this fox business alert. the jury has just returned from recess during day one of deliberations in the harvey weinstein case. the jury made up of seven men, five women. weinstein is accused by two women of rape and criminal sexual acts. weinstein also facing two aggravating counts which could keep him in prison for life and of course, we will bring you all the latest developments in this case if the jury returns a verdict. that s going on right now. well, as the ma
last few minutes of trading hire is what is new at this hour president trump making his way to california this hour. heading west for a multiday visit to campaign in key swing districts not beforehanding out a few presidential pardons before he hopped on air force one. plane to rein in on wall street. mike bloomberg s newest proposal to crack down on some of his old friend in the financial services industry. we ll talk about that. they may be a waste of your time. now there is a way to get even with them and get paid. how you get revenge on the pesky robocallers. stay tuned for that coming up. lauren: meantime we have fox business team coverage. blake burman live at white house, jackie deangelis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. edward lawrence in washington. jackie, you first to wrap up well, the nail biting day for us. looks like we have the record on the nasdaq. i hold my breath this time of day to see how it shakes out. any gain on the nasdaq, any green terri
3.5%. we re at $63.35 on that contract. lauren: stocks in asia, more subdued trading, shanghai slightly lower, kospi slightly higher. cheryl: taking a look at europe, there s going to be reaction the to this overnight strike and the possible tension escalation between the u.s. and the iranians. the ftse is slightly higher but the cac in paris and dax in germany are lower. and welcome to fbn: a.m. and good morning, everyone. i m cheryl casone. lauren: what a morning. good morning to you at home. i m lauren simonetti. let s get to it. iranian officials vowing to fight back after president trump authorizes a massive air strike killing iran s most revered military leader. cheryl: we have the breaking developments from jordan. trey, good morning. reporter: good morning. overnight, the united states assassinated the most senior member of iran s military. this man was responsible for overseeing iran s proxies throughout the middle east in places like gaza, lebanon, iraq and syri