Cloud computing giant salesforce has agreed e to buy slack in a 27 billion deal. Slacks instant messaging system will position salesforce to compete with microsoft. Warner brothers announced it will release its 2021 films on hbo max at the same time they debut in theaters. On the round table, ben levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Ben, we got pretty weak jobs numbers today, but the market shrugged it off, and everything ended up higher. Thats right, jack, everything went higher. It doesnt matter if you were maul cap or large cap, the techheavy nasdaq or the Dow Jones Industrial average, the market just went higher. That comes down to stimulus. Congress is talking again, democrats and republicans are trying to come to a deal, this is a number out there, and it looks like it could get done. If it does, it makes up for the data. Payroll number missed expectations, but people were expecting a weak number, and the weakness is really in the areas that we already knew would be weak like
January of 1987. Its best november since 1928. Now for the s p a broader measure of the market, the best november ever. The nasdaqs best november in 18 years. A lot of that with vaccine optimism driving the day, contributing to many gains we saw throughout the month. Even today moderna surging on news it will submit its covid19 vaccine for fda approval. Have a rough day to some extent. Great month for stocks. Im connell mcshane. Welcome to after the bell. Great to have you with us on a monday. Time for news happening this hour. The Fox Team Coverage with blake burman at the white house. He has the latest on a vaccine. Jackie deangelis in the newsroom with a new warning from dr. Birx. Chad pergram awaiting on stimulus and peter doocy with joe biden from wilmington, delaware. Jackie, start with you. Reporter connell, tsa said 1. 1 million travelers flew on sunday after thanksgiving. That is key because it is the highest number since march when the pandemic began. The cdc said dont travel
Administration. President trump still refusing to concede but suffering more devastating defeats in court over the weekend, admonished by a judge he appointed, and the lifelong republican who ran Election Security for his administration now calling his claims of a rigged election farcical. Also, president elect biden suffering a fracture in his foot. How it happened. Major storm on the move. The big travel alert as millions head home after thanksgiving. Plus, the tornado threat from North Carolina to new jersey. Ginger is tracking the latest, and where you might see snow soon. Hanging on. A missing boater finally found clinging to life. The latest on the amazing rescue this morning. Fiery escape. The formula one driver walking away from this explosive crash. Slamming into a metal barrier. His car splitting in two. What he says saved his life. And game over . The socalled grinch bots stealing christmas, buying up some of the hottest items of the year and selling them at nearly double th
Joe biden set to receive his first president ial briefing. President donald trump still trying to convince the country the election was stolen. But a former official sets the record straight. There is no indication or evidence there was any sort of hacking or compromise of election systems on, before or after november 3rd what chris krebs is saying about being fired by tweet for speaking out tensions high overnight a funeral held for irans Top Nuclear Scientist assassinated in a targeted hit, irans leaders are now vowing revenge and to carry on his work. Monday mess, a fastmoving storm targeting the eastern half of the country with strong winds and rain and yes, even snow. Al has the forecast. And 9 billion spent on black friday alone, setting the stage for what could be the biggest cyber monday ever. This morning, where the deals are today. All of that and plus amazing escape. And there is a big fire there. A racecar bursts into flames and the race driver is emerging from those flames
Nasdaq. Now, here are the negative for stocks today. Dr. Fauci suggesting a lockdown christmas. Why . With all the traveling and celebrating we did over thanksgiving, its expected to produce a new round of infections that will in turn require a new round of restrictions. Well have more on this throughout the show. I get the impression were being treated like children, punished for celebrating our national holiday, but dont get me started. One more item. The biden team takes shape, very similar to the Obama Biden Team that left Washington Four years ago. Neera tanden could go to the budget office, Jared Bernstein expected to become a president ial adviser, he was Vice President bidens chief economist, and back to the future . Sure looks like it, doesnt it . On the show today, the priceline ceo offering deals to get people back to travel. The waffle house ceo, hes pounding the table, keep dining rooms open, hes pleading. And mrs. Fields cookies, their ceo somehow has to replace the reven