At 211 a share, now its 213 up again, those two Companies Amazon and microsoft have huge and growing cloud operations. That is a big part of their stock rally. Now look at tesla, 142, yesterday closing 1600 a share and this morning its up 11 bucks, 1654 but it is up again, are these tech stocks a bubble, is it like the dog, the late 90s, ive never seen anything like this before. Now look at the overall market, the Dow Jones Industrial going up again, maybe 150point of the opening bell, the s p of 21 points, two thirds of 1 . Look at the nasdaq, a half percentage point and more because a big tech again. The market is also getting help from the europeans who reached agreement on a near trillion dollar rescue plan that helps and they are still negotiating a plan for the United States as of right now. Bottom line, big tech in the market going up again today. A different story in our cities there is a confrontation going on on one side local largely democrat mayors on the other federal auth
Coronavirus relief negotiations. Well also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. As the United States approaches 5 million confirmed covid19 cases, White House Coronavirus response coordinator dr. Deborah birx says that we have now entered a new phase of the pandemic. Good morning, its monday, august 3, 2020. We will start the program talking about that new phase. We will hear comments from dr. Birx on the state of the Union Yesterday and we will look at other headlines as well. Thes how to be a part of conversation. For those of you in the eastern and central time. 202 7488000 mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. Send us a text if you like, 202 7488003. Make sure you tell us your name and where you are texting from. Your tweets are welcome as well, cspanwj, and we will look for your posts on facebook. One view from abroad, bdc and the reporting on her comments yesterday, headline from the new phase oftering coronavirus out
We have rosemary with us to give us a check on the very mild and nice conditions this weekend. Good morning. Happy sunday to all of you pick another gorgeous day coming our way. We are starting out with low clouds this morning. Once again, by the afternoon, we will have sunshine. For the coast partly cloudy skies with fog. Temperatures ranging from 60s at the coast to 70s around the base. A few low to mid 90s expected inland. Details on the Current Conditions and what to expect for the afternoon and the extended forecast, coming up. California recorded 6000 new coronavirus cases in the 24 hour period. More than 9300 people have now died in california. In the bay area there are more than 54,000 cases of covid19. 833 people have died. So say what the numbers continue to rise, hospitalization rates are down by two and half over the last few days. This weekend Santa Clara County recorded a record 410 new cases in 24 hours. That exceed the previous high for the county of 339 from 11 days ag
Much of this moment and forces us to confront challenges that our society has had trouble with in recent years, this is a time that makes us wonder how stronger institution will prove to be, how we will rise to a challenge i and i think i cant help but see it as a time of a crisis but because it is a time of testing at the time to think about what americas strengths are, what were good at as a country how we can build on that to address the innermost problems. How did we get here . Thats an awfully complicated question. Our country has always tried to strike a balance between the dignity and equality in the individual one hand and some form of strength of community on the other, every free Society Faces the tension in our society has in the past halfcentury emphasize individual, emphasize liberty and emphasize freedom and diversity and that has brought enormous advantages and benefits but there is another side to that coin and the other side can look Like Division and fragmentation and
Traditional tourist destinations are facing an unprecedented challenge. Many holiday makers are now spending their vacation in their home countries here in germany this has led to beaches being shut due to overcrowding is this the end of the road for travel and tourism thats our focus this week on made im chris colfer glad to have you along this is how would used to be crew ships giant floating condominiums carrying tens of thousands of tourists from one port to the next to see all the sites that could be packed into one week on the water but now the coronavirus has crippled the industry ports have been refusing ships entry leaving passengers and crew stranded at sea and with operators struggling to stay afloat my colleague ben physical and asked if anyone will ever take a cruise again. My own holiday from hell 2016 highly contagious no ro virus broke out i was trapped for 2 days in my cabin with severe chills vomiting diarrhea my 1st and last cruise. And now the w. Sends me to a board