The nasdaq up about four points. Yields firmed up a little. You can see the 10year, as equities came up, the 10year about 0. 624 all of this as Energy Prices got stronger the june contract up about 13 now trading at 15. 68. Hard to believe that is a strong level. 15 a barrel is pretty strong for oil when they were paying people to take it from them earlier this week. Time for the squawk planner is it . It is yours, joe. Getting to closely watched jobless numbers. More than 4. 3 million americans are expected to have filed for jobless claims that number rose on the earnings front, well hear from eli lily, blackstone, dominos. Well see if dominos has the same type of positive numbers like chipolte. Nobody eats at dominos intel is reporting after todays close. Now, andrew. Now. You were eager this better be good. You know, im just doing the update on the pandemic numbers as we do every morning it is not good it is not good global cases have risen to 2. 6 million. U. S. Cases 842,000 with
This morning. The dow logging another record high as it marches toward 20k. Day one of that fed meetinging. President elect trump announcing exxon mobil chairman and Ceo Rex Tillerson as his pick for secretary of state. Plus, microsoft cofounder bill gates speaks out. Trumps policies on trade, relations with china, Interest Rates, and a lot more. But first up, the march towards 20,000 continues. The dow is on track to open trading at an alltime high one day after posting its 15th record closing high since the election. We also have the fed kicking off the twoday meeting, many expecting it to result in a rate hike tomorrow. Jim, i assume theres no doubt in your mind about that. No. And i think that the banks have to have it. We saw the banks waivever. This is not an all trump stock day. We got china, good numbers. Italy, major recapitalization. I think there was another time this market would be up huge just recognizing these italian banks are getting their act together. Im worried abou
Ted lieu who is calling for a Justice Department probe of exxon as well as 350. Org cofounder Bill Mckibben who just got arrested for temporarily closing a local exxon gas station in a oneman protest, holding a sign reading, this pump temporarily closed because exxonmobil lied about climate. And remember this stunning announcement . So, mr. Zuckerberg, what role are you playing in all of this . Will the be a check offered at some point . Yeah, i have committed to starting the start of Education Foundation. The first project will be 100 million challenge grant. 100 million . Amy where has all the money gone . Five years ago, facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated 100 million to fix the schools of newark, new jersey. Tens of millions have been spent on hiring outside consultants and expanding Charter Schools, but what about the children in one of americas poorest cities . We will speak to Dale Russakoff author of, the prize whos in charge of americas schools . All that and more, coming
Its own internal findings by the Company Scientist who confirmed a link between burning fossil fuels and Climate Change. We will speak to congressmember ted lieu who is calling for a Justice Department probe of exxon as well as 350. Org cofounder Bill Mckibben who just got arrested for temporarily closing a local exxon gas station in a oneman protest, holding a sign reading, this pump temporarily closed because exxonmobil lied about climate. And remember this stunning announcement . So, mr. Zuckerberg, what role are you playing in all of this . Will the be a check offered at some point . Yeah, i have committed to starting the start of Education Foundation. The first project will be 100 million challenge grant. 100 million . Amy where has all the money gone . Five years ago, facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated 100 million to fix the schools of newark, new jersey. Tens of millions have been spent on hiring outside consultants and expanding Charter Schools, but what about the childre
Now it turns out that exxon isnt alone. A new expose from inside climate news reveals nearly every major u. S. And Multinational Oil and gas company was likely aware of the impact of fossil fuels on Climate Change at the same time as exxon. Well speak to neela banerjee, the Insideclimate News reporter who broke this story. The story sparked a new york criminal investigation and calls for federal probe, like the one that brought down big tobacco. But some arent waiting for the Justice System to act. Will go to an unusual afternoon in paris during the yuan Climate Summit. Over those 25 years, exxon continue to maintain that architecture and ecosystem of denial and deception and nfnfnfdisinformation. And for that, we ask for a in favoragainst exxon of the future of this planet. Amy we broadcast highlights of mock trial of exxon for what prosecutors say our climate crimes, staged by environmentalists during the u. N. Climate summit in paris, france. The prosecutors, Bill Mckibben, cofounde