And the u. S. Adding two Key Chinese Companies to its defense black list o and everybody just chill, the ceo of warner media down playing news that sent Movie Theater stocks cratering yesterday it is friday, december 4, and this is worldwide exchange. Jolene, jolene, please dont take my man good afternoon, and welcome from wherever in the world that you may be watching. Happy friday, folks. We made it lets jump right into the markets and your money because friday futures where looking pretty good. Dow futures are up 113 points. Up once again for the week the nasdaq 100 higher by nearly 2 to kick off the month of december technology back in command and this could be the number of the day. 47 no, that is not the number of days that were in march this year, that is how many times the nasdaq 100 has hit a record high this year and well see if we can make it a steady 48. For the dow, boeing has been the star rising 6 again yesterday and accounting for pretty much all the dows gains. This af
Saying china is the greatest threat to democracy worldwide. The u. S. The bloomberg u. S. Dollar index. Crude getting a lift after an opec agreement that came through. Theyre going to be keeping curbs in place in terms of production but we could see on a month by month basis some of those curbs being removed. Agrees to ease cuts more gradually. Gold about 1 10 of 1 lower. Bitcoin using some of its sheen and declinings extensive 1 . With all that in mind, lets find out what is happening in new york. Karina we start with the news on pfizer. It slumped on reported may ship only half of the vaccines it planned to this year. Issues supply chain will cut it to 50 million. Anthony found she is taking the u. K. For rushing to clear the pfizer vaccine. Moderna claims it shows what it claims is durability. Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is calling for a smaller more focused stimulus package for the u. S. Economy as democrats scale back demands to find a route forward. The base
President trump saying youre welcome for the market milestone, this as joe biden lays out his cabinet picks and the plan for his first 100 days. We have insight all morning long. We hear from Chris Bedford from the federalist, tennessee senator Marsha Blackburn, michigan congresswoman, Debbie Dingell and laura trump. Stimulus showdown, millions of americans are waiting for another plan the to finally get pushed through congress, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin meantime will move unspent stimulus money out of the Federal Reserve, if you will. This is rescue money. And it needs to be reallocated by congress. So thats on nancy pelosi. Tax threats, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo promising a new income tax for the state if the government does not give out more coronavirus related aid. Okay. Keeping an eye on the Holiday Shopping season, weve got the best deals you can expect ahead of black friday and cyber monday. And mystery in the desert, an other worldly discovery in utah have people a
Argentinian football to pay their final respects using chemical weapons. It was welcome to the program in germany which hit an unfortunate milestone in the the country has again recorded more than 22000, new cases pushing its total 1 1000000 mark. Thats according to figures from the institute for disease control. Germany largely contain the viruses spread during the 1st wave in the spring, but its been hit hard by the 2nd wave of infections. Earlier i spoke to d. W. Political correspondent on your kurla and asked her how bad the situation in the country is right now. The figures have been on the rise for a few weeks, which has brought, brought the parcel lock down from the beginning of november. But this parts lockdown hasnt brought down the numbers. The figures are still very high, its only established on a high level. The reason for germany doing so well during the pandemic in spring was one reason was fairly high number of intensive, few units intensive care units. We have here in g
A shooting in the austrian capital vienna the government calls it a terrorist attack ugandan politician bobby wine is arrested again shortly after he was nominated for next years president ial elections. And the sports news argentine football legend Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital although hes done to says its not related to code 19 all of the details coming up this hour. Its 1500 g. M. T. And 10 am in the eastern United States where polls are open for one of the most controversial and highly anticipated elections in recent years donald trump and joe biden have campaigned for months its now up to the American Public people in all but 5 states are now voting with 3 of those california idaho and oregon opening their. Polls this hour the man battling for the presidency havent stopped campaigning with biden in scranton pennsylvania and trump in arlington virginia. Lets speak to our coverage good begin our coverage by speaking to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan where int