Americas Largest School system closed. The Ripple Effect of our kid being sent back home and a cnbc special investigation. Faster payments mean faster fraud. Criminals using popular apps to launder cash meant for americans. Good evening more good news to report on the vaccine front tonight and it comes at a dire point in the pandemic just an hour ago we got word the United States has now topped more than a quarter Million Deaths thats more than strokes, suicide and car crashes typically kill in a full year. The virus killed more than 1,700 americans yesterday alone. Johns hopkins reports its the deadliest day in six months. In addition, hospitalizations hit another high more than 76,000 people in the hospital for covid, according to the covid tracking project by nearly every available metric, the pandemic is worse than ever, everywhere across the country. For months new york city kept its positivity level very low. Now its rising and forcing the Largest School District Court in the nat
What an interesting market. It is not a normal july, and simply, it is not a normal friday. Gold almost touching 1900, better markets in the last minutes off the better than good pmi data in europe. Francine we had betterthanexpected pmi in europe, but also the u. K. It is not moving markets that much, but it is something to keep an eye on. Lets get to first word news with karina mitchell. China has dropped back, ordering the u. S. To close its consulate in chengdu because of the u. S. Decision to close the chinese consulate in houston. China serves as a key u. S. Listening post. China says its action is a legitimate one and necessary. President trump has given into worries about the coronavirus. He canceled his florida nominating convention. That was going to be the biggest event of his reelection campaign. Florida just posted a Record Number of deaths from the pandemic. The president says he did not want to take any chances. There are still differences between Senate Republicans and
Edition of squawk box, which is starting right now. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Weve been watching with the u. S. Equity market and things are under pressure dow was down by 600 points on friday and adding to those losses today dow futures right now down by 273 points earlier this morning we were down by 350, so this is some improvement from a half an hour ago. The s p is down by 28 points the nasdaq off by 61 lets get rightto our big stor of the morning that is, of course, the Berkshire Hathaway meeting that was health over the weekend. Warren buffett speaking out about the Global Pandemic and his recent investment moves. This was a little different this year no crowds. Usually theres 40,000 people there. This time it was just buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Vice President on stable but his message was still received loud and clear. Buffett made the case that you should never bet against america, b
Course with me is my colleague in nigeria hello everybody. And greetings from this part of the world over the next half hour theyre about we will be looking at some interesting stories on the environment from our euro and the atlantic ocean. To research the history of the water. Back on land and we will take a spin on the bike made from bamboo. For switching to an electric turkey in nairobi the very 1st of its kind in the city. We start with the atlantic where a Research Vessel recently made a trip from the far far south to germany it was on a mission to examine the state of the ocean and the effects of Climate Change a group of students from around the world took part in the research lets hear their findings. We are hundreds of kilometers west of the moroccan coast 3 weeks ago this Research Vessel set sail from the Falkland Islands to germany the students and researchers onboard want to know just how serious is the state of the oceans how strong is the impact of Climate Change. Studie
Uganda and of course with my colleague. Away everybody. And greetings from this part of the world over the next half hour theyre about we will be looking at some interesting stories on the environment from europe and the atlantic ocean. To the world plum began to research the history of the water. Back on land and we will take a spin on the bike made from bamboo. For switching to an electric taxi in nairobi with a very 1st of its kind in the city. We stop the show its a day with the atlantis where a Research Vessel recently made a trip from the far far south to germany it was on a mission to examine the state of the ocean and the effects of Climate Change a group of students from around the world took part in that research lets hear their findings. We are hundreds of kilometers west of the moroccan coast 3 weeks ago this Research Vessel set sail from the Falkland Islands to germany the students and researchers on board want to know just how serious is the state of the oceans how strong