In the newsroom, Edward Lawrence is in washington and Ashley Webster is there as well. Well start with blake, who has the latest from the administration on china. Blake. Reporter melissa, connell, youre right. Just a little bit of cleanup from the white house last night after Peter Navarro made some comments suggesting that maybe the trade deal with china was off as navarro said at one point, its over. That forced the president to take to twitter to say, no, the deal with china is fully intact and larry kudlow in speaking with Stuart Varney earlier this morning said that the deal is being implemented just like they want. Ive been to several meet national the oval with bob and Steve Mnuchin and the president and others. You know that has been our view. They have actually picked up their game. It is not just commodity buying although that is picking up too. Some of the structural issues like i. P. Theft. Reporter got some live video now. I believe what youre looking at President Trump in
Companies keep pulling ads from the social network. Starbucks and pepsico among the players. Charlie has a big scoop on the facebook story. As the coronavirus death toll surpasses another tragic milestone, and cases spike in some regions, the search for the cure presses on. Jacob glanville is star of pandemic and is here to tell us how his treatment is curing cancer and if human trials are around the corner. Plus a new front in the electric vehicle cars. Nikola motors taking orders for its Tesla Cybertruck competitor, the badger. The executive chairman is here to tell us how orders on day one are faring. Less than an hour to the closing bell. Im Cheryl Casone in for liz claman today. Lets start the claman countdown. Cheryl we begin with some breaking news this hour. Amc theaters is going to begin reopening its u. S. Theaters on july 30th in line with Disneys Mulan and Warner Brothers tenet. They originally said u. S. Theater operations would resume on july 15th. Little bit of pushback.
Jerome powells chairman testimony tomorrow what he will tell the House Financial Services committee. Just released a more upbeat tone than he was in his last appearance before congress. He is going to say the Second Quarter gdp is largest drop in history. The coronavirus was met with swift action, swift and Decisive Action by both congress and the Federal Reserve. He will say because of that action he believes longterm damage to the economy may have been limited. Now powell welcomes a bounceback in Economic Activity he has been seeing. He says though the path forward remains uncertainty and a full recovery will be unlikely until people feel confident that the coronavirus has been contained and it is safe to go outside. Now he says Interest Rates will remain near zero until they are confident the Federal Reserve is confident that the economy has recovered. He says, the Federal Reserve will use their full range of tools in order to support the economy. Were looking at low Interest Rates
Higher in early drtrading after yesterdays 700 plus point loss on the dow but then the dow started pulling back at one of the nations largest states officially hit the pause button on its reopening. It is texas. Texas now stuck at phase three statewide. They are banning elective surgeries in four counties including dallas, as austin area hospitals warn they could reach capacity by the middle of july. The rapidly spreading virus is not stopped in its tracks. Coming up, ceo of classic stayathome stock identity and password management star okta. The ceo is here with a covid19 shocker. What many people are still not willing to do even in the face of new outbreaks. But the pandemic is actually providing a boost to polaris. They are facing a supply crunch as demand for the Great Outdoors kicks into high gear. The ceo of the atv giant is here on what hes doing to keep his recreational vehicle giant from going offroad. From too much demand. Kind of a good problem to have. And brady versus port
Hour as he is in wisconsin right now, far northeast port of that state in the city of marinet. As the president will be at a shipyard there, you reason he is there, the ship in the back of the picture there, that Company Involved is getting a 5. 5 billion contract to build 10 of those very exact ships. 1000 jobs to come into that area. You will likely hear the president tout that and job creation in wisconsin. That state, the badger state has been a focus for the white house and the Trump Campaign this week. There is a pretty good reason why, when you look at the history there, democrats won seven consecutive president ial elections. President trump flipped that state in 2016, winning less than 1 , 22,000 votes. 10 electoral votes are in play in november. The polls right now, if you listen to them, look at them, believe them, not looking good for the president , the real clear politics average he is down to joe biden by eight points. Highly respected Marquette University law has same e