They come in. I want to thank you for joining our midday show. And im marcus washington. Now, our other top story for you this morning. Tens of thousands of workers are cross the bay area and country for that matter are walking off the job for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Thats how long a Police Officer kneeled on George Floyds neck before he died. Todays protests, taking a stance opposing systemic racism. Nbc bay areas Cierra Johnson is live for us in Mosswood Park in oakland. Whats happening there . Reporter yeah. This rally really just kicked on of a few minutes ago. But folks have been making their way here for about the last hour. This rally is part of a Larger Movement thats taking place in as many as 25 cities across the country today. Organizers expect tens of thousands of everyday workers nationwide like fast food workers, rideshare drivers to walk off the job to make a statement about ongoing cases of Police Brutality and the presence of systemic racism. National organizers
If youd like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me vicderbyshire or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. And the queen and Prime Minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, whos died at 100 years old after Testing Positive for Coronavirus Last week. The government says it will ensure hes officially remembered. I think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. Good morning. The health secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine significantly reduces people passing on the virus. The research by oxford university, which has not yet been formally published, also found that the jab provides a high level of protection, even when theres a gap of 12 weeks between the two doses. Researchers believe that the vaccine remains 76 effective for up to three months after the first shot, while p
And im len keise. Well go to a live News Conference with bart officials underway right now. Good afternoon. Im here with the business and Consumer Service and Housing Agency to give you an update on the states effort around testing our renewed Testing Task Force with two new cochairs and our focus on some exciting news around new testing guidelines and an effort to make sure that were doing all we can in the state so the tool of testing is one we continue to rely on. How the spread will continue to move in our communities and we began doing that care within our hospitals and clinical delivery system. Then moving into phase two where the governor wanted to increase our testing capacity. We went from 2,000 tests a day to the early parts of april and late march to identifying the Testing Task Force as a key solution about galvanizing our testing and tocus on supply chain issues and organizing our Testing Systems across the state to identify our instruments and i haves and we all know that
The reopening of america. Take a look. Dow futures turning negative down 19 points but the nasdaq is up 9 and s p 500 is also negative down about 1 point, mixed story this morning, dow and s p 500 snapped 3day winning street yesterday turning negative by the close, dow down 170 points, nasdaq was up 14 but s p down 11 and a quarter. Secretary mike pompeo meeting with chinese top diplomats as issue on trade, human rights and coronavirus heat up, john boltons new bookmaking claims about President Trumps relationship and xi jinping. Protests in atlanta to report. Meanwhile an Capitol Hill Senate republicans unveiled Police Reform bill as House Democrats call for more action. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. Eastern this morning new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani will join me with his valuable insight on policing in america, the former mayor today telling us his reaction to all of this. Then cracking down on big tech, Justice Department looks to limit protections enjoyed by Technology Companies as c
Rossed 1. 57, on a gap basis, lower than anticipated. 5. 77 billion dollars, higher than what was estimated from analysts. In the case of netflix, it actually makes sense. These are the conditions in which people would be signing up for netflix and using it. First quarter screaming First Quarter streaming, adding an 8 million. 15 point this is a big beat in terms of the number of subscribers added to netflix in the First Quarter. Analysts were looking for 8. 4 7 million. If you look at healthy stock is performing, it is getting a bit of a pop here. Up about 6 , 7 . Texas instruments numbers crossing the wire. We will start with the forecast. , 2. 6are saying q2 revenue one billion to 3. 1 9 billion. Almost a half billion dollars difference there. Buthe lowend, very light, on the high end, about what analysts were expecting. It is down 7. 3 on a yearoveryear basis. Ebs, . 64, estimate was for . 93. These are some wide ranges. I want to bring back into the conversation, alicia levine, bn