Covid19 virus it is monday, april 6, 2020. You are watching cnbc. Good morning welcome to the show. Im dominic chu live at cnbc headquarters dow futures pointing toward a surge at the opening bell. If all things hold true, we could see an 838point gain for the Dow Jones Industrial average, 101point gain for the s p 500 and 320point gain for the nasdaq a big surge after down moves last week. Also keeping an eye on the bond market as well we are seeing some movement there in terms of yields on benchmark u. S. Treasury bonds and notes. Twoyear, 26 basis points or 0. 26 . A tick higher there. Tenyear benchmark treasury yields a hair over 65 basis points, or 0. 65 you can see sell off of government bonds, those yields rising crude also moving at least to the downside right now wti, 26. 60 after logging its best week in history well have much more on that trade in a moment. We have Team Coverage from around the world to kick off your monday morning. Julianna tatelbaum is standing by in our l
Countries and its leaders. What happens next . Is our line for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. If you are an independent, 202 7488002. Join us on social media. We will read your tweets. Send us a text message. That phone number is 202 7488003. Tell us your first name and where you are texting from. We are also on facebook. Good sunday morning. A lot to talk about. Front page of the Washington Post a president vowing reprisal if iran hits u. S. Assets. This story from Bloomberg News the headline fear hits tehran over what comes next. Here are some of the details. Supreme leader promised revenge and thousands gathered in tehran to watch american flags burn. Many show defiance after the assassination of their most prominent military man. In the, the strike that took out Qasem Soleimani capping a year that has been dominated by turmoil and fear. Entail is unclear. U. S. Sanctions efforts the economy and any form of war with the u. S. Would likely be unsustainable for the Islamic Re
Also this morning, raging inferno. The whipping winds and blistering temperatures creating apocalypticlike scenes in australia. The break firefighters are getting this morning. Tom bradys future. Whats next for the patriots legend after last nights crushing defeat. You know i love playing football. I love playing for this team. What hes saying about the loss overnight. Harvey weinstein on the record. The disgraced movie mogul releasing his thoughts as his trial is about to get started. And close encounter. The driver who came face to face with this bison. Good morning. Lets get straight to our top story. As we come on the air theyre marching in the streets in iran, angry mourners at a funeral procession for general qasem soleimani, the powerful notorious military official taken out in that american drone strike. This, as President Trump takes his saberrattling to a new level. In a series of tweets warning iranians if they strike back, warning, we have targeted 52 iranians sites represe
Including signals from london and brussels that a brecks a deal is imminent but sticking points over the irish border remain. Also ahead hold off the political stage hong kong is embattled leader is forced to abandon her annual policy speech. Im going to get you off go with the sports olympic officials move next years marathon from tokyo to escape the city state. Hello the u. S. Is dispatching Vice President mike pence and secretary of state mike on pay 0 to turkey hoping to convince its a hole to its military offensive in Northern Syria for President Donald Trump appears to be talking down americas role in the crisis saying syria and turkey will hopefully work it out by themselves turkey launched the operation a week ago after trumper broccoli withdrew support from kurdish allies for kurdish allies which turkey regards as terrorists. Tiriel doesnt want turkey to take its land i can understand that but what does that have to do with the United States of america if theyre fighting over
Will nail down date for a visit to washington then after the call ukrainian official andre your mac tells us diplomats once we have a date will call for a press briefing announcing among other things barista and election meddling in investigations bryza is the gas company linked to the son of former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden the Text Messages released by house investigators show u. S. Diplomats and trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani continuing to pressure ukraine to draft a statement announcing an investigation but none was released then in late august the ukrainians learned of trumps decision to withhold nearly 400000000. 00 in u. S. Military assistance the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine bill taylor appeared incredulous texting i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a Political Campaign the response came from ordered sunland a wealthy hotelier and trump donor who was appointed ambassador to the e. U. I believe you are incorrect about president trumps int