The famous faces trying to make sure your voices are heard as early voting records are shattered. Infected twice. New cases of Covid Patients getting the virus a second time. As new york announces a microcluster strategy. We are now going to analyze it on the block by block level. Plus, the latest on the deal to deliver a vaccine. The chief medical officer of cvs health joins us right here live. Wildfires raging. Homes destroyed, plumes of smoke filling the sky. It just exploded. The new mandatory evacuations overnight. And securing their spot. The Tampa Bay Rays defeating the Houston Astros now on their hunt for their first championship title. Their world series opponents decided tonight. Good morning to you, the president moving on overnight from appearances in michigan and wisconsin. States he relied on four years ago today. He will campaign in nevada hoping to flip that state. Meanwhile team biden warning supporters against getting overconfident in a memo obtained by abc news. His
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America and thats widely considered to be the main driver of julys gains which were the best since february. Today the market was mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial average advanced 60 points to 21,895. Nasdaq fell 26. The s p 500 was off just slightly. For the month, all the major indexes were up. The nasdaq was the big winner. Bob pisani takes a look at what worked for investors and what didnt in july. Reporter was a good month overall. S p up about 2 . Up nearly 11 for the year. Techs been the leader and it was again in july. The demand for semiconductors to power cell phones and appliances keeps going up. Oil had a big rally going from 44 to nearly 50, but didnt help a lot of oil stocks. Exxonmobil hit a 52 week low on friday. Banks were mostly down for the knot. They benefit when Interest Rates are higher and traders have been surprised rates have not been rising despite the improving economy. Inflation, for example, remains below the Federal Reserves target levels. One major issue,
Barrel, 47. 53 home depot is just out with Earnings Results are good 2. 25 a share see how the stock reacts 3 cents above revenue. Comparablestore sales, an important metric to watch, up 6. 3 the consensus was for under 5, 4. 9 so thats a significant outperformance home depot raised sales and Earnings Guidance for the fullyear. As you can see, its been a grade p great performer. If we went back any period, two, five, ten years. Very close today well see if it will trade at a new high its last earnings report, it jumped about 11 on the stronger than expected earnings, and has been flat after amazon and sears announced that deal to sell ken mother applian kenmore appliances on amazon. North koreas leader has delayed a decision on firing missiles towards guam. The country state media said kim jongun will wait to see what the United States does next. The leader made his first public appearance in about two weeks inspecting military assets and reviewing plans to fire missil s s near guam. B
2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer a a savannah guthriee live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. And gd morning. Welcome to today. Im savannah guthrie. We have willie in for matt this week. A lot of people are talking about the new poll. And if it holds up it is a real shift in the ce. A l of eyebrows raised. 28 for ted cruz moving into first place over donald trump. This is a different story than what is told by many other National Polls where trump had a big lead. We have a new poll for South Carolina to talk about. Our top story, president obama month. Ron allen is on white house duty this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter the white house is expected to announce the sometime later today. It has been just over a year since mr. Obama said he would begin normalizing relations. Many critics are saying it is much too soon to reward the castro regime. A Senior Administration official telling nbc news that president obama will visit cuba in march marking the first ti