Against president ial youre both so narrow a day after the Country Courts 33000. 00 new coronavirus infections. Space x. Successfully delivers 2 nasa astronauts to the International Space station after their historic liftoff from florida. Hello thanks for joining us protests are ramping up for the 6th day in minneapolis and other cities across the u. S. As anger continues to spread over Police Brutality towards black people. Hundreds gathered outside the Minnesota State capital in the neighboring city st paul there is announcing the death of george floyd after a white Police Officer knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes on monday. And in washington d. C. Hundreds of gathered outside the white house with people angry at comments from President Trump over Police Brutality and their protests the demonstrations have been mostly peaceful but at times becoming tens. Well it follows 5 nights of violence in those cities and others across the country with protesters clashing with police and th
Future of the u. S. Economy. And given how stocks have been trading around the world lately, investors appear to more ncerned that the trade war between the United States and china will linger for a while, further damaging the Global Economy. All of that fueled another rally into the safety of treasury bonds, sending some yields to multiyear lows which some analysts say could be signaling a comingrecessio one strategist today went so far as to say that the wall street bear isnd alive kicking. That may be a bit extreme, but there is no mistaking how concerned the market is about the economy. By the way, toward the close, there was a technical issue with trading computers. Its not clear if all of the volume was reported or if som of the prices of the indexes were affected. You might see different numbers elsewhere, but these are the numbers we have at the close today with the dow down 389 points to close below 26000. The ndaq fell by 95, the s p down 35. Bob pisani starts us off from the
Here it is. Because of the faulty [ inaudible ] we have going for us at the federal reserve, we pay much more than other countries. In other words, our interest costs are much higher than other countries when they should be lower. Correct. All right. Thats where the president stands on the fed. 2020 democrat candidate liz warren going after wall street once again, this time shes also slamming private equity firms blaming them for the closures of toys r us, sears and other retailers. Hows this for irony . Campaign workers for Bernie Sanders say theyre not getting paid enough money. Theyre demanding 15 an hour. Of course, remember, bernie is one of the biggest proponents of raising the minimum wage. And by the way, we have astronaut scott kelly on the show this hour to talk about the new chevy corvette. He compares the cars engine to a rocket. Oh, yeah. Weve got a rocketfueled jampacked hour ahead including lara trump right here in the studio. Varney Company Begins right now. In fact, we
I would take all those billions of dollars being wasted right now on at the corporations, and i would put that money into three full years of the best preschool education in the entire world. If they cannot afford to do that, talk about 30 billion if we cannot afford to do that, i do not see what help we have upholding any sense of dignity, pretense of democracy, in the eyes of people in the rest of the world. [applause] i just have to add one thing to that one point i will add, to deny this to children is an act of thievery, but it is worse than stealing a car. This is an irreversible theft. You never get to live the second year of your life again. Thatthis is it you get it once. Then it is gone forever. I think the president fails to act on this aggressively, that dramatically, prophetically, to get this for us quickly i think is not just a budgetary issue. I think it is a theological abomination, a crime against the innocent. I agree. [applause] i say all the time, quoting the conve
82,000 cases. If more than three dozen countries around the world, that is. Also watching stocks down about 666 points right now. Down for the Third Straight day in a row. It is making a bit of a comeback after falling more than 900 points earlier today. We have complete coverage of this hour, standing by, dr. Sarah madonna, preparing hospitals for outbreak. Kristin fisher with the latest from washington. Lets begin with Jonathan Hunt live in los angeles. I know that the governor has given his press conference, what do we know about this case in california . Well, put simply, dana, it could be the most worrying case yet. The infected woman has not traveled outside of the United States recently and has not been in contact with anyone known to be infected. Meaning that there may be undiagnosed carriers unwittingly transmitting the disease within communities. The centers for Disease Control said in a statement at this time the patients exposure is unknown. It is possible this could be an