Charges after they attacked Spirit Airlines workers at the airport in ft. Lauderdale. According to the airline, the women became combative following a delayed flight, attacking the workers with shoes, water, and fast food. Three employees suffered minor injuries. A stop the violence march in new york city leads to violence. At least three officers, including a top police official, were hurt, and more than three dozen people were arrested during a faceoff on the brooklyn bridge. One officer suffered a fractured eye socket. New York City Police are investigating a gruesome killing in manhattan. A 33yearold tech entrepreneur was executed in his luxury condo in what investigators believe was a professional killing. Heres wabcs josh ein heres wabcs josh einiger. Reporter the investigation at this grisly scene stretched into a second night where, amid the cops and noise and all that yellow tape, there was a single bouquet of flowers. From a friend. He was beautiful. And hes there should be s
Gain i think im looking at the right place, nasdaq composite, up 1. 5 . We are doing well this morning. Now look at this. Novavax started phase one trials of a vaccine with human participants. Results expected in july. Big stock gain. By the way, the ceo will be on the show today in our 10 00 hour. Merck are working with an austrian vaccine maker and they have established partnerships with others in the field. Merck is a dow stock and it, too, is on the upside. 3. 7 higher. Heres the bottom line. There are hopes that a vaccine may be developed more rapidly than thought possible. All right. Im going to show you some of the scenes from around the country this memorial day weekend. Its the official unofficial start of summer. We took every opportunity to get out and have a good time. That suggests the recovery is picking up steam. We will show you more about this in just a moment. Joe biden, he broke out of his basement for the First Time Since march 15th. He was wearing a mask. He and hi
Facebook premarket, zooming after a big gain yesterday. Its Financial Report suggested some stability returning to the advertising market. Facebook getting 98 of its revenue from ads. This company is a truly global platform. Over 1. 7 billion daily users. Stocks up another 6 this morning after a gain yesterday. Look at microsoft. Big gain yesterday, modest gain this morning. Its close to its alltime high. It says the virus had little impact on its business. Up 1 , microsoft, this morning. Its true to say these trillion Dollar Tech Companies are again pulling in a big chunk of investors money. One more for you. Tesla. Yep, another big gain. Elon musk is furious at the california authorities for keeping his fremont plant closed. He calls them fascists. More on that in a moment. Look at tesla go, 854, up 54. Overall trn overall, its a down day. The dow is looking to be down 280 points. The s p down 33, and the nasdaq, despite the success of big tech companies, thats going to be down as we
Heres another headline from asia. North korea says u. S. Authorities will hold talks on their Nuclear Program on saturday. We dont know who represents america. The state department confirms, however, that the talks will take place. Politics. Real trouble for joe biden. Hes becoming a casualty of Speaker Pelosis impeachment drive. Fox has obtained this picture showing the former Vice President with his son hunter and on the far left, devin archer, who was also a director of the Ukrainian Gas Company. Biden has said he never discussed his Sons International business with him, but they went on this golf outing in the hamptons in 2014 when mr. Biden was president obamas point man on ukraine. As for the market, well, it looks like a rally on wall street to start the new month. Yes, its october 1st. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart take a look at this. Im going to say it again. Despite it all, weve got the market opening higher this morning. The Fourth Quarter begins as of today. Sep
He has been accused of domestic violence. We will get response from labor ,eader Mary Kay Henry representing over 2 million workers. Then to oakland, california, where mourning continues after at least 36 people were killed in a fire at the ghost ship warehouse. They were amazing, you know . They were amazing. It is the people i didnt know i can even it is mind blowing. It is heartbreaking. Amy we will speak with bay area dj nihar bhatt who survived the fire but lost seven of his friends. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President elect donald trump has picked fast food ceo Andrew Puzder to become the next secretary of labor. Puzder is the head of the company that franchises the fastfood outlets hardees and carls jr. He is a longtime republican donor who has been a vocal critic of raising the minimum wage, the fight for 15 movement, expansion of overtime pay, paid sick leave, and the Affordable Care act