Report help to boost sent men this morning with the u. S. Economy adding 638,000 jobs in october. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 9 the coronavirus surge remains in focus, the u. S. Setting a record with more than 121,000 cases on thursday according to Johns Hopkins data 59 minutes left of the session in what has been a crazy week. Today though essentially flat, sara. Holding onto the gains i would argue, which are very strong so far this week. Ahead on todays show we will ask jeff sonnenfield how americas Corporate Leaders are thinking about the heated election race. Big news out of cvs as larry merlo announces hi retirement. We will also speak with the ceo of hershey asking about how cappy sales fell during this years unusual halloween season. Lets get to the final hour of trade, the markets and the election mike santoli tracking all the action for stocks. Frank has the vote count in pennsylvania ylan moi is covering the balance of power in the senate how georgias undetermined races
How americans malls are getting creative during the age of covid19 live, from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening, for many of Us Thanksgiving wont be the same tomorrow not close. It is a holiday bringing family and friends near and far and thats what this virus thrives on whether you are serving a turkey or zooming this year, remember the pandemic is ripping through cities and towns from coast to coast and the data shows it has no signs at all of slowing down. Just yesterday 88,000 people in america were in hospitals sick with covid it is the 15th straight day that hospitalizations hit another all time high. Deaths theyre on the rise, too the u. S. Reported more than 2100 people died yesterday. The most deaths since may according to johns hopkins, the numbers are obviously troubling. The doctors and scientists assuring us there is light at the end of this dark tunnel. Two weeks from tomorrow, fda will meet to discuss whether pfizer
Plus, shopping with sharks. How americans malls are getting creative during the age of covid19 announcer live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening for many of Us Thanksgiving wont be the same tomorrow, not close. Its a holiday centered on bringing family together and friends with us from near and far, and thats what this virus thrives on so whether youre serving up turkey or ordering takeout or zooming it all this year, remember, the pandemic is ripping through cities and towns from coast to coast, and the data shows it has no signs at all of slowing down. Just yesterday 88,000 people in america were in hospitals sick with covid its the 15th straight day that hospitalizations hit another alltime high. Thats from the covid tracking project. And deaths, theyre on the rise too. The u. S. Reported more than 2,100 people died just yesterday, the most deaths since may according to Johns Hopkins the numbers are obviously troubling, but
144,000, 65000 people hospitalized and we are averaging over a thousand deaths a day. A new round of restrictions would surely slow the economy and put more people out of work, heard even more with travel, retail and Entertainment Industries perhaps, thats one reason the market is selling this morning. After the huge recent gains the dow looks to be down about 200, s p down about 10. Look at the nasdaq with a modest bounce to the upside with the dana may be a quarter of a percent of the standout political headline comes from Bernie Sanders. He says yes, if offered the job of labor secretary in a biting next he would take it. On that, we will say this, varney co. Is about to begin. Stuart born to be wild, well i guess thats fairly appropriate. What you are looking at is rather empty new york city on a rainy thursday morning. Of course, its been half empty for about eight months and Governor Cuomo has more restrictions on businesses. Ashley, bring me up to speed. Ashley he certainly has.
Way. What sent the cryptocurrency sit to its highest level in nearly three years. We start tonight with the story thats front and center for investors, and all of americas right now. Thats the vote counting under way in five key battleground states plus alaska eamon javers has more on where things stand at this hour. We havent really moved all day today, as all the vote counters around the country are doing their jobs biden 253, trump 214 in the race to 270 joe biden has more paths to 270 now than donald trump does, but its not over for either man lets start with arizona you can see where we stand in that state theyve been giving us new data throughout the day that is 11 electoral votes available there. Nevada was giving us data throughout the day still too close to call with 89 of the vote in in nevada georgia, another state where were seeing an interesting move by the biden camp, making a run at a historically very, very red state. 49. 5 for trump, 49. 3 for biden a difference there,