If confirmed, she would be the first woman to hold the position. Promising stynes leader to have u. S. Coronavirus Vaccine Program says astrazenecas shot could halt severe covid. Welcome to the program. Futures in europe pointing higher. Futures in the u. S. Pointing higher and a number of uncertainties removed from the markets thinking over the last 24 hours or so. One of them is who is going to be treasury secretary. Somebody the that market knows ery well in the shape of janet yellen, somebody that has considerable monetary experience and fiscal experience. The other uncertainty is the transition at the white house. That seeps to be looking a little smoother given the headlines we have seen over recent hours. The asian picture benefiting from all of that removal of uncertainty i described. Something more complicated happening to the japanese market which had been doing well prior to being closed. It seems the Trump Administration in its last days still has some tough time to be toug
New stimulus package out of d. C. More progress on the big vaccine front. That is putting the competitor moderna on the become burner for today. Shares of wayfair are up 950 from march low well tell you the other radar e commerce player investors are diving into. Power lunch starts right now kelly. Thank you. Its not the typical rally we have seen but the s p is still on track for its best july since 2013 lets get over to bob for more on whats moving now bob. Last week we had cyclicals and value stocks really doing well at the expense mostly of tech like amazon down 8 not happening, not today bottom line here is apple, visa microsoft really helping the dow. Exxon, chevron not helping we have been trying to get over ta june 8th high thats the height of opening, reopening hopes. 32 or so were over that. We close over that youll hear the technician squawking about this one this means were positive for the year as well megacaps leading the way this crazy bullishness, amazon is up 70 of the
Lets get to the weather. It is a clear and chilly start to the day. Morning lows down to the 40s and 50s. Not as cold as yesterday but you can see what they live look with the Treasure Island camera under clear skies, 48 concord and oakland. Low 50s san jose. Santa rosa 43. Plenty of sunshine for today and mild to warm daytime highs. 67 San Francisco for a high, 72 oakland, 80 san jose and concord. 4 211 above average for this time of year. We will talk about a cool down coming up in a moment. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic. Good morning. Lets look at the roadways. A few things out there but overall as far as the speeds go you are at the limit. There are changes starting today with public transit. This is affecting your commute, times from San Francisco to oakland and alameda and then in reverse. There are schedule changes so check that before you head out the door. Earlier this week, bart and San Francisco stations have closed some entrances. The freeways look good. T
Okay. Well, welcome, everyone, to our meeting on ai and advance system Quantum Information Sciences, quantum computing, et cetera. Im pleased to have an opportunity to welcome michael crosteus, chief Technology Officer of the United States. I think weve come to the right place to engage this important subject. As you know, the administration has taken a very energetic position in trying to advance the state of the art in both the applications of Artificial Intelligence and the Quantum Information Sciences to our nondefense applications. Parallel efforts of substantial scale in the department of defense through the Defense Advance Research projects agency and other defense entities, because these technologies are, indeed, of universal applications. So i would like to take an opportunity to begin the discussion with michael to perhaps start with the bit of current news where europe has European Union in particular has tabled some of their ideas about how to manage some of the particularl
This is about 50 minutes. Okay. Well, welcome, everyone, to our meeting on ai and advance system Quantum Information Sciences, quantum computing, et cetera. Im pleased to have an opportunity to welcome michael crosteus, chief Technology Officer of the United States. I think weve come to the right place to engage this important subject. As you know, the administration has taken a very energetic position in trying to advance the state of the art in both the applications of Artificial Intelligence and the Quantum Information Sciences to our nondefense applications. Parallel efforts of substantial scale in the department of defense through the Defense Advance Research projects agency and other defense entities, because these technologies are, indeed, of universal applications. So i would like to take an opportunity to begin the discussion with michael to perhaps start with the bit of current news where europe has European Union in particular has tabled some of their ideas about how to mana