Promising results from both of them. Later, we are expecting news from astrazeneca, thats a british company. They are going to announce the results of their phase 1 trials of a covid vaccine. Now, positive news on a vaccine usually moves the market. It certainly did last week, and i think its helping futures this morning, too. There is news on a new stimulus plan. The president says he would not approve any plan that did not include a payroll tax cut. All right. Now look at the market. It has turned around. Earlier today we were way on the down side. But now we have moved to the upside i think its on the strength of this vaccine news. The dow held to the 26, 600 level last week. 8,000 points above where it was when President Trump won election. By the way, a new the Washington Post abc news poll showed joe biden with a 15point lead, 5540. This is 106 days before the november vote. We will be talking a lot about election risk on todays program. Then theres this. For the 54th straight da
Julie . As thewe saw last week best week of the year for the major averages. There is lower volume than we have seen over the past 20 days. We have seen some of the worst performers of the year rebound and that really continues in todays session, all three major averages holdings deadly Holding Steady in a relatively tight range. If you look at the dow, for one example, throughout the day, we saw the gain and then holding justy, getting a bump up before 2 p. M. We will get two more of that in a moment. In addition, im looking at the seasonal chart on the bloomberg here, in this looks at monthly performance. The Dow Jones Industrial now in the green for the month of february, up. 9 , in this obviously represents a turnaround. The nasdaq is still lower on the 500 is any on s p to gains. A lot of the gains have to do with united technology. We saw surges, on news that discussion toin buy. That is not yet confirmed. That stock is holding onto a gain of 6 . Other big gains, a pretty Diverse
This morning. A lot of us will arrive at work with relief and praise. We have clearer conditions on the roads. You will be experiencing being stuck in traffic. Headed over to the macarthur maze the metering lights of the bay bridge were turned on if you see a slow town out of emeryville, that is the reason why and other than that, accident free in the east bay. In the news a manhunt is underway in san jose after a deadly shooting last night. Our reporter is at the scene. Good morning. Police just cleared the scene and the womans body was in lane of traffic in house out of a 7eleven. I spoke with the witness who called 911 and he lives on this block and still is shaken up. He said at 10 00 last night he heard three gunshots. He when out to the balcony and saw a group of people in a white sedan and heard screaming. Other passengers in the car dragged the womans body out into the street where police and firefighters found a 33yearold woman suffering from a gunshot wound last night at stok
Spoiler but open up the system to give voters better access and more choice. Americans want a Viable Third Party. Do you think thats still the case . Good morning, it is sunday july 31, 2022. Welcome to washington journal. Our question is a third party or more needed in the u. S. . If you say the numbers are on the bottom of your screen. It doesnt matter what party. You can also send us a text. Tell us your name, where youre texting from. Were on facebook, on twitter and instagram at cspan wj. And it was the announcement this week by three former prominent democrats and republicans and published in the Washington Post and elsewhere their formation of the Forward Party. This is the piece in the Washington Post. Most thirdparties have failed heres why ours wont. In their piece, they say in a system that is torn apart by two increasingly divided extremes, we must reintroduce choice and competition. So is a thirdparty or more needed in the u. S. . We will hear from andrew yang and read mor
And chevron after the pipeline operator consolidated all of its subsidiaries in a 44 billion deal. The deal is changing the face of the Energy Industry, but it could also spell the end of Master Limited partnerships, which Kinder Morgan popularized and are used by many investors for income. That is an open question and we will hear from a top oil industry executive on that, coming up. So, lets take a look at where we stand in markets as we head into the last hour of trade. The dow up about 22 points, well off its session highs above 74 points earlier. The s p 500, meanwhile, adding about six. The nasdaq is up about 30. Tesla is a key outperformer. Were going to talk about a couple of namespecific stories, but weve also, by the way, seen a 10year holding at 2. 4 . Oil, interestingly enough, slightly lower, tyler. Kelly, joining the Closing Bell Exchange is joe hider from raymond financial, sam barnett from sbb research group, Diane Garnett from clear alternatives, holly list from mcquar