That we are looking at, much like we did yesterday where we were talking a great deal about the possibility of a new record even intraday or all time on the s p. Yesterday it was that bizarre russian vaccine news and i think we can all term it bizarre, but today its moderna signing a deal with the u. S. Government which is signing a lot of deals to make sure that there is manufacturing capacity in place to deliver a lot of doses of a vaccine if and when it does get through phase three trials into i was listening to meg tirrell this morning and i was looking at an email how much is regeneron getting. 500 million in july i would say, david, is there any amount that you wouldnt spend on these companies to get this thing beaten because if were spending 2 trillion to just try to stay in place we have got to flood the market with money. Make it so its worth wise for everybody. I have emerging bio tonight, they would be helping making a lot of these giant doses and i dont think i think that y
Jobless claims. That comes in at 8 30 eastern time. First time filers are seeing falling to 295,000. Also, cbs and dish network are locked in a fierce battle with a deadline of 7 00 p. M. Tonight. If an agreement isnt reached today, cbs is ready to pull its channels from dish in some of the nation aes biggest markets. Andrew. Thanks, becky. Here is whats going on. Disney boosting its annual dividend by 34 to 1. 15 a share. That company posting a record profit and revenues for the last four years now. The stock is up more than 20 just this year alone. Best buy is now selling a struggling China Business to a five star to a domestic real estate farm there. The retailer says it wants to focus on its north american operations. Terms of that deal not disclosed. And aeropostale plans to cut some stores. That Company Offering a weak forecast for the current holiday quarter. And earnings beating the street. That Company Offering a weaker fullyear outlook. Staying on the retail theme, pbh warnin
Electronics stocks move higher. A spanish person becomes the first person to contract ebola outside west africa as president obama outlines plans to screen passengers for the ebola disease. Ebola is a very serious disease. And the ability of people who are infected to carry that across boarders is something that we have to take extremely serious. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Rio tento has ejected a takeover bid from glencore back in august. They have created the worlds biggest liners. Rio tinto shares are leading the ftse. Glenn core is trading higher while the news lifted other m e mining stocks. Glencore has not rumd out a fresh approach, this a according to its sources. Chris is with us for the next half an hour and nick, as well. Nick, do you think this announcement, this deal that glencore is looking at rio tinto, do you think that suggests Iron Ore Price ves bottomed . Not necessarily at all. One of the main ration
Billion sales of its canadian operation. Coming up, the sony of ceo tells us why its taking so long to turn around the business. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Nato is poised to bolster its European Defenses and increase its support for ukraine. President obama landed yesterday after a turbulent day which started with hopes that russia and kiev started with a ceasefire and ended with Vladimir Putin outlining a road plan for peace. President obama dismissed the plan as, quote, deception. Meanwhile, the french president Francois Hollande says despite the prospect for a ceasefire, the conditions for paris to make the first delivery are in place. Ahead of the summit, hadley gamble said to the head of the center for strategic studies asked him whether the fears about russias expansion were justified. Far too many countries arent even spending 2 of their economy on military and defense. The United States spends around 4 . The pl
Matt, maybe after you talk to bob mueller you wont think its quite so easy. Thats President Trump stumping for a candidate that he reportedly trashes in private. Hes doubling down on everything. On all of these headspinning policy decisions, hes doubling down on his attacks against the media. Hes doubling down on his attacks against Hillary Clinton. Hes doubling down on his inflated margins of victory in 2016. In short, just another day at the office. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. Its monday, march 12th. With us, we have got veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnacle. Noah rothman, columnist and associated editor for the washington post, David Ignatius. Also Nbc News National Political reporter heidi prison bella will be with us shortly and mika is out. She is feeling a bit under the weather. You know, theres so much to talk about, but David Ignatius, i think the take away from this speech is that there was Donald Trumps worst instincts coming out, the very things