Away with blaming this on the coronavirus when we know that the entire bail reform was changed he basically whats taken the largest city in america, and now were challenging chicago as a killing field. Its a tragedy. The man is a disgrace. Maria crime is surging in our largest city. New york city saw a a violent fourth of july weekend, 44 shootings, don. I saw weekend statistics, i thought i was looking at one of the Second Quarter statistics. I couldnt believe the damage of one weekend of activity. Maria should states and cities be reaching out to the federal government for help in terms of these spikes in crimes . Absolutely. And the president s been very clear about that, that localities and states, if they need assistance, then they should certainly call on the federal government. Maria broadly speaking, whether its china or tech or sectors, tell me where you want to allocate capital today. I think its time to start adding a little more defense to the portfolio now that weve alread
Calls for more stimulus, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, package could pass in july. Take a look at futures. Pointing to selloff at the start of trading. Dow futures down almost 300 points and nasdaq down 55 and s p down 28, this after markets end yesterday in the that is, the nasdaq shattering another record high closing at new fresh alltime high on the nasdaq, up to 10,131. Police reform in focus as protests go on. Senate republicans are voting today and moving forward on reforms but facing pushback from democrats. Technology giants speaking out against the temporary ban on h1b visas saying it could move manufacture jobs overseas. Baseball players reporting back to Training Camp july 1. Mornings with maria is live right now. In europe this morning red across the board. The u. S. Reportedly looking to impose new tariffs on goods from the eu and the uk to the tune of 3. 1 billion. This as European Union opening borders but may ban american travelers. Take a look at european indices.
The reopening of america. Take a look. Dow futures turning negative down 19 points but the nasdaq is up 9 and s p 500 is also negative down about 1 point, mixed story this morning, dow and s p 500 snapped 3day winning street yesterday turning negative by the close, dow down 170 points, nasdaq was up 14 but s p down 11 and a quarter. Secretary mike pompeo meeting with chinese top diplomats as issue on trade, human rights and coronavirus heat up, john boltons new bookmaking claims about President Trumps relationship and xi jinping. Protests in atlanta to report. Meanwhile an Capitol Hill Senate republicans unveiled Police Reform bill as House Democrats call for more action. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. Eastern this morning new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani will join me with his valuable insight on policing in america, the former mayor today telling us his reaction to all of this. Then cracking down on big tech, Justice Department looks to limit protections enjoyed by Technology Companies as c
Heres the markets performance this thursday morning. Not paying much attention to those jobless numbers. We are going to be down pretty much across the board. The dow industrials on the down side to the tune of 200. The s p down about 20. The nasdaq, not much of a loss there, down 12 points. Now, ive got some negatives to lay out for you. This may be a negative. Several states report big spikes in virus cases following their reopening. Its the second wave worry. Number two, medical authorities in beijing say the new outbreak has been controlled, their words, but virus statements out of china dont have much credibility with investors. Heres another one. This is not helping. The European Union will go ahead with its plan to tax big American Technology companies. The u. S. Has withdrawn from those talks. This too might be hurting investor sentiment. John boltons book, very negative on the president. Bolton says that everything he does is geared to his reelection and that includes shifting
Just interviewed the president , blake. Reporter melissa, we did indeed speak with President Trump earlier this afternoon for about 12 minutes or so here at the white house. Covered a host of topics with the president. First and foremost in that interview the president says he will be talking about Mitch Mcconnell tonight regarding next step face four relief measures and the president says he does support another round of direct payments to individuals let me start with phase four and what might potentially come later this month. Another round of direct payments for individuals, do you support that at this time . I do support it but it has to be done properly. I support actually larger numbers thant democrats but it has got to be done properly. We had something where they wanted, it gave you a disincentive to work last time. It was still money going to people and helping people i was all for that but we want to create a very great incentive to work. Were working on that. Im sure well a