National intelligence John Ratcliffe as we are learning the country is doing human testing to genetically enhance military. Focus on stimulus this morning, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it will be done by christmas, we will hear from former nyc barrasso and Mick Mulvaney. Marks are lower. We will start the week in the red, dow industrials down 145 points, nasdaq lower by 15 and s p 500 weaker by 16 and 3 quarters. All three major indices up out of the last 5 weeks, last week we are up 1 on the dow and 2 on the nasdaq. Mornings with maria right now. Maria european markets look like this, dax index in germany lower by 63. In asia overnight, markets finish mostly shower. We had Economic Data, that is the fastest pace of exports since february 2018. The growth also helping to generate a 75. 4 surplus. The data, of course, coming from the Chinese Communist party and this has been the big fight between china and the u. S. , the fact that we are buying more products than china is buying from the
Nasdaq. Now, here are the negative for stocks today. Dr. Fauci suggesting a lockdown christmas. Why . With all the traveling and celebrating we did over thanksgiving, its expected to produce a new round of infections that will in turn require a new round of restrictions. Well have more on this throughout the show. I get the impression were being treated like children, punished for celebrating our national holiday, but dont get me started. One more item. The biden team takes shape, very similar to the Obama Biden Team that left Washington Four years ago. Neera tanden could go to the budget office, Jared Bernstein expected to become a president ial adviser, he was Vice President bidens chief economist, and back to the future . Sure looks like it, doesnt it . On the show today, the priceline ceo offering deals to get people back to travel. The waffle house ceo, hes pounding the table, keep dining rooms open, hes pleading. And mrs. Fields cookies, their ceo somehow has to replace the reven
From volkswagen today. The auto company, vw, just unveiling its new electric suv. It will be assembled right here in tennessee, usa. Volkswagen of America President and ceo, scott keough will give us all the details a very busy hour coming up. Johnson johnson is beginning a latestage trial of the oneshot coronavirus vaccine. Jackie deangelis with all the details. Hi, jackie. Reporter good afternoon to you, david, that is really important. Latestage testing will get to us the vaccine this is phase three for Johnson Johnson. Administration operation warp speed has four candidates now, this is the fourth one to get the latestage testing phase. Phase three for Johnson Johnson will be 60,000 people across the country and abroad. Moderna, pfizer, astrazeneca, they are the other ones right now in the latestages this is coming as the department of health and Human Services Just Announced 200 million as well to try to get certain jurisdictions ready to administer the vaccine. It will help them
E we will we will be watchins weekend. That will do it for us, have a great day, everybody, Varney Company begins right now. Stu, on your one day back, im giving you tossing it over so late. Im so sorry, stu. Stuart maria, for fox sports you can do anything you like, its as simple as that. Good morning, maria. Good morning, everyone. President trump held 18 conversations with journalists, bob woodward, included discussions of the virus threat and how the president handled it. The recordings are now public and they are at the center of latest political storm. The allegation is that he publicly down played the severity of the virus while privately acknowledging its danger. Joe biden went into attack mode instant i will saying it was a life and death betrayal of the American People. Speaking with sean hannity last night, the president said he didnt want to scare people and he didnt want to panic, he wanted calm. Yet again the media thinks theyve got the president on the run. Its worth poi
3 yesterday so it is the year to date momentum names in technology and large cap growth that are taking things there cloud stocks, the Broad Software group, ecommerce, all those baskets are up 2 or so today, so you know, at a time when people are unsure about the fiscal package getting through and maybe what the pacing is of the domestic economy, kind of the old reliable move is whats working for now but as you say, the Broader Market is kind of on the softer side for the start. Julia, a bunch of Technology Names that have dipped their toe or maybe a couple of legs into media also higher this morning looking at amazon, up 1. 5 , alphabet up a little bit more than that. Netflix itself, which is all in on media, of course, up better than 1 . That trend continues and of course, we have to point at tesla, those shares up about 5 and just look at tesla, up 290 year to date, john, just really striking in the context of Everything Else today. Yeah. Needhams chris wrestler is going to join us