Election in its favor protesters freed former president back at them by and other senior officials from jail the countrys Election Commission as an old early results from the vote a car bomb at a bus stop in syria has killed at least 21 people children are among at least 40 others injured in albab the city is in a part of aleppo province controlled by Turkish Backed armed groups no claim of responsibility has been made. As u. S. President donald trump says hes ready for next weeks president ial debates the corona Virus Outbreak has reached the pentagon a top military official is tested positive and several others are in quarantine but trump insists people should not fear the virus. Apologies we dont seem to have any sound at all in a vat a clip from the president will of course bring it to you in the upcoming news programs now an International Chemicals watchdog has confirmed germanys findings that russian opposition figure. Was poisoned by the soviet era nerve agent of the chalk the o
Steven miller whos a very close advisor of the president has now tested positive for the coronavirus has been in close proximity of the president for a long period of time he was also in close proximity to some of the other assistance to the president to have tested positive in recent days and certainly that list is growing and growing indeed a large number of members of the president s staff have tested positive and number of journalists who work there as well as a number of military aides it is said who are also working at the white house donald trump has called off negotiations with democrats over a new coronavirus stimulus package until after the election u. S. Stock markets fell on the news House Democrats had passed a 2. 00 trillion dollar relief bill on thursday but Senate Republicans rejected it. Its kind of fortunate the concierge abandon our children we had such great provisions in the deal not that they agree to all of them yet but on a path out workers we need to do for ame
A number of which. Members of the set up yesterday and all as i said i guess they called the Coordination Council which represents around 8 Political Parties and theyve been making for pretty fiery speeches this morning so far theyre demanding hold it theyre demanding that the president is impeached there demanding that. All parliamentary members come together for a meeting a session we had a parliamentary session yesterday but it was we understand only around 20 employees took part in that emergency session. White house adviser Stephen Miller has become the latest Trump Administration official to test positive that 19 run a dozen white house officials have now tested positive including the president a number of senior u. S. Defense command has also in isolation. Fighting is continuing between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed nagornokarabakh region people in the territories main cities remain and shelters off the shelling overnight by sides accuse each other of launching attack
Airlines tiktok bids moving walmart is now in the mix. Yes, walmart and that stock is up 5 . Microsoft up 2 . A record close watch for the s p 500. At least 59 minutes left of trade. Anything positive, jon, for s p and nasdaq as we go into positive territory with the new records . Once again. And coming up on todays show. Two key reads on the state of the recovery in america. Well speak with the heads of Regal Cinemas parent cineworld and ihg group about safety and demand in light of the pandemic. And counting down to big earnings after the bell, including dell, gap, hp and more well bring you all of those numbers as soon as they hit. Now straight to the big stories we are watching today. Mike santoli is tracking todays volatile Market Action Steve Liesman and Morgan Stanleys chuten aya are here. And ylon mui has details on the new rapid covid test and bank of america is calling it a gamechanger. Start us off were extending up into record territory a little bit erratic fashion the mark
Youre watching Worldwide Exchange on cnbc top of the morning to you in for Brian Sullivan today kicking off this monday morning with stock futures indicating declines. The nasdaq up about 48 points as you can see but the nasdaq composite overall over the last two days has seen some of that positivity posting a 1. 5 gain with the help of blowout quarterly numbers from amazon. Com, facebook as well the latter coming off of a gain of 10 peculiar on friday for the best one day performance since march 13th of 2020 you can see apple shares over the last couple of days in the green. The major averages coming off their fourth straight months of gains. The s p 500 seeing its best july since 2010. You can see here 20 gains for the dow industrials. 26 gains for the s p and the nasdaq up 40 just over that span alone now in yields they continue to hover near historic lows ticking slightly higher to 54 basis points or. 54 ten year note yields around 11 basis points and the 30 yearlong bond on that t