Home as covid19 cases increase across the nation. More than 13 million americans have been diagnosed at over 2,000 americans are dying every day from the virus. As states brace for an uptick in cases due to holiday gatherings the nations most populous county, los angeles county, is set to impose strict stay at home rules that will take effect tomorrow. Meanwhile, health way be on the way as the first doses of pfizers 1ir9 vaccines are headed to the u. S. From belgium, but keep in mind a vaccine isnt expected for wide distribution until later 2021. A cdc panel will meet on tuesday to decide how the initial supplies of the vaccine will be allocated. Joining me now Emergency Room Physician and california congressman and a good friend raul ruiz, cardiologist dr. Bernard ashby on the committee to protect medicare, dr. Mercedes carnethon from Northwestern University and dr. Corey hebert, former cochair of the louisiana governors covid19 Minority Task force. We should also note that dr. Heber
But how exactly can they get that done . We speak with former ge vice chairman bob lutz in a moment. It and cnbcs coverage of the coronaVirus Outbreak begins right now. Good morning and welcome, im Courtney Reagan live in times square we begin with breaking news. Stocks set to fall at the open at futures overnight hitting their limit down levels once again. We are well off the session lows at the moment. Dow jones industrial average indicated lower to the tune of 1100 points, the nasdaq down by 213 points lets check in on the etfs that track the major averages remember, these are not subject to those limit downs the dow etf is indicating a drop of 3. 75 the spy down by 3 the qqq, that tracks the nasdaq, down by almost 3 . Lets take a look at whats going on in the fixed income market and take a look at treasuries this is a closely watched barometer of everything going on with the economy and the markets. The yield on the tenyear note is sitting at 0. 38 . A rough morning in energy. Gaso
Americans are open for business and we are competitive once again. Thats the president making his case for u. S. Economic growth at the World Economic forum. Good friday morning, welcome to squawk on the street. I am Carl Quintanilla and jim cramer and david faber well have more on trade, the dollar and International Cooperation and we still have earnings to get to starbucks and intel both moving in different directions. The ceo of starbucks is also coming up with us a the president just finished at the World Economic forum in davos. He emphasized the new trade stance in his administration the United States will never turn an eye on economic planning these and other behaviors are harming businesses and destroying the Global Markets and harming businesses and workers around the globe went onto call regulations still taxation and talked about how it has been around the world. Americas first is not america alone. Look, i think that he made a great sales pitch for america. I think thats no
The dogs on the street well tell you if theyre worth taking home. This tailwagging edition starts right now. Who let the dogs out welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Well have nasdaq on track to break a twoweek losing streak, take a look at the gains the dow is up by about 9 points, s p by 5, nasdaq by 25 oil seeing a bit of a bounce, lifting shares for a change. And look at bed bath and beyond shares theyre plunging today. In fact, a sevenyear low down almost 12 and fast food giants mcdonalds and yum brands at high numbers court. Thanks, melissa for the First Time Ever the Affordable Care acted has topped the 50 . Again, once you give people something, even if they dont like it, its hard to take it away Kayla Tausche has the latest. Call it the art of the Health Care Deal part 2 the expectation is that the president , much like he did with the house version of the bill will now take matters into his own hand i just spoke with the principal debt secretary Sarah Sanders repealing an
Calls. Well talk more about david tepper and some others in just a moment. But first, andrew has a roundup of some of the mornings top stories. Andrew, that story is already here in the new york city area. I cant believe it. We needed it about a week ago. I dont know. Shocked me a bit this morning, whoa, back to work in the snow. Well, happy new year. You, too, happy new year. Fiat decided to buy the stake in chrysler it doesnt already own. This is all in cash. Once that deal closes, chrysler is committed to giving the trust an additional 700 million. The agreement ends months of tense negotiations. The deal means no chrysler ipo. Thats important because the ceo never wanted that. And phil lebeau will have more at the top of the hour. In our corporate news, mccow ka seeno has reeled a deal. Were going to talk more about the big business of gambling coming up at 7 40 eastern time. Cnbc is part of that and windsor media, an Investment Firm run by former yahoo chief terry stimble, its sig