Arizona for biden. Dow is up 191. Were going to start with disney though and a surge for shares this morning following the strong earnings last night and that enormous pop for disney plus subs. Julia boorstin is going to break that down for us hey, julia carl, disney plus accrued 73 Million Subscribers. The companys 120 million paid Digital Subscribers are a bright spot the company says suspension of the next semiannual dividend is in part to priority the direct to consumer initiatives. Its very clear what the new content has subscribers. I think youll see continued increase in investment and then that will fuel some of the growth that christine will talk about at the Investor Conference that we expect on december 10th. The company says theyre reassured by booking trends that cruise ship bookings for next year are very strong pushing to open disneys closed california parks, he called californias restrictions arbitrary. Were very encouraged by the prospect of a potential vaccine. Were e
Shift toward ecommerce. I think for investors, for business in general thats really the question of this moment right now for those businesses that have had this shift to online and have been able to capitalize that, were going to have skzinga on later d theyve done well in engagement because of that shift, how much of that are they going to be able to retain and continue for the rest of the year how much can platforms like apples ios and app store, were getting wwdc coming up in a few weeks, what changes can they and developers make to retain more of that benefit and maybe see a continuing shift in behavior thats unclear, but a lot hangs on that, morgan. Thats so right, jon, and that shift online i think is everything and a big part of that is ecommerce its one of the reasons im keeping a close eye on the u. S. Postal service right now, which is set to report its Quarterly Earnings tomorrow. Last night the usps announcing its finally getting a new postmaster general, louis dejoy, had
Eamon javers is inside the meeting. Meg, what can we expect outside of this meeting . We did see the executives head in just a few moments ago as well as research chiefs theyre expected to discuss the status of development of both vaccine and drugs for the novel coronavirus. Gilead and regeneron have medicines in development, while the others are working on vaccines, as moderna las already delivered a batch for testling Stephanie Duke is catching up with stan erk, asking what he hoping to get from this meeting. Im hoping to get a commitment from the government theyll help us expedite the process. The case numbers are continuing to rice here, with seattle and king county just announcing an additional four deaths, bringing the total in this country to six. Guys what are you expecting, meg, in terms of the numbers of those that are diagnosed, given the fact that the cdc apparently is starting to provide more contests or is it in addition, we are starting to see local Public Health labs, a
Carol and a different type of crisis that asks if homelessness is a crime. Jason all of that and more. But first, our top story this week. Natos 70th turned out to be less of a Birthday Party and more like a thanksgiving dinner for a big, dysfunctional family. Carol thats right. Not all of them got along. A few snide remarks were made, but in the end, everyone seemed to accept they were stuck with each other. Thats according to mark champion, who covered the summit outside london. Lets talk about nato and what a week it was. Mark it was. I mean, the buildup was pretty extraordinary. This was supposed to be a celebration. It wasnt a real summit. They do that every two to three years. This one, they felt they had to do because it was the 70th. They kept it really short because they specifically didnt want to create a big target for unscripted problems with president trump, which theyve had before. So, and then all of a sudden, in the weeks before, you had the french president macron comi
A crime . Jason all of that and more. But first, our top story this week. Natos 70th turned out to be less like a Birthday Party and more like a thanksgiving dinner for a big, dysfunctional family. Carol thats right. Not all of them got along, a few snide remarks were made, but in the end, everyone seemed to accept that theyre stuck with each other. Thats according to marc champion, who covered the summit outside london. He joins us now. Lets talk about nato. What a week it was. Marc it was. I mean, the buildup was pretty extraordinary. This was supposed to be just a celebration. It wasnt a real summit. It wasnt a full summit. They do that every two to three years. This one they felt they had to do because it was the 70th. They kept it really short because they specifically didnt want to create a big target for unscripted problems with president trump, which theyve had before. So, and then all of a sudden, in the weeks before, you had the french president , macron, coming out and talki