The next president ial debate. The white house still refuses to release key details on the president s health as President Trump returns to the oval office calling his illness a blessing, touting that experimental antibody cocktail for helping him beat the virus and now says he wants everyone in the country to get access to it. All of this as the seriousness of the white house outbreak escalates. A new report that white house staffers may have exposed thousands of people to the virus. Sounding the alarm. Dr. Faucis urgent warning that the number of american lives lost to the virus could double if things dont improve. Plus, a former cdc director calls the Trump Administrations handling of the pandemic a slaughter as hot spots surge across the country. Wisconsin forced to prepare a Field Hospital as their Emergency Rooms overflow. Hurricane emergency. Overnight delta strengthening in the gulf after wreaking havoc in mexico. Now louisiana, mississippi and texas all bracing for the powerfu
Fears. And companies from roku to Western Digital have been tempering expectations thats hurt sentiment a bit. Gold is at a record high nasdaq set for another record close, comfortably now up a full 1 . Continuing that breathtaking rally, coming up on todays show, the bet on pets. The ceo of the company that makes medicine for pets and l e livestock. And more earnings rolling in today after the bell, including uber, dropbox and t mobile also a first on cnbc interview with mike seifeieve seavert eamon javers has the latest on the stimulus stand offin washington, and phil lebeau is watching the airlines. Start us off with the broader market, mike. Today is a good example of how we are now in a market moment where the threshold for rallies on news is much lower than the threshold for a sell out. Nertsd, the market takes most good news and kind of shrugs off the less good news we got the better than expected but still kind of ugly jobless claims number. That palmback went away. We were fla
Well talk to an influencer and you have no idea how much i want to be an influencer about how she is making money on tiktok. Later, godiva chocolates is remolding its business amid the coronavirus pandemic the ceo will be here to tell us whats working and a lot is working for this company in the consumer space power lunch starts right now thanks welcome back welcome to power lunch. You can see that tech continues to dominate the market today the sector up more than 2 outperforming everybody else thats in large part to apple up 3 today shares of apple are now up about 50 on the year. Its been an incredible run. That brings the companys market cap to 1. 9 trillion and change. Were within tuouching distance of a 2 trillion dollar market cap. Also take a look at nvidia today. Its up more than 85 this year. Nvidia has been a monster. Tesla up about 4 to just under 1500 share. Theres one wall street analyst chasing shares well have those details shortly. Tyler, back to you congressional lead
To get things started off. The dow is down by 17 points but the s p and the nasdaq is there. Nasdaq is indicated up by 47 points this is after a strong month of july for all three of the averages the dow up by 2. 4 for the month. The s p saw its best july by ten years. It was up by 5. 5 . Thats nothing compared to the nasdaq today is the first trade ding d of august. Thats out at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time today also take a look at treasury yields you did see yields under extreme pressure or ten year closing at its lowest level since all the way back to march 9th. Right now it is a little bit higher 0. 546 stimulus talks in congress. Trump administrations officials and House Speaker nancy pelosi are set to resume negotiations today on their competing visions of a bill. The Sticking Point continues to be a boost set at 600 per week in march that lapsed on friday he and Speaker Pelosi are on the same page about the need of direct Cash Payments of 1,200 to most americans. Andrew. And big co
Financial needs of schools planning to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. Also a look at the recent rise of covid19 cases with dr. Drake deutsche dr. Drake dr. Jake deutsch. It isgood morning, thursday, july 16, 2020. A three hour washington journal is ahead. We begin on decisions being made in School Districts around the country about when and how children will go to school this fall. With the coronavirus creating debate over in person versus Virtual Schools and concerns about School Funding shortfalls areteacher shortages, we opening our phones to hear from educators and parents this morning. What is your biggest concern when it comes to School Reopening . Phone line split up. Educators, 202 7488000. Parents, 202 7488001. You can also send us a text. That number is. That number is 202 74880 2 3. Otherwise catch up with us on social media at facebook. Com cspan. A good thursday morning to you. You can start calling you now as we show you education secretary betsy devos reiteratin