Across the country in major cities. Seattle, chicago, minneapolis, also in new york city. Of course, all of this as protesters continue the call to defund the police. And staying in new york city, get ready for phase two. Restaurants allowed to reopen. But its all al fresco. Thats all right. The weathers good. You have to sit outside. By the way, another 300,000 people expected to return to work in the big apple. And President Trump officially restarting his 2020 campaign with a rally in tulsa, oklahoma, but there is controversy over crowd size. We are all over that story and so much more. We will get it going on Varney Company which begins now. Ashley all right. First things first. Ive got to get you to the very latest on the virus. Over 2. 2 million cases now here in the United States. This as those 12 states on your screen have seen a record spike in cases over the weekend. Susan li joins us on this monday morning. Susan, give us the numbers. Susan good morning. So the states that s
President. His support among independents gone straight up despite the intense opposition of the media and the democrats. More positives. At the president ial town hall, mr. Trump suggested a vaccine is possible by december. Dr. Fauci says january, if everything goes well. That would be a major step towards a fullscale return to work. However, the president also said he could impose fresh tariffs on china. He called that the ultimate punishment. We should point out that there is a new report this morning suggesting china deliberately manipulated the virus for its own advantage. Lets get to the market. It will be opening lower this morning. In part because of the threat of tariffs. Look at the dow, down maybe 200 points. Nasdaq down about 55. S p down about 20. And then theres Warren Buffett. Big news there. He has sold all his Airline Stocks, all of them. He no longer has any money in that industry. However, he did lay out a big positive. He said this economy will come back, quote, not
Results for its vaccine, phase one trial in humans. Weve got a lot more on this coming up in just a moment. But this is a very positive development. When this was announced the stock rally that had already been in place gained a lot more ground. One more positive indicator for you. Thats the price of oil. We are back to 32 a barrel. We are driving again, we are emerging from a lockdown, demand for gas and oil up and up goes the price. Key indicator. Now, look at this weekend. All across the country, people were out and about, enjoying the weather and enjoying their freedom, too. There has been some relaxation of lockdown rules in 49 states. Connecticuts the lone holdout. They open up in just a few days. Bottom line, the economy is opening up and in most places, people feel willing to shop, eat out and socialize. Its hard to see how the authorities can reverse course and clamp down all over again. The genie is out of the bottle and the Moderna Vaccine news is the icing on the i can kcak
Nobody wants a second wave. The market starts the week on the upside again. Investors like the get back to work trend and there are several forecasts of imminent recovery for the economy. Secretary mnuchin says there will be a rebound july, august and september. The dow is looking at a 200 point gain first thing this morning. Thats close to 1 . A nice gain for the s p, close to 1 . The nasdaq will be up over a half percentage point. Now, the reason the nasdaq is up, because of this. This week, many Big Tech Companies report their financial position. Strong results expected because the virus lockdown has a more limited effect on these companies. Premarket, most of them are up. But look at oil. No joy for the drillers. They are looking at 12 a barrel and the worldwide glut shows no sign of easing. Over the weekend, the price slump claimed another victim, diamond shamrock. The drillers declared bankruptcy. The price of gas still falling, albeit slowly, about one cent down a day. The avera
Baseball is looking at an 80game season starting in july. Football arrives in september. Disney allowed, what, onethird capacity at its shanghai park and it sold out. While lockdowns continue, they are being challenged most notably by elon musk. Wasnt to op he wants to open his tesla plant in california. The Authorities Say no. Hes going to court and says he will move out of state if the factory stays closed. As for the market, that will open lower. Solid gains recently but a pullback so far this morning. The dow is looking at a loss of 270. The s p down about 30. The nasdaq off about 72 points. Lets get to politics. Big week for that. It is trump versus obama. General flynns lawyer says the plot to undermine the Incoming Trump administration was launched in the white house by outgoing president obama. President trump calls it obamagate. Theres a lot more coming on that one, believe me. Its monday morning, may 11th, already, and another big show for you. Varney company is about to begi