A paltry one trillion dollars,. Only in this day and age can one trillion seem cheap. Democrats want 3 trillion. Well follow battle back and forth. In texas where were seeing a spike in cases but some are finding positive signs that the spikes are not quite as high as they use to do so be. Also that, and the vaccine push right now that has some promising implications for texas. To silicon valley, what is going on there. A lot of tech ceos on wednesday will be on capitol hill. Lets just say the environment might match the weather, hot and getting even more heated. So lets get to it with chad pergram with republicans with their own coronavirus bill, that also tackles that sticky subject of those jobless benefits. Courtesy of uncle sam. Chad, where do we stand on all of this. Reporter neil, they released their plan yesterday, about five or six distinct proposals. Frankly republicans are in a pickle. There is a lot of disagreement, there is a lot of disowe nance on the republican side of t
Whats happening. Certainly on the virus front and this is a big nagging and ongoing worry of right now, as we look at states that are dealing with a big spike in cases particularly in florida were also looking around at how illinois, michigan and some of these other states are dealing with this and the debate about whether you could really make demands on someone to wear a mask, and a debate in georgia as well, well get into that and we are focusing as well not only on the markets but the feeling that seems to be generating among a lot of folks that unless we get a pickup in activity here and unless we see more things beginning to stabilize on the infection count, then things really probably will not change a whole heck of a lot. Matt fin n has been following this very closely in naperville, illinois when its coming down to wear a mask. Sir . Reporter neil, naperville just outside of chicago is moving forward with plans to hold classes in just a matter of weeks. Every morning parents a
Well take you there live as soon as we can. That much and more on making money. Charles so it was a major beat on the labor front on all parts of, right . Initial jobless claims declined 1. 2 million. Down 249,000 in one week. Well below consensus. Wall street was looking for 1. 4 million. Continuing claims declined to 16. 1 million. Down 844,000. Pandemic employment assistance swooned to 655,000. It was above 900,000 a week ago. Yesterdays adp number, tally of jobs created, 4. 3 million. Initially they thought it was 2. 4 million. All of this dovetails with better data on the economy and service economy. I know it sounds nuts. It against conventional wisdom of all talking heads but i think the v is getting stronger so am i nuts . Lets ask Keith Fitzgerald of the Keith Fitzgerald group, jack ablin and walser Wealth Management president , rebecca walser. Rebecca, am i nuts . All im looking at the data and it is getting stronger no stopping engine newt of the american machine and Economi
Investors are increasingly pinning their hopes to a virus recovery on the vaccine so modernas news is helping the market this monday morning. And its own stock, of course. The dow industrials, probably going to go up a few points, maybe 70. S p up about 12. The nasdaq, up 85 points. Green this monday morning. Next headline, gold. The price is now at an alltime high, closing in on 2,000 an ounce. A weak dollar plus the fear of a postvirus bout of inflation, plus the u. S. china escalation, all pushing the price to, what, 1956 per ounce as of right now. Were expecting the republicans to detail their trillion dollar stimulus plan perhaps today. 1200 checks, Liability Protection for business extended but reduced emergency unemployment bonuses. Larry kudlow on that later on todays program right here. Now, look at big tech. Top executives from four of them virtually testify to Congress Later this week. This is important. What are we going to do with the crown jewels of americas business . Ta
The securities and Exchange Commission focusing on disclosure. We will get into it. 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Chairman jay is here live. We will talk about it. Isaias leaving millions without power, the deadly storm causing disruption across the east coast. Did you lose power . Novaxx with trial, research and Development President gregory glen is here to walk us through the progress. Markets this morning look like this. Indications are for pretty good rally at the start of trading. Futures indicating gain 200 points right out of the gate. Dow industrials up 198 and nasdaq up 1. The momentum continues. Up 38 points yesterday, the dow up 164 at the close yesterday and the s p up 11. Gold committerring glittering. Take a look. Up and a 3 quarters percent. 2020 voting in focus. Battle intensify over mailin ballots, the campaign sue it is state of nevada. Plus some of you may have heard but i have a very special announcement later this morning. Stick around, big announcement coming up. Mornings w