Higher in early drtrading after yesterdays 700 plus point loss on the dow but then the dow started pulling back at one of the nations largest states officially hit the pause button on its reopening. It is texas. Texas now stuck at phase three statewide. They are banning elective surgeries in four counties including dallas, as austin area hospitals warn they could reach capacity by the middle of july. The rapidly spreading virus is not stopped in its tracks. Coming up, ceo of classic stayathome stock identity and password management star okta. The ceo is here with a covid19 shocker. What many people are still not willing to do even in the face of new outbreaks. But the pandemic is actually providing a boost to polaris. They are facing a supply crunch as demand for the Great Outdoors kicks into high gear. The ceo of the atv giant is here on what hes doing to keep his recreational vehicle giant from going offroad. From too much demand. Kind of a good problem to have. And brady versus port
Hour as he is in wisconsin right now, far northeast port of that state in the city of marinet. As the president will be at a shipyard there, you reason he is there, the ship in the back of the picture there, that Company Involved is getting a 5. 5 billion contract to build 10 of those very exact ships. 1000 jobs to come into that area. You will likely hear the president tout that and job creation in wisconsin. That state, the badger state has been a focus for the white house and the Trump Campaign this week. There is a pretty good reason why, when you look at the history there, democrats won seven consecutive president ial elections. President trump flipped that state in 2016, winning less than 1 , 22,000 votes. 10 electoral votes are in play in november. The polls right now, if you listen to them, look at them, believe them, not looking good for the president , the real clear politics average he is down to joe biden by eight points. Highly respected Marquette University law has same e
Claims at 8 30 a. M. Eastern time. Economists are expecting 3. 5 million jobless claims falling record 3. 2 the following week. We will bring you those numbers and jobs number coming out tomorrow. We are expecting a firm e tone with Dow Jones Industrial average up 332 and s p by 72. Take a look at the numbers. Dow industrials down 973 points at the close yesterday. S p 500 down 114. President trump is considering grounding domestic flights between hot spots to try and contain the spread of the virus and boeing to send early retirement as the virus takes a toll on the aircraft industry, its 73 max fleet remains grounded. Coronavirus impacting the 2020 race. Former Vice President joe biden calling for the Democratic Convention to be pushed from midjuly into august. This as pandemic could lead to virtual election. Long lines at Grocery Stores. What you should be getting right now and how to store it and what measures can be taken to make sure takeout orders are safe. We are getting answer
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
Closing down by 0. 4 the hang seng was off by 1. 1 . Then the shanghai was down by almost 0. 9 . In europe it looks like, again, a modest decline dax and the cac are relatively flat ftse down by 0. 2 . Italy and spain down by 0. 3 and 0. 4 if you check out the treasury market, you will see the tenyear right now looks to be yielding about 2. 019 . We do have breaking news on Warren Buffett he is denying reports of tensions between him and 3g capital and kraft heinz. Buffett said 3gs cofounder is a good friend and he plans to see lemann next month. He also plans to attend lemanns 80th Birthday Party in august. The report has been out about tensions between them. Buffett also expressed support for the ceo of kraft heinz reports of the tensions may have been sparked by kraft heinz underperformance. That stock down by 50 buffett says right now the biggest problem facing kraft heinz is that heinz overpaid when merging with kraft back in july of 2015 he said he paid too much and it will take