At tray Glen Astrazeneca on the defense after critics say it failed to give an update on patient data on the vaccine trials. Futures after markets were closed for the thanksgiving holiday, they are in the green as you can see, dow jones 54 in the premarket. Weve got a lot to talk about today with wall street. Were going to have a half trading day today, markets closing at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time some good news to show you, nice gains there, the nasdaq is in record territory as the dow is looking to crack 30,000 once more today after the index crossed the milestone earlier in the week. Ruling on religious restrictions, the Supreme Court telling new York Governor Andrew Cuomo he cant put a capacity limit on houses of worship. Were on this story today. Plus, it is black friday, its going to look a little bit different. Retailers going with the shift to online sales as brick and Mortar Stores are rethinking foot traffic this year. Mornings with maria is live right now. Its a brandnew day.
Next the director of the federal Housing Finance agency testifying on housing and mortgages during the coronavirus pandemic. House Financial Services Committee Members asked him how his agency is handling the rice in foreclosures and forbearances as well as the operations of fannie mae and freddie mac. The hearing runs over three hours. The committee will come to order. Before we begin, i want to remind members of a few matters including some required by the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965, which established a framework for Remote Committee proceedings. First, i would ask all members to keep themselves muted when theyre not being recognized. It will minimize disturbances while members are asking questions of our witnesses. Members are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves. The staff have been instructed not to mute members except when theyre not being recognized and theres background noise. Members are reminded that they may only attend one remote hearing at a ti
Meeting to order at this time and i would like to, if i may, give just a brief overview of what you can expect. We called the meeting to order that would have been an Opening Statement of the chair and Ranking Member, Opening Statements from chairwoman waters and are witnesses will give their Opening Statement and then we will have q and a of witnesses and adjournments. The title of todays hearing is protecting homeowners during the pandemic oversight of Mortgage Services implementations of the cares act. Without objection the cares authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Also without objection members of the committee who are not members of the subcommittee may participate in todays hearing for the purposes of making an Opening Statement and asking questions of witnesses. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Members also are reminded that they are responsible for muting and on meeting
Manufacturers, in an effort to less lessen dependency on foreign pharma. This visit ties directly to the start of the president s tariff wars back in january of 2018. Thats when he imposed 30 to 50 tariffs on imported washing machines that were mostly coming from south korea appliance giants lg and samsung. Since that time, whirlpool is up, just over 2 , while the s p 500 has scaled gains of 19 over the same period of time. Also, whirlpool has Just Announced some layoffs. We will take you straight back to ohio when the president speaks. But to the markets. Just a second ago, the nasdaq touched a record high, 107 points to the upside. We are still up about 101 at the moment. 100 points above the 11,000 mark. Right before the closing bell yesterday, the nasdaq actually kissed the 11,000 mark. We noted it, seconds since the bell was closing. Well, it closed one point below. Will we see it close above 11,000, if it can hold on to its gains it will notch its fourth Straight Record close. Do
Chair, Opening Statement of the Ranking Member, Opening Statement from chairwoman waters, the witness of will be introduced, witnesses were given Opening Statement then will have two and a of witnesses and adjournment. The title of todays hearing is protecting homeowners during the pandemic oversight of mortgage servicers implementation of the cares act. Without objection that shares authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Also without objection members of the committee who are not members of the subcommittee may participate in todays hearing for the purposes of making an Opening Statement and asking questions of witnesses. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded they are responsible for muting and and getting themselves. I think this is something thats worthy of repeating because i have made the mistake of not honoring this responsibility. I hope i dont make tha