World, the situation continues to develop tonight. In the nba players have agreed to resume playoffs after the unprecedented walkout, but wnba games are postponed for a second night. The nhl postponed two stanley cup playoff games scheduled for today. At least four Major League Baseball games are called off including the oakland as. After playing texas last night, they postponed tonights series finale. Lets get to larry beil for the latest on the as and the giants. The shooting of jacob blake caused much of the sports world to shut down for at least a few days while nba players did decide theyre not going to continue with the season in orlando. Other pro teams are supporting the movement. You mentioned the as postponing their game with texas. The message were hearing over and over is enough is enough. When the game ended, we had a deep conversation as a team on what do we want to do . Were seeing other sports teams, our peers doing things to shine the light on whats going on in our cou
Elections saying its the only way out of the crisis. As Michael Bennett when you know we we cannot face these problems unless we have early elections to elect new politicians and a new parliament we need a new political elite and a new parliament we need to Work Together to overcome this difficult period we know and i know the people have questions about the catastrophe and how the government plans to handle it the catastrophe is way bigger than anyone could imagine the impact my stay forever. In other headlines the number of people have died of covert 1000 in brazil has passed 100000 according to a brazilian media and Media Consortium see only only the 2nd country to reach that tragic milestone after the United States activists of marked the moment with a striking event on rios famous copacabana beach they set out 100 black crosses released and released a 1000 red balloons one for every 100 people who have died president bill scenario has consistently played down the crisis thousands
It was the big gainer. It closed at an alltime high. Tech has been leading the way. Sales force, facebook, taketwo and qualcomm at record highs you have to watch one stock in particular apple. After more than 10 gain on friday and thursday night, it closed up 2. 5 to an alltime high percentages away from hitting the 2 trillion market cap that 4 to 1 stock split is hit that price has to sit 477 not far off. Weve been talking about the pressure that has been put on yields in the treasury market. Right now, the 10year note at 0. 45 . Scott . Becky, im listening to you talk about tech and these companies. We have to get ready to talk nasdaq 11,000. As crazy as that would sound, we are on the doorstep. In spitting distance, basically. Unbelievable. Largy carri largely carried by these big five apple, amazon, facebook and alpha bes alphabet and microsoft looking back in march, would you have thought we would be talking nasdaq 11,000 by summer . No way. There is reason for it if you look at s
Responsible. Mixed messages. Vice president pence optimistic. We have made truly remarkable progress. Meanwhile, Anthony Fauci urges us to stay the course. The new numbers on the president s Approval Rating in the midst of this pandemic. Nfl player speaking out. Colts linebacker Darius Leonard claiming he was the victim of discrimination after his group was asked to leave a chipotle restaurant. He joins us live this morning. And summer severe storms strike. At least 58 million Americans Still at risk for dangerous storms this weekend. A reported tornado touching down in florida. Giant hail piling up in colorado. Heavy rain and strong winds whipping through chicago. Our weather team tracking it all. Good morning, and lets get right to our top story. As the daily number of confirmed Coronavirus Infections in america surges to an alltime high of more than 45,000, two of the largest states, texas and florida, are reversing course and reinstating restrictions as critics say those states may
We have cops that are murdering people. And thats issue that needs to be addressed. To me, he was an athlete who really understood what was going on in our country. Just a few years ago, Colin Kaepernick was arguably a top ten quarterback in the nfl. It looked like he was going to be one of the best in the game. On the biggest stage in sports, with millions of eyes watching, that iconic image, a lone player, protesting during the National Anthem. The first thing i thought was this is going to be a big deal. He took a knee for something bigger than himself. Im going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed. Black lives matter as the country faces a moment of reckoning, a history of racial injustice. Sparking renewed calls for real progress. No peace a 2020 reality, seed in the 2016 outcry. Thats a total disrespect for everything we stand for. A message rippling around the world to this day. Dont apologize, give Colin Kaepernick a job back. Tonight, inside the saga t