Washington and the world talking, microsoft eyeing an acquisition of tiktok and is this comes after President Trump threatened to ban the app in the u. S. Over security concerns. The president made an about face and gave microsoft the go ahead to proceed with the deal josh lipton has the very latest. So, melissa, President Trump also weighing in here. Take a listen to what he had to say today. It will close down on september 15th unless microsoft or somebody else is able to buy it and work out a deal, an appropriate deal, so the treasury of the, really, the treasury, i guess you would say, of the United States gets a lot of money so, why is microsoft interested in tiktok well, its a wildly popular app with 100 million users already here in the u. S. Engagement trends are strong analysts note that users already spend over an hour a day on the app. Patrick moorhead emphasizes two broad reasons why this could make strategic sense one, he argues microsoft is relatively week in Consumer Ser
Talked about cautious optimism. The number is down to 6. 1 . So 14day Positivity Rate reflected in the slide, 7 . This 7day Positivity Rate now down to 6. 1 . Its not where it needs to be. It is still too high, but, again, it is good to see this number trending down. The 7day Positivity Rate is absolutely affected by this. We will certainly be updating the Positivity Rate on a daily basis, as we do. Remember, we take into account not just one day, not just seven days, but earned 14 days. Havent despite the glitch, the state is confident in two week trends, especially it when cops to hospitalizations and icu numbers, which dr. Galley reassured are tallied through a different process. They are beginning to stabilize as the governor said yesterday, we are seeing increasing reductions. Reporter he said he is working with labs to address the issue weekly. Absolutely hampered without the data, without the power of that tool, which is data round who might be infected or who isnt. We spoke to
Who have paychecks. People do not right now, which brings us to the second big issue, which is Unemployment Insurance benefits. A gut instinct is we will see two month extension of the current Unemployment Insurance booster payments such as 600 a week through september 1. The alternative is we cut it to 400 a week, but extended for a longer duration, say through year end. Referenced achin technical correction needing to be made. This is far from a technical correction. This is a deepseated issue of disagreement between democrats and republicans. I would say this is the biggest sticking point. The way it will get resolved it to throw money at the problem. To that end we have shifted up our expectations of the overall scale and scope of the bill. The last time we spoke i was expecting a 1. 5 trillion package. Now our base case is 1. 5 trillion to 2 trillion. The further that rises, the more generous the Unemployment Benefits will be. You can see potential spending directly on certain sec
The women owners are defying owners. Chicago, teachers and parents once again at odds of reopening plans that even parents say are major league screwed up. California, wildfires that are raging out of control right now with no end in sight. Talk about impeccable timing . Were on top of all of that. Were focusing on developments in washington where the president is meeting with a number of tech leaders and workers. Blake burman at the white house with more. Hey, blake. Reporter hi, there, neil, and President Trump is set to be signing an executive order in washington momentarily. Im told what this will involve to try to insure when federal contracts are given out, they are given out to u. S. Citizens and not potentially h1b visa holders. Trying to insure the contracts are given to american citizens. We should be hearing from the president shortly. We will wait to see, neil if the president will be taking any questions and if he does i have to imagine he would be asked about this tweet h
Deal on a fifth coronavirus stimulus. Thats what charles and i were just talking about. Can they beat the clock before time runs out and 32 million americans unemployed are left with a loss. Speaking of wins and losses, the nfl bending to what appears to be a coordinated tweetstorm involving nfl allstars from jj watt to Patrick Mahomes who want to know the leagues Virus Testing plan. The social media blitz over the weekend and efforts to pressure the league to pull off a covid19 safety ahead of nfls kickoff. Jarvis green of the new England Patriots joins us on what the players really want and whether they will even get it. From the gridiron to the front lines, we have the publicly traded smart Glasses Company transforming how First Responders do their jobs. Paul travers on techs role in the covid19 fight and why new competition from, of all companies, apple, is not darkening his outlook. Plus the twitter hack heard round the world. What cybersecurity guru ping is doing to protect the i