It was the biggest single day drop since september 3rd. The index fell more than 950 points at one point. Worries about the economy rose after the daily tally of new intexass in the u. S. Climbed over the weekend to about 83,000. The techheavy nasdaq fell at well. People in the markets said investors sold on fears that the surge in new cases would derail efforts to get the economy moving again. Investors are turning cautious as lawmakers in congress remain far from a deal on additional stimulus measures. Staying in the u. S. , the Republicancontrolled Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barretts appointment to the countrys top court. The 48yearold will bed Third Supreme Court Justice Toews chosen by President Donald Trump. She will succeed Ruth Bager Ginsburg who passed away last month. Her lifetime appointment samcems a 63 majority on the bench. Divisive issues such as abortion, gun control and health care. Trump, trailing in polls, made barretts nomination part of his pitch to voters
Were following all of that today. Well get to the markets in a moment we do begin with our top story the president and first lady testing positive for the coronavirus. Our shep smith joining us with the latest its news on the east coast here is the news the president and first lady are positive for covid19. The first lady reports she has mild symptoms but feels good the white house says the president has mild symptoms. President trump is in good spirit ossen ca spirtss on a call this morning. President trump is in both categories he continues to be not only in good spirits but very energetic. We have talked a number of times this morning i got the five or six things that he had tasked me to do, like i do every single morning he is wanting to make sure that we stay engaged. I think the other thing that is critically important, the doctors continue to monitor both his health and the health of first Lady Joe Biden sent his thoughts to the president and first lady for swift recovery now th
The session with fourth days of gains with the dow industrials up 31 points. Much of the rally dissipating and then some. Nasdaq down by theless, s p down 15 at 4 00 oclock on wall street. Tiktokoracle deal uncertainty. President trump to reveal the deal today as the white house pushing for u. S. Control of the chinese app. Origins of russia tab, subpoena obama officials now and senator Lindsay Graham announcing when jim comey will testify in front of senate judiciary. Coming up at 7 10 a. M. Doug collins with more on that and pressure hes putting on apple after records show phones belonging to muellers team were wiped. Find out who will be playing joe biden on saturday night live. The bank of england out with its own Rate Decision in about an hour. Investors would be watching for any news of added stimulus and what the forecast is for the broader economy in the year ahead. In asia overnight, red across the board as well. The bank of japan left Interest Rates unchanged and says the eco
Progress on u. S. china trade talk as the worlds biggest economies discuss technologies consumption, investments and exports fall sharply during the height of the pandemic President Trump accepts the Republican Party nomination taking aim at the democrats accusing them of, quote, trying to steal the election. We have to be very, very careful. This time they are going to try to do it in the whole post office scam. You can see them setting it up watch them carefully we have to win this is the most important election in the history of our country. Some breaking news coming out of germany this morning. From the eve o from t from the ifo data. 92 92. 6 versus the forecast of 92. 2 you may recall back in april when we saw many lockdowns the data started to cross then and we are seeing recovery in those numbers. The ifo Current Conditions is 87. 9 in august forecast was lower and what we are also seeing in the ifo Expectations Index is up to 97. 5 in august versus a forecast of 98 so slightly
Flat tire. He is on the squawk news line. What happened . Flat tire first day back with my driver. We are on 78 which leads to the new jersey turn pike which is where andrew was the other day we are getting close to the lincoln tunnel i had to wait and have another driver pick me up. That worked. The only problem was we got a flat in the express lane we had to pull over on the median with semis going by on both sides the whole car was shaking. I was like, okay, ill never be there again. So i take it, you changed the tire i could have. The first thing i did was say, look, youve got to go over that median and get over to the right. Thats just asking for a problem. Seriously dangerous at 6 30, i will be there at 6 20 there might be a correction coming you guys can explain to me honeywell . I thought it already was it was in, it was out and back in i think this is the First Time Since 2013, well see three dow components come out. Now good luck. We are going to see changes coming i will tel