I would not be surprised if we were seeing a 1 down move. Futures lower earlier. Silver higher. Stocks might not be doing much but some of the frothy money seems to be going to the precious metals. Silver up a fourth day in a row. Not surprisingly the dollar down for a fourth day is helping. Itll be interesting to see whether than the dollar index can hold on. A sleepy summer day. Tesla will be reporting after the bell. David except for silver. Abigail is focused on the silver question. Thanks to that report on the markets. A breaking headline the bloomberg. The chump the Trump Administration are reportedly weighing in interim unemployment deal that may extend the Unemployment Benefits even if they cannot get the stimulus deal done. Well be talking with republican senator from ohio they are in the program. We will ask him about that. In the meantime one of the biggest questions facing the country is how and when to open our school system. We want to talk to the leader of one of the Lar
Mr. Portman mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from ohio. The presiding officer mr. President , im here on mr. Portman im here to talk about the steps congress should take with respect to the coronavirus pandemic. Im start with the legislation that majority leader senator Mitch Mcconnell introduced yesterday, one of the aspects of it that hasnt gotten much attention and i think is very positive and an effective way to get the economy moving in a safe way is some tax legislation. These are tax credits and Tax Deductions that help to encourage the hiring of new workers but also to do so in a safe way. These are the kinds of things that make a lot of sense and have a lot of bipartisan support and appeal. So i think it should be part of whatever final package we end up with. The goal of these tax incentives is to say that we want people to reenter the workforce but do it in a safe and sustainable way. For example, in the mcconnell proposal is legislation i introduced called
Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box on cnbc. Im becky quick with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin well start with the markets after the dow fell for the first time in four sessions. Airlines, cruz and retailers all fell during yesterday sessions those have been the volatile stocks if you look at u. S. Equity futures this morning, youll see green arrows the dow indicated up by 28 points nasdaq up by 24 and s p up 4. 5 yesterday, the dow was down 170. During the course of the morning, we were watching the futures and up as much as 250 in the morning. Weve been keeping an eye what is happening with the treadsry markets. Right now, it looks like that 10year yield is just at 0. 71 andrew good morning. Thank you. United states pulling out of talks with europe to tax tech giants Steven Mnuchin saying international talks have hit an impasse and there wasnt even room for an interim deal it threatened retaliation if they move ahead with plans of their home a number of European Compan
China that killed 20 indian soldiers as calls grow for a boycott of chinese goods and struggling to preserve tradition we need the rocky craftsmen whose work is at risk of becoming a thing of the time. We begin in bangladesh where monsoon weather is adding to the growing concern for more than 1000000 Rohingya Refugees at risk of contracting covered 19 aid workers have repeatedly warned of the disasters told it could take on the worlds than just refugee camp as the number of infections rise and reports. Its monsoon season in the Worlds Largest refugee settlement for the rohingya who live here one of the most vulnerable populations in the world and already dire situation grows even worse. But look were in trouble now when it rains or to enters my house we cant sleep properly we have to keep our children on our shoulders at midnight if it rains. But the weather isnt the only thing keeping mohammad awake at night far more worrying for him and his family is the threat posed by coke at 19. I
A listening post is next. As coronavirus maintains its stranglehold on the us campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat but with so much at stake when will the president ial candidates get the opportunity to hit the road and so their brand of american politics follow the u. S. Election on a jersey. They are Machine Learning or to record to quote surveillance monitoring your response to one of our tracking are a lot of attention for the work done for the u. S. Government including the cia but its not just about making it easier for all the parties to get a hold of your take on a good leader another way of privatizing the n. H. S. Hello im Richard Burton youre watching the listening post working from home here are the coronavirus stories the media elements that were looking at this week. The British Government gets some outside help from Technology Companies to take on covert 19 but where will all the health data the personal medical records and up different n