Viewers in the u. S. And Around The World. Im Amara Walker in atlanta, Jim Sciutto is in Tel Aviv as we continue they will follow Breaking News out of The Middle East. And fears are continuing to grow that the exchange of fire across the border between Israel And Lebanon could turn into a Ground Incursion and potentially an even wider regional war thats right. It would be quite a step. Us officials say that israeli troops have mobilized at israels northern border in preparation, at least for a possible Ground Offensive inside Lebanon Israel says, however, the crossing the border is only one option. It is considering we need to understand theres a huge amount of different tools that we have in our Toolbox Ground operations is one of them. We are preparing for that if it is required, if were we receive the instructions well, it would be quite a significant tool. The idf has not let up its Air Offensive inside lebanon. Lebanese officials say four people were killed in an israeli airstrike
Wednesday. Feels like a friday on after the bell. Lets look at the news thats happening at this hour. Team coverage with more on the markets. Hillary vaughn, covering the president elect. Lets start with you, the day before thanksgiving. What are we seeing . We are seeing a retreat partially for the s p. The dow transports, all retreating from record highs but the dow closing at 29872 on track for november since 1928. Youve got to go back really far. The nasdaq, first, record close september. 12,000 94. The first force was this rotation weve seen for the week out of tech to cyclicals that reversed today. Energy was your worst performer and tech was your second best performer. The second we noticed is the Economic Data that poured in this morning. That was a reality for many investors. Jobless claims rose for two weeks in a row. The First Time Since july, 778,000 americans filing for firsttime unemployment benefits. Claims rose the most in states where infections also rose the most. Min
To lou and welcome to crossfire all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle at this point no one knows when the cold crisis will abate however it is undeniable that this Health Crisis has negatively impacted the economy what does it mean to return to normal is that even possible now and will the divide separating the rich from the poor can. Discuss the economy and more im joined by my guest peter early grave very. Can he is an economist at the American Institute for Economic Research in miami and we have made rezko he is seen as chief investment strategist and we also have Eric Townsend he is host of the macro voices podcast gentlemen crossed the rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated ok lets go 1st to peter you know in looking at the very the. The broadest picture of whats going on in the economy right now i think we all have to be very honest with ourselves that the election cycle influenced people how they look at the economy how bad it is or ho
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.
With hit or miss showers. Mike, how is it looking now getting out the door for work . Very different than ten minutes ago. The camera shows you all lanes now backing up toward the toll plaza itself. We have the backup that just formed again as folks flooded in towards that area. We also have slowing for highway 4 through concord which has been there early morning. I thought it would clear as the construction cleared but that is cleared from the roadway. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. There are razor thin margins in several battleground states as the final outcome of the election still unknown this morning. Just confirmed within the last few minutes joe biden ahead by a very slight margin in pennsylvania. Hes ahead by just more than 5,000 votes. Battleground states are still to close to call. Today in the bays tracie potts is live for us in wilmington with reaction from both campaigns. Tracie . Reporter theres a lot of anxiety building, a lot of excitement building, particularly on