Undemocratic, what some Top Republicans are saying about the president s latest efforts to sow doubt about the election. This wild press appearance from Rudy Giuliani. And crimes you dont have to smell, and you cant smell this one. And a week long recount by hand. And ready, set, shop. A surprising plus of the pandemic just ahead and why the thanksgiving meal will cost less this year, and the holiday deals are starting today, a full week ahead of black friday. And plus a we love a parade like none other, and what is being done to pull off the beloved macys day parade unlike no other. Today, friday, november 20th, 2020. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. From studio 1a in rockefeller pla plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning. Happy friday and glad you are with us, and hoda is off and we have a lot of news. And potentially significant news. It is just breaking surrounding the vaccine and the coronavirus, and key step forward this morning. The Pfizer Company is
Shift. Weve got another bonus hour of fast money tonight at 6 00 where we will be answering all of your burning trading questions. If youve got one, tweet us cnbcfastmoney. We start off with zoom zoom shares staged a gigantic really its 40 jump today now gives ut a market cap bigger than lowes, ibm and citigroup. It is about 3 4 of the size of cisco, which of course is a similar product and 83 times the revenue. What do you make of this giant move today its pretty incredible. I dont know how often weve seen a stock thats jumped by 40 in a single day. But it ran into earnings weve seen nothing but bullish paper in here for the entire year the interesting thing is when you look at the numbers, yes, the numbers were astounding. When you look at the revenue and the earnings beat, its incredible what stands out for me is i look at this company. You just wonder, theres not a short squeeze going on here. Its not a very large short position i think this is just an amazing stock. People look at
Senior economic adviser to hsbc, will be joining us for the latest on what is happening with the vaccine from his perspective and also the employment story. But the biggest story is around the vaccine. That is where we should really start. Alix so lets do that, lets get the latest. The news overnight, russian president Vladimir Putin saying his country has registered a vaccine that will enable broad use of the shot while phase three continues. Phase three trials will start tomorrow. , joining us now is Kirill Dmitriev Russian Direct Investment Fund ceo. Great to talk to you. This will help the Risk Appetite in the market. You havent started phase three trials. Can you give me some perspective on how many people have been vaccinated with this . Kirill the first two cases were 200 people. The vaccine platform has been tried for the last six years. From akes it different mini approaches used by other players, because it has been approved in russia six years ago. Vaccine and ebola have bee
Still a dollars story. Bloomberg dollar index looking like the u. S. Dollar is steady in the last 12 hours, but on course for potentially its worse july in a decade. The dollar index is flat essentially. U. S. Dollar, yes, i want to focus on this because 103. 50 is a key line. Modest upside for the u. S. Dollar. Japan downgraded from fitch to negative outlook. But you could see further upside. 103. 50 is a line to watch. In terms of offshore currency in the mainland, or in china, 7. 0 is what we are looking at. The euro is modestly stronger against the u. S. Dollar. Gold and silver and the yield story in the u. S. , gold started to modestly moderate. At. 6 is what we are looking silver also taking a bit of profit. Basiseld story, just 14 points for the twoyear and under 60 for the 10 year. We will see what jay powell says on whether yield control is a discussion they are ready to bring forward for the fed. A look atets have what is going on first word news wise as we look at the u. S.
Washington, d. C. , host this is event. Im very excited to introduce the program with author dermit turing. He is the author of a number of books including allen tearing and the bomb breakthrough. He is the nephew of the famous analyst allen turing. Prior to the writing career, he worked for the International Law firm clifford chance. He is currently a trustee of bluchly park and turing trust. He serves as the bluchly park fellow of college in oxford. Last but certainly not least, he is a member of the honorary board here at the International Spy museum and he is a tremendous supporter of our educational efforts here at spy. So we are excited to have dermit here today to discuss how enigma was really broken with the cooperative efforts of poland, britain, and france. After the formal presentation, with he would like you to invite to walk up to the mikes on each side of the theater and go ahead and ask your questions. Tlcht is plen there will be plenty of time to ask your questions and