The nasdaq holds in the green up by a quarter of 1 for the week and all week long stimulus uncertainty has been hanging over this market and on that point the president elect joe biden is meeting this afternoon, nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer, we will have more on that in the other meeting that were going to watch very closely this hour, President Trump has invited a group of state legislators from michigan into the white house. I am connell mcshane, welcomed after the bell we have a lot going on in his time to get straight to the news happening at this hour. Lauren simonetti, blake burman and Hillary Bonner standing by to cover the news, we start with you lauren on the latest figures on the virus, what are we seeing . Their moving in the wrong direction, the grid numbers coast to coast, new u. S. Pieces topping 100,000 for 17 days in a row and over the past week the u. S. Is averaging 166,000, new cases a day, this is happening right before the holidays with families gathered together
Visiblvi visibility. 40s to get going this morning with patchy fog. By noontime, mostly cloudy, mid and upper 50s, partly cloudy skies, looking at a dry evening tonight. The weekend is a different story. Good morning. Metering lights are not on yet at the bay bridge toll plaza. It is stacking up there. It almost looks like it is especially the cash lanes there. Slick conditions on the bridge. Take your time as you head out the door. Not seeing major problems on the roads so far. Hope to keep it that way. Looking live now at the san mateo bridge, light traffic here. No issues to report. We have a problem with ace right now. Ace 1 is about 23 minutes behind. Its experiencing equipment issues. Ace 3 is on time this morning. B. A. R. T. Has 11 trains running with no delays. Thanks. Putting fast track on trial. Thousands of drivers say the system messed up when trying to bill them for crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. The court case starts in San Francisco today but theres some major informa