Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
Definitely going to heat up as we get into the afternoon but look at these temperatures already changing where are still in the 40s in some spots, the 50s and even a couple 60s now that im tracking 63 in oakland. 54 in san jose 49 still in santa rosa. Dry and sunny and a pretty warm this afternoon but then tomorrow things are going to drastically change the storm system all the green on your screen heading for us tomorrow, so umbrellas are needed your rain gear because were going to this basically bring rain throughout the entire day tomorrow and even into wednesday and windy conditions and chilly ones as well on more details on the storm system coming up in just a bit for now lets hit the roads and say good morning to robin good morning to you as well in a pretty good commute around the bay area with no major hot spots just some lingering crowding. On 80 west heading into San Francisco. This is the bridge that hasnt been the alley all of our other bridges are looking good and thinning
Stimulus watch and of course, palantir, we are awaiting the opening trade set to begin really at any moment. Alex karp, the ceo will join us right here on cnbc immediately following the first trade, jon as we said, its been a long road a lot of filings. A lot to read about the company, voting structure, privacy, you name it. And the Business Model at large. Yeah. And its another big, big ipo but very different from snow flake, which we saw which has a ton of customers, large and small and kind of this very broad play on data in the cloud. This is a company thats dealing with big data and has just a few really huge customers, carl. And thats where well start this morning, jon. Josh lipton has more on what to expect once the first trade happens. Hey, josh. Carl, a master of creativity. That is how Ceo Alex Karp describes his company, palantir. A data miner, its software ahows customers to integrate volumes of data into a central platform where it can then be securely analyzed and interpr
So as we await those developments, weve got the dow, lets check it here, up 52 points. The s p better by 15. The nasdaq, up 58. All three of these indexes were down double to triple digits earlier. Right now, the nasdaq has been on fire. Now, since the march lows, its been the winner, right . The home of apple, facebook, microsoft and so many of the tech blue chips is a stock that is up. Nasdaq ceo is here to tell us where she sees big tech and all the other sectors in the nasdaq heading in the near future. And what might happen after the november 3rd election. Plus the zillow cofounder is not house hunting, hes Company Hunting. Hes here to tell us what hes looking for for his blank check company, his spac called super nova which just blasted off. Selfdriving cars, speaking of blasting off, roaring into the future and the present, hitting the streets of San Francisco without a backup driver for the first time. Gms cruz ceo here with how its going and should he convince you guys to get
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