Yeah, President Trump started promoting mask wearing on twitter. A major shift and the stocks have been fitted from a reopening economy are higher today and thats how the dow jones gained 160 out performing the s p 500 but trouhe nasdaq. the cramer covid19 index is out. The recovery stocks are in at least for today our country has the worst coronavirus outbreak because we turned wearing a mask into a cultural issue the president tweeted a stark black and white picture of himself wearing a maface mask wh the explanation saying many say its patriotic to wear a face mask when you cant social distance there is nobody more patriotic than me, your president. End quote. Well, kind of the only one why does it matter because President Trump is the de facto leader of the anti mask faction. Thats why he spent months refusing to wear a mask in public and framing this as an issue of personal freedom. That emboldened people to take ridiculous stands against mask mandates invoking the first amendment
All signs pointing now to a running mate that will be a woman of color thats the. Thinking at the moment, jeff zeleny has the very latest. 2 of the final contenders to be joe bidens running mate just happened to be alongside him at the last rally of the primary. California senator Kamala Harris and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer before he clinched the nomination and coronavirus change the campaign. His decision is coming any day now ahead of next weeks Democratic Convention every one of the women time. Weve interviewed is qualified and i narrowed it down youll find out shortly aides tell cnn hes narrowing it down from a list of at least 11 women who have undergone extensive vetting people close to the search believe Harris Whitmer and former Obama National security adviser susan rice are among those hes most seriously considering with Senators Elizabeth Warren Tammy Duckworth and congresswoman karen bass also in the mix. The choice will be historic marking only the 3rd time a woman
Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk on the street. Im carl kint nia and jim cramer still over 1 million for the 20th straight week ahead of the jobs number. Leader mcconnell will join us on the stimulus talks that continue on the hill followed by Speaker Pelosi later this hour, jim, as we continue to get reports that the two sides are trillions of dollars apart. Yeah. This is a day where we have to find out in our interviews whether theres any hope for compromise because if there isnt, youre going to see a full open business that will make the unemployment numbers very rearview mirror. A lot of people recognize that theyre trying to figure out, is washington playing partisan politics do they genuinely want to deal maybe they dont we will find out during this show. You think well find out . Well talk to mcconnell first, jim. Yeah, i do. A billing part of that is sort of the fragility of the republican caucus. As mcconnell has said this week, jim, he has 20 senators who feels we hav
Florida. I recognize the gentleman from north dakota for five minutes. Bezos, my colleagues brought up they were discussing thirdparty sellers this policy specifically noted possible loopholes that allow amazon to review nonpublic and aggregate data to inform private rams even in instances where there are only a few thirdparty sellers. Where exactly does amazon draw the line . Data would bee more than one seller . The person seeing the report would have no way of knowing how rs are inside that group or what the breakdown would be between those sellers. That is different from a list or product ranking which we do make public. Does amazon allow the use of aggregate data to inform private label amazon brands when there only a few sellers for a product . Does amazon look at i could dictate up when there are only two sellers of a product . Yes, sir. Isand my correct amazon conducting an internal investigation on the use of thirdparty data . Are basically trying to understand some of the ane
Jesse gary. Reporter as firefighters worked to tap out a fire that is mostly contained. Word ever reinforcements are headed to the front lines. That is part of an effort to upgrade and improve the capacity to mitigate, prevent, and suppress wildfires. Reporter Governor Newsom announcing Additional Resources for cal fire seen at 285 million is being used to purchase upwards of 12 new blackhawk helicopters to aden suppression. He said that 172 fulltime firefighters are being work the they do direct Line Construction on the fire cutting vegetation down to the bare mineral soil. Including the control lines around the fires. Reporter there been over 41 hundred wildfires that exceed the average they believe the increase indicates drier and more dangerous fire season. Fuel moistures are lower than average. Epically what we associate with the drought. Reporter they said the university has hired five full time faculty members dedicated to research and prevention. His department is creating a fi