A place at the negotiating table. Why more and more migrants are risking a dangerous new atlantic route from africa to europe via the Canary Islands. And a planet transformed into an uninhabitable hell the un report says World Leaders a failing in their duty to stop climate disaster. And it will start in the United States where a divided senate is pressing ahead with the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Kearney Barrett just 3 weeks before the president ial election she was nominated by President Trump and her confirmation would increase the conservative majority in the Supreme Court barrett would replace the liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg who died last month questions from democrats who say the 4 day hearings are being rushed focused on Health Care Provision during the pandemic. I chose to accept the nomination because i believe deeply in the rule of law and the place of the Supreme Court in our nation i believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independen
3 10 of 1 . The dollar is on offer and the pound is overtaking the 130 level. We will try and see whether or not we are getting developments in the brexit story. Some suggest from the bbc that a deal has been done on the internal market bill that will tradingmps and crude higher as well. We saw Inventory Data a little bit early on. The fed is the main event. Alix but also, a vaccine. The official says that all americans may get a Covid Vaccine by april. The s p so far has no reaction and we are already off the lows of the session by. 3 . All americans may get a vaccine by april, unbelievable, if we can get it done and distributed. The fed has to take that into account as well. Joining us is randall kroszner. Always good to talk to you. I am trying to understand how the fed looks like a headline looks at a headline like vaccines and some Economic Data that is not terrible. Service sectors were not bad. We did not have a catastrophe because of no extra fiscal stimulus. How does it deal w
The nasdaq up 1 and s p 2. 7 and dow declined 86 points were about to get a set of u e unbelievably set of big numbers but frankly, its horrifying if you think about why they are thriving this week we hear from walmart, from home depot, lowes, and target and if their stocks get hit for any reason, you have to buy them because these major operators are up against general merchandisers, hardware stores, Sporting Goods and lumberyards that cant compete because they were deemed essential and i fear they will never get lost customers back, not with prices big guys charge. The winner haves so many advantages over the little guy im amazed there is any competition whatsoever i feared that there wont be and thats driving me nuts i love when these big household names go higher, but i hate when the reasons they are going higher their Small Business competitors are being wiped out. A lot of these smaller outfits have been able to hold their own before covid, but now the big guys have crafted pheno
Well be getting tomorrow. The nasdaq, as i just mentioned, outperforming once again those big names, netflix up 5 1 2 , tesla, amazon seeing strong gains as well with just 59 minutes left of trade. We are higher still on the s p but not on the dow anymore the nasdaq remains in the lead up to 0. 9 coming up on the show, shares of draft kings have doubled since they began trading in april. Today they announced a new way to bet on one of americas most celebrated fourth of july events well discuss with ceo jason robins coming up dennys, new effort to raise cash whats facing the Restaurant Industry in these uncertain times. But lets focus on the big stories were watching today first of all mike santoli, meg tirrell, pfizers encouraging vaccine news and highlights from the fed news minutes ago. Breaking news on apple josh has it for us hey, josh. So wilf, more apple Stores Closing as covid19 cases rise specifically apple saying its going to reclose 30 Additional Stores in the United States t
Please call the phone line and make sure youre in a quiet location and that you mute any tvs, or radios. Item number one, call to order. role call . And we do have a quorum. Thank you. Well welcome to those who are watching this remotely. I hope you are all well at home. It imany are coping with lost js and keeping your family and children safe. Before we gip begin, i would lio thank the staff under the direction of bob beck who has kept the facility running and we appreciate your dedication and i know that several of you have had to be on site at the island on a regular basis. So bob, thank you in particular for your diligence. And also thank you one Treasure Island who has been coordinating with the San Francisco food bank for the delivery of free groceries for people who need it. Thank you to the staff and thank you to the San Francisco food bank and also, thank you to the School District for continuing to deliver meals to School Children on Treasure Island so they can eat three mea