The month of kicking off with a rally. Another record high, 29th record close of the year. The dow industrials up 236 points at the close yesterday. Tracking isaias. Downgraded as Tropical Storm after making landfall in North Carolina. We will take a look at the storms path this morning. President trump boosting health care in rural areas. The President Trump expanding Telehealth Services as the coronavirus spreads beyond big cities. Health and human secretary alex azar will join me live at 7 30 a. M. Eastern. 25 years ago i made debut on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Today a look back at key moments from my time reporting there and the honor of marking the anniversary by ringing the opening bell. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria Global Markets are mixed. Ftse 100 up 1 and a half points. Dax index is lower by 42 points. Uk federal government looking to boost economy by invests 1. 7 billion in building projects. In asia overnight. Green across the board. Take a l
Ahead on todays show, fashion in the time of coronavirus. Well speak to anna wintour about vogues new partnership with amazon on a Digital Store front. Plus we will speak to truist ceo about his efforts now for Coronavirus Relief lets focus in on the stories we are watching Steve Liesman with the highlights from the fed minutes. Just released in the last hour and oliver chen is with us to talk about retail earnings and the big box names he likes so far. Michael, start it off with you what stands out . Yeah. The market just bobbed right back up from that lateday selloff yesterday. In fact, the low for today in the s p 500 hit about three or four times was yesterdays high. So it seems as if, you know, big money investors continue to behave in a way that suggests they feel underexposed to stocks if theyre not going to pull back a lot weve been talking a lot about this rotation theme. You have small caps up a lot and fin tech and financial all were really doing is stretching the upside of
Gain i think im looking at the right place, nasdaq composite, up 1. 5 . We are doing well this morning. Now look at this. Novavax started phase one trials of a vaccine with human participants. Results expected in july. Big stock gain. By the way, the ceo will be on the show today in our 10 00 hour. Merck are working with an austrian vaccine maker and they have established partnerships with others in the field. Merck is a dow stock and it, too, is on the upside. 3. 7 higher. Heres the bottom line. There are hopes that a vaccine may be developed more rapidly than thought possible. All right. Im going to show you some of the scenes from around the country this memorial day weekend. Its the official unofficial start of summer. We took every opportunity to get out and have a good time. That suggests the recovery is picking up steam. We will show you more about this in just a moment. Joe biden, he broke out of his basement for the First Time Since march 15th. He was wearing a mask. He and hi
Biomedical advance research and development authority, issued a stark warning to Congress Today saying time is running out the address the outbreak and that things will get worse without a nationwide strategy for testing and distributing the vaccine, something he says the country doesnt have. And as we come on the air ow bad things already are. The virus has now killed more than 85,000 people right here in the u. S. , and there are more than 1. 4 million confirmed cases nationwide. Beyond the staggering loss of life, tonight were also learning more about the economic toll of this pandemic. Nearly three million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits in the last week alone. And theres breaking news just coming in tonight on that deadly Mysterious Illness affecting children across the country. Its already killed three children, and tonight the c. D. C. Is drawing a direct link between the disease and coronavirus and asking doctors to report those suspected cases immediately. Well, ther
Are packing bars and restaurants hours after the States Supreme Court overturned the governors dge calling them the one judge calling them the definition of tyranny. The f. B. I. Seizes a republican senators iphone did the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Use Insider Information to profit off of the pandemic . Plus. You know what it is. Triangle. Odonnell a lesson from a fiveyearold. Why she wants to follow in her mothers footsteps. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. The top government scientist charged with helping to develop vaccines for coronavirus says lives were lost because the Trump Administration ignored his warnings in the early days of the pandemic. Rick bright, who was ousted last month as the head of the Biomedical Advance Research and development authority, issued a development authority, issued a stark warning to Congress Today stark warning to Congress Toda