An emergency approval so yes it is quicker than normal but the European Union has been quite critical of whats been going on here in the u. K. Saying that but some corners have been cut that the regulator here has been far too hasty in the e. U. s way of doing things is the best way of doing things obviously thats hugely debatable but also has to be found the United States has chimed in with interviews on u. S. Television also accusing the british regulator of just simply rubber stamping all of the research that was done by pfizer not going deeply or rigorously enough into approving the vaccines efficacy and safety as we heard there he quickly backtracked saying that he now does have confidence in british scientists and regulators and has always had confidence in all of this was just a simple mess understanding is could be a difficult backtrack though but nevertheless he has tried to explain his position by saying well look things are just different done differently in the United State
At tray Glen Astrazeneca on the defense after critics say it failed to give an update on patient data on the vaccine trials. Futures after markets were closed for the thanksgiving holiday, they are in the green as you can see, dow jones 54 in the premarket. Weve got a lot to talk about today with wall street. Were going to have a half trading day today, markets closing at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time some good news to show you, nice gains there, the nasdaq is in record territory as the dow is looking to crack 30,000 once more today after the index crossed the milestone earlier in the week. Ruling on religious restrictions, the Supreme Court telling new York Governor Andrew Cuomo he cant put a capacity limit on houses of worship. Were on this story today. Plus, it is black friday, its going to look a little bit different. Retailers going with the shift to online sales as brick and Mortar Stores are rethinking foot traffic this year. Mornings with maria is live right now. Its a brandnew day.
Candidates come in the harris suspends travel plans after a staff member contracts covert 19. And operation is underway to return more than a 1000 prisoners home across the front lines of yemen civil war planes carrying he fighters whove been held by the saudi u. A. E. Led coalition have been arriving in the capital sanaa the swap is a trust Building Measure aimed at reviving peace talks the coalition started facing the eightys in march 2015 well earlier a plane carrying say the u. A. E. Coalition forces left the whose you control the capital sanaa the rebels have also released 2 u. S. Citizens in exchange for 250 of their fighters white house says humanitarian workers under loli and business when she died there have been released and the remains of a 3rd american have also been returned or has more. You have planes carrying government and saudi detainees from the airport of sorrow all the way to the city of a pane saudi arabia of the same time who the president boarding planes from th
Gain of more than 500 points the day before that and right now dow futures indicated up another 113 points this comes after the dow closed at its highest level in a month yesterday. Oil prices picking up by about 3 more of a supply picture but the s p 500 indicated up by about 13, nasdaq up by 31. And treasureky my market, te yielding 0. 765 . Andrew lets talk about stimulus this morning because house he Speaker Nancy Pelosi and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke about a broad stimulus plan yesterday and Speakers Office says that the treasury secretary made it clear that President Trump had interest now in finding an agreement on a comprehensive relief plan, that conflicted with comments from the White House Communications director who said that the white house wants to address stimulus checks, Small Business loans and the airline, but not anticipating a larger package. Nancy pelosi said that the white house is open to something bigger but not on the scale that democrats have prop
34. 20 is your level. The nasdaq coming off a fourth positive week. Longest weekly winning streak since december the composting a half percent gain at this point courtney, are you surprised at where we are in the markets given what is going on around the world with the coronavirus its been a while good to see you today. Am i surprised im surprised at how quickly the mark has come back however, we have a market that wants to go up people do want the see things better whether its the onlyis ianalys companies, expectations are very low. The fact we have seen a glimmer of hope, these markets wanted to see that i think well continue to see that rise as we move forward if people can put masks on, we might come out of this faster on the economic front the marks are looking 12 months ahead and saying we see ourselves come out of this and were seeing that with the rise in the s p and market overall. The notion of people being optimistic and wanting to be optimistic you want to be optimistic tha