3,200. Tesla, watch this. Founder elon musk now worth about 70 billion. Richer than Warren Buffett. Another surge for that stock right now premarket, up another 100 a share, 6 . Wow. Apple getting closer to a 2 trillion valuation. Right now its up nearly five bucks at 388. Now, thats the big techs. We have a lot more quotes coming your way. Suffice it to say, big tech is having another terrific day. How about disney . A partial reopening despite a surge in new virus cases in florida. Masks, temperature checks, no lines. This was an important symbolic move to reopen disney world. Investors like it. Disney is back to 121. Talking about investors here, they like the good news on vaccines. Pfizer and biontech, they have been given fast track approval for two of their vaccine candidates. Stocks got a new shot in the arm when that news broke earlier this morning. Both stocks on the upside. What have we got for you . Later in the show, larry kudlow, he will have more on the next stimulus plan
Limit na eliminated. I dont think that the police have any place in schools. This sist they believe it time for change. Whats been doing on, has not worked. So what do we have to lose to try something different. Reporter many said they dont want officers in schools. The Police Officer said they respond to 1,000 calls to oakland schools per semester. 300 of which are serious and would fall on Oakland Police to respond. And the school has to focus on the other calls that are not as serious. Its making sure that the 700 that can be handled above the administrative staff dont fall in to the 300. Reporter the teachers say the pressure has been on them, so doing away with the department would not be a big deal. They said they are the ones that can deescalate the toughest of situations. When you know students and you call them by name, they stop fighting. Police never get in time for a school teacher. That is on me as a teacher. Reporter the school board will vote on the measure on wednesday,
Social Media Companies ylan mui has more on the story reporter the dojs proposal strikes at the heart of the Business Model for platforms like facebook, google and twitter, section 230 of the communications ccc act the first is what theyre calling the bad samaritan bill, for platforms that facilitate or solicit illegal activity, and the second specific exemptions for child exploitation, and actual knowledge of elicit activity the doj cannot do this alone they would need congress to act to change the law. Big tech doesnt have a lot of friends on capitol hill these days just today, republican senator josh hawley unveiled a bill that would remove text Liability Protections unless the Companies Promise to act in good faith or pay a 5,000 fine to users if they dont meanwhile, democratic senator mark warner said that he believes section 230 has allowed companies to turn a blind eye to a host of ills, but melissa, he also said hes worried that the doj is using these tools as a way to get Big
Which prevent michiganders crossing the street to visit family members. No relaxation of the social distancing rules from President Trump. Hes considering extending the keep your distance regulations into the early summer. Then theres this. Antibody tests that show far more people have been through covid19, three million in new york state, 20 of new york citys residents have had it. That means the fatality rate, the number of people who died from the virus, comes way, way down. Interesting. Quickly to the markets. Not Much Movement at the open today. Orders for durable goods in march down 14 , yeah, thats bad but it was expected. The dow is going to be up 193. I call that little movement. How the times change. We will be back to 23,500, big gain modest gain for the dow, nice gain for the s p and for the nasdaq as well. Look at oil, staying at low levels. We are looking at 17 a barrel. In the absence of demand, we are still not driving very much, we are running out of places to store al
Chart for the markets. Obviously we would start there, thats what dan nathan is calling this stock so dan, why dont you walk us through what this is and why its so important to investors lets talk about jm porgen. This is a best of breed bankheading into the crisis. The stock was trading at an all time high. There were a lot of investors out there in january signaling this is a chart representative of the economy that were in, prepandemic, i just have to tell you, this thing has acted pretty horrible on the way down, its down 35 on the year, and that is relative to the s p 500, down less than 10 on the year. The balance off the lows in march was fairly anemic relative to the s p 500 whats important is that investors seem to be focused on the stocks that got us here prepandemic. We know that it was the maga, the microsoft, apple, google and amazon its the bank stocks that are important to look at here. They touch parts of the economy that are going to struggle over the next few quarters