Welcome to squawk box. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Futures are indicated higher this morning, triple digit gains for the dow up by about 167 points but yesterday was a big down day for the markets. Dow was down by over 400 points, 1. 4 the s p and nasdaq done evz nasy even more. This morning s p indicated up by about 25 and nasdaq looks like it would open up by over 100 points fairly significant obviously everybody watching what will be happening with the stimulus talks with the deadline that nancy pelosi has said for later today. Lets take a look at the treasury markets ahead of that, you will see that the ten year looks like it is yielding 0. 777 so a little stronger yields for the treasury markets right now but andrew, obviously washington is where people are watching and that is exactly where well go because House Speaker nancy pelosi and Steve Mnuchin are saying that they are making progress in their latest stimulus talks with time running short of
Doha also coming up. Were protecting germany that delinquent that doesnt make sense donald trump confirms that hell withdraw thousands of u. S. Troops stationed in germany in an ongoing dispute over nato funding. And the saudi Led Military Coalition facing any evidence dropped from a u. N. Blacklist drawing immediate protest from human rights groups. The World Health Organization has issued new warnings about a possible 2nd wave of the corona virus most days around 100000 new infections are being reported globally some of beijings neighborhoods a back in lockdown after 100 infections will confront the Chinese Capital had gone 50 days without any reported cases in india 15000000 people will be locked out again in the Southern City of chennai from. Friday due to factions there iran 2 is considering tough new measures after announcing more than 100 deaths for a 2nd straight day infection numbers this month have reached ties not seen since late march during the initial outbreak it took mor
Esper and joint chiefs of staff chair general mark milley. Hello. Im honored to host this ve day commemorati commemoration. This day ended over five years of brutal fighting. President harry truman called it a solemn but glorious hour. Celebrations erupted all over the United States. Americans gathered together to express a range of emotions. Their euphoria that friends and family would be coming home and their grief for those who would never come home again. For a moment the world celebrated a hope of peace. I wish that franklin d. Roosevelt lived to see this day. [ gunfire ] general ieisenhower informs e they have surrendered. The war came to an end on may 8, 1945. The flags of freedom fly all over europe. The power of our people to defend themselves against all enemies will be proved in the pacific war as it was proved in europe. To those watching from home who fought for global peace 75 years ago, whether you wore a uniform, built a plane or grew vegetables, we want to thank you fo
75 years ago on may 8th 1945, the islands formally announced germanys surrender, ending 40 Million Deaths in europe alone. The president celebrations erupted all over the world including in the United States. Americans gather together to express a range of emotions. Theyre euphoria, friends and families would be coming home. The grief for hundreds of thousands who would never set foot on american soil again, and the fear for those Service Members still fighting the pacific. But for a moment, the world celebrated the hope of peace. I wish had lived to see this day. Their lives the forces of germany have surrendered to the united nation. After more than five years of conflict the war which had decimated families towns and cities, came to an end via and Unconditional Surrender on may 8th 1945. The flags of freedom fly all over europe. The power of our people to defend themselves against all enemies will be proved in the pacific war as it was proved in europe. Whether you wore a uniform, b
Soldier goes american medicine, backing him up, with him in his advanced, in wartime and peace. The medical department carries on, fighting disease, healing and rehabilitating the sick and wounded, and working to search out disease vectors to prevent, detect, and control epidemics. To pursue this mission successfully, the medical department was backed up by a farflung network of laboratories stretching from north to south, east to west. Clinical, Public Health, and Research Laboratories were required everywhere. Diseases new to the army doctor were being encountered. New diagnostic procedures, methods of treatment and control had to be developed and evaluated. Operation and combat under extreme heat and cold produced a challenge to the medical department and its laboratories. Behind this vast medical Laboratory Organization which followed the armies to every distant outpost on our fighting fronts were the many divisions and services of the Surgeon Generals office. Although the Laborato