The 27,700 level. Remember, it was 18,000 on march 23rd. The s p, what, nearly 3400. New alltime high. The nasdaq well over the 11,000 mark. Who would have thought of that. Add it all up and yes, we are now in a brand new bull market. Heres another reason for the rally. Terrific performance from major retailers, target, out today with a blowout report. Online sales nearly tripled. It was targets best overall growth rate ever. That stock is going straight up. Add this to the numbers from walmart, home depot and its clear the major retailers won big by staying open in the lockdown. Really, though, kind of tough on the smaller operators. Got to get to it. The convention, boring in my judgment. Tv ratings way down. Wheres the excitement . Everything is on tape and the whole thing lacks the spontaneity of a live crowd. The performance of the old guard, bill clinton, john kerry and a grim chuck schumer. The bright spot was aocs oneminute appearance. She nominated Bernie Sanders. The democrat
Close in 2020. Big day yesterday. Autonomous chaos meanwhile. Seattle looking to dismantle the capitol hill occupied protests as new one pops up in washington, d. C. Plus, back to the ball game, Major League Baseball looks to assure season this year but the players still need to get on board. More on sports talk, stay with us next hour tennis pro joining me live to talk about future of u. S. Open and new bourbon venture. We will talk with one ceo who kept employees on the payroll and bringing new ones on, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria european markets are seeing uptick this morning. The ftse 100 up 65, cac quarante in paris up 72 and dax index in germany high by 76. In asia green across the board. The japanese nikkei average overnight up half of 1 . Now the top stories that we are watching this morning. Major unrest on nations capitol as protestors attempt to create what they are calling a black house autonomous zone right outside of the white house with large garbage ca
Money correspondent Jill Schlesinger. And then it is on to a consideration of leadership in a time of crisis. From ted koppel, in our cover story. In times of crisis, leaders emerge in the most unexpected places, demonstrating the most unexpected qualities. I think the strange thing about leadership leadership begins in the village. The minute you think you have nothing to learn, youre lost. The jesuit president of fordham university, the c. E. O. Of a health care system, and the retired fourstar general who ran special Operations Forces around the world reflect on the nature of leadership coming up this sunday morning. Pauley with broadway theaters dark tor the duration, veteran actor nathan lane is glad to have a Television Premiere to look forward to. Albert goldman, the drag queen. Pseudolus, the slave. Max, the broadway producer, all characters nathan lane plays for laughs. Ive been an actor for 45 years. Im glad youre entertained and laughing, but, you know, i was acting then, to
It is tough as well for the church, steve. We are a People Church and we count on our flock. We count on the community. And they count on us. They want to be together. We are people of the sacraments, of community. This is very rough because people need their faith. But weve had to make those decisions. They were difficult ones to make. Tohave a moral imperative protect the health of the community and our own people. And the people are coming through. My priests have been remarkably innovative. They are live steaming everything. They are calling people, keeping in touch with them. This is a tough way, steve, to get ratings to go up, but the with st. We got patricks cathedral, they skyrocketed as people tune in. I think what we are dealing with, we are not used to admitting that we are not in charge. We are not used to admitting that we are not mission and omnipotent. And this has really been a sucker punch to us. I think what people are saying is, there better be somebody out there upo
Time zones. We begin as we always do with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Of 1. 4onfirmed cases million around the world. Here in the u. S. , more than 12,000 deaths. In new york city alone, an estimated 4000. As christians focus on the holy week and deal with coronavirus, we turn to Cardinal Timothy dolan. We thank you for being with us. Guest im grateful for the invitation. Thanks for asking me to join in. Thanks for all you are doing. Host i want to begin with what you told your parishioners on palm sunday, that we miss you very much, we will be making the best of this. I want to ask how you are dealing with it personally, but also the archdiocese of new york. Cardinal dolan it is tough days for everybody. It is tough as well for the church, steve. We are a People Church and we count on our flock. We count on the community. And they count on us. They want to be together. We are people of the sacraments, of community. This is very rough because people need their fai