Highly coveted spot for secretary of state continues coming through the door into the golden elevator, the biggest one of them all ceo of exxonmobil who went around the back way quietly meeting with the president elect. With us live the trump insider fresh off his own meeting at trump tower, in his first meeting since the interview, richard grunel gives us a sneak peek what happens when you get off the golden elevator and what donald trump is looking for in his next secretary of state . Boy, did we hear from this man when he called the Trump Administration disastrous, what they now say will send the markets into a frenzy. With me live straight ahead. The russell 2000 hitting a lifetime high as the dow viciously fights for 20th record close of the year. Folks, anything can happen. Were less than an hour to the closing bell. Lots of breaking news, lets start the countdown. Breaking news, two major stocks popping at this moment on the news we told you about. Look at sprint. Along with tmo
What billionaire activist investor bill ackmans next move is after the ceo of one of his Largest Holdings now faces a Senate Subpoena over price hikes on three of its drugs including female viagra . Charlie gasparino has the details you wont find anywhere else. And a golden girl no more. Is this the death knell for Ceo Marissa Mayer . Were less than an hour to the closing bell, lets start the countdown. Liz here we go. Youre in the right place with less than an hour left in todays trading session. The markets are moving higher. Its interesting, because first we were paring a whole bunch of gains, now were getting them back. The nasdaq adding on about a third of a prosecutor to the gains right now third of a percent to the gain right now. Even the russell 2000, small and mid caps, moving higher by a quarter of a percent. As i just mentioned, in less than an hour alcoa kicks off earnings season. Aluminum company of america. The street is expecting earnings of two pennies per share. In ad
Have been able to do if there were grandparents and Family Friends and even my husband around to, you know, kind of interfere with that, so i really looked back and think that was actually a blessing in disguise. Well, megan, thank you for sharing your story with us and charlie with us. He looks like a doll. Hes doing great, huh . Hes beautiful, megan. Megan westbrook, thank you so much. And it is the top of the hour. Im Brianna Keilar in for Brooke Baldwin and thank you so much for joining cnns special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. We saw it happen in china. We are seeing this happen in italy and now the United States is experiencing its first sense of the unforgiving covid19 battleground that doctors have been warning of for weeks. The New York Times just captured images inside elm hurst hospital in queens showing overwhelmed hospital floors, underprotected hospital workers and patient after patient arriving seriously ill and highly contagious from coronavirus. A refrigerator
Recommending against using hydroxychloroquine in combination with another drug the president has been talking about. Also of note, the Senate Passed a 480 billion relief package for Small Businesses, hospitals and testing. The house is expected to vote on the measure tomorrow. We want to start with this news out of california that shifts the timeline of the pandemic in the United States. Cnns dan hesimon live in San Francisco with the details. Dan . Hi, john. Experts have been speculating for some time that the virus had been in the country much longer than anybody previously thought. Now, this adds to the growing body of evidence that this was the case. Now, what Santa Clara County officials are saying is that somebody who died in their home on february 6th had the coronavirus. Keep in mind the first reported death in the country was actually on february 29th in the seattle area. And santa clara also linking two additional cases, one on february 17th and one on march 9th. What does th