To start in september. The s p 500 is therefore positive though not at a record. Were 59 minutes left to trade and we have two big exclusive interviews coming your way on todays show delta Ceo Ed Bastian will join us with the latest view from 30,000 feet on the state of the Airline Industry and his companys announcement today to keep middle seats blocked until at least the end of the year. Plus, well speak with marc short about stimulus negotiations or the lack thereof. China trade talks and the latest signals on the economy you dont want to miss either of those conversations. Lets get to the big stories were tracking a volatile day for the lows we have a look how the economic recovery hasnt benefited everyone but we begin with the fast moving developments surrounding uber and lyft in california. Fast moving indeed. We found out just moments ago that uber and lyft have won a delay for converting drivers to employees. The i was about to come on tv and tell you that both apps were going
Day death tolls since the pandemic began. The number of new infections of covid19 are growing exponentially too and in nearly every corner of the u. S. That is leading two members of the president s Coronavirus Task force to call for states to shut down bars and for all americans to wear masks. But without any official guidance from the white house about those recommendations, governors and major retailers are taking matters into their own hands. Tonight colorado and arkansas are joining a growing list of states mandating masks in public. Altogether 28 states plus the district of columbia now require them. And today target, cvs and Publix Publix stores are also saying Grocery Stores are also sayi they are rolling out ruling telling customers to wear masks too. And as we come on the air tonight more than 138,000 people have been killed by the here in the u. S. And we hit this milestone more than three and a half million confirmed cases nationwide. If fighting the virus werent enough, th
Cyberspies are trying to hack valuable information. Its the same group accused of interfering in the 2016 president ial election. Breaking news, the Washington Post reports more than a dozen women alleged Sexual Harassment and verbal abuse by former employees of the washington redskins. Tonight their allegations. Campaign shakeup. The president demotes his Campaign Manager as two new polls show him trailing joe biden by double digits. Urgent need, the red cross puts out a nationwide call for blood donors. Well show you how easy it is to save a life. Finally tonight, a sevenyear old who is showing you are never too young to start changing the world. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with breaking news. Tonight two of the countrys largest states, texas and florida, along with South Carolina and idaho, are reporting their biggest single da
Institute for policy studies released a study thursday showing that in the 8 weeks between march 18th and may 14th the country super wealthy have added a further 368800000000. 00 to their already a normal fortunes and besides this ridiculous state of inequality the rich are also not paying their fair share in taxes they got a giant tax cut for donald trump and the super rich hold 32. 00 trillion dollars in offshore tax havens meanwhile for average americans its. Not good to. A record 36000000. 00 americans have filed for Unemployment Insurance with millions more losing their employer based Health Care Plans and around a 3rd of the country not paying its rent so how does our society not collapsing how is it i wonder why why is the stock market not so low we can see up my skirt well one of the reasons is that we now have a plutonic me citi Group Analysts have used the term plutonic me to describe an economy in which the rich are the driving forces and main beneficiaries of Economic Growt
At the same time, it is authorizing sanctions against chinese officials. We will be live with reaction from the forbidden city. European futures prove their resilience after a more mixed session in asia. Angela merkel says it may take time to iron out the details of eus mammoth stimulus package. And lufthansa sets up a showdown with the eu by holding off on a vote for its 9 billioneuro german rescue plan. Cites requirements over landing slots at key hubs. Just under an hour from the start of cash equity trading. Lets look at futures. Instituteat the ifo expects german gdp to shrink 6. 6 in 2020 and then expand 10. 2 in the year after. That is a pretty decent sized contraction, and yet futures are Still Holding higher. Futures up 1. 3 on the dax. It has been a Pretty Amazing week for the dax index. We kicked off up 304 points in change and were up more than 100 tuesday and 150 yesterday. The dax has gained a lot of basically to11,000 11,006 heard 50 yesterday 11,650 yesterday. S p and d