the memorial ceremony for justice ruth bader ginsburg is underway in u.s. statuary hall. we re going to hear shortly from the speaker of the house, and has noted, justice ginsburg is making history even in death because she is the first woman to lie in state, a trailblazer in so many ways. and as jan crawford has reported, this is so rare even for a supreme court justice to lie in state. she is the second justice ever following only chief justice william taft who of course was president before he became chief justice. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the united states house of representatives. it is with profound sorrow and deep sympathy to the ginsburg family that i have the high honor to welcome justice ruth bader ginsburg to lie in state in the capitol of the united states. she does so on the built for abraham lincoln. may she rest in peace. ladies and gentlemen, ms. denyce graves, accompanied by ms. laura ward. deep river my h
shall observe. you will see the memorial event unfold throughout our program today. the stock market trading begins at 9:30 a.m. and were at a modest gain after yesterday s late and very big selloff, the dow is probably going to be up 90 in the modest gain for the s&p of 37 on the nasdaq. that is at the open. we have no idea how the market closes today. look at this, peloton, the stock of the day if not the week terrific earnings report, huge increase in sales and a rosy projection for the future. watch that stock go. peloton is up $9 at 97. i have three quick headlines for politics and money. microsoft says russian chinese and iranian hackers are targeting the 2020 election. no impact on the stock of course but this is a clear warning. joe biden is embroiled in a teleprompter dispute. does he use one to help them answer questions. surely that is out of balance but articulate presidential candidate. in the nfl is back completely protest into and thumbs you will see it all. se
of the surge in new cases. i ll have more on that in a moment. we are getting new information on the twitter hack. it wasn t just a handful of celebrities. 130 accounts were targeted and it appears to have been an inside job. that is serious stuff. i m not sure that twitter twitter is up, that s right. i m thinking of another stock. okay, twitter is up just a fraction. it is serious stuff about twitter. we ve got an analyst on the show who says it might have been a test run for something much bigger. time to drop your twitter account? we will ask the question and get an answer. more on that coming up, too. let s get to the market. this week we have seen a shift away from big tech and towards smaller companies. the russell index of small cap stocks, for example, up 3% this week. the dow industrials, down just over 2%. this morning, we will open with a nice gain for the dow, up maybe 100 points, 26,600. look at the nasdaq. there s a bounce-back for you, up 100 points at t
which prevent michiganders crossing the street to visit family members. no relaxation of the social distancing rules from president trump. he s considering extending the keep your distance regulations into the early summer. then there s this. antibody tests that show far more people have been through covid-19, three million in new york state, 20% of new york city s 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, that s 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
baseball is looking at an 80-game season starting in july. football arrives in september. disney allowed, what, one-third capacity at its shanghai park and it sold out. while lockdowns continue, they are being challenged most notably by elon musk. wasn t to op he wants to open his tesla plant in california. the authorities say no. he s going to court and says he will move out of state if the factory stays closed. as for the market, that will open lower. solid gains recently but a pullback so far this morning. the dow is looking at a loss of 270. the s&p down about 30. the nasdaq off about 72 points. let s get to politics. big week for that. it is trump versus obama. general flynn s lawyer says the plot to undermine the incoming trump administration was launched in the white house by outgoing president obama. president trump calls it obamagate. there s a lot more coming on that one, believe me. it s monday morning, may 11th, already, and another big show for you. varney &