global coronavirus cases top 2 million. germany is set to start loosening the lockdown for next week, and president trump will unveil guidelines to reopen today. european futures turned positive despite historic declines in retail and factory gauges, sinking stocks on wall street. attention turns to today s jobless claims. plus, wti crude at an 18 year low amid a record collapse in the u.s. fuel demand. washington is considering paying drillers to leave oil in the ground. just under an hour away from the start of cash trading. nymex crude still under $20 a barrel, but rising today. we see futures doing the same, regardless of where you look. european futures are up half a percent. on dax a percent futures, quarter percent on ftse futures. dow jones, s&p, and nasdaq many contracts all showing a little bit just the slightest 10th of a percent of a game today. anna? anna: let s talk about the breaking news from european corporates. the travel and leisure sector in focus when i
matt: good morning from a very busy berlin. we have a office full of reporters who have been here all night long, like the lionel richie song, because the german climate cabinet has been meeting since yesterday and has not been able to come to a decision on the possibility of a carbon tax or extension of the cap and trade system, and has not come to a conclusion about what environmental kinds of environmental package that could be in the tens of billions of euros ity wants to present. nejra: it will be interesting to see what that includes, and if angela merkel disappoints. she was criticized when she was environmental minister. it is the number one concern of german voters, and as far as what we could get, there are questions over some kind of extension of the emissions trading scheme, may be moving that to other sectors, and if there could be a carbon tax. all this could affect a number of companies, including airlines and also a lot of transport companies, matt. so wha
with explosives. the crime still unsolved. what investigators are now asking the public to do to help them crack that case. all that, plus powerful tornadoes slam the mid-west. lady gaga defense. and the iphone celebrates a big milestone, today, thursday, june 29th, 2017. from nbc news, there is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone, well col to today on this thursday morning, it s night to have hoda back with us, savannah continues on vacation, like before the iphone, can you remember? i have a tiny vague memory of a flip phone. the little blackberry was going on. we have a good news with lots of headlines tied to travel as we head into the long holiday weekend. after months of legal fighting the trump administration will begin implementing some of the president s travel ban a little later today. u.s. officials are also announcing new security measures for all flights headed into this count
the crime still unsolved. what investigators are now asking the public to do to help them crack that case. all that plus powerful tornadoes slam the midwest. pharma bro s lady gaga defense, and the iphone celebrates a big milestone today thursday june 29th, 2017. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on this thursday morning. nice to have hoda back with us as savannah continues on vacation. life before the iphone. can you even remember it? no. like a tiny vague memory of a flip phone maybe. a little blackberry action. a little blackberry. talk more about the milestone in a couple minutes. busy news with headlines tied to travel as we head into the long holiday weekend. after months of legal fighting the trump administration will begin implementing some of the president s travel pan a little later today. u.s. officials are also ann
u.s. cpi is due out today. can the fed raise rates again this year if that measure remains subdued? s head start. she is holding a 15 point lead, but will still need a coalition partner. who will it be, matt? matt: that is the question we are all discussing in germany. we will be discussing that over the next six weeks, for sure. right now, a more immediate threat. we are less than 30 minutes from the european open. futures are down across the board after the big drop in tehe u.s. yesterday. as guy mentioned, people fleeing into haven assets. bitcoin is trading at an all intra-day high. the bunds, coming down. this trend is interesting. over the last month we have come down from 0.6% to 0.5%. trendmove in a downward as investors prepare for more risk. if i look at it one day look at the bund trade, we have come down in yields, meaning investors are buying debt, se eking safety and pushing the yield down to 0.4%. guy: gmm is a fantastic function because it creates a score c