Extraordinary report this morning. Out with the old, congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez ready to upend the Democratic Party and she wants Speaker Pelosi and senator Chuck Schumer out. This as Congress Puts finishes touches on passing final round of stimulus. Markets look like this. We are expecting a rally out of the gate. Take a look at futures. Tripledigit move. Nasdaq up 63 and s p 500 up 20 points after markets finished mostly higher yesterday on renewed stimulus hope and doveish Federal Reserve outlook. Nasdaq with record close high yesterday. The dow was lower by 45. Winter is here. The full forecast as we head into the weekend coming up. Then this, cozy and professional. The new personal injury im suit to making zoom media far fashionable. Maria it is snowing outside in new york. European markets are mixed. Cac quarante in paris is up 15 and dax index up 107. Investors are watching for a deal on brexit. Britain leaving the European Union. In asia overnight, markets mostly hig
National intelligence John Ratcliffe as we are learning the country is doing human testing to genetically enhance military. Focus on stimulus this morning, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it will be done by christmas, we will hear from former nyc barrasso and Mick Mulvaney. Marks are lower. We will start the week in the red, dow industrials down 145 points, nasdaq lower by 15 and s p 500 weaker by 16 and 3 quarters. All three major indices up out of the last 5 weeks, last week we are up 1 on the dow and 2 on the nasdaq. Mornings with maria right now. Maria european markets look like this, dax index in germany lower by 63. In asia overnight, markets finish mostly shower. We had Economic Data, that is the fastest pace of exports since february 2018. The growth also helping to generate a 75. 4 surplus. The data, of course, coming from the Chinese Communist party and this has been the big fight between china and the u. S. , the fact that we are buying more products than china is buying from the
Nasdaq. Now, here are the negative for stocks today. Dr. Fauci suggesting a lockdown christmas. Why . With all the traveling and celebrating we did over thanksgiving, its expected to produce a new round of infections that will in turn require a new round of restrictions. Well have more on this throughout the show. I get the impression were being treated like children, punished for celebrating our national holiday, but dont get me started. One more item. The biden team takes shape, very similar to the Obama Biden Team that left Washington Four years ago. Neera tanden could go to the budget office, Jared Bernstein expected to become a president ial adviser, he was Vice President bidens chief economist, and back to the future . Sure looks like it, doesnt it . On the show today, the priceline ceo offering deals to get people back to travel. The waffle house ceo, hes pounding the table, keep dining rooms open, hes pleading. And mrs. Fields cookies, their ceo somehow has to replace the reven
Group. All of the numbers as soon as they hit the tape this morning. Futures showing a mix bag as you can see, excuse me, we have that is arrows across the board. Nasdaq up 34 and a half, s p is up 11 this after yesterdays crazy lateday selloff. California announced lockdowns and when the announcement came through that really did hurt the market. The dow barely holding a gain. We will see if we can do better today. Well, jumping species. Animal to human virus contraction may become more common. How to protect yourself, plus, ford taking nostalgia route with newest suv back by popular demand. Mornings with maria is live right now. Coronavirus lockdowns in the United States and scaled back reopenings both impacting european markets. As you can see red across the board. Weve had improvement overnight with europe. As you can see the dax and the cac 40 down more than half percent. Not in asia, red across the board. Different story from yesterday morning. We have pressure on markets especial
Biontech delivering millions of doses of a potential vaccine for covid19. Well kick it off with Edward Lawrence in washington. Reporter melissa, very big news for pfizer and the vaccine. We could have three vaccines in circulation by end of the year. First one by astrazeneca, they hope by october. Moderna and pfizer follow by the end of the year. The governor of connecticut toured a pfizer plant in his state. Senior Vice President for drug safety and development for that facility says pfizer focused on doing the next studies and getting that data to the fda for a safe and effective vaccine. Governor ned lamont says it will be widely distributed. Listen. We continue to hit the metrics we need. We continue to get the fda approvals. We continue to do this safely. We have a real opportunity by end of this year to be able to go to cvs or the local pharmacy to get a Covid Vaccine just like you get a flu vaccine. Reporter a clue how governors think the vaccine could be widely distributed, wit