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, it s expected to produce a new round of infections that will in turn require a new round of restrictions. we ll have more on this throughout the show. i get the impression we re being treated like children, punished for celebrating our national holiday, but don t 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 presidential adviser, he was vice president biden s chief economist, and back to the future? sure looks like it, doesn t it? on the show today, the priceline ceo offering deals to get people back to travel. the waffle house ceo, he s pounding the table, keep dining rooms open, he s pleading. and mrs. fields cookies, their ceo somehow has to re
points s&p would open down about 8 points and the nasdaq would open down about 13 points let s show you treasury yields as well, after extending, well, the markets extending those losses from yesterday. a bit disappointed 2 pn 2.767. we want to show you what s happened overnight in asia tlooe at least on this side of the atlantic been sleeping, the nikkei down 3% hang seng, not nearly take the same kind of hit european equities, also showing red arrows across the board. the biggest hit to the cac, and the italian ftse is down a little bit it s not a great situation not right now it s not terrible. especially after yesterday s market action. still early what? it s still early. i know. a lot can happen. it can get terrible we have time we were off, what, more than 300 points at one point in the day and completely reversed that. i watched in just horror. i was hopeful yesterday. i was hopeful. you thought there was going to be? i was hopeful for a one and don
lottery payouts? if a powerball winner clueses to get paid over time, they ll get 30 payments over 29 years. and guess what happens to the money that hasn t been paid out? lottery officials invest it for the winner. they usually figure on about a 5% return. but remember, right now, the return on government i-bonds is almost 7%. that means the invested money gets a higher return, leading to a higher jackpot. so if you re buying tickets, you might be better off not choosing the cash payout. if you win tonight, you select the cash payout, you ll get this. $782 million. of course, that s an enormous amount, but it is less than half of this. the record breaking $1.6 billion jackpot. so the cash payment, less than half. by the way, no matter what the interest rate is, your odds of winning remain the same. 1 in 292 million. that drawing at 10:59, just before 11:00 tonight. good luck to all of you out there. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. live from washington, d.c.
continuing live coverage and don lemon from newtown and join us at 6:00 p.m. tonight for the interfaith vigil and the president s remarks. hello, everyone. i m don lemon reporting live from newtown, connecticut. a community in mourning after a gunman went on a deadly rampage at an elementary school killing 26 people, 20 of them young children. throughout the day on cnn we will bring you the details of the victims and the investigation. we should tell you the president is on the way here. it has been a day of mourning in this community with memorial services. people are coming to this community from all over the tri-state area, from all over connecticut, new jersey, and new york all around and paying their respects to people. as i drove here today just a few moments ago in this little idyllic town, the roads were all blocked because there were so many people who were trying to get in here just to pay their respects to the people who lost their lives and their family and thei
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