Today, david. David this no argue about it. We were supposed to have the second president ial debate last night. Instead we got dueling town hall meetings. One moderated by abc news George Stephanopoulos and form Vice President joe biden. The other Savannah Guthrie and featuring donald trump. The contrasts were sharp including the economy and the president s response to the coronavirus. President trump i now it was a big threat. At the same time i dont want to go out and say everybodys going to die. We make up 4 of the worlds population. We have 20 of the worlds deaths. We are in a situation where we have 210plus thousand people dead. Whats he doing . Nothing. President trump we had the greatest economy in the history of our country last year. Including the state of florida where we are now and pennsylvania and North Carolina and every place. We had the greatest economy we ever had. We had to close it down. We saved two million lives. We are opening it up. We have a vshape and its comi
To know to stay safe. The white house fires back, President Trump and a his attorneys will not participate in the impeachment hearings this week. Weve got the latest from capitol hill as the first impeachment draft is reviewed and republicans ramp up their calls for adam schiff to testify under oath. Mornings with maria begins right now. The city never sleeps at night. Its time to begin, isnt it. I get a little bit ill admit im just the same as i was. Maria weve got a great show this morning. Joining the conversation, Dagen Mcdowell, pwc partner mitch rochell and James Freeman. Great to see everybody this morning. So here we are, hope everybody had a great thanksgiving. We are now in december, three weeks left, legislatively, for congress. Usmca expected to come to the floor in the next two weeks, youve got china, you had a great op ed this weekend. Thanks. Maria on making mexico pay for doing a deal with trump. Its kind of amazing. People have been living in a cave for the last year.
But we still saw a higher climbed by the end of the day. That run is continuing here. It is being fueled in part by earnings we have been seeing, being fueled in part by higher rates. It is a positive week for the s p 500. In fact, not just this week, but it has been on a sixweek run of gains. Some of the game, as you can see, have been modest. This is the longest streak we have seen in about three years. A streak of weekly gains that we have seen in about three years for the s p 500. Some of the movers we are watching today include materials companies, Building Materials specifically. We have seen lumber prices and prices for other types of Building Materials rise recently. We also have existing home sales data today that came in ahead of estimates. Mark arrieta of Eagle Materials , eaglein marietta materials, and Vulcan Materials companys dating today. Proctor and gamble is leading the way downwards, after the company came out with numbers that sales beat forecasts, but numbers met e
Oil under 40 bucks. Tenyear slipped below 1. 9 on a weak adp jobs number. Godaddy shares pricing above the expected range. Well talk to the ceo after the first trade. Simon properties withdrawing its offer for rival mall operator macerich after it gets rejected like we told you they would. Walmart Holding Investor Day at nyse putting pressure on suppliers joining the religious freedom debate. Futures are lower. Data from adp showing the private sector added 189,000 jobs last month, a miss. It was a mixed First Quarter for stocks. The nasdaq was the big winner up almost 3. 5 . S p up more than. 4 . Like the nasdaq posting its nintendo consecutive quarterly gain. The dow did finish the First Quarter in negative territory after the drop yesterday of 200 points. Earlier on squawk, sam zell believes stocks in fact overprized. Theres a significant and growing disparity between the stock market and the economy. Almost every company is turning in numbers that are less than expected. Revenue pa
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