Another bipartisan spending bill. The battle to replace Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg will be anything but bipartisan. The president said he will announce his pick on saturday. Joining us to talk about how the markets are digesting this news, bloombergs abigail doolittle. This is not what investors to hear. We got that big 200,000 number in the united states. 200,000 americans have died due to covid19. Talk to us about how investors are handling these continued mixed signals. Abigail that is a tragedy in the u. S. In terms of impact on the market, probably not so much. We are looking at the volatility on the backside of the huge rally in august. August was the best month ever going back to 2014. At this point, the nasdaq 100 where it was at the beginning of august. That slump that never deserved to happen according to some strategists has now been erased. Perhaps we are on a level Playing Field that on the day has taken the nasdaq and s p 500 down. You were mentioning the big drop for ap
Right now we want to get a look at what we can expect from that forecast today. Reporter well, we do still have the red flag warning that will be in effect as we go into later today an danger a big con as we can see the gusty Winds Continuing and low humidity at least until this afternoon. A heat advisory through 8 00 through much of the bay area. Temperatures heading to the mid80s, oakland, some mid90s for the south bay, and up to 101 degrees for the inland east bay. Im tracking all of this, of course, with a look ahead to the week. More on that coming up in a few minutes. Mike has a look at that commute as you get ready to head out the door. Were tracking all of this, the closures in the fire zone, the glass fire. Looking at the map well zoom into overnight during the 1 00 hour a deadly crash in petaluma that closes highway 101. One person has died and another with major injuries closing the southbound side at north petaluma boulevard. I think you can get on lakeville street that wil
Project is underway. Reporter in a tweet before 1 00 am eastern President Trump announced he and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive. The president wrote we will begin our quarantine and Recovery Process immediately. We will get through this together. I just went for a test. Well see what happens. Who knows . This Stunning Development came hours after President Trump confirmed to fox news one of his closest aides, hope hicks, tested positive for coronavirus. She tested positive. I just went out with a test. We spent a lot of time. The first lady just went out with a test also. Whether we quarantine or whether we have it, i dont know. The white house physician released a statement saying the president and first lady were doing well adding rest assured, i expect the president to continue carrying our duties without disruption while recovering. The white house has canceled Public Events for today. He has kept on his schedule a phone call on covid19 support for vulnerable seniors. Hic
They missed estimates by a wide margin the expectation was for over 800,000. And tech stocks are broadly underperforming to day, unwinding yesterdays gains. Amazon, apple, facebook, and microsoft all heading lower. 59 minutes after the session and were down 2 for those names. Power play. Pete . 5 for the s p 500 lets get to the president s diagnosis and impact it could have on a broad range of issues. Were looking at the potential impact on stimulus talks meg has the details on testing at the white house mike santoli tracking what it means for the market lets begin with what we know surrounding the president at this hour. Yeah. What we know is this diagnosis is now upended the president ial campaign a month out from election day the president s Campaign Team put out a statement earlier today saying that all previously scheduled events that involved the president of the United States have now been canceled. What theyre saying is that theyre going to maybe temporarily postpone some of th
Smoke in the sky and in the air too. The airquality is bad enough that they have issued another spare the air day. Welcome to the 9. Happy friday to you. I think i said it twice. Can you tell im happy of it being friday . Queen bay, today, beyoncc turning 39 years old. To celebrate she plans on spending the day with her loved ones, husband jayz, and her three children. Blue ivy, now eight years old and her 3yearold twins. The family is expected to be in the hamptons where they have been spotted over the past few weeks. So indeed, happy birthday to beyoncc. Gasia, certain songs bring up a certain mood, happy or as i said, when i play Single Ladies earlier, it feels like being at a wedding because it was very popular there. Right. I thought of that old, that snl, that just endeavor like sketcher he is something. But i have to say what i really admire about beyoncc is as she gets older, im old enough to be her mother, she thinks of others on her own birthday. She donated 1 million to blac