Live this hour. Plus records watch, the plus ive got it, carl the dow aiming to erase 2020 losses and the s p heading for the best august since 1986, kelly. Wow and cocacolas restructuring strategies amid plans to streamline the drink portfolio they are setting voluntary job cuts for thousands of its workers. David, it is friday, and kelly, friday and you just sort of think back to what this week has brought us, guys alltime highs, obviously news in sports in the nba, hurricane laura, the rnc and we will hear from what the president said last night tiktok, microsoft, walmart, oracle, you name it, david, but large discussion this morning about how the thing thats going to probably stick with us for the weeks and quarters to come is going to be that historic powell speech and we will have to decide whether this long end is bringing us noise or something more yeah, i mean, im glad kelly is here because im sure she was home studying every word after it took place, as you know, not my area
The 27,700 level. Remember, it was 18,000 on march 23rd. The s p, what, nearly 3400. New alltime high. The nasdaq well over the 11,000 mark. Who would have thought of that. Add it all up and yes, we are now in a brand new bull market. Heres another reason for the rally. Terrific performance from major retailers, target, out today with a blowout report. Online sales nearly tripled. It was targets best overall growth rate ever. That stock is going straight up. Add this to the numbers from walmart, home depot and its clear the major retailers won big by staying open in the lockdown. Really, though, kind of tough on the smaller operators. Got to get to it. The convention, boring in my judgment. Tv ratings way down. Wheres the excitement . Everything is on tape and the whole thing lacks the spontaneity of a live crowd. The performance of the old guard, bill clinton, john kerry and a grim chuck schumer. The bright spot was aocs oneminute appearance. She nominated Bernie Sanders. The democrat
Underestimated. The data so far suggests that Young Children are less likely to get a severe illness. That doesnt mean cant carry and it spread to it other students, parents and teachers, vendors, anyone else in their community. And older kids, weve seen it with studies, can spread it even at the same rate as adults do, even if theyre less likely to be hospitalized. And one other variable. Port past six months or so, schools have been shut down, some schools have been. And theres summer vacation. So lets say kids have been getting sick 1 5 of the time. Were about to reopen schools and increase their exposure. So whatever low rate weve seen in children could potentially increase by a major magnitude. Many working parents are scrambling to find childcare solutions. A new Affordable Program from the ymca could be a saving grace for many parents and their kids. Cornell bernard has the story. I love being at home but i miss my school, my teachers. Reporter this 10yearold is ready for the fi
Also issuing fines. And there is a grim milestone in californias battle against coronavrus. The death toll from covid19 has now topped 10,000 people. The state reported about 5,000 new cases since wednesday. Those numbers are well below average, but that could be because of an ongoing computer glitch in the state data system. It has left california counties kind of in the dark unaware if cases are trending up or down. The state has now asked labs to report data to health departments. There is a lot more negative cases, they are pulling out the positive cases and assigning those as soon as we know about it. The results that individuals get from labs are not affected. Hospitalization and death figures also do not appear to be impacted. Hospitalizations are down and are now below average. Nationwide though, 160,000 people have now died from covid19. And a new estimate predicts that there could be 300,000 deaths by december. Here is reena roy. Reporter the cdc predicts that overall deaths
Coronavirus scams. At 9 00 a. M. , middle State University professor Sidney Mcphee discusses Higher Education during the pandemic and his participation in good morning, its friday, july 17, 2020. We begin today on the issue of requiring face masks be worn in public. As new coronavirus cases continue to spike around the country, more than half youve u. S. States have made mask use mandatory. Governor of georgia is fighting municipal mass clause in his state, in an effort to continue to allow mask used to be optional. Should mask wearing in public the mandatory . F you think yes, 2027488000 if you think no, 2027488001. If you arent sure, 2027488002. You can also send us a text this morning. That number, 2027488003 please include your name and where youre from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A good friday morning to you. You can start calling and as we show you some headlines about what is happening in states around the country when it comes