Slightly as the drugmaker did say it will seek that approval for an emergency use for its vaccine by late november. As carl mentioned, wall street looking to snap a threeday losing streak. September retail sales delivering a big beat. Futures up this morning. Carl david and leslie, a couple of things working in the bulls favor today. Three days down. A little bit of room to bounce back on the upside, david. But futures were slightly negative, then we got that open letter from pfizer, saying that we could be looking at potentially a request for an eua by mid to late november and retail sales with that blowout number for the month and year on year the figures, david, reflect a consumer that has put together a nest egg during the course of the summer, and that is continuing to provide some momentum for the consumer. It is funny, i go back to that interview i did with david berman of maybe six weeks ago already, but somebody who tracks retail sales, more closely perhaps than anyone. And in
North carolina Gubernatorial Debate produced in association with the North Carolina association of broadcasters Educational Foundation and umc tv. We introduce the candidates tonight, the governor of North Carolina democrat roy cooper. And the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina republican dan we should note that this debate tonight is happening of course during a critical time for our state, the covid pandemic. Many North Carolina people have died of the virus. Many are ill. Our prayers go out to the families involved. In fact, you will probably notice several physical precautions tonight inside the studio to help ensure safety against covid19 spread, including the fact theres no Live Audience in the studio tonight. Only the two candidates, the moderator, and some studio technicians. And in fact, in just the last 12 hours, everybody in the building and in the studio tonight has tested negative for covid19. We quickly want to review the rules of the debate tonight. It will last one h
Will see the winds pick up as well, so changes ahead. Heres a live look with the Treasure Island camera. Great start to the day right around the bay, clear skies inland for concord, livermore, and san jose. In the mid to upper 50s as we kickoff friday and as we head into the afternoon. Mid70s in oakland, upper 80s in san jose, and 90 degrees for concord. Still heating up inland this afternoon. I will let you know what you can expect for the weekend. Details on that are coming up, back to you. Developing this morning, the u. S. Seeing a disturbing trend in new coronavirus infections. On thursday there were more than 36,000 new cases, a single day record according to Johns Hopkins university. The previous record was set back on april 24th. And this morning, texas is pausing its reopening plans, a new study from Baylor College of medicine says if Current Trends continue, houston could be the most affected city in north america as we continue to track the hotspots. Back in the bay area, on
Stabilized but that doesnt tell you what is happening beneath the surface. The 10year yielding 0. 8 . Updates on the outbreak in america. We are now more than 4,600 confirmed cases. At least 85 deaths last night, President Trump vowing to backstop u. S. Industries saying the u. S. Will be power fully supporting those Industries Like airlines and others impacted by the virus weigh will be stronger than ever before the eight largest u. S. Banks announcing they will be jointly accessing funding from the Federal Reserve. There has long been a stigma and they are all doing it together Morgan Stanley being the first bank to do it. We should not take anything away from that decision the ceo also happens to be the chairman of the committee that put this group together that went to do this. Joe. Investors are looking for a substantial fiscal response from washington to try to stem the he can economic damage. Reporter we do expect congress to move today not sure when the senate will take action,
And our armed forces. I had aker, this morning meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in ddition to my duties in this house, ill have further such meetings later today. Speaker, i would like to associate myself, helping in the aftermath of storm dennis. Its brought record high water levels. Will do the Prime Minister use of as the budget. Over a hundred properties in my constituency have been flooded to those isery affected. Prime minister use his influence in the budget in the comprehensive Spending Review to Infrastructure Spending on flood defenses for at risk as parts of his determination to show Global Action on taking Climate Change and adaptation mitigation . Indeed i can, mr. Speaker. Thank my honorable friend. The government is able to extend and i can propriate also tell my friend it is, of course, were investing defenses, n flood 2. 6 billion pounds has already and were pledged to commit another four billion this country nd against flooding. You. Ank i want to send