We will get your thoughts on what grade you would give your governor on this pandemic, but lets begin with south dakotas governor. Take a look at the state. This is from nbc news. A 19 increase over the past two weeks. Here is republican south dakota governor kristi noem defending her approach. [video clip] across the country and around the globe, cases are increasing. Over the past week, cases are on the rise in 48 states. Some have said that my refusal to mandate masks is the reason why our cases are rising here in the state of south dakota. That is not true. Others have said that my refusal to advance harsh restrictions like lockdowns is another one of the reasons why our cases are rising, and that is also not true. There are 41 states that have some kind of a mask mandate. Cases are on the rise in 39 of those 41 states. Some in the media are saying that south dakota is the worst in the world right now. That is absolutely false. I would encourage you to look at the Johns Hopkins cor
Its interesting. In 2010, it provided that there acts and it was majorndidates organizing transitions. It starts as early as april, certainly by may because theres , organizingh to do , so itsnal government quite a sophisticated operation, and large. Host what do they do . Thet they have to appoint positions. Getting that cleared is important. Then theres the first 100, 200 days of the administration to fulfill Campaign Promises that campaign represented to the public. That gets down to riding executive orders. The third is to organize , and lastly, it is what we are seeing with the president elect today where he is supported by his transition. Ory dont have the trappings the normal organization that would go through. How much money has been involved in this . We just read for our viewers the headline the president elect is crowdfunding his transition costs, raising 10 million already. Guest the transition begins in the spring and it is funded through private sources. Its regulated, if
Former president obama come alive today at 11 30 a. M. Eastern time on book tv. Tonight on the communicators withke a look at issues the president and ceo of aca connects, and boy, vision president. It our members have done a the needsof serving of americans, connected with so many of our members stepping up to adopt the pledge to keep americans connected. We have also recognized that there are still continuing needs to serve students, to work with withls, a need to work hospitals and medical facility so we can improve telehealth, ways to increase the Broadband Network watch tonight 8 00 eastern on cspan 2. Host joining us is Michael Health and Human Services secretary in george former inistration and utah governor republican from 2003. To you have worn many hats and one is also helping a campaign for a transition. You did that for mitt roll think. He didnt win the election but explain the process for when the campaigns start thinking about a possible transition of hour. It is an inter
Take a hit. The covid consumer, walmart, home depot and kohls among retailers reporting earnings today. Walmart says ecommerce sales up 79 . And elon musks billions, tesla getting a spot in the s p 500. It is among the highest valued companies to ever enter the benchmark index and musk is on top to become number three, that is the third richest person in the world. Indeed, guys. Well start with the retail picture this morning, jim, youve been vocal as to the investor response on home depot and walmart. I guess thats related to the news out of amazon. Look, by the way, those stocks do tend to run up in the quarter and sell off thats nothing new a more aggressive amazon is always something we have to Pay Attention to i remember when amazon bought pill packs, the drug stores got killed i also point out that walmarts online david, thats not going to go away you can argue someone is going to argue thats the peak i would argue that amazon and walmart have taken so much share in this country,
Emergency use with ely lilly filing for its drug. Hi, everybody the dow and s p 500 are falling. The nasdaq is imagining to stay in the green on the day and for the week lets go to bob pisani for more. Bob . We are turning around and that is a very good thing given all the uncertainty. A little bit of a down day for energy, banks and industrials. Theres your cyclical group. Theyre generally up on the week theyre up today but down big on the week th this is that churning new high list, pretty much the same list. Not expanding much the same names are on the new high list, target, l brands, colgate freeport stability again, no the bad given all of the uncertainty boeings down today, its been up on the week thats what churn is where are we for the markets the important thing is right now were really focused on the spring reopening rare than the covid winter narrative thats because these selloffs ant getting any traction at all. Theres not a lot of volume, not a lot of panic, just churning.