New record. So theres hope. Sentiment mixed as Congress Faces a crucial week, folks. It needs to pass a spending bill to avoid a Government Shutdown on friday as well as billions and billions in coronavirus stimulus package to help struggling businesses and americans. Weve got up to the minute details. We are about to take you live to the white house. Meanwhile, college kids now protesting tuition costs, refusing to pay after being forced to learn online during the pandemic. The ceo of Online Education company and online textbook rental giant chegg is here on how this is all coming together when it comes to the actual focus that this company was created upon. Parents and students reducing the cost of higher education. As the year of the spac continuing, this video gamings goto payments processor is going public with the backing of billionaire bill foley. He joins us along with the ceo of pay safe coming live on to the Public Markets today. All right. Lets get to the senate floor, where
So little perspective on this moment, its quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and of course also around the world have that this is an extraordinary unusual time something we are the time out of time, will be curiosity in the future people will look back and wonder about that very wonderment i think its an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any period in history . Jill lepore as a historian im interested in analogies we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find d one thing to be like another all the time. Just in the same way and the kind of person that sees likenesses and family members, and look at a new baby and say, that looks just like great grandma someone so. Have the same time, even as they say i recognize a lot of that is minded perception, my need for familiarity. I think there has been for most of my career as a historian the question to ask historians is what time is this like.
The dow industrials this wednesday morning are going to go up about 170 odd points at the opening bell. S p, modest gain. A fractional loss, though, for the nasdaq which is at the 11,000 level. Stocks overall getting help from the virus relief talks. Mitch mcconnell talking compromise. Senator schumer talking concessions from both sides. Theyre looking for a deal by the end of this week. My opinion, there is no way Congress Leaves Town friday without spending at least a trillion dollars. I think a deal is coming and the market likes it. Two stocks in the news and moving. Disney, up sharply despite losing 5 billion during the pandemic lockdown. Disney plus has 60. 5 million paid subscribers, 100 million overall and they are starting another streaming service next year. All of that helps. Disney is up seven. Novavax, their phase one trial showed their vaccine to be safe and created an immune response. That stock is way up, 30 bucks a share on the upside. All right. Something different. L
November 10th and 11th. That is thrown into the mix. Were told this is not part of the ongoing trade talks but put as wrinkle or maybe a hatchet in them. Blake burman at it whoo house with more on that. Markets are confused. So am i. What do you make of this port . I spoke with someone familiar with the matter. The way it is described there is a ongoing policy process, taking place, during the policy process one of the discussions the u. S. Might, it was stressed to me, might, limit investment flowing into china. A couple things were pointed out to me which you hit on, according to the source, this is a way essentially to protect u. S. Investment. As you know the u. S. Feels there are a host of issues, once you start dealing with china and and protections, companies there and making sure those companies are taken care of. Also it was put to me this is separate from the ongoing u. S. Trade discussions. Now about you believe that to be the case is another matter. We talked about the issu
Still will be the new jersey senior senator. All people are presumed innocent until proven guilty. All people. I ask for nothing more and deserve nothing less. Steve kornacki joins mow the political prospects. And to break down the poll with concerns for the white house. Plus House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy and his narrow majority are stuck in legislative limbo with the Government Shutdown five days away. You have to keep the government open, people want to close the government only makes it weaker. Do you believe you can pass a cr and get it to the senate before im a believer in anything, yes. And as President Biden prepares to travel to michigan to walk the picket lines with auto workers tomorrow. The Writers Guild and studio reach an agreement. No agreement in sight for the actors yet. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Its Deja Vu All Over Again for new jersey democratic senator bob menendez. Forcefully pushing back today against a federal indictment for the second