E we will we will be watchins weekend. That will do it for us, have a great day, everybody, Varney Company begins right now. Stu, on your one day back, im giving you tossing it over so late. Im so sorry, stu. Stuart maria, for fox sports you can do anything you like, its as simple as that. Good morning, maria. Good morning, everyone. President trump held 18 conversations with journalists, bob woodward, included discussions of the virus threat and how the president handled it. The recordings are now public and they are at the center of latest political storm. The allegation is that he publicly down played the severity of the virus while privately acknowledging its danger. Joe biden went into attack mode instant i will saying it was a life and death betrayal of the American People. Speaking with sean hannity last night, the president said he didnt want to scare people and he didnt want to panic, he wanted calm. Yet again the media thinks theyve got the president on the run. Its worth poi
On the value of its new business, following the fall since it listed the most. We will be joined by the ceo. Reports amid rising u. S. Tensions and fears of backlash from the white house. More challenges may be growing closer to home. Lets get a quick check of the markets with sophie kamaruddin. Stocks with a subdued start, futures lower. Kiwi stocks higher by 0. 2 . At m a, andlooking south korea raising a red flag. In sydney, stocks hit a fivemonth high. Qantas hosting its first loss in six years and warning it will not make money in the next financial year. 2000 after retreating on the fed minutes. The index going since jumping the most since june on the fed. One analyst said he does not think positioning is stretched, but even with broad dollar weakness, asian currencies have underperformed, but record forex reserves are one key reason. Steady afteryuan retreating from a sevenmonth high, retracing gains it has seen since last month. Focus, callsira in for the central bank in turkey
Points the s p which is then up five out of the last six weeks and up the last six sessions in a row is up by 5. 5 this morning and then the nasdaq which has been this incredible out performer for months on end is the other performer this morning its down by 13 points but remember nasdaq was only down friday after being up for several sessions in a row. Setting a new high every one of the closes. The s p is less than 1 from its all time high. Its up back in february the treasury markets youll see right now. The treasury yields are where they have been the ten year is at 0. 556 . Melissa. We have an update on the pandemic the United States surpassed covid cases. It took just six weeks for u. S. Covid cases to double. The growth appears to have leveled off at an average of 54,000 per day over the last week in College Sports news over the weekend the mid american conference scrapped its all football season delaying all fall sports until the spring of 2021 the logistics were too complicate
His new book that chronicles the rise and fall of general electric, a corporate titan. All that coming up. But first, lets take a look back at some of the weeks big moments and the top news item makers on mornings with maria. Heres this weeks edition of talkers. Republican aides say a two month extension of the unemployment aid expansion is being considered. Do you want to see that . No. The white house is not there yet. The president s not there yet. We know this expiration, we suggest that we make a deal. Maria whats your take on a middle ground in terms of the federal Unemployment Benefits right now . With respect to the 600 a week benefit, that wassing . Extraordinary that was done back in march. It was important when we were closing our economy. Maria do you have a sense of what industry you are, youre looking toward . So were looking for what we call the superdurable growth company, a business that can grow for a very long period of time, very high barriers to entry, its difficul
His new book that chronicles the rise and fall of general electric, a corporate titan. All that coming up. But first, lets take a look back at some of the weeks big moments and the top news item makers on mornings with maria. Heres this weeks edition of talkers. Republican aides say a two month extension of the unemployment aid expansion is being considered. Do you want to see that . No. The white house is not there yet. The president s not there yet. We know this expiration, we suggest that we make a deal. Maria whats your take on a middle ground in terms of the federal Unemployment Benefits right now . With respect to the 600 a week benefit, that wassing . Extraordinary that was done back in march. It was important when we were closing our economy. Maria do you have a sense of what industry you are, youre looking toward . So were looking for what we call the superdurable growth company, a business that can grow for a very long period of time, very high barriers to entry, its difficul