Johnson johnson better than expected, it doesnt matter. Taiwan semi last night fantastic, doesnt matter. Apple price bump doesnt matter. When you get like that that says, let the sellers get their job done, there is some agenda here, theyre obviously not caring about news, not reacting to better retail sales or jobless claims down again. Every time that happens theres usually a great trend up someone is a seller. There is big money that wants out right now, i think a lot of people are confused about whats going on in nasdaq, amazon down 10 since the week began consequently there is no bid underneath no matter what the companies say. That will change probably midday i think its an okay day all right well see, jim obviously we talk about the market looking forward through some of the news flow and, you know, you take some of the Bank Commentary about second half growth versus first half,its not nearly as constructive and we will see whether gorman backs up what citi and wells and jpmorga
Latest kayla . Melissa, this effort by the white house to target social Media Companies for a perceived bias has been under way for nearly a year, but in the wake of twitters Fact Checking President Trumps own tweets, policy officials rushed the executive order out today. Heres what is in it which the president signed this afternoon. Agencies from the fcc to the ftc and many other agencies in between are directed to review liability shields that are provided to these content companies that protect them from lawsuits over what appears on their platforms. The department of justice are directed to organize state attorneys general to enforce the crackdown. The federal government is also going to be issuing a widespread review of taxpayer dollars that are going to these platforms in terms of the governments own ad spending and all of this is expected to happen over the next 30 days. These agencies are supposed to report back and these funding totals are supposed to be submitted to the offic
Gilead sciences, as you heard from maria, positive news from a government trial of their remdesivir and also from two of their own trials. Positive news on a treatment. That sent futures straight up earlier this morning and look at the stock, also straight up, 6. 8 . Thats the effect of this effective trial of remdesivir. Up go futures, up goes gilead stock. More on this in a moment. A second reason for the dows gains, investors expect a strong recovery for the economy starting in the summer. The market always looks to future conditions. Theres a third reason. The Federal Reserve is likely to say today they will do whatever it takes to stabilize your money. Wall streets expecting more stimulus. The dow will be up close to 550 points at the opening bell, close to 2 . The s p up 2 . The nasdaq solid indeed, up over 2 . We had boeings numbers out this morning. Continuing problems, but its cutting 10 of its work force and investors like that. The stock is up nearly 6 . Okay. More on all th
saue explains her support of joe biden. you can enjoy host: it is monday, february 10, 2020. 24 hours before the first in the nation presidential primary gets underway in new hampshire. good morning and welcome to washington journal. we will ask you, how confident are you in the u.s. electoral system? .epublicans call (202) 748-8001 democrats call (202) 748-8000. others call (202) 748-8002. you can text us. to make sure to tell us where you are texting from. you can also find us on twitter and facebook. jim, saystweeter, washington journal will ask our thoughts. each state sets its own rules for elections subject to oversight by the department of justice. we have 51 electoral systems in the usa. thanks for sending that in. we will focus on the problems with the iowa caucus. it is front-page and leading the way for new york times this morning. became anwa caucuses epic fiasco for democrats. the first signs of trouble came early. the smart phone app began failing. party off
Land to sea which takes care of any fog. 30s, 40s, 50s. A big difference. All wind driven on a lot of the temps. Gilroy is checking in at 39 degrees. 20s in the mountains and another warm day. And the storm track is lifting north. And High Pressure is dominating the west. 70s on the temps. 5 01. Did i hear you say the metering lights clicked on . I think they might click on early. Today i noticed were getting crowded early. Maybe people want to get on the road early. And the bay bridge toll plaza is the barometer i use. First lets go to the Altamont Pass and talk about westbound 580. The traffic is moving along relatively well until you get to the 205, 580 interchange. There was a crash southbound 880 at 237 thats not causing a big delay. This is 880 in oakland and traffic is moving well. And at the bay bridge you can see a little bit of a crowd. Well see if its 5 15 or 5 30 when they turn the metering lights on. At 5 02 back to the desk. Oakland police were called to an area near the