florida and hopefully not a bunch democrats mauving as they rule in my beautiful state of virginia. ron desantis how are you doing sir? wonderful. i m doing great it is a lot written about you and a lot said about you. i do not believe in funneling all of this information through the media because the media for some reason doesn t like you. doesn t like ronald reagan or donald trump it is a liberal media soipghted to give you an opportunity this hour to cover a number of areas because you ve been enormously successful. ing your popularity ratings in florida are quite significant. you have a very diverse population in florida, very diverse industries and businesses in florida. really it is quite remarkable, and so i want to get started and cover a few areas with you. if i might, first and foremost, the virus the coronavirus what did you do out of the beings do since then to try to protect your population. go right ahead. well we looked at the data that we had from other
and carlos ghosn facing the end of the road. let s get you a first check of the market. finishing at a six month high. the s&p 500 seeing its longest winning streak since 2016. very close to that record high in september. we had optimism over a potential trade deal between china and u.s. we have the jobs report on friday, payrolls in march meeting expectations. u.s. futures looking like this. sophie: futures are pointing higher in seoul and sydney. high ono a one month friday, but tv stocks are losing ground for a fourth straight stocks arekiwi losing ground for a fourth straight session. we await more brexit drama. we are keeping an eye on oil producers as crude extends gains. they might cut 700 white-collar jobs as early as this week. eco-agenda.the the current account balance for february, we will get aussie job numbers later this morning and taiwanese trade data. sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. let s get the first word news. maywe start with theresa saying that compromi
over jobs. the new plan to punish companies who hire robots instead of humans. gerri: let s take a look at how your money is doing this morning. the dow is up 165, the s&p us 15, the nasdaq up 48. cheryl: nice to see the deal on border security for now. the dax is up more than 1%. gerri: asian markets higher as well. let s take a look. the nikkei up, shanghai up, fbn: a.m. starts right now. cheryl: 5:01 a.m. in new york. it is tuesday, february 12th. good morning. i m cheryl casone. gerri: good morning, i m gerri willis. cheryl: congressional negotiators reached a tentative agreement to he prevent a second government shutdown. it calls for 55 miles of metal slats or other types of new fencing along the border. it would be built in the rio grande valley in techs as. gerri: the deal was reached just before president trump s big rally in el paso, texas last night. listen. progress is being made with this committee. just so you know, we re building the wall anyway. just a few
running for cover. you can see it hasn t really uncovered from being under these blankets that s put on. down 268 points for the dow jones industrials, s&p lower by 32. the nasdaq getting hit, down 1.33% or 102 points. cut right off. energy and technology are driving the selloff. that could change in this next 59 minutes but larry kudlow speaking to stuart varney said there s this, as i told you guys, sizeable distance to go in the trade spat with china before reaching an agreement. that coupled with confirmation that president trump will not meet with chinese leader xi jinping before new tariffs are expected to go into effect on march 1st, all adding up to the selloff that you are seeing on the lower ticker right now. british prime minister theresa may facing a very stubborn european union that s adding to the fear. european leaders refuse to budge further on reopening brexit talks. dow jones news wires global chief editor glen hall is the guy who fits at the intersection