Years. That is the best month of the year, im connell mcshane. This is the closing bell. Time for news of the hour. Jackie deangelis in new york, blake burman in white house, Hillary Vaughn with the president elect in delaware and Edward Lawrence in washington with the latest on the covid19 relief deal. A lot of moving parts well get into. The market is back in rally mode. Good afternoon, jackie. Reporter good afternoon, connell. Well talk about the records we set today with the s p 500 and also the nasdaq. Look at the gains there we beat what we were expecting handily. You only needed 16 points on the s p and only needed seven on the nasdaq. This was a strong broad based rally today what is interesting big tech continues to gain on this momentum and continues to go higher from there. Facebook, apples, amazon, microsofts of the world are continuing to climb up. That is something you expect to hear. Again it wasnt just tech, it was broadbased. Look at the dow winners you can see we have
Home as covid19 cases increase across the nation. More than 13 million americans have been diagnosed at over 2,000 americans are dying every day from the virus. As states brace for an uptick in cases due to holiday gatherings the nations most populous county, los angeles county, is set to impose strict stay at home rules that will take effect tomorrow. Meanwhile, health way be on the way as the first doses of pfizers 1ir9 vaccines are headed to the u. S. From belgium, but keep in mind a vaccine isnt expected for wide distribution until later 2021. A cdc panel will meet on tuesday to decide how the initial supplies of the vaccine will be allocated. Joining me now Emergency Room Physician and california congressman and a good friend raul ruiz, cardiologist dr. Bernard ashby on the committee to protect medicare, dr. Mercedes carnethon from Northwestern University and dr. Corey hebert, former cochair of the louisiana governors covid19 Minority Task force. We should also note that dr. Heber
So for the first time in our countrys history latinos, the largest ethnic minority in electric with 32 million eligible voters and record numbers of latinos turning out to vote congressman hice numbers of latina and latinos weve seen in the previous election cycle. Both president ial donald trump and present elect joe biden benefited for the high turnout ofhe latino voters across the u. Yet the support that they received from this very diverse and complex electorate, and why, varied into parts of the country. Country. National the majority of latino mailing democratic, what a consistent levels are many different constituencies that cannot be so easilyy counted on by either party. Todays conversation will highlight how record levels of latino turnout and active the outcome of key races and [inaudible] the marquis battles instead. We are thrilled and acclaimed journalist and trusted voice in the Latino Community the moderate todays panel of experts. Together, they will explore critical a
The session. High intraday high russell 2000 continues its high but it, too, has faded during the session. The russell flat, the other indices negative coming up in todays show, well ask allianz chief economic adviser Mohamed El Erian about todays highs plus, the president of shopify about the companys new partnership with alipay mike santoli, tracking the market action. Meg tirrell has more news on pfi zechlt rs vaccine data and phil lebeau, covering the boeing 747 max. Mike, start us off here. Weve been dealing with a couple of issues, the market being a little stretched on the upside after that strong rally month to date. Over bullish sentiment has had a hard time getting traction, but no damage done at this point on the year to date chart were slightly above that september high by half a percent nothing damaging really happening here i wanted to zoom into the last ten days of trading or basically really more like eight days of trading, back to last monday, week ago monday. Pfizer n
Act on the same day the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the law. Mr. Biden took questions on the transition and mr. Trumps refusal to concede. His is 25 minutes. Good afternoon. Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case that could strike down the Affordable Care act in its entirety. If the Supreme Court agrees with the opponents of the act, their decisions could take healthcare away from 20 million americans. It could take away protections for more than 100 Million People with preexisting conditions in our country and hurt the millions of american who is have come to rely on the Affordable Care act. Getting rid of the Affordable Care act will take us backwards to a time when people could charge a woman more for her healthcare than they could charge a man simply because she is a woman. To a time when pregnancy could be considered a preexisting condition. It will take away free Birth Control and contraceptive coverage for women. This is all happening at a moment when our cou