There, about 30 points, 25 points now below that benchmark. That is in part thanks to boeing, that is the dows gain that stock is up about 7 after one of its biggest customers, ryan air, near lily doubles its order of the plagued 737 max plus texas roadhouse that stock is up 200 since the march lows can you say that about many other restaurant chains . I dont think so also near its record high, the ceo, ken taylor, will be with us interesting, engaging guy. Hes going to tell us how he pivoted the business to thrive in this new normal as power lunch starts right now. Hi, tyler. Hi, everybody. Stocks are off the highs of the session but all the major averages are on track for their second week in a row in the green. Lets go to bob pisani for whats driving us higher today im a little disappointed with the action. The comments a stimulus deal was in reach helped early on but has done nothing in the afternoon. Were moving in a narrow range, kind of flattish all the right stuff is moving. De
Administration of government will continue uninterrupted. Campaign staff are tested positive and she was on air force one and marine one with the president on wednesday. There is a long list of senior officials who came in close contact with her. The risk is some will test positive two. Vice president pence and his wife karen tested negative, so to has Steven Mnuchin. The president will be off the campaign trail for the foreseeable future, his trip to florida has been canceled, it is possible that the next debate will be effective, its 14 days away and the hearings for judge Amy Coney Barrett will be affected, shes been visiting senators all week, yes there is a stock market selloff, this is what happens when you throw more uncertainty into a chaotic election, it is not panic selling, the dow was off 460 points, that is 1. 6 , that is a big drop but not a panic, the nasdaq component down threepoint to percent, a very big drop but not a panic selling. A halfhour ago, 830 eastern time, w
Color, irrespective of party affiliation. We are one america. And lets try to act that way. And i close this briefing. Thank you. As that herring comes to a close, lawmakers discussing how the Veterans Affairs department, this is a live hearing getting under way now on cspan 3. If covid19 turned into a pandemic and portions of the United States Health Care System broke down the va may need to come back and ask for additional funds and since then congress has appropriated 17. 2 billion for vhas covid19 Pandemic Response and i was glad to help advocate for that funding. Now im not sure that many of us here on the dais know what to expect during that february hearing nor did we fully grasp the enormity of the Public Health challenges americans would soon face from the pandemic. This is largely because the administration failed to recognize these risks and communicate them to the American Public in advance of the crisis. Here we are a little more than three months later and exactly 90 days
Let me take just a moment to talk about what we are attempting to do here in the senate. Exaggeration and hyperbole is the order of the day. Say always reluctant to this truly could be one of the most important things we as members of this committee do. What the world is experiencing today, what the United States is facing today, is one of the most significant challenges that a lot of us will face in our lifetime. The bad news, the really bad possibleit is entirely that it will happen again, and i say this because the experts virus thatt this made the leap from one species can very easily happen again. There are 2000 of these viruses out there. Dohave no idea what they can if they get into a human being. Us they haves tell identified within their ranks about 2000 different viruses. Having said that, we need to want toward, and i stress what i am trying to do with this and what all of us are trying to do, look forward. There are a lot of hearings going on. Theres a lot of hyperbole goin
A very good day to all of you from the Tom Brokaw News Center in los angeles. Welcome to alex witt reports. Breaking news to share. Police are closing in on a gunman suspected of killing at least three people in two separate shootings in false township just north of philadelphia. Police say he got away in a vehicle. He carjacked the vehicle at gunpoint. Lets go to nbcs George Celisse in the area. He joins us on the phone. Lets talk about what we know about the suspect and the victims. What is the timeline here . Reporter good afternoon alex. Of fluid and developing scene. What we are hearing from police sources, is the suspect is currently tracked to home in winds, new jersey. And neck area he has ties to it appears that s. W. A. T. And the police to permanent on the scene. L back it up for how we ended up here. To false township police, just before 9 00 this morning they were dispatched to a home. It is roughly an hour away from philadelphia. Be determined and verified the shooting su