parts here today. some are literal. the princess cruise ship is one. they re watching throughout the day as it makes its way to the port of oakland. it is supposed to dock around 3:00 this afternoon. we ll talk about that, oil off the bat with our buddy phil flynn out in chicago, price futures group, senior strategist at cme. we talked about it last week, phil. you and i were going back and forth about russia and saudi arabia. now we have the true price war breaking out that has consequences in places like texas and north dakota. take us through what you re thinking about today? what i m thinking about is we re learning today, not always is a low price for oil good for everything. there is concerns for banks, oil producers, the general overall market. having said that, there is some hope, you know, right now with the talks of stimulus. maybe we can pull off the lows right now. there are old saying in the business low prices cure low prices but this breakup of opec and russi
wilmington, north carolina the conditions began to deteriorate. we have seen relatively mild conditions virtually all day long, not to say there is no danger here. the storm did spawn of some tornadoes as early as 6:00 a.m. today. some of those smaller tornadoes are snapping off trees, tree limbs and uprooting trees but no major damage beyond that. again as of 8:00 p.m. tonight with the storm still about 70 miles directly to the south the wind speeds have begun to pick up. although it is sporadic, it lulls into a period of relative calmness and then picks up to what i would say is 40, maybe 5. it s expected to get much worse than that. upwards of a million people have been evacuated from barrier islands in north and south carolina. city officials here are still warning residents that speeds could get up to 105 miles per hour. we are on the night shift, we ll be here all night long waiting until the high tide here at 4:5. we ll be watching. hope you will be too. back to you.
wilmington, north carolina the conditions began to deteriorate. we have seen relatively mild conditions virtually all day long, not to say there is no danger here. the storm did spawn of some tornadoes as early as 6:00 a.m. today. some of those smaller tornadoes are snapping off trees, tree limbs and uprooting trees but no major damage beyond that. again as of 8:00 p.m. tonight with the storm still about 70 miles directly to the south the wind speeds have begun to pick up. although it is sporadic, it lulls into a period of relative calmness and then picks up to what i would say is 40, maybe 5. it s expected to get much worse than that. upwards of a million people have been evacuated from barrier islands in north and south carolina. city officials here are still warning residents that speeds could get up to 105 miles per hour. we are on the night shift, we ll be here all night long waiting until the high tide here at 4:5. we ll be watching. hope you will be too. back to you.
mornings with maria begins right now. maria: futures are down this morning, down 114 points. s&p futures down and 3 quarters, nasdaq down 39, dow taking nose dive yesterday as trade wars with china continue. that is dragging on the markets, people are warning if it s going to cut into economic drugs as perhaps companies will have to raise prices because of the higher tariffs, trade talks set to resume in washington, chinese officials including the vice premier will be in washington despite the back and forth. this meeting does go on, just hours before the u.s. will impose a fresh set of tariffs on chinese goods after the company backtracked on agreements, that s the current tariffs going up from 10% to 25% beginning on friday of this week. joining me right now money math press, d.r. barton, thank you for joining us. what are the markets telling you in terms of technicals in terms of the rest of the year? in terms of the rest of the year, it s all going to pivot in days,
it is looking like a flat open for the major indexes, but a major week for corporate markets. we have watching the markets for free all-time highs. meanwhile, joe biden making his first big campaign visit in pittsburgh laying out his plan for rebuilding america s middle class. a business monday morning and we have it all covers. of course varney & co. starts right now. big opening weekend for disney s avengers end game making in more than a billion bucks worldwide and there was even a fistfight? no spoilers, please. avengers gts record box office weekend, 300 million in new york america and $329 million in china. this is the story that gives u a lesson as to why you shouldn t spoiling it. one man walked out of the theater and he just queeld it ys howt here s the ending. what happened to him? a fistfight. he got beaten up. you don t do that. the russo brothers who directed the movie took to social media saying don t spoil it for people. this is the last of the