it going back and it is edwards touchdown. got it what a great play. and that s the ballgame. ever i hit it ground. brian: it is so great to see that brand new stadium in las vegas with fans. last year we saw two brand new stadiums one in los angeles and one in las vegas. monday night football, packed house. you cannot take that for granted anymore. even though it could sell out because of the pandemic, obviously. raiders dramatic victory. we are changing formats today since we haven t gotten the run down yet. [laughter] let s just do like for more go to my colleague. ainsley: i think they were just delivered joel, the run down. brian: pete hegseth with more on john gruber. pete: great performance. overtime. ainsley: here is joel. pete: joel is wearing his jets gear. we know how he feels about sports these days. brian: judging by this mostly. pete: brian, more brian. ainsley: just the way he likes it. [laughter] more me time. ainsley: let s get to some of the news 6:02 on
new york city and 11:00 a.m. here and quaxwak alley is live. squawk alley is live. good monday morning, welcome to squawk alley. it is a historic day in the u.s. beginning covid-19 vaccinations. you re looking at video of sandra lindsey, an intensive care nurse receiving the first vaccination at long island juici jewish medical center in new york. but the big news in tech after the biggest week for ipos with doordash and airbnb pricing before the average, we have reaction you see from a market crash. two big ipos that were expected this week affirm and roadblocks say no thank you, we ll wait until next year. we spoke with affirm ceo earlier this year on that company s path to an ipo. at some point your investors start to make hints and elbow gestures. so at some point, yes, i m not in a huge hurry. the biggest curse is go public at a valuation that somewhere between 20 and $25 billion. once you clear that, the stock becomes a little more stable. the volatility you
intra day high earlier and that s fallen off substantially, the nasdaq is up better than 1%. it s been a while, kevin. good to see you again. the question today is how do you play this vaccine optimism versus a market that has looked tired lately? you have to think about it in terms of normalcy within 18 months because i think it s going to take at least until august to vaccinate half the population, which means we ll still be in some sort of a situation where we re looking at health issues and isolation and certain businesses wouldn t benefit. it s clear since march we have some mega trends in police. i just spent this morning looking a tt a portfolio and ner seen more corporate credits o r oveove overpriced my life. then you ve got these mega trends toward the consumer. we have record retail numbers, spectacular. why? we keep trickling down a trillion dollars to them every six months. we re about to do did again. two more times probably. the overall trend is your friend
good wednesday morning welcome to squawk alley. i m john for the with caro quintanilla and julia borstin we ll start with apple, a cost cut for small developers josh lipton breaks down the news for us. here is how the new program is going to work it s called the app store small business program it launches on january 1st and it does represent a big change here. developers earning up to $1 million during the previous year will now be eligible for a commission of 15% on paid apps and in-app purchases, and that is half of apple s standard commission apple says the new program will impact what it says is the vast majority of developers selling digital goods and services on the store. tim cook saying in a statement the app store has been an engine of economic growth like none other, creating millions of new jobs and a pathway to entrepreneurship accessible to anyone with a great idea for investors this change is also important remember, the app store is critical for apple
good tuesday morning i m carl quintanilla with jon fortt and julia boorstin apple is going to be the story of the hour. their new event is just hours away expected to unveil the latest edition of the iphone, jon likely story of the week in my book. that s where we ll start this morning. joanna stern off the wall street journal joins us product reviewer extraordinary air. it s been a long time since we had an iphone event that wasn t focused primarily on camera and screen quality, i would argue. maybe back to the iphone 10 where we got face id but this time it might be 5-g taking center stage, right supposed to be it speed, speed, speed. that was the tease in the invite last week from apple i think it s going to be in 5-g, certainly. processors, processors, processors every year. and i think also we hear a lot of speed in charging this morning it was a i believe it was last night, a wireless charging grid that will clip to the back of the new iphones magnetically clip. s