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coverage. blake burman at the white house. edward lawrence in washington. we ll start with you, blake. reporter: jackie, last night during the coronavirus briefing president trump first floated this idea of him potentially going down the path of trying to get a cut on capital-gains taxes going forward. here is what i m told according to sources. right now the white house is exploring that idea, looking into it and doing so via the form of an executive order because there would be little to no appetite within washington, d.c. right now of doing that legislatively, especially when you consider what the grand picture is with everything. we ve just heard some of it from mitch mcconnell within the last half hour or so. both sides, democrats, republicans, still 2 1/2 trillion dollars apart. both side right now not even talking. they are also acknowledging that this is going at least for the moment, nowhere. watch. we are i will two sit down as long as it is a serious negoti ....
it s at the 27,000 level, up from 18,000 in march. check your 401(k) and smile. what s going on here? well, first there s a lot of talk about congress adding to the president s virus aid. the democrats made a big mistake walking away from mr. trump from any deal, allowing the president to jump right in. wall street would love another trillion or two of stimulus. here we go. can you believe this. putin says russia has a vaccine. they have not finished clinical trials but his daughter has taken it. i m a skeptic. when the news broke, it did lift stock prices. we will tell you all we know. i do know this. tim cook is a billionaire. he owns a chunk of the most valuable company in the world. bernie sanders might not approve but i think it s good to see a brilliant executive join the billionaires club. he and apple are wildly successful. all right. look what s coming up. maybe joe biden s choice for vice president, maybe today. he s boxed himself into an identity politics ....
s&p better by 7. the nasdaq down 49. but the news of this possible, we stress possible vaccine, is fueling travel stocks. delta less than an hour away from landing its longest winning streak since just before the discovery of that first covid case in the u.s. here in a countdown exclusive, delta s ceo live on the airline giant s high-flying turnaround, whether layoffs are coming if congress doesn t offer more financial relief to the sector, and the key safety promise that s fueling its surprise pricing power over delta s biggest competitors. from baby yoda to barbie. the coronavirus unable to completely lock down mattel s toy chest. will the force and blond ambition be enough to combat a socially distanced christmas? in another countdown exclusive, we got a whole bunch of them, mattel chairman and ceo joins us live. and remember the desperate calls in march for ventilators? one company pledged to triple output of the respiratory equipment. now as the u.s. death ....
in protests as the city council votes to defund and cut more than 100 officers from the force. we have the latest, plus uprisings in portland and chicago. markets meantime pointing gains at the open, 279-point gain on dow futures. gains across the board this after mixed performance yesterday. look at the blue chips go. the nasdaq finishing in the red after a week showing in the tech sector money peeling out of the stocks but the dow gaining more than 1%. 357 points. protecting your data, flaws and snap dragonship putting 1 billion android phones at risk from a hack attack. looks to connect all of your smart devices to one another. vaccine risk. vladimir putin says his country has a vaccine but here at home the epidemic can affect the effectiveness. checking the world and stock market action, european markets are up across the board. we have gains north of 2% in england, france and germany. in the uk another 81,000 people lost their jobs last month. that number was sligh ....