mulling a special counsel to investigate as house republicans demand answers on big tech son suppression of the report of hunter s shady business deals. stimulus in sight, congressional leaders making progress on another bill as some vow not to leave for christmas break without a deal in place. the latest coming up. markets are higher, futures this morning indicating a gain at the start of trading, dow industrials up 90, nasdaq up 40, s&p 500 higher by 12. markets finished in the green yesterday, boosted by stimulus opt of mitch as well as the optimism as well as the vaccine rollout. the federal reserve finishes a two day meeting today. the dow industrials up yesterday 137, nasdaq up 155, notching another record close as we get that fed decision later this afternoon. s&p 500 yesterday up 47 points. we re also previewing the november retail sales report this morning, out at 8:30 a.m. a eastern. everything you need to know as we watch for an economic rebound. plus, winter is
the reopening of america. take a look. dow futures turning negative down 19 points but the nasdaq is up 9 and s&p 500 is also negative down about 1 point, mixed story this morning, dow and s&p 500 snapped 3-day winning street yesterday turning negative by the close, dow down 170 points, nasdaq was up 14 but s&p down 11 and a quarter. secretary mike pompeo meeting with chinese top diplomats as issue on trade, human rights and coronavirus heat up, john bolton s new bookmaking claims about president trump s relationship and xi jinping. protests in atlanta to report. meanwhile an capitol hill senate republicans unveiled police reform bill as house democrats call for more action. coming up at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning new york city mayor rudy giuliani will join me with his valuable insight on policing in america, the former mayor today telling us his reaction to all of this. then cracking down on big tech, justice department looks to limit protections enjoyed by technology co
america. president trump versus twitter, social media giant fact-checking the president s tweets but president trump is fighting back accusing twitter of election interference and stifling free speech, house republicans are suing speaker nancy pelosi, looking to end proxy voting and forcing members to appear in person. one giant leap for spacex today, elon musk looks to make mystery launching astronauts from florida to the international space station later today and the nhl taking a shot skipping regular season going directly to playoffs. martha stewart will join me at 8:30 a.m. eastern, mornings with maria is live right now. global markets are higher, take a look at indices, cac quarante is up 87 and dax index in germany higher by 208 points. in europe green across the board as investors look toward stimulus package in the euro zone, reported kristin lagard the u.s. economy will shrink due to pandemic. markets were mixed, tensions rise in hong kong, as you can see the ha
top of strong rally yesterday. the dow industrials having biggest one-day point gain ever, 11 and a third percent. s&p up 9%, 209 points higher yesterday. president trump says he wants the country opened up and raring to go by easter. the white house quarantine for those people living new york which has more than half of all cases in the united states right now. the private sector stepping up against its fight. 3m chairman and ceo with teaming up with ford and general electric to make respirators and ventilators. india on lockdown. 1.3 billion people ordered to stay home. mornings with maria live right now. we want to check global markets this morning. in europe senate agreement of stimulus plan leading to green across the board. check up the markets, s&p up and overnight similar story, finishing strong, take a look at the asian markets. best performer in japan, kospi in korea up almost 6%. oil prices this morning on upswing extending gains a third section in a row. twenty-ei
he revealed who will be making the first trip to the moon as space tourist, we will tell you straight ahead, all of that and so much more, coming up this morning kat kempf and kevin kelly, lindsey bell, welcome one and all, we got a rebonn. kevin: yeah, we do, that s pretty interesting. one fedex is down, that s showing what companies can do for next year, they have to invest in businesses, the cost of labor which is one of the biggest costs they have is going up. the tariff situation will be playing out as well which could increase cost of goods, it ll be interesting to see earnings guidance next year. fedex said, they talked about china and they are starting to see economic indicators slow down, 10% of the volume, 2% of revenue, something to see there, they ve got the boots on the grounded there. we will see that china is starting to feel this impact from tariff. dagen: that plays into the entire trump administration s idea that we have a lot more lemple over china than c