Have want to heal with less time. Amy the u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 250,000 as the number of infections soar across the country. Nearly 2000 deaths in one day. But President Trump is all but missing in action. He has not attended a Coronavirus Task force meeting in five months. He continues to have no Public Meetings on his schedule. We will speak with the atlantics ed yong. Then to iran. As President Trump installs loyalists in a shakeup at the pentagon, is the president laying the groundwork to attack iran . Plus, we will look at why climate activists and progressive democrats are protesting president elect joe bidens decision to tap congressman Cedric Richmond to a Top White House post. He is the leading democrat recipient of fossil el money in congress. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The official u. S. Death toll from covid19 has passed a quarter of a Million People as the virus rages
Have want to heal with less time. Amy the u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 250,000 as the number of infections soar across the country. Nearly 2000 deaths in one day. But President Trump is all but missing in action. He has not attended a Coronavirus Task force meeting in five months. He continues to have no Public Meetings on his schedule. We will speak with the atlantics ed yong. Then to iran. As President Trump installs loyalists in a shakeup at the pentagon, is the president laying the groundwork to attack iran . Plus, we will look at why climate activists and progressive democrats are protesting president elect joe bidens decision to tap congressman Cedric Richmond to a Top White House post. He is the leading democrat recipient of fossil el money in congress. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The official u. S. Death toll from covid19 has passed a quarter of a Million People as the virus rages
Care of us and theres others that are elderly. While that was happening. A short period of time. Pg and e was also using voice mail and Text Messages to get the word out. Rolling blackouts are going to be with us at least for awhile. Because there was not sufficient supply to meet the demand in the state of california. The outages mean she, her husband and their three kids are in limbo. Nothing gets done. My husband doesnt work. My kids dont go to school and you know, its right now it is a necessity in life to have our power. If youll lose power today youre less likely to lose it again in the near future. Really the primary factors are how many mega watts need to be taken off the grid and who has already experienced a rotating outage and we try to do our best to make sure that folks that already experienced one do not have enough one. They know people are nervous. One message this morning from pg and e saying possible Power Outages. Mean while, san jose mayor this afternoon blamed the
Good wednesday morning, welcome to squawk alley. Im carl quintanilla, obviously a big day for earnings were watching the hill, the ftc and facebook is the big news a News Conference on that 5 billion fine over data privacy issues is going to start in awe if moments. Were going to take you to washington when that begins, but the swirl of agencies circling the company, ftc, who knows what the doj has in mind and well get a clearer picture of what the quarter looks like tonight. I dont know why it feels like something shocking is happening. Weve known this fine is coming for a long time, a big fine, but somehow to see 5 billion written down then more interesting to me, the restrictions and the oversight, the committee within facebook that looks like maybe its been structured in a way where Mark Zuckerberg doesnt have total control over this piece, you know, the ftc making the case that Mark Zuckerberg has to certify this privacy compliance every quarter, and this time if he slips up, ther
Starts now. Volatility steals the show, while those in the bond market and caught wall streets attention. Jamie dimon says to prepare for the entire curve to move up 100 basis points. Bill gross says to invest in the curve that he sees turning from inverted to positive. We begin with the big issue how much longer until this Strong Economy breaks . Strong consumer numbers in the gdp data. Gdp growth of almost 5 . Looks really good on the surface. Consumer spending is the driver of the economy. Consumer spending of 5 . Inflation is something that is still really casting a long shadow. The fed is looking at at all of these datas that juxtaposed with inflation thats still do i. We have up test we will have a hawkish look out from the fed next week. I feel like this is the deal with the devil now. If the Federal Reserve wants to back off with rate hikes, and say the market will do its work, be very careful. Is this sustainable . Sonali you may remember when a 30 year bond only moved five ba