basic terms of the phase one part of that deal. that is coming from the wall street journal, among other sources saying that the deal is not a finished or kaput deal at all. so we ll see how the market responds to that. some mild positive reaction to all of that. the s&p in record territory. the nasdaq in record territory. both hit records yesterday. any gain today is a record. we re following a couple of other developments. we ll pursue it with the tiktok head of u.s. policy on this giant move right now to find alternatives to how tiktok ultimately is or even if it will be sold off or kicking the company s tires. the president intrigued by that. he said he would support an oracle move. he said a couple weeks ago he said he would support a microsoft move for the company. we ll speak to the novavax ceo on the latest vaccine trials. if you had gotten into this stock by the way at the beginning of the year, you would be up more than 2,000% but who s counting. day three of the
fight the virus. this as deaths in the u.s. surge past 50,000. the numbers are getting better in spain and italy but seem to be getting worse in places like russia and germany. the world health organization also forming an international alliance to ensure that vaccines and treatments are distributed fairly. we are just ahead of a big week in earnings. i want to bring in taylor riggs. sammy s buoying the markets. what were you watching? taylor: exact reversal of yesterday. outperformance within the tech sector but we are still lower for the week. we are waiting a bunch of being earnings coming next week. we got some chipmakers reporting this week. i will also talk about crude. monday and tuesday, you had crude go below zero for the first time ever. some of the losses we saw on monday and tuesday, even though the energy market rebounded, not enough to offset the big losses in crude. contract still on pace for their worst week ever. you are starting to see some of that pessimism
miles down, to get to the rock that s become this: liquid molten gold. but gold s not all, scientists have found something else down there something known as extreme light. which might also exist on mars. so the martians we meet in the future be prepared to be surprised, i would say. you may have heard something about a one-handed linebacker playing in the nfl. downfield, the play is made. you may know that shaquem griffin has a twin brother who stars on the same team. intercepted by shaquill griffin! that s one remarkable story, right? well, wait until you hear the story about the childhood pact between the twin brothers that exists to this day. i m steve kroft. i m lesley stahl. i m scott pelley. i m anderson cooper. i m sharyn alfonsi. i m bill whitaker. those stories, tonight, on 60 minutes. (roger) being a good father is important to me so being diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer made me think of all the things that i wanted to
reporting, of course, that is the pulse of the consumer. and how about alibaba more than 30 billion sales on single day surpassing amazon prime day in just ten minutes. plenty to cover for you we ve got three hours to do it. varney & company starts right now. let s start with those deadly california wildfires. what s the latest, ash? the latest was winds dropped for a brief period yesterday morning but they re back unfortunately back up gusting between 30 and 50 miles per hour so this is not over three major fire. one in northern california, the camp fire, 25% contained over 109,000 oak percent charred and 27,000 that town is essentially wiped off the map. as you said earlier charles at least 31 confirmed deaths. some 220 people unaccounted for. overall by the way, 6700 structures have been destroyed we have two major fires in southern california. the woolsey fire being worst of those 196,000 acres total and a the cost to california for all of this insurance included ab
a big-time up with world farmer could provide the key to new drugs and treatment. big tech takes tenor center stage on capitol hill. they face questions from the senate intelligence committee over social media and russian election hacking. so aly absent is google symbolic third chair was left empty and lawmakers openly expressed their disapproval over being snubbed. otherwise, the discourse was more civil than the mark zuckerberg trial. russia used social media as part of an comprehensive and multifaceted campaign to undermine democratic institutions and interfere in u.s. elections and those of our allies. we were too slow to spot this and to slow to act too slow to act. the free proud of how and open exchange has been weaponize dan used to distract and divide people. and our nation. we found ourselves unprepared and ill-equipped for the immensity of the problems we have it knowledged. emily: that was over the twitter ceo answering questions in front of the house co