off your day, an historic launch for nasa and elon musk s spacex after months of delay. it is monday, november 16th, and you re watching worldwide exchange right here on cnbc well, good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. i am brian sullivan. thank you very much for joining us and speaking of good mornings, a hearty congratulations to new masters champion dustin johnson for his record-breaking performance at augusta, georgia, securing the green jacket, you know, just 20 under par. wow. much more on his big win in a moment but first, investors winning in the stock market lately as well and more may come today futures, they are up nicely again. look at that higher across the board. dow futures up 300, nearly 1%. nasdaq futures up about half a percent or 63 points remember, the dow is now just 1.5% off a record high the s&p 500 coming off a record breaking session friday. the nasdaq just 2.3% from its ow
lebanon from japan to face trial in japan for financial misconduct he says he s escaping justice. also coming up what do you wish for in the new year. law as the countdown to new years begins we find out what people around the world are hoping 2020 will bring. i m brian thomas great to have you with us while thousands of residents and tourists are trapped at this hour by raging fires in a number of coastal towns in australia feeble our shelter. airing right now on the waterfront preparing for possible evacuation by sea it is an unprecedented situation across the country now the areas worst affected are australia s 2 most populated states in the southeast new south wales and victoria well the blazes have claimed 2 more victims a father and son attempting to protect their home. at least 4 stranded by the seaside thousands of tourists and locals are being held hostage by raging wildfires in the town of. it s too late to leave so all they can do is wait along the beach for help t
a shock sighting off the italian island of sicily 3 huge killer whales traveled more than 6000 kilometers from their home off iceland to the mediterranean. i m brian thomas great to have you with us all fears are growing at this hour for the residents and tourists trapped by raging fires in a number of coastal towns australia people are sheltering at this hour on the waterfront preparing for possible evacuation by sea now it is an unprecedented situation across the country the area s worst affected australia s 2 most populated states new south wales and victoria now the town of melaka is where 4000 people have fled the fire there down the beach right now we ll be going to that area to find out more but 1st here s a look at the scope of these blazes which have claimed 2 more lives a father and a son attempting to protect their home. stranded by the seaside. thousands of tourists and locals are being held hostage by raging wildfire in the town of monaco and it s too late to lea
lisa: the small and mid-cap names outperforming over the major indexes. that is not what we have seen as of late. romaine: let s dive deeper with our reporters. abigail: i am thinking about the isn manufacturing report. the lowest level since june of 2009. the fifth month of contraction. the eight down report out of the last nine months. if you look under the hood, you can see some bright spots where talking about boeing and gm harriet it s pretty bad. manufacturing report go from growth to contraction. at that time, if you can recall there was a bear market for the s&p 500 in white been 2016 through 2018, the manufacturing sector healthy going above 60. here is the contraction going from 60 to 47.2 remarkable. take a look at the divergence between the s&p 500 and the isn manufacturing index. kind ofve that divergence, at some point you think it s going to have to catch up in some way whether manufacturing recovers of the record highs, that divergence is something to keep i
said like i love the word to use political theater because that s what exactly what it is just like before us trade theater that s right we know we know what the outcome is going to be today there s not going to be any surprise and we know what the outcome will be one of the ultimate moves of the senate so the markets as you ve said have already priced all of this and have a not exactly so it s i actually don t understand why we have so much coverage when really it s going to be a moot point all of this is just going to be thrown out ultimately that s where it goes so again we know that even as they debate this will ultimately by thursday will have an impeachment and it will go anywhere from there not really market moving is that right. french government and unions are facing up wednesday over the highly controversial pension reforms we are now 14 days into a crippling transport strike that has left businesses damaged and commuters frustrated massive numbers of protesters too