Employees. Bank of america and Morgan Stanley among big banks reporting. Dow component Johnson Johnson right here. Futures in the red. We are standing by for retail sales and jobless claims this morning at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Stocks edging higher, Investor Sentiment over covid19 vaccine pushing markets into the green. The dow industrials up 227 points, nasdaq up 62 and s p up 29. The state of travel today airlines in the midst of a sharp downturn as pandemic fears keep travelers grounded at 7 30 a. M. Eastern ill be joined by ceo of delta edward bastian. Plus this, drink up, how moderate Alcohol Consumption can protect against cognitive decline. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria european markets on the decline. Standing by for the ecb decision for the next hour, rates are expected to stay unchanged. Ftse 100 is down 36 points, new data this morning from the uk shows half a million workers were furloughed in the month of may. Thats in response to the pandemic shutdown. This m
In times of crisis, and with the dow plummeting another 1338 points, s p plunging 5. 8 and nasdaq down 7. 0 were in a doozie of a crisis you simply could not do enough to help make things better our government should always error on the side of doing too much in these situations because you dont beat a pandemic by thinking small not unless you get very, very lucky. So far we weve been about as unlucky as it gets everything is going wrong at once in terms of being constructive let me tell you what i think needs to happen to stop the tsunami of selling in your stocks in your portfolio when i say we need to think big, i mean huge, it was terrific to see a bill pass the senate with massive bipartisan supreme copo that help the cause. The government has said that bars and restaurants should close down payrolls a payrolls hotels, airlines 59 billion, all jobs are in danger and many are already gone we need to write checks directly to the workers we cant afford to tear the fabric of society b
China its more shore a more a show of force says it celebrates 70 years of communist rule. Further controversy surrounds startled trump to marriages he saw its help from another foreign leader it abates to discredit the miller investigation. And grease slicks to an energy lead economic recovery percent support costs to the environment. Im joined again at the world athletics championships in cattle where its been a dream run for african athletes as they ignite their passionate. And we begin in asia where a day of celebration has escalated to insert a new level of violence on the streets of hong kong tens of thousands of people have to. Warnings from the police that it would be very very dangerous to protest on the ports been the 7 seas the anniversary of the phone saying of the peoples republic of china theyve used live rounds of ammunition as well as tear gas and water cannon to try and break up the crowds of demonstrators who police are confirmed one person has been shot a video widel
We spend the day with prince harry as he makes a surprise visit to a Charity Event for bereaved military children. Aston villas European Dream is over. Disappointment in athens as theyre knocked out in the semi finals of the Europa Conference League by olympiakos. Good morning from the blue peter garden, which is going to be fine in todays lovely weather once again. Is it going to last of the weekend . Join me throughout the programme. Its friday 10th may. Officalfigures released in an hour are expected to show the economy is no longer in recession, after growing in the first three months of this year. The uk entered recession after output fell during two consecutive quarters at the end of last year. Our Economics Correspondent andy verity reports. At this butcher on the Gloucester Road in bristol, business is ticking along, but hardly roaring away. After the soaring price rises ofjust over a year ago some customers are now seeing wages rise faster than prices, and the price of meat or
Thank you for coming and standing. Very nice, i appreciate youre just happy youre not on the east coast, is that what it is . [ laughter ] its freezing in a lot of the country. It is colder than melanias side of the bed on the east coast right now. [ laughter ] there is a winter storm the likes of which have not been seen since the last episode of game of thrones happening right now. Thousands of flights were canceled today. Thousands of homes are without power. All because of a phenomenon called bombogenesis, which happens to be my favorite phil collins cover laband. [ laughter ] must be some misunderstanding, they really kill it. I dont know how weve gone all this time without hearing bombogenesis, i think meteorologists are making words up to see if we notice. Parts of new england are said for colder than materials the planet. Boston is expected to get 18 inches of snow. The schools there were closed but football practice wasnt. This is what the new England Patriots, for real, had t