Radio, Bloomberg Television across this nation and worldwide, what you need to know. Moonshot. Let me get to it. Futures, the high for the day. Dow futures up 19 points. Nasdaq futures up 1. 7 . Forest thend ndard and poorest 500 friday, echoing a matter of it is when, not if. It doesnt matter when we get that fiscal stimulus. We will get the fiscal stimulus area that seems to be the message from so many people we speak to. Tom Jonathan Ferro already explaining some of his other properties to us here on our simulcast worldwide. Lisa abramowicz, the political story front and center. Do you link the political story to what we see in market activity . Lisa you certainly see that across wall street analyst reports, saying that joe biden solidifying his lead reduces the election. A contested the lack of uncertainty is what is giving people confidence to go ahead and get long equities and come up with this narrative, that theres going to be fiscal stimulus regardless of what happens. Tom wha
Jon ferro has been calling it. Guy we are monitoring the stimulus story beat by beat. Nancy pelosi will be talking around 14 minutes. We are going to get a sense at that point whether or not we are making progress. That could certainly be market moving. We will bring you those headlines as soon as we get them. Lisa the white house has been pushing for a largescale deal again, off again, on again. Wants alosi says she more comprehensive fiscal bailout as a result of the pandemic. Emily wilkins joins us now with the latest. Emily if anyone is confused about where things are with the stimulus deal, you are not alone area Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said yesterday he was feeling some with lash some whiplash with all of the backandforth we have seen this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is Still Holding out after months for a larger stimulus package. She and the white house negotiator, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, spoke by phone yesterday. It seems like there still could be
Both companies app stores. We will get into that. Check this one out. Joe biden calling for a nationwide mask mandate for all americans for three months, even if you are alone in the park. Then he takes no questions after announcing that plan. We will get into all of it for you and it is time for friday feedback which you still have time to send in your responses. Email us, varneyviewe varneyviewers foxbusiness. Com. We may read your email if you send it in now. An epic three hours ahead. David asman in for stuart varney. Varney company about to begin. David lets get a check of the markets and as you can see, the futures are down on the s p and the dow jones but up again on nasdaq. Meanwhile, its been 100 days since that march 23rd bear market low. Come in, ashley webster. Ash, we have seen a historic market reaction, a bounceback, right . Since hitting the lows on march 23rd . Ashley absolutely. Good morning to you. Since hitting those lows back in march, hundred day stretch going all
33 points and nasdaq is up 92 and the s p is up 8 points. Yesterday the dow industrials snapping a 4session winning streak with decline of the session with 135 points and nasdaq down 76 and s p lower by 11. Warning on china that i reported here first, attorney general bill barr calling out American Companies for caving into the pressure from beijing. Bombshell allegation, 15 employees of the Washington Redskins said they were harassed for years. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria in europe mixed moves, the ftse 100 is up 21 but cac quarante is down 15 and dax higher by 42. In asia overnight markets mostly higher with the exception of japan, nikkei average overnight down a third of a percent and the other fractionally moving across the board. Some of the top stories we are watching right now, John Hopkins University reporting over 77,000 new cases yesterday. 10,000 higher than the previous high. 969 deaths were also reported. Florida, South Carolina and texas all reporting the
Twitter shares fall after hours on an unprecedented hack on the accounts of prominent u. S. Figures, including elon musk and bill gate. Jack dorsey called it a tough day. Welcome. It may have been a tough day for twitter, but it is also shaping up to be a tough week for tech stocks in general. The nasdaq leadership we have seen falling back a little bit this week. Nonetheless, we did see a little bit of strength come through on the s p 500. Today, we are seeing a little bit more risk off sentiment across assets. Perhaps to do with concerns around the china data, particularly around the retail sales question. Asia, the screen and particularly in chinese equities. The 10year yield is steady. You are seeing the dollar steady after a couple days of weakness. Also perhaps the fact that we are seeing a little bit of softness in crude. It did close that a fourmonth high yesterday, shrugging off plans by opecplus to taper production curves. Lets get to the first word news now. Coronavirus case