Party, the one that elected the worlds most infamous Internet Bully as commander in chief. And now theyre atop the smoldering heap of the once grand old party. And Marjorie Taylor greene, just one day after being voted to kick her off of two committees, she had a Press Conference with no contrition. Instead, she said she had been freed. So if i was on the committee, i would be wasting my time. Because my conservative values wouldnt be heard, and neither would my districts. It would be a waste of my time. She says now with no committee business, she has plenty of time on her hands. Which would seem to be the opposite of why her constituents voted for her. But she said hes only in it for the trolling anyway. Which prompted Adam Kinzinger to note, this is why i voted yes. She just has a huge desire to be famous. And shes right. Kinsinger is just one of 11 house members who voted to strip greene of her assignments, and also to impeach the animated troll doll who was in the white house. And
Tonight, the White House Coronavirus Task Force Says the spread of the virus is aggressive, unrelenting, and aggressive, unr expanding nationwide. In a series of private reports obtained by cbs news, the president s advisers warn not enough is being done to stop it. As we come on the air tonight, one out of every 10 americans now being tested for covid19 has it, and in many cities, just getting a test takes hours. Hospitals say they are now on the brink, treating 73,000 coronavirus patients tonight. That is a sobering new record. And with the situation now at a breaking point, more states and cities are cracking down, issuing new restrictions as new infections skyrocket. Rocket. Governor has just issued ohios governor has just issued a threeweek, statewide curfew. A threeweek, sta few. And north dakota are iowa and mandating masks. And in new orleans, the famed mardi gras parades are already being canceled tonight,three months before theyre set to start. Still, the nations top Infectio
And the big week around retail rolls on, but are there any stocks out there still worth opening in the reopening trade we have some names for you on this wednesday, november 18, and this is Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc the band subject of a little online debate that i was posting last night to my instagram good morning, good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world that you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan and good wednesday morning hopefully you wont need a remedy today here is how your money and the Global Markets are setting up their wednesday. Stock futures are now higher across the board small gains, yeah, but they are gains none the less. Dow futures up 64 right now. It was a mostly lower session yesterday, all the major indexes breaking two session win streaks. Hey, you cant blame the market maybe for pausing in what has been a huge surge in one of the best starts to a month in decades. In a note out on the market technicals from the spoke, the
It is winding down in the south bay, and over the santa cruz mountains. Whats left of the storm ranks one on the abc 7 storm impact scale. So more scattered showers are possible this evening. Its already a wet commute and thats continuing, and there will be at times gusty winds. Here is the forecast animation. You can see after about 8 30 or so tonight, this will be just about over except for some spotty sprinkles and then well have skies clearing or partially clearing overnight giving way to a sunny weekend. Meanwhile in the sierra, it is still snowing. Winter weather advisory in effect until 10 00 tonight. We expect one to five inches of snow and higher peaks and travel will be difficult there. Meanwhile, ill have the sevenday forecast for sunnier skies and warmer weather coming up a little bit later, dan and ama . Very good. You can see the same live doppler 7 spencer uses by downloading the app. You see spencers smiling face there. It will come in handy. Well, if it feels like coro
Good wednesday morning welcome to squawk alley. Im Caro Quintanilla with jon fortt. Deirdre is with us for the hour. Nasdaq is trying to come back after a couple of days of losses as we turn our attention once again to covid levels in the United States. Were going to start the hour, though, with alibaba, a big drop for the stock despite these new sales records on this singles day. Hi, eunice hey, carl live streamers in china are wrapping up whats been a very long day pitching to Chinese Consumers and it seems as though the efforts have paid off. For alibaba, the value of the orders that crossed the site have just come in at just shy of a 500 billion, about 75 billion u. S. Dollars these numbers cap an extended 11day campaign thats a little different this time around not the usual 24hour singles day shopping extravaganza. There were some interesting trends that we saw that were generally pandemic related, where consumers were looking to buy goods that they probably would be buying if th