Couple of days over 8 if you are looking at five days. If you were expecting a quick pull back, you are not getting it s p futures are off by 8. 5 nasdaq off by 31 all three major averages have lost all three of the gains for 2020 so far. We have looked at treasury yields so far. If that goes up, a tick higher well take anything. It is hard to take the big drop when you have one day at 22 keeping things in perspective. Our top corporate story. Disney ceo bob iger is handing offer the keys to the Magic Kingdom immediately. Hes not going anywhere i have a theory this beautiful succession is so orderly it is weird that it comes down to, oh, im leaving today. I want to hear what you know and some of your water cooler scuttlebutt. And go wild. My son informed me yesterday, bob iger is stepping down. Replaced by bob chapek hes been there a long time. Head of the global parks unlike Nbc Universal hes not a content guy hes a parks guy we think of it differently at comcast. Parks are important
Its the little saint nick. Its the little saint nick. Just a little bob sled. We call it old saint nick. Lauren Christmas Tree shining bright. Welcome to fbn a. M. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, im cheryl casone. Lets take a look at money. It has been a big market day. Lauren new records on wall street, despite boeing shaving 100 points off the dow. All three major averages closing in record territory, the dow hitting the 16th record close of the year, gaining 10,000 points since President Trumps election. Cheryl with apple and microsoft hitting alltime highs, weve got a mixed bag today. Dow is down by 32, s p only down by 1 andahalf and nasdaq still higher. Remember, yeartodate the dow is up 21 , nasdaq up 32 yeartodate. It has been a great year for markets. Lauren and in asia, rally mode yesterday. Optimism on the trade deal helping the shanghai composite in particular, up 1 and a quarter percent. Cheryl chinas economy looking kind of strong. The brexit cloud is lifting. L
The National Security commission on Artificial Intelligence conference. We hear from the chief Technology Officer for the u. S. And talks about the importance of Artificial Intelligence and some of the potential pitfalls. We will resume so that everyone can get over to the alcohol as soon as possible after mac i should note since this is being filmed that that alcohol was not purchased with Government Funds but instead was the funds of a Catholic University so you know its an open bar. [laughter] we are really honored to close out the day with one of my heroes, chief Technology Officer of the United States and i want to go over a few of the things that michael has achieved in the last month. I use as my . In the last six months i think i watched half a season of breaking bad and then got antsy and read the rest of the plot summaries on wikipedia. Here is what michael has achieved in the last several months. Ai executive order in february and in may the oa cd ai principles and in june t
Slowing economy. Joining us for the hour, stephanie link great to have you. What do you make of this market right now . I have fatigue over trade i really do. Its impossible every day it changes. So im trying to ignore it and focus on fundamentals. Today i thought we got some good data on the economy. The philly fed better than expected vince were better than expected meaning he they went own maybe were bottoming. Lets see the flash pmis tomorrow existing home sales up 5 yearoveryear good consumer, lets talk retail earnings have been very good Minus Department stores and some one office. I think that bodes very well for the consumer fatigue over trade but excitement over m and a. Very much so. Im still excited by trade. Im more excited about bristolmyers closed earlier than expected. Thats a great story for 2020. So theres a lot underneath the surface to this market of whats going on and thats what im trying to focus on versus trade. Lets get straight to that big story, the potential c
Listen live on the free cspan radio app. Next, Public Health officials look at efforts to improve flu vaccines and have developed eight universal vaccine this Committee Hearing is about two and half hours. This hearing will come to order and without objection the chair has authorized to play recess at any time. Lets me say good morning and welcome to our witnesses t. Todays hearing on vaccine, science and innovation, smallest box smallpox once plagued the worlds population killing approximately 300 Million People the 20th century alone it. Smallpox is the only human disease to be eradicated thanks to the development of the vaccine. Another devastating disease, polio, had just 33 cases reported worldwide in 2018 compared to 350,000 cases in 1988. Everyday vaccines save lives especiallyly the lives of childn and other vulnerable population. There is no such thing as healthy skepticism when it comes to vaccines. Unfortunately, theres a wellfunded Disinformation Campaign targeting the publ