Next hour ill speak to the ceo of Johnson Johnson, on the companys earnings and news of the halt in vaccine trials after one participant became sick, helping to drag futures this morning. Take a look at markets, the dow industrials are down 133 points, the nasdaq is holding onto gains, up 97 points right now fo. The s p 500 is down 6 and a quarter points. Yesterday, Big Technology led a big rally and at the close the dow was up 250 points, the nasdaq up 296, almost two and two thirds percent on the nasdaq, the s p 500 yesterday up 57 points at 4 00 on wall street. Amazons prime day kicking off today, how the shopping giant can expect some stiff competition from other retailers this time around. High expectations, apple is unveiling its 5g ready iphone 12 today, everything you need to know before the big event, mornings with maria is live right now. European markets are flat this morning. Take a look, fq100 down 23, cac down 19, dax index in germany lower by 53 points. Retail sales in t
We will begin, though, this morning with of course stocks, futures indicate an additional testing of that 3220 level on the s p. Were also talking about the possibility, however remote it might seem, of a relief package coming out of congress,given some conversation, jim, between secretary mnuchin and Speaker Pelosi do you think there is a chance i know that they both care passionately about Small Business if you look at the testimony yesterday by secretary mnuchin, he mentioned restaurants a couple of times. Thats where the yelp numbers that we get, yelp yikes is our vc, where the real damage s youre starting to talk about 50 of the bars and nightlife being closed in this country, thats way too big and i think that the secretary is really alluding to that david, do i think there will be a deal i think there is a sense that both sides feel a deal is bad for them, in other words, if they give if theres a stalemate, they will somehow do better at the election i dont think thats true, but
Famine market ive ever seen either the world is ending or everything is going to be just fine. House of pleasure no middle ground. Problem is, thats a terrible way to invest. Have to try to keep a level head, not too negative, not too positive thats how you handle days like today where the average is up and down, big before covering, not only gaining 158 points. S p climbing. 83 . The nasdaq jumping 1. 43 down so horribly, wow, let me break it down for you. This morning at 4 00 a. M. This market looks horrendous. Down a thousand points why . Nobody really knows. We heard it was because of covid spikes and outbreak in china i was watching the tape and it was all about the same, the big declines in royal caribbean, norwegian cruise, carnival, apache, united, continental, southwest, kohls, everything got crushed last week, everything that always trades before the market opens. Why dont we call them unusual suspects thats the new playbook for all the novice investors who crowded into the m
Publications including the american scholar, the american short fiction, the atlantic monthly, new republic, the smithsonian, the Washington Post magazine, and the wilson quarterly. And opinions and book review pages of the boston globe. The New York Times, u. S. Today in the Washington Post. He lives in virginia. Please give a warm welcome to robert wilson. [applause]. [background sounds]. Thank you ce that introduction. I am hoping your app works a lot better than the app for the iowa caucuses. [laughter]. I trust it will. You can probably actually test it. Thanks to all of you for coming this morning on this cold morning. It is very pleasant to see so many of you here. Very pleasant to see cspan here. I dont think cspan for all of the done to support book culture in america. I am attempt to say that normally what remains of the culture in america but on a day like today, its very easy to be optimistic about the state of books. I love being in savannah. My wife martha and i come here
Enjoy book tv, now it over the weekend on cspan2 read. Robert wilson is with us today courtesy of paul and heather hamilton. He is the author of Matthew Brady, portraits of the nation and explore king a biography of clarence kane. He is the editor of the american scholar, a former editor of preservation and the founding literary editor of civilization a farmer book editor empowers we use today in the editor of the Washington Post book world. His essays reviews infections have appeared in numerous publications including american scholar, the american short fiction, the atlantic monthly,ti the new republic, the smithsonian, the Washington Post magazine, and the wilsonn quarterly. And on the opinion and book review of the boston globe three times, yesterday, and the Washington Post. He lives in virginia please give a warm savannah welcome to robert wilson. [applause]. Robert thank you chris, i appreciate that introduction. I hope your app works a lot better than the one done for the iowa