The securities and Exchange Commission focusing on disclosure. We will get into it. 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Chairman jay is here live. We will talk about it. Isaias leaving millions without power, the deadly storm causing disruption across the east coast. Did you lose power . Novaxx with trial, research and Development President gregory glen is here to walk us through the progress. Markets this morning look like this. Indications are for pretty good rally at the start of trading. Futures indicating gain 200 points right out of the gate. Dow industrials up 198 and nasdaq up 1. The momentum continues. Up 38 points yesterday, the dow up 164 at the close yesterday and the s p up 11. Gold committerring glittering. Take a look. Up and a 3 quarters percent. 2020 voting in focus. Battle intensify over mailin ballots, the campaign sue it is state of nevada. Plus some of you may have heard but i have a very special announcement later this morning. Stick around, big announcement coming up. Mornings w
Yesterday down 86 points at 4 00 oclock on wall street. More help for Small Businesses and hospitals on the way. The senate did pass the 484 billiondollar coronavirus aid deal last night. House is expected to vote on this tomorrow. Meanwhile the white house is looking ahead to additional stimulus packages. We will talk about that. President trump to sign executive order today temporarily banning immigration to protect american jobs. The cdc meanwhile is out with a dire warning this morning saying there could be a second wave of coronavirus and might be even worse than what we are dealing with right now. That coming in the fall. More people stuck at home turn to streaming. Adding 16 million subscribers but warned that the level of growth probably will not continue as lockdown across the globe start easing up. The stock is down 188. More earnings on top this morning including at t and Delta Airlines, all that coming up. Mornings with maria live right now. Maria Global Markets look like t
Currency, shareholders protections and climate related financial disclosures. This is an hour and a half. Today we will receive testimony from the securities and Exchange Commission jay clayton regarding the work and agenda of the sec. I thank you for your willingness to appear before the committee today, mr. Clayton, your willingness to testify is essential to our oversight of the sec. The mission of the sec is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly and efficient markets and facilitate capital formation. It plays a Critical Role in ensuring that our nation has Capital Markets that the public can have confidence and trust in and for investors as americans prepare for their futures they may not only have a wide variety of financial opportunities, but they also have the information necessary to make informed investment decisions. Chairman clayton, you came before this committee a year ago and assured us that you would continue to take steps to ensure that the u. S. Capitol markets
Correspondent, and Josh Lederman is an Nbc News National Political reporter live at the white house. Pete, what more can you tell us about this announcement . Reporter this has been a rapidly unfolding thing over the past 12 hours. What happened is last night the attorney general announced in a press release that the person who is now the chairman of the securities and Exchange Commission jay clayton would be taking over the job of u. S. Attorney in manhattan, and Geoffrey Berman was stepping down in two weeks. That immediately produced a blistering reply from berman who said, oh, no, im not. Im not going anywhere. I have no intention of resigning. I havent resigned and i will stay in this job until my successor is confirmed by the senate because, he says, he was appointed by a court. So what happened is normally the president of the attorney general under certain circumstances can appoint a u. S. Attorney and if theres a vacancy for a certain amount of time, a court can appoint a u. S