Suit in multiple states to stop vote counting. Heres a look at where things stand that hour. In the race to the 270 electoral votes to win the white house, according to nbc, Vice President biden has 253, President Trump as 214 we continue to await results from five critical states, pennsylvania, north carolina, georgia, nevada, and michigan. President Trump Holding on to the lead it is continuing to narrow as mail ballots are being counted the pennsylvania secretary of state will have an update next hour in arizona, President Trump narrowed the gap but biden is holding on to a 68,000 vote lead were still awaiting several hundred thousand votes in maricopa county, the most populous and diverse area in the state. A new count there expected to come later tonight and in georgia, Vice President biden has significantly narrowed the gap which recently stood at about 18,000 votes and more than 60,000 votes Outstanding New numbers from democrat leaning Fulton County coming any munn a minute and
I want to take you live right now to the ups airport hub in atlanta, georgia, where you can see the crowds forming. At any moment, President Trump is expected to announce a new policy that he says will expedite and modernize the approval process for major Infrastructure Projects across the united states. Projects that often take years to complete, they take so long sometimes, Companies Just abandon their effort. We are going to take you straight to atlanta as soon as the president makes what could be a marketmoving remark. The bulls are still humming but they were singing at the top of their lungs earlier in the session. Dow jones industrials had spiked 428 points. Its up 129 right now. In the Early Morning move, there was very encouraging news out of moderna. Modernas experimental Covid Vaccine produced virusfighting antibodies but investors appear right now to say you know what, we still want the buy stocks but they see the rally as an opportunity maybe for a little sector rotation o
With Second Quarter volumes that may fall as much as 25 . Ap mollermaersk, the shipping company, said Second Quarter volumes will take a huge hit. You see a top german judge, one top german judge says the ecb is not the master of the universe and must be held accountable. This is Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron agreed to open the france germany border. U. S. Medical advisor Anthony Fauci ways in on the Market Sentiment, warning against reopening too soon. Stanley druckenmiller adds to the downbeat tone, saying the equity risk reward is the worst hes ever seen. Finally, a loss in the First Quarter. Putting aside one third of one billion euros for virus provisions. We speak with the chief Financial Officer between or lot in the next three minutes view minutes on the effect of the coronavirus. Ap mollermaersk, First Quarter revenue beating the estimate. 10 billion. 9. 57 billion in the First Quarter at maersk. The estimate was 9. 36 billion. The ceos who we are going to speak with momen
Continue to gradually reopen, auto plants are restarting some operations this morning and Homebuilder Confidence increasing as well ahead on todays show, President Trump host iing a rou b table with restaurant executives at t the white house this afternoon well speak with the ceo of restaurant brand, the Parent Company of burger king and pop eyes. Plus, billionaire entrepreneur and Restaurant Owner will join us to discuss whether people will actually come back to restaurants, casinos an sporting events hes got all three of those covered. Hooe also at that white house meeting. Lets focus in on the big stori were watching mike is tracking the big market rally. Meg has the latest on modernas vaccine progress Brian Sullivan watching the comeback for crude well tart off with the broaderr rally, mike, and what stands out to you obviously the market for months has been moving along this spectrum that goes from you know sooner and faster for a recovery to you know later and slower and right no
Here as well. Also want to point out some breaking news. Macys says their cfo paula price is going to leave the company. They are looking at an external search currently. Premarket withn the overall market. Exxon mobil also coming out, finally the last of the big majors to cut their capex. They see overall Capital Investments for this year about 23 billion. They saw up to 33 billion. They are also cutting operating expenses by about 15 . They are maintaining their longterm outlook. They say Capital Allocation priorities remain unchanged. The longest chunk of all these cuts are going to be spending in the permian basin. That is interesting. We heard something very similar with chevron, a little easier to shale. Ex within they are dealing with the fallout of the crisis. Watching those stocks as we head into the open. U. S. , as wellthe as the markets, but the collapse of the Small Business optimism i was just talking about. Gauge falling by 8. 18 points in march. Michael mckee joins us w