Good morning welcome to squawk box. Im becky quick along with yoe kernen and mike santoli. Andrew is off today. Well start things off with the stock futures after some positive vaccine news drove the dow and s p 500 to record highs. Dow giving back some of that ground, down by about 100 point, but remember how far they have marched for the last three weeks. S p is indicated down by about 14 points and then the nasdaq is indicated up by about 12 points. We do have some breaking news from amazon and better that coocoo Bertha Coombs ohas that story they are launching a full Online Pharmacy building on its acquisition of pill pack the new pharmacy is innetwork with major insurers and medicare and patients can pay for their prescription copays with funds from their Health Savings accounts just like they were at any pharmacy and they can confer with pharmacists online or over the phone about their prescriptions. Prime members get free two day shipping, patients who needs meds right away with
Youre here. Good to be here. Im laura garcia. Well get to mike and that morning commute in just a little bit, but lets talk about the forecast. Meteorologist kari hall, how are we looking . Were looking foggy right now in San Francisco but the good thing is that it wont be foggy all day long. Like we saw yesterday. So, if youre about to head out the door for that commute and were looking at clayton going from the east bay and were going to see our temperatures in the mid 50s with clouds this morning and nice, cool start and breezy winds and well see sunshine later on this morning. Well get a look at all of our microclimates coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the drive right now . Well, im tracking the headlights right now, kari. Its dark out there and also typically we have easy drive on the maps. You see green all around except for a couple spots. I circled the crash approaching 84 and i think its a little further down because you see a little slowing as you approach where it says
They come in. I want to thank you for joining our midday show. And im marcus washington. Now, our other top story for you this morning. Tens of thousands of workers are cross the bay area and country for that matter are walking off the job for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Thats how long a Police Officer kneeled on George Floyds neck before he died. Todays protests, taking a stance opposing systemic racism. Nbc bay areas Cierra Johnson is live for us in Mosswood Park in oakland. Whats happening there . Reporter yeah. This rally really just kicked on of a few minutes ago. But folks have been making their way here for about the last hour. This rally is part of a Larger Movement thats taking place in as many as 25 cities across the country today. Organizers expect tens of thousands of everyday workers nationwide like fast food workers, rideshare drivers to walk off the job to make a statement about ongoing cases of Police Brutality and the presence of systemic racism. National organizers
Forecast on this thursday. Mary, you have my attention. We are in the 90s . Oh, my goodness. We are really going to heat up through the afternoon, especially inland. Daytime highs for all of us are about 10 to 15 degrees above average for this time of year. I will tell you what you can expect coming up at here is a look with our Treasure Island camera with clear skies. The temperatures are running in the 40s and 50s as we start off our day. You can expect 76 in San Francisco, 87 for san jose and 91 degrees for concord. I will have more on what you can expect in your neighborhood coming up in just a bit but now lets check in with gianna with a look at traffic. Taking a look at roadways, 101 and the north bay, they are good in both directions. There are reports of an accident near east washington. A couple cars are tangled up but it looks like everything is over on the shoulder. Hopefully nothing is blocked out. Everywhere else is moving okay. More than 281 and others are okay. No delays
Us from the coronavirus and the Supreme Court gets caught with its pants down. Welcome to the daily distancing show. Trevor you know, there are many great rays out there, ray romano, ray donovan, ray romano did i say that one already . But out of all the rays, the one ray we need most now is a ray of sunshine. Lets kick it off in amsterdam, capital of the netherlands and if hot boxing was a city, like many places around the world, theyre slowly starting to reopen as the pandemic subsides. One dutch restaurants gives us a glimpse of what our postcorona world might look like. A dutch restaurant is testing out a unique concept that follows social distancing guidelines. It is a small glass pod designed to fit up to three diners. The food is passed through the safe door from the safe distance and only people who live in the same house can share the space. The eatery in amsterdam has built five glass pods. Theyre quite popular. The pods are booked through next month. Trevor this dutch restau