i'm matt miller with amanda lang.ident biden announced an ambitious goal yesterday, signing an executive order that would have half of all vehicles sold in the usb admissions for you by 2030. president biden: the future of the automobile industry that is electric. battery electric, plug-in electric, fuel cell electric. it is electric and there is no turning back. matt: for more on the future of ev's, henrik fisker joins us, ceo of fisker, famed car designer at bmw, aston martin. thanks for joining us. what do you think of the possibility? you know firsthand how difficult it can be to sell these vehicles. can we meet the goal? henrik: absolutely. i think we will reach 50% of electric vehicles by 2030, in fact, it could be more. the difference is, it will not be the same players that have the same markets that they have today. i think a company like us, fisker, we will have a large part of that market share. we are coming out with vehicles that are frankly lower-priced and even some of the cars coming out from the big t

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i'm kailey leinz with amanda lang.in moving closer to passing the $550 billion infrastructure package. one company that stands to benefit from the bill is siemens. chairman and ceo barbara humpton is with us now. where do you think the biggest boom will be for your business? barbara: we are involved in so many aspects of american infrastructure. we are excited that so many of the initiatives we are interested in, including public transit getting ramped up, getting electric vehicle charging with the american jobs act, all of these things are great opportunities for the many men and women at siemens. amanda: one of the places that you could benefit, arguably, barbara, and infrastructure bill should focus because it is so ideal to spend, is on the energy grid, transmission. what would you hope to see, what with the bill due specifically to empower the grid for the future? barbara: some of the things we are looking for in the grid have to do with the transmission and then the distribution network. we have so many buildings

. ♪ amanda: i'm amanda lang. welcome to bloomberg markets. matt: i'm matt miller.ome our bloomberg and bnn bloomberg audiences. here are the top stories we are following for you from around the world. in a few minutes, we will speak to howard marks, cofounder of oaktree capital. erik schatzker will lead that interview. plus, more on robinhood, as the treating app drops following an 80% surge yesterday. and we discuss the state of the wedding industry as the delta variant poses new threats to its come back. timothy chi of knot worldwide joins us. i am supposed to get married in valencia, october 1. i am starting to get a little bit nervous. amanda: i hope supposed to becomess will get married in october. of course, covid is still a factor. a willingness to look at earnings has stocks across america in positive territory, led by energy in the s&p 500. in terms of heavyweight groups, faang stocks, consumer discretionary moving higher. the big weak spot is health care. you can blame cigna and cardinal, and their results. cigna was down 11%, as the effects of covid hit

amanda lang in toronto, kailey leinz in new york.omberg. ♪ announcer: the most crucial moments in the trading day, this is "bloomberg markets: the close." ♪ caroline: we are live from bloomberg world headquarters. romaine bostick i am romaine bostick -- romaine: i am romaine bostick. caroline: the all-important inflation data coming in showing moderation in july prices still rising, but a slower pace than june. that moderation was enough for the markets. u.s. stocks hit a record. the dow at all-time highs. nasdaq 100 declining. big tech on the downside. treasuries extending their again after the 10 year auction met slum demand. lieutenant governor katie -- kathy hochul expect it to speak for the first time since

for amanda lang, i'm matt miller.berg. ♪ mike: the number of americans dying from covid-19 is on the rise, the highest since march. more than 24,000 deaths, according to data compiled by johns hopkins university and bloomberg. confirmed cases 3.8 million, the highest since january. analysts start assessing the data from one of the most powerful storms to strike louisiana and the gulf coast. wells fargo analysts say it could be as high as $20 billion. another call it a good start. still evacuating people out of afghanistan. a tuesday deadline lose -- looms. the u.n. plans on taking up a

. ♪ amanda: this is bloomberg markets, i'm amanda lange.watching a wave of delta various cases across the u.s.. the focus has still been on vaccines. one company is working on a treatment, its ceo, dr. jonathan javid is with us now. thanks for being with us. let's start with what your treatment is and where you are with it. >> thanks, amanda. we are developing a treatment, also just last month we were outside the government of israel. we are working on both sides. amanda: does the delta variant change and you treat the virus? >> it changes everything. the most important thing, that the vaccines will give us herd immunity. just coming into this building though, i had to get covid tested. the fourth time i have been covid tested this week. our whole life has changed because we don't have effective vaccines right now. that is why it is so important to have treatments to rescue the people who develop covid respiratory failure and wind up in the icu despite vaccines. amanda: of course, unfortunately we might find this is a virus that is here for