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gerri willis has more on this amazing new trend. gerri? reporter: that's right, charles.o stocks. think gen-z, millenial. they're putting down the videogame controller, and opening brokerage accounts, changing the name of investing. listen. >> i'm currently 16 years old. i started when i was 15 last year. my portfolio has done pretty well. i have had my good share of losses but i managed to make, considerable gains i would say. just, up until this coronavirus virus. reporter: as he said, matthew is just 16 but one former goldman sachs partner recently tweeted that his 10-year-old couldn't find anybody to play "fortnite" with because they're guess what, trading stocks. brokerages are benefiting robin hood which inspired main line brokerages to go commission-free. added more than 3 million accounts in 2020. it has a total of 13 million accounts. the median age of account holders at robin hood? just 31. why the interests. professional sports are on hold because of covid-19. the markets incredible volatility is the best show in town. the movement has its own unofficial spokes

gerri willis looking into all this and joins us with more now, gerri?that's right, the food samples are back. not like you remember them. they have been reconfigured for the era of covid-19. there is no more self-serve. no more free-for-all, no more elbow banging. instead costco rolling out prepackaged items kept behind plexiglass shields, we're familiar with that and dished out by servers. cvs heading set of up sampling station said this, we're using demos to look at new procedures, how to have effective social distancing and tack talking food demos where we talk about product uses and features. not everything is continued as usual. sheet cakes no longer available at costco because of the cancellation of big events, like weddings, graduation parties. even without the sheet cakes costco serves up an amazing array of products for sale as you were saying like cars. costco auto program sold 600,000 cars last year. more than the largest dealership groups. the price is typically 1100 or $1200 below the transaction price. the idea, serve customers who want to

i agree with everything gerry just said. but if you look at the newspaper and the growth of the virus and how many in each state and country, normally the cdc would do that. they could not get their act together on that so johns hopkins university is doing it. the congressman made mention about testing. i am worried about making sure we will do the virus -- i mean the vaccination in a smart way. a friday afternoon, a big headache, 8% of virginia is latino but 50% of our cases are group and only 1% of the of people in the vaccination trial are latino. racism, about systemic and that is not all cdc's responsibility, but they should be probing the drug companies to say this is hitting brown people -- let's make sure they are in the testing trial. when will look back, and this will not be all cdc's fold, but there will be books written about how this administration screwed up on ppp, state versus -- ppe, when we had state versus state and hospital versus hospital, why we didn't take the test back in january south korea and other

gerri willis with more on that.o show you the trailer for tenant , do we have it? i suppose not. it's a thriller that has all of the ingredients to be a summer blockbuster there it is. i hear it in my ear. a respected director christopher noland and actors john david washington and robert patterson and a heavyweight studio. and the good news starting today , movie production and movie theaters allowed to reopen in california, after 13 weeks due to covid-19, and notable in other parts of the country the industry has not reopened. now, the stakes for tenant director noland in the industry could not be higher. listen. >> it's an innovative original concept sort of time travel thriller and he's convinced that this is the film that we'll sort of have the public and get them out of quarantine into theaters. gerri: but it also impacts la county, where the movie business is the third largest industry employing 5,000 small mom and pop businesses and 260,000 people and the losses to the industry globally is $5 billion, but li

gerri, thank you very much.want to bring up with jonathan hoenig, big chicago fan, big chicago guy. i don't want to hit you broadside with something here but we are learning from the chicago tribune that chicago has announced it is canceling a number of special events, i guess all summer through labor day, including the taste of chicago, the air and water show, the chicago jazz festival. so that's pretty much the whole summer. what do you think of that? >> yeah, it really is. in chicago, despite oftentimes a pretty sordid reputation, sometimes undeservedly, has a wonderful reputation for exactly what you are describing, those very packed, very busy, very active summertime events that draw in many cases the air and water show, a million plus people to that lakefront. that's going to have a follow-on effect surely on the local economy. lot of businesses who rely on that element of tourism and even local attention. but i have to say, i have to imagine among local leaders there's two factors at play here. one of whi

gerri willis joins us live with the details. gerri: melissa that's right.did stop classes, now the big question is what's going to happen to those classes in the fall? guess what? it's all still up in the air. new jersey for example, doesn't announce until next week. if you're in new york don't expect concrete plans until august and individual schools have all of july to submit their reopening plans to the state department of education. and in cities and counties across the country, school administrators are struggling to make both parents and teachers unions happy, and in fairfax county outside of d.c. there are three options all from virtual learning to in-person learning two days a week and in chicago officials developing a draft plan to open september 8 so any final rollout would depend on illinois' staged reopening and there is a lot to think about. california's board of education this month releasing a detailed 55 page list of guidelines for school boards to meet before opening for classes. everything from training staff and hand washing to making sur

a spokesman for madeleine's parents, kate and gerry mccann, said they believe the development could beke reports. all those possible sightings. all those new leads. and all those false dawns. now, after 13 years, the most significant development in the case of madeline mccann. today in germany, police said they had a new suspect, and that they believed madeline had been murdered. translation: we are assuming that the girl is dead, and the suspect, we are talking about a multiple sexual predator who has already been convicted of crimes against little girls, and is serving a long sentence. last night on the german version of crimewatch, it was revealed that mobile phone records placed the now 43—year—old suspect in the area where the mccanns were staying. he took a call an hour before madeline disappeared. under german privacy laws, he is being referred to only as a christian b, but we know the convicted child sex attacker lived in portugal for over a decade, and is thought to have burgled hotels and holiday apartments. officers have released photos of this volkswagen camper van he used

second, i also met kate and gerry mccann. at the time madeline mccann went missing.ere to blame and our heart should go out to blame and our heart should go out to them. this gentleman was first named in 2013 and in 2017. there we re named in 2013 and in 2017. there were suspicions around this individual. we have had so many false hopes and so many sightings, suspects. it brings it up for them and it is a difficult time for them and it is a difficult time for them and we should not forget that. in 2007, at the beginning, there was enormous sympathy for them as a family across the board. but, you andi family across the board. but, you and i and others will remember how in some quarters, that mood changed. again, a very difficult time for them. i think it changed because they were trying to get publicity to help find their daughter. they somehow seemed almost too sophisticated and too professional for a couple going through what they were. but they are two doctors, bright individuals, and they realised publicity would bring. and they did a tenth anniversary broadcast a

good reporting on that, gerri, i know you will stay on top of it.ry a lot of people will care a lot about. let's talk more about the reopening. we've been talking about throughout the show on the market sliding because of some fears in states like florida, texas where cases are going up. i will report out we're way off the lows of the session after being down more than 760 points earlier, just 83 right now. to the ceo of main events, chris morris entertainment venue where i think business, it's back up and running, right? chris, i saw somewhere where your sales numbers at least in one of your locations are back to pre-virus levels, is that right? not sure if chris hears us at the main event. either that or he is just ignoring that question there. i don't think -- >> i'm assuming you can hear me. connell: just one ever though those days. yes we can hear you. one of those days with the gremlins on the technical side. we'll try to get back to chris. main event is type of dave and buster's type of place, people want to get out to place like this. they w

he told us how madeleine's parents, kate and gerry, had reacted to the news.ord can tell us more. daniel, daniel sandford can tell us more. in terms of a bre you daniel, in terms of a breakthrough, you almost feel tentative when you think about how long this has been going on, this search for madeleine mccann and various threads that have come through over the years. yes, there have been many, many disappointments over the years, false sightings, other possible suspects, but a senior detective here involved in the investigation described this as a significant moment and i think it is a breakthrough moment. of course, it can also again ended in disappointment. it is possible that evidence that seems certain becomes less certain, there can be many more bumps on the road but, at this point in time, there is a man who is already in prison, so it doesn't have to be tracked down, in germany. he isa have to be tracked down, in germany. he is a man whose mobile phone was used in praia da luzjust an hour before madeleine mccann went missing. he is a man who registered

well people across japan it got a treat last night with multiple fireworks shows to lift the mood gerry mccrone a virus locked out this was the view it in tokyo one of the many displays throughout the country. the locations where secret to stop people from gathering at the launch sites but people were still able to watch from windows or balconies. organizers said they wanted to bring light to the skies during these dark times. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you thousands have been taking part in peaceful protests in new york city and there has extended a nighttime curfew after a night of violence and looting during anti-racist protests demonstrations kicked off across the u.s. last week for police in the city of minneapolis kills a black man in custody. you're watching news from berlin and thanks so much for watching and we'll see you at. the door. what do they dream of at night. is cleaners they see the face of. their job since room for the social media industry. there are thousands of so-called content monitors to forging a script terrifying images from hong.

gerri willis is following all of that. gerri? gerri: hey, neil, that's right.ct colleges and universities across the country from lawsuits stemming from covid-19 cases is expected from republican leadership on capitol hill, but i have reached out to several law makers today and we are now being told a timeline on such a bill which would also include protections for businesses, is up in the air. in a statement, senator john cornyn telling me leader mcconnell and i and others are working on a proposal that would put common sense reforms in place to protect those acting in good faith from being sued into oblivion. now, without such protections, many schools have been reluctant to open for in-class instruction, as you said. harvard's medical divinity, education and law schools have announced plans for courses to be online this fall. other colleges are planning shortened periods of in-person instruction. michigan state, virginia polytechnic and miami university of ohio, planning a fall semester that either ends or goes online by thanksgiving. despite the planning, m

gerri, thank you so much.banner day on wall street, connell, where we really saw stocks go through the roof, up almost 3,000 points. -- 1,000 points. closing off session highs after we saw some really great jobs numbers, yeah? connell: that jobs report surprised just about everybody this morning, expecting to lose millions of jobs, instead adding millions of jobs. you get that kind of a positive surprise, your going to have a pretty good friday on wall street. so after being up 1,000 points, we will still take 829 on the dow because that's more than 3%. talking about these company being stolen from, new york's reopening, melissa, as you know on monday. we're going to be at a turn store in the bronx -- furniture store in the bronx that was looted last week, so we'll see you from there on monday. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. this is a hallelujah day. it is, in fact, the day that changes everything. the greatest economic comeback in american history may have begun. how do i know that? well, just take a look

gerri willis, thank you, good to see you.erything that's been going on in the country over the past few months, it's been a very difficult stretch for so many people. here was some advice for folks who are feeling discouraged, ainsley earhardt, i feel like i haven't seen you in so long, but now i can see you at least face-to-face. congratulations on the paperback version. tell me when you hear from people about how stressed they are, we've got several crises all at once. economic crisis and now we are dealing with racial strikes again in the country. what do you advise people to do? >> one of the silver linings and all of this in the ladies that i read my bible study we have been commenting on, we are doing church in our pajamas and we are able to watch last sunday because i was feeling that heaviness and i was listening to a guy who is the pastor of the lower manhattan church, and his message was beautiful. he said he talked to a minister in harlem and said what are you going to preach with all of this racial divide in our c

gerri willis is live with the details. i cannot wait to hear this, gerri.ughter] >> reporter: so tenant, the spy thriller, here is the trailer. listen. ♪ ♪ >> not everybody does. >> all the ingredients to be a summer blockbuster, a respected director, christopher nolan of black knight and dunkirk fame, robert pattenson and a heavy weight studio. movie production and movie theaters allowed to reopen in california after 13 weeks in mothballs due to covid-19. the stakes for the director and the industry could not be higher. listen. >> innovative, original concept, sort of time travel thriller, and he's convinced that this is the film that will sort of get them out of quarantine into theaters. >> reporter: but it also, in fact, l.a. county where the movie business is is the third biggest industry employing 5,000 small mom and pop businesses and 2,000 -- pardon me, 26,000 people. the losses to the global industry about $5 billion. but life in the industry for movie fans will be very different. movie theater chains warning of possible bankruptcy, expecting to spr

. ♪ ♪ gerry: welcome to the "wall street journal at large."ggeration to say that america itself has changed perhaps irreversibly in these last two weeks. the death of george floyd at the hands of a white police officer has unleashed more than just protest and unrest in this country. it's been seized on by radical political forces aided by many in the democrat party as an opportunity for nothing less than a political revolution. now, while mr. floyd's revolts every decent person, the main charge behind much of the

wants and we know that the palestinians refuse to engage with the peace process what was unveiled by gerry cousteau because they didn't believe they'd been consulted anough at the time of the move of the embassy to jerusalem many people predicted that there would be widespread violence across the middle east in the end there wasn't as much had been predicted that almost led the white house to believe that there was to use an open. little quote from another time in another place an acceptable level of violence and in fact in the days afterwards they suggested that things hadn't been as bad as expected so really they don't see much of a downside by giving the israelis the go ahead particularly and in election year when donald trump has touted his ties to israel so strongly particularly with evangelical voters on his there as alan fischer reporting live from the white house in washington many thanks indeed and let's bring in our 0 senior political analyst my one bashara who's with us via skype now one you have been able to see me but i've been able to see you for much of the last hour been wa

gerri. i don't hear her. i don't hear her. we're going to come back to gerri in a moment.hile she fixes her microphone. gerri willis will be back with us. you have to expect, dagen mcdowell, that you're going to see these products that were stolen, all of these break-ins across madison avenue, throughout new york and across the country, you're going to see these pros somewher products sor sale. dagen: potentially, based on just anecdotal information, some of the looting that was going on here in new york city, say the robbery of these very high end stores down in soho, if you watched what was going on even on videotape, it seemed to be very organized and well-choreographed crime. i know initially that a lot of the people who were arrested here in new york city came from out-of-state, massachusetts, connecticut, pennsylvania new jeenewjersey. so potentially the feds need to get in here and track these organized -- these organizers across state lines, track the money, track the assets. because it does appear as if it was organized crime of some sort. and these robberies have

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