carnival has 25 and royal caribbean has about $20 billion of debt. same situation, debt laden they do have some bookings projecting out to 2021 and 2022. >> the recent downgrade and now the upgrade, they're saying because the deadline is the end of this month and they're expecting the cdc will extend that, but will say positive things about the guidelines et cetera this sounds sort of like a tactical call because it's this near term upside from the cdc. grasso, what would you say >> i do believe in that tactical call when you look at it on royal caribbean up 50, current sale is around 64. they have the price target for 68 or so i do think you can start to dabble in these. they have this healthy sail panel. if they're going to be testing people before you get on and taking less excursions and maybe testing people in the middle of the cruise as well, there's a lot of people who love to cruise so i think you can probably nibble you don't have to bite, but i think it's okay to start nibbling on this i agree with bonawyn none of us can predict what covid

we'll talk to ceos of royal caribbean and norwegian. >>> as the uk deals now with an influx of coronavirus cases, worries of a second wave here in the u.s. are growing billionaire tilman will tell us how he is preparing. what he's telling his teams for what could be a cold winter for the economy. "power lunch" starts right now >>> day after the huge sell off, stocks have turned higher this afternoon as they try to avoid a fifth straight day of losses the s&p and nasdaq are at session highs right now. let's go to bob for more on these markets. bob. >> chop it around a little bit i listened to the powell-mnuchin testimony. i didn't see any narrative around fiscal or monetary policy stay at home stocks are back there's this narrative if we get more break outs in the u.s. like we got if europe, they will be ben faeficiarie beneficiaries. all these stay at home names are doing well amazon is having great day not so the banks second day in a row they are getting clobbered. some of the banks are down 7, 8, 9% in two days this is another serious down trend in the banks the big thing i'm worried ab

royal caribbean suspending all sailing from australia and new zealand through december 31st. uk based p & o line canceling all of its caribbean cruises for the rest of the year, with other carnival voyages from the u.s. now offline through late next spring. the company also planning to sell 18 of its ships. carnival is down 2.25%. royal caribbean down 2%. >>> up next, booking holdings ceo is here on the ripple effects of these travel cancellation waves when "the claman countdown" returns. don't go away. gives us confidence. yeah, they help us with achievable steps along the way... ...so we can spend a bit now, knowing we're prepared for the future. surprise! we renovated the guest room, so you can live with us. oooh, well... i'm good at my condo. oh. i love her condo. nana throws the best parties. well planned, well invested, well protected. voya. be confident to and through retirement. now every bath fitter bathbath fis installed quickly, safely, and beautifully, with a lifetime warranty. go from old to new. from worn to wow. the beautiful bath you've always wanted, done rig

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carnival year to date, down 71%, and royal caribbean, year to date down 52%. big moves today but still a lot of ground to make up i'll send things back over to you. >> absolutely. dom, thank you very much >>> let's turn to washington where democrats are pushing a smaller but still massive covid relief bill. how far apart do the two parties remain ylan mui has the details for us. ylan >> reporter: democrats are hoping to bring their new plan to the floor for a vote possibly as soon as next week we're told it will include funding for ppp, enhanced unemployment benefits, direct checks to airlines and we're told there will be money for state and local governments. that is something that's been a priority for democrats but that the white house and many republicans have resisted. overall the total price tag is expected to reach about $2.4 trillion that is the same top line number the democrats had offered the white house previously, but it is a number that is still well above what republicans have said that they are willing to accept. now, this number, then, is unli

. >> hi, my name is andrew newman from long island, new york my question is on royal caribbean cruisesere enough cash to navigate multiple quarters with this in mind, do you recommend buying the stock with the price of 50% thank you. >> bonawyn, what do you say? >> i'll raise my hand and admit i was the first person to admit this from the bottom so i'll eat my humble pie. i know, i don't like it. listen, if you have airlines and the debt balance aside which is definite definitely all this business travel that drives them and if they're struggling and they can't fill seats, i have no idea. i want the exposure of the cruise lines, coronaviru the leisure aspects. there is pain to trickle down in the main street and this one even down 50%. >> this is the ultimate economy reopened trade, karen. >> i think you have to look. you can't just look above the water line you have to look below the water line and see where the debt is this company, they had to. good for them for being able to get it done. they had to take on a lot of debt to be able to last however long it's going to be before they

for royal caribbean more than half of those were booked within the past few months. >> people still areough this, the cruise industry can come back and probably even continue to grow. >> reporter: but some doctors aren't convinced that will happen any time soon. >> we're too early to be able to rit no mfortable on cruise ships >> reporter: still across europe several cruise lines are already back in action with less passengers and no buffets, including costa cruises which is owned by carnival. now, some of those cruise lines in europe are testing passengers before boarding. here in the u.s., royal caribbean says that is very likely part of the plan when they restart operations. robin. >> most likely will be. all right, gio, thank you as always. >>> coming up we have our big surprise for some incredible frontline workers with a lot of help from the one and only alicia keys. you're going to want to see this. come on back. ♪ she's walking on fire to want to see this. come on back. ♪ she's walking on fire ra 15% r and motorcycle policies? that's great! that's 15% on top of what geico could

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royal caribbean made a definitive higher low.w it's starting to rally back up if it can do that from 75.50 that will take it above its average which will be bullish. stock is getting over bought it might have to take a breather >> a lot of hope being priced into the stocks especially when you think about how the no sail order here in the u.s. is still in place americans cannot sail. they hoping to get back to sea perhaps in october thanks for joining us to discuss this industry and for more on the cruises go to our website or follow us on twitter tyler and kelly. >>> staill ahead, the tech wrec is continuing with the biggest names in tech shedding hundreds of billions of dollars what's causing the pain? why now and what's the best move for investors? our all star panel will discuss that, next before money, people traded goods. tools, cattle, grain, even shells represented value. then currency came along. they made it out of copper, gold, silver, wampum. soon people decided to put all that value into a piece of paper, then proceed

barclays upgraded carnival, rilke mirror be in -- carnival, royal caribbean, all of those for the sameoint. upside could be significant, like the companies aren't going to go under basically. how are you playing that? colin: i was surprised at the willingness of people to get back outside again and get together. if we combine what you are saying about the cruise ships with maybe casinos and things, there seems to be greater willingness for people to do that than i had thought. .ut i think it is a core i don't know that they will get that marginal visitor, which helps a lot with the revenue. clearly, there will need to be restrictions on the number of passengers because just how comfortable will people be crowding into a dining room, etc.? so i think they will be able to get up and get functional again, but i think it will be at reduced capacities compared to normal, and given some of the leverage, that is still a tricky situation to be in. guy: the virus is exploding again in europe. does that worry you? do i need to extrapolate that into the united states as well? colin: yes. we still

in fact remarkably since august royal caribbean cruise lines has far and away outpaced the performancef amazon. so i do think investors are still looking at the light at the end of the tunnel but we do have some challenges ahead. charles: yak, michael, thank you both very much. really appreciate it, particularly today. of course i just talked about one of these concerns that the market and it does come from overseas. british officials on the rapid growth of covid cases there, potentially a spike in deaths. lockdown headlines dominating the british media. the question, how should we be bracing for a potential second wave? for that i would like to bring in fox news medical specialist they're nicole saphier. dr. saphier, we've seen a spike in spain, france and the better news as we see the spikes that are comparable to march, the death spikes are not anywhere near where they were and it feels like even in the uk they're not going to shut the entire economy down but it feels like they want to get people's attention? >> well, that's right, charles. throughout europe right now they are repor

they are being unreasonable same for the cruise line stocks so beloved by the robinhood crowd, royal caribbean, norwegian. their rally is stillborn the robinhood are they hanging in not the ones on margin oh, and a huge percentage of renters have simply stopped paying rent. you don't see it in the numbers. you can see the stocks of the commercial real estate numbers the property group realty income and starwood properties among others. the real problem area is in residential real estate. tenants that can't cover the rent on their apartments there is a housing boom but a lot of people just aren't paying their rents. the owners can't oust them two different markets. the brand-new housing market and the renters in the city and that's doing terribly. two different ones second source of disarray, the sad passing of ruth bader ginsburg at a time when we really need congress to compromise, the last thing we need is a bruising fight throw in a contentious election, that's coming and the situation, well, it just not great. it makes you want to sit on your hands. not necessarily sell but sit on your han

you have dine brands down a%, cheesecake factory down 5%, darden restaurants down 2% royal caribbean,n 6%, american airlines 6%, delta airlines down 8% it definitely has a bit of the old school covid concern to it, even though a lot of what's going on today comes down to political concern in washington. >>> let's get to sue herera for our cnbc update. sue? >> good morning, everybody we continue with some of the covid news that kelly talked about, the cdc now saying it mistakenly published draft changes to its coronavirus transmission guidance on friday. that guidance said covid-19 was primarily spread through small aerosol droplets which linger in the air longer than previously expected and travel well beyond 6 feet the agency has since removed that update. it says it's working on new guidance that will be posted once that process is complete. >>> the u.k. is raising that virus alert level, which means covid-19 is in general circulation and transmission is high britain's top medical advisers warning the public that more sacrifice will be needed to manage a second wave of that virus wh

cruising giants norwegian, carnival and royal caribbean sailing to the top of the s&p.arkleys upgrading shares of the cruise line operators to overweight. analysts saying new comments by the cdc in the next few days on the industry should be positive, giving the sect oor a much-need boost even if a sailing ban is extended. more good news for cruise lines and the world, for that matter. novavax launching late stage trials of its covid vaccine candidate in the uk. the study is expected to include up to 10,000 people over the next four to six years. weeks, that is. >>> genius brands having an animated day. the cartoon giant finalizing a deal with samsung to carry its cartoon channel and yes, that's with a "k" across all samsung smart tvs starting today. certainly tv watching, a 2020 winner alongside the at-home esports and sports betting boom. coming up, a look at a gaming titan playbook, zeroing in on the leaders of the sports betting world. we'll be right back. so you're a small business, or a big one. you were thriving, but then... oh. ah. okay. plan, pivot. how do you

berkeley royal caribbean, carnival and norwegian today to overweight and the reason they did that is because they are expecting the possibility that the cdc lists the no sale order next week. look at those gains for the cruise lines today. finally, i want to give you news that we are getting on johnson & johnson because of the travel industry opens up when you have an effective vaccine that people can trust, johnson & johnson had that one dose vaccine and another positive step. it induced immune responses in most people in the early stages of the trial paid back to you guys. connell: a lot of optimism about that particular vaccine. lauren, thank you. president trump very busy today on the campaign trail making a number of stops and battleground states. blake burman unable to keep up with the president pace and you see him there in atlanta back at the white house with the details bird blake. >> felt like a day in which it is the final sprint of the presidential race with 39 days to go but let's give you a live look once again of the present right now in atlanta, georgia with the campa

all the differences we have i must work to improve relations between brazil and argentina the royal caribbean friendship between brazil and argentina stretches back centuries to the spanish and portuguese colonial roots i. think it can be this most intense on the football pitch brazil 5 times world champions twice here in argentina the foreign ministry is doing its best to diffuse the tension saying the posts are now as latest statements don't truly reflect the economic and commercial harmony that exists between the 2 countries brazil is now argentina's leading trading partner they share a 1200 kilometer long border movements across it severely restricted or both countries in their own ways fight the pandemic argentina is prioritizing public health over the economy. the economy is more important and has dismissed the virus is a small flu but the corona virus is all a learning doesn't respect borders in the the spanish or portuguese. one osiris. sportswear and he is coming up in a moment we'll hear what serena williams had to say about the timing of the rescheduled french open. pandemic. famil

royal caribbean, 2.59% higher. >>> more stocks to look at right now, rocket companies are sinking despite swinging to a second quarter profit and reporting increased loan volume. the parent of quicken loans taking a hit after it predicted it may fall as typical seasonal trends this year in the real estate market which that tends to be softer in the fourth quarter. we will see what happens here. that stock is down almost 15%. >>> crowdstrike's earnings lands with a thud, sinking along with the rest of the tech sector and a substantial number of price target hikes. cannot rescue this. that stock is down almost 9% right now. this has actually been a strong stock this year. >>> getting caught in the technology downdraft and that's the tech selloff we are seeing today, mentioned at the top of the show you have apple and tesla. post-stock split monday, the tech megacaps are losing ground, apple down for a second straight session, down almost 7.5%. probably still getting used to that number on your screen, the share price, but that's the split for you. tesla down for a third straight day as inve

right now the top winners in the market norwegian cruise line, carnival cruise line, royal caribbean,gm, hilton, las vegas sands, these are the reopening trades. i'm going to give you the shoutout i owe you. darden restaurants was the number one stock on wednesday. last time you were on the show you told people to buy it. do you still like this reopening trade? >> i do. darden has been a really tasty one for us, charles, the last several weeks because, i mean, look, these names got absolutely punked. they got completely destroyed like the country was never going to reopen again or we weren't going to be closer to the vaccine as we have been in the last several days versus of when we put some of those trades on several weeks ago. in my mind, that's where a lot of the opportunity still remains. agree with rob and silvia that there is a lot of good opportunity in tech. that is a good place to stay. but for some good risk capital here, you've got to look at travel and hospitality. we talked about southwest airlines too, charles. we still own that one as well. charles: right. you know i to

nasdaq had its best august since 2000 including tesla, royal caribbean, salesforce and mgm.as not been kind to investors. historically the worst month for investors. >> joining us, our guests this morning. victoria, let's begin with us. not only coming off the red hot summer, we have this little thing called an election coming up a lot of talk about the biggest risks, not being covid, not being lockdowns or trade deals it's the potential for contested election what is the big deal you see for the rest of the year we had been looking for the target around 3,400, 3,500 mark already. we anticipate because of these things you've mentioned. because of covid, states reopening and states spike, the election and trade issues. all of that will cause volatility and pull backs that will allow you to go into the market and buy names i don't think it will drive the market much in a regular election year. i actually think we'll see covid drive the markets more news on the vaccine, regardless of which administration comes to power, you'll see that positive movement related to the vaccine o

the issue in just a few days all of those stocks up norweigian up by 4%, same for carnival and royal caribbeants this morning again, it's friday yay. but it has been a little bit of a rough week for the markets and you're seeing more of that at least with the dow and the s&p futures this morning the dow is down by about 71 points, s&p futures are down by 5, the nasdaq is up by 32. as we spoke earlier this morning, with katie stockton, she pointed out that the tech names, the big tech companies are no longer leading the way down so that's been good news anyway, everybody, have a great weekend. we will see you back here on monday joe, andrew, you guys have a great weekend, i will see you back here and right now we will turn it over to "squawk on the street." >> tuesday is the debate ♪ >>> good morning, and welcome to "squawk on the street," i'm david faber along with jim cramer carl has the morning off let's give you a look at futures as we get ready to wrap up the trading week when we begin a half hour from now as it turns 9:00 that does take us to our roadmap. it begins with, well, what you're

amazon and facebook parent alphabet, travel, leisure names, they came back in august, think of royal caribbeanup 40% in august and you have the dow new-comer, up 40% in august, august caps off 5 straight months of gains. let's start with april rebound, it went up 13% after march covid lows. that's the biggest 5-month percentage gain since the great depression going back to 1938. investors are bracing for possible headwinds in september, maybe the gains won't continue because congress comes back from august recess and, look, the markets really need to second stimulus plan and so do average americans. stuart: mark meadows this morning is talking about another stimulus vote next week. that's what he's talking about. susan: they've gotten their august recess. a whole lot better than at the end of march. stuart: let's bring in kristina on astrezeneca. >> they are looking to get 30,000 human participants. first held at the university of wisconsin and they are starting the trial as of today. the way it's going to work and this is a shot created by researchers at the university of oxford. you're going

it is one of 70 steps outlined in a report to the cdc in a panel by royal caribbean and norwegian saying clear the way. asia," weaybreak talked to cambridge university about the movement of dirty money around the world. plus, the julius baer head of asia research is with us next. ♪ >> welcome to "bloomberg daybreak: asia." >> asia's major markets have just open for trade. declines after wall street edge back from a correction and europe fell sharply. global stocks and a full day of decline the longest losing streak in several months. global banks face a stormy session amid claims of suspicious financial dealings monday after the report exchanges fell in london. bytedance would retain overall control in the tiktok oracle deal and president trump now saying he could change his mind about approval. shery: japan on holiday. south korea and australia coming online. let's get a check the markets. inhie: checking on the open sydney, to extend losses for fourth straight session. holding below 76. the aussie dollar holding up to day decline against that greenback and the three are yelled pushing

some of the biggest gainers on the s&p 500 are the cruise lines led by norwegian, carnival and royal caribbean sources that a meeting at the white house is being organized between the cruise line ceos and clia the cruise lobbying association and adam goldstein as we await to hear from the cdc whether that no-sail order to october 31st it would be earlier than what the market was anticipating but no final word as of yet. >> i wonder when those -- when the disney layoffs crossed the tape yesterday, the media -- knee jerk thinking was this would not be good for the related travel related names, some of the plans that the likes of mgm are rolling out in the way of rapid testing at american airlines, it's put head of steam behind some of these cruise line operators. i saw for a while this morning marriott was one of the top performing names on the nasdaq 100. >> yes marriott, one of the hotels that has also raised a lot of debt in the market so despite 74% of hotel owners saying if this stimulus bill is not passed that they will unfortunately have to close and let go of their employees, these trave

. >> it's funny, i get -- royal caribbean, you get norweigian, you get carnival and you get simon.ckage of robin hood traders. simon properties trades very, very early every single morning and it's almost as if the younger investors have said this is -- this is the bell cow for this market which is simon properties i think it's so funny because mr. simon is not of the robin hood ilk >> no. he is not. he is not. he's an ornery fellow sometimes. >> ornery. ornery >> ornery, yeah. what were you going to go with >> i memean. >> maybe that, too i've sat next to him, perfectly pleasant >> how are you doing he goes $33 billion. i said i'm saying hi he says that's how much we've given. that's how much -- you -- i said, well, i just wanted to meet you he goes, $33 billion put my hand out, you know. that was, by the way, pre-pandemic i used to do this thing, david, it's wild, i would take my hand and i would reach out and someone would shake it and give me every single illness they have we've learned better >> don't even talk about it. yes, we have yes, we have jim, on m&a i did want to hit

when you see american express doing very well, royal caribbean, you know, norwegian, these are the laste new people they tlik go to the stocks i know stephanie will will say america's best is good i think america's best and travel are not the places to be right now. but what really does concern me is we had blowups. i know they're not big companies. major duty i know see yaen is not that big. i know zor sachlt not tha is no. these are all business to business and enterprise companies that are like a cisco. and you don't want those to start going down there is way too much in the economy that has been hot that is connected to those very small companies that no one's ever heard of burt they're bad i think are analysts tomorrow that say september is a bad month. we're up huge. and when people take profit, the people that don't have any capital are in this market, the robin hood people, i don't know if they even know what margin is i mean to me, they think that margin is the margin of how the football team beats another football team. i think football is coming back. and that betting money

same story, interestingly they were up but today there you have it, carnival, norwegian and the royal caribbean. cofounders of a new company called him calf, they created software that helps measure the skills of the company's employees. that is interesting, cumming, collis and former commerce secretary on the george w. bush, and army veteran, thank you both were gonna get your new venture in a second but mr. secretary i want to get to you first, part of a coalition called 43 alumni for joe biden, members of the bush administration backing abiding presidency and the president elect or candidate who says they shut down the nation again if he had to over the virus, how did that help anyone? >> let me just say something to correct because i was put on as national chairman going to that website and i'm not the national chairman. that does not mean that i disagree with president trump's with his policies and i do disagree with them but i'm not the chairman of 43 for biden. i think the next president or president trump's second term, there is so much work to do. post covid, the deficit, the debt, get

carnival, american airlines, some of the royal caribbean is also on the list there some of the stocks that you look at when you think that potentially we'll get back out there again. the futures for the dow up by 366 points s&p futures up by 44 the nasd up aqby 188 squawk box will be right back. that's what my dad does. good job, michael! ok, lindsey now tell the class what your mommy does... my mom has super powers. it's like she can see the future. what?! it's like she time travels in a rocket ship. that's cool! and then she comes back saying "try this" or "try that." she helps everyone. she helps them feel less worried. wow! mommy, so what is it that you do? i'm a financial advisor. she is! aig proudly supports all the professionals taking care of our financial futures. but a resilient business you cacan be ready for it.re. a digital foundation from vmware helps you redefine what's possible... now. from the hospital shifting to remote patient care in just 48 hours... to the university moving hundreds of apps quickly to the cloud... or the city government going digital to keep criti

some of the stocks trading here this morning, carnival corporation down by now 6% you can see royal caribbean down by 4.7% and then other pressure coming on southwest airlines and norwegian cruise lines and wynn resorts. there's been some concern about the bank stocks and financials under pressure this morning as well. >> there has been and it's nice to see you we have been watching bank stocks this morning after a troef trove of confidential bank documents. large banks moving massive amounts of funds over a period of 20 years. this despite red flags over the origins in the money hsbc, jp morgan chase, deutsche bank also on that list and standard chartered and bank of new york melon but bank stocks are down across the board this morning. you can take more away from what's happening in europe in terms of what the stock movement is today more than the report over the weekend meantime, the other big developing story over the weekend, president trump agreed in concept to a deal where tick to be will partner with oracle and walmart to become a u.s. based company delaying the ban that was supposed

>> yeah, royal caribbean, carnival and norwegian, they're actually the top three performers on the s&xt week when it is due to expire. the cruise lines have all submitted plans how they will set sail safely, we'll see what the cdc has to say about that, but this is good news for the travel industry. it does not extend to marriott hoe el tells. it might lose 122 of its properties. this is the reason. the owner of those, which is service properties trust, says marriott owes them money, and if they don't get $11 million in ten days, they're going to rebrand the marriott. we'll see if they actually do it or if it's a threat. stuart: there you have it, shrinkage in the hotel business front and center. lauren, thank you. >>> potential supreme court pick amy coney barrett attacked over her faith. does religion count on the bench? there's a good question for judge jeanine pirro. she's on the show. >>> meanwhile, president trump wrapping up a busy week. nice florida right now speaking to latino supporters. then he's off to atlanta to speak about black economic empowerment. we have paris denard

, 8% in many cases and i want to bring you news that we have on two cruise lines specifically royal caribbeano safely sale, has 74 recommendations everything from temperature text to facemasks but as you know the cruise line, the cdc no sale order cannot sale until october and likely it will be later than that. stuart: back to the brits, that was extraordinary, they could see 50000 new cases a day with 200 deaths a day, that is from a country with a population of one fifth of the united states, that's why the travel stocks are down. lauren: how do you message that, if you were a country and a prime minister telling people go out, be safe, live life as normal as you can and then you have to say hold on, you are doing that but now you need to pull back a bit, that could be disastrous, i think the messaging here of the second lockdown and how it's different from the first one as we go to the spring is not only to the uk but everybody around the world. stuart: absolutely it is, major development, thank you very much indeed, let's bring in the latest on tiktok, there are developments. susan: a per

at this rate the only caribbean island british royals will be welcome at is jeffrey epsteins.bados basically ghosted the queen -- hello? hello, barbados, hello? shhh! don't answer the phone, rihanna is our queen now. to another country where people are desperate to rid themselves of a despotic monarch, the united states. one of the big clashes between protestors and police is on junr gas, spray and batons to clear the white house so president trump could hold a bible in front of a church. i want to show my people it doesn't burn my hand like in the movies, we can hold it. but as overheated as that response was, we are finding out ut it could have been hotter. >> the military whistle blowers said federal officials sought to make a heat ray make people's skin feel like it was burning to deal with protestors. an police officer sought heat ray. the officer stated in an email the device provides a sensation of intense heat on surface of the skin. demarco said the d.c. national guard did not have the device. >> trevor: i can't believe this is real life. federal police wanted to use

royal correspondent nicholas witchell has this report. when prince harry visited barbados nearly four years ago, he brought a message from his grandmother. he said the people of the caribbeanime of its independence from britain in 1966. yet now, it appears, barbados is set to remove the queen as its head of state. after years of debate, the island's prime minister is determined to press ahead. we want to be able to control our own affairs by ensuring that a barbadian child can aspire to be head of state. we believe the only reason it hasn't happened is because this is a vestige our colonial past. without rancour, without divisiveness, we are going to remove that. but we continue to accept that our relationship with the royal family, our relationship with the united kingdom, matters. in the same way that we are family to persons who come out of ghana, we are family to persons who come out of the united kingdom. and family still matters. and an island which has produced its share of notable figures is confident, according to its prime minister, of maintaining and enhancing its status as a republic with its own head of state. barbados has produced people who have been accompl