seema was held captive for more than two years.arry her rapist by his mother, who also lived with them, and she gave birth to a boy. you were trapped in this house, i mean, did you think you would ever get any help? but seema did escape. one day, when the gate was left open, she ran for it. seema is now safely home with her family. she left her child behind with the father. sunita's father, munsi, has decided to take action. he and poonam are on the way to the police station. sunita had told herfather she was near delhi, but he had no money or means to go and find her. do you think there's a good chance of finding her, sir? i will try, i will try. why does it take so long for people to come forward? some children are able to find their families again. it's been a week since the raid releasing ahmed and the other boys, and the shelter‘s arranged for his mother to come and collect him. but the reunion itself is awkward. it was ahmed's family who'd sent him away to work. living in poverty, they felt it was their only option. do you re

. ♪ >>> good morning i'm seema mody in for brian sullivan hope everyone had a great and festive christmashere's how money and global markets are setting up the day the last week of 2020 and futures pointing to a higher open on the news of the stimulus bill dow jones up 1635, nas cac up 76 and the s&p 500 a higher open by 25 points. this after a relatively muted week amid this christmas holiday. the dow and nasdaq eeking out slight gains the s&p 500 wrapped up the week with a slight loss the russell 2000 small cap index climbing more than 1.5%, the eighth straight week of gains, it's the longest weekly winning streak since february of 2019. with four days left in the year the nasdaq on pace to be the winning index up more than 42%, vastly outpurchasing the dow and s&p which are higher for the year by around 6% and 15% respectively also want to check in on the price of bitcoin it continues its record run. it's currently sitting at 26,804, after topping 20,000 over the weekend certainly got a lot of attention from family members at the dinner table and also breaking through a number of recor

seema: it is such an imprint question going into 2021. i know this is probably shocking, we still like mega cap tech. it is not our favorite, but we still think it is really important you have an allocation because we think the magus speed bumps -- the modest speed bumps are not a very smooth one. we also like cyclicals. , within the value space. because of all of the pandemic scarring and all of the problems coming up, the most important thing is just distinguishing between good and bad companies, and that sounds really obvious, but some companies are going to have taken on some horrible debt that at some point will come to the surface. you need companies that can weather the storm which is still going on through the first half of 2021 and are able to come out on the others that. . others -- and are able to come out on the others in one part. the vaccine, if it is successfully distributed, it is a game changer. ishink the road to that logistical. all of it take you threw two about covid q1 of next year, but it is not enough. you are seei

seema, what do you make of it? the deadlines from some of the places i wanted to order from. >> whether it's the pandemic, kelly, the vaccine and holiday shipping the delivery giants are really being tested and it really underscores the need for these companies to continue to invest whether it's their fleet of ships, their fleet of trucks and fulfillment centers to ensure that they can meet the demand that is coming in, and at some point you wonder if these retaillers have to find an alternative solution if they can't offer the same shipping speed as their competitors by the way, amazon, haven't heard about a similar price surge that ups and fedex are talking about. >> yeah. john what say you >> go ahead. go ahead, bob. >> just very quickly how crazy is this? look, i get that we've got record volumes and i know there's employees out because of covid so they have a problem there and can't get all the stuff on the planes, but when did you are think you would hear fedex and ups say keep your packages this year keep yo

here's a round—up of the day's action so far with seema jaswal. at the uk championship, and we saw a really intriguing match today between neil robertson and mark selby, but just today between neil robertson and mark selby, butjust to go to. he was an imperious form today, along success was an imperious form today, along success of 90%, his stats. almost impossible to play against, but there was a chance in the match, when mark selby could have got on level terms, a sort of unforced ever in position, but neil robertson was just awesome today. big breaks, high—scoring frames, just what we associate with mark robinson —— neil robertson now. even some of the frames he did lose, but his long game was phenomenal, his safety was great, but his scoring all the winter was fantastic. it was nearly a perfect match of sneaker he played a. he looks like he really enjoyed himself today. over on table two, we saw jack lisowski against shallow —— djalo you long. -- djalo you long. he did not really threaten his opponent, which much more solid, had looked like he

longer term, seema and then they have the headwinds of disinvestment in the space over the next, younow, forever, whereas people just don't want exposure but that's partly why there's a bull call. jeff curry, the goldman commodity strategist on earlier this week says it's like a multi-year run and disinvestment is one reason. also in general there's more demand than supply right now >> could be, and it's also interesting the timing of this goldman call, kelly, right as president biden coming in january, he certainly made clear his prioritization of clean energy policy, so you wonder how that will work into the thesis that exxon mobil, despite that will continue to thrive. you know what this call also reminded me of, rex tillerson, where did he go? he was secretary of state of one year from to 17 to 2018 and prior to that he led exxon mobil for ten years. i wonder what he's up to these days >> that seems like so long ago it really does if you told me that was 15 years ago i who believe you. if you want more analysis on goldman's upgrade on exxon go over to cnbc.com/pro and they have m

it's time for rapid fire here to break down the headlines are come nick chu, seema mody and jon forttto see everybody intel under pressure, the worst performer in the dow after a new report said apple is targeting a debut as early as next year for the next series of new math processors intel on its worst pace since october and it's coming after its first nine-day winning streak in three years be a the shares have really struggled to recover. they really fell below their march lows on the next generation of processors jon, this story, i think, has -- everybody should care about it, and before we get into all of that a question for you. these new apple ships everybody is raving about. does apple manufacture them in this country, are do you know? >> i don't know generally apple would use somebody like tsmc for manufacture of its chips tsmc has said they are moving manufacturing capacity and that's for u.s. customers including apple so as apple builds more of its chips into its devices going forward i would expect to see more of that manufacturing come here to the u.s. but we'll see. >> y

i don't see why it captain seema. >> athleisure, baakye, not just a u.s.nomenon and anecdotically speaking, having zoom calls with folks in london and dubai, work plows on top and athleisure on the bottom and spending more of lululemon's time and marketing focus on the other markets, like europe and asia that may not be aspen traded as the u.s. seems to make sense, and having also lived in london i will say walking down kensington high street, are you don't see a lot of european athleisure brands. yes, sportswear like adidas, but not too many athleisure brands so there certainly seems to be an tonight there. >> yeah. i don't -- i hope my wife is not listening because i was in a lululemon store on sunday, okay, and it was crowded, and -- and their products are very, very good i think that's -- the basic message there for lululemon for me is that the products are good whether it's for men or not. dom did, you use some of their golfing gear, golf pants. >> i absolutely do i never thought i'd be -- i don't own any yogawear, put it that way, but i cannot believ

seema, what are your thoughts?the pandemic winners are kind of secular winners, they're going to keep winning and others say there's going to be a hangover, even a company like clorox, how much restocking will be doing over the next couple of years. >> i think for best buy it may be best in class when it comes to electronics, but it worth wondering whether going into next year if we get back on the road, we're not spend being ingc time at home, do we need to continue to invest in electron u electronice electronic electronicelectroni electronics? how much more do you need if we're spending less time at home every year >> if you get a chrome book, you're going to have to replace it every year is my experience >> i've been there spendingon goo on goods is way m 2019 you don't need stuff you bought last year this year but you are going to go to the local restaurant i hope >> i'm with you. >> and harsh words for fellow retailers. gary friedman blasted department stores in a shareholder letter last night he said many ret

here to break down head lyons, brian kelly and seema mody and steven kovac welcome, everybody anotherecord high for bitcoin. just crazy watching it the cryptocurrency went above 28,000 only broke above 20,000 a couple weeks ago and then pared those gains. this is a three-month meteoric rise now, its longest win streak in over a year the controversial crypto may also be edging closer to the mainstream according to cnbc's quarterly stock report which is out today, 58% of those surveyed said their clients will most likely buy their first bitcoin in 2021. 33% said they will get into spacs next year and 9 boston are considering their first options contract sully, what do you think >> listen, if everyone is piling into an asset class or commodity or whatever you want to call it with very fixed supply, what do you think is going to happen to prices i think the biggest bitcoin bull case, say that ten times fast, you can make, is there will only ever be 21 million i understand they divide them up, but as a macro level there's only 21 milne yo 18.are 5 million have been mined. can you imagine,

right now we'll hear what our friend seema has to say. >>> good morning. i'm seema mody. wall street is set to open higher adding to yesterday's rally which saw the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 close at new record highs. the gains came after president trump signed the $900 billion coronavirus relief package including help to most americans. stimulus, vaccine rollouts and continued economic support creates a positive backdrop for stocks going into 2021. the s&p 500 is up 15%. the nasdaq more than 43%. investors flocking to apple, amazon, facebook among others. in focus consumer confidence. >>> boeing 737 max is about to fly with passengers in the u.s. for the first time in nearly two years. american airlines will use the jet on a roundtrip flight from miami to new york. american wouldn't say how many seats it's sold but only one ticket was still available as of yesterday morning. some flyers are still nervous. samsung's struggling business is getting new life. as the demand is high, smart phones and computers. samsung says production will continue through the first few months o

administrator seema verma. seema, thank you. dr. peter marx. peter?> maul mangor, adam smith, great job. thank you very much. thank you all very much. incredible job. and many others also, many, many others. we are thankful to be joined by greg greg abbot. bill lee. thank you. thank you, bill. >> ron desantis. ron? thank you, ron. thank you, thank you very much. great job, ron. and john bell edwards. john bell. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, john bell. thank you very much. as well as g who is a fantastic doctor. when i need info on that subject i call up john. thank you, john, very much. senator steve dane, congratulations on a great win. great win. that was easier than you thought it turned out, right? it was a little easier than you thought. great going. we're proud of you. congressman greg walden. greg, thank you very much. thank you very much. congre congressman brad. they had $15 billion to accelerate vaccine development and to manufacture the top candidates in advance, long in advance. as a result of this unprecedented investment we are e

seema mody as more on that good morning >> good morning. this will be one to watch.erome powell will emphasize the importance of lending programs put into place during the pandemic according to prepared remarks released, powell will explain how the programs have been crucial in keeping the current economic fallout from becoming worst and secretary mnuchin announced that he would end several of those emergency loan programs meant to keep credit flowing to state and local governments as well as businesses in terms of the economy, powell expected to offer a luke warm outlook stressing it will be dependent on the progress of the virus. >>> meanwhile the head of the fda is reportedly set to head to the white house today to face questions over the approval process for pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. according to axios, stephen hahn has been called to the west wing for the meeting this morning to explain why he hasn't moved faster to green light the treatment. in a statement hahn said in part the agency scientists have too make the decision and they will take the time that is ne

seema mody has a look at the beaten down travel sector. holland is covering the logistics of the moderna vaccine romout -- rollout and julia boorstin looking at another spac deal, this time real estate company open door which started trading today. seema, you get to go first. >> the new reports of the coronavirus strain, asia issues a travel ban germany, france, india, among nations suspending air travel from the uk in an effort to keep this new strain from spreading and countries like belgium that connect with brightan via a tunnel are banning all passenger travel the u.s. is not following suit i reached out to the state department to see if they would change that and am awaiting a response hotel occupancy been on the decline, right around 24% compared to 38% we're at here in the u.s., but these restrictions in general, they are seen as a setback for pretty much all parts of the travel story. hotels, online travel, operators, even the cruise lines are trading down, but they are not -- they are not down as much as they were earlier today,

seema mody is back with that and your morning's other top headlines. >> good morning. uk government has approved the astrazeneca oxford covid-19 vaccine. first doses are being released today so that vaccinations will begin early in the new year. it added that it aims to supply millions of doses in the first quarter as part of its deal with the uk government it supply up to 100 million doses in total. shares are up on the development. in other vaccine news, moderna says that it will offer its new covid-19 treatment to its own employees, contractors and board members according to the "wall street journal" oig, t, the com says it is aimed at providing an additional layer of protection to workers delivering the vaccine and that the program would be separate from the doses committed to the u.s. government and chinese vaccine developer sinopharm said interim results showed a 79% efficacy rate the result clears the minimum requirements for chinese regulators and the group has applied for market approval. >>> and hedge fund manager reportedly eyeing a move into venture capital

let's start with seema mode he and the latest on the markets this afternoon. >> reporter: historic dayor the market. we're watching the national rollout of the advantages even. the dow did hit a record high earlier in today's trade and then stocks started to pear gains after mayor de blasio mentioned a potential lockdown coming here to new york city and the dow basically flat on the day or up 33 points. the nasdaq is the outperformer here. you can see up almost 1%, but sticking with the dow. mcdonald's contributing about 30 points to the dow after ubs upgraded the stock and analysts there are bushel on the company's breakfast offering and digital shares up 2% to 4 pedestrian and amgen and visa trading in positive territory. two ipos from last week, airbnb and doordash selling off in today's trouble. airbnb getting hit by a double downgrade with analysts saying its shares are too high and, kelly, now back to you. >> it is an historic day as seema said as our massive covid-19 vaccination campaign gets under way in this country. with the first shot given in new york this morning and simil

back to you. >> seema, thank you very much.portant plank of this whole distribution story we appreciate it seema mody that does it for "the exchange" today. next on "power lunch" tilman fertitta will join us. we'll talk gaming to lockdown orders to ipo rumors i'll join tyler mathisen after this quick break ♪ we'd be closer to the twins. change in plans. at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. new projects means you need to hire.gers. i need indeed. indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. claim your seventy five dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed.com/home. >>> good afternoon, everyone welcome to "power lunch. stocks are at record highs the s&p 500 is now up nearly 70% from its march lows. is this market now showing science of froth speaking of froth, how about tesla out with a $5 billion stock offering to take advantage of its soaring shares. that its third move to raise capital this year. and another soaring

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seema yasmin, cnn medical analyst and former cdc detective. she's author of "viral bs: medical myths and why we fall for them." if you could put this in perspective for us. we know the u.s. reported just over 3,400 coronavirus deaths tuesday, second highest in a single day since the start of the pandemic. that timeline, what we are seeing in hospitals and death rate lines up to people infected around the thanksgiving holiday. what goes through your mind as we continue to see americans ignore travel warnings around christmas? >> what goes through my mind is horror now that we are seeing the bump from thanksgiving travel and still seeing millions of people pass through tsa checkpoints per day over the past five days, so what will we see in january? i just worry so much health care workers are at their breaking point. we've got icus in southern california and san jaquin valley nearing capacity. and because the hot spots are so widespread, like everywhere is a hot spot, it makes it that much harder for icus in one region to say to a neighboring ar

. >> s&p 500 up about a percent as we stand it is time for a cnbc news update with seema mody. >> joehosen pete buttigieg to be his transportation secretary also announcing that during a conference call with republicans today mitch mcconnell warned them -- mcconnell told them it would be a terrible decision to go on the record against trump. >>> peter my guard has been charged with sex trafficking >> peru, police officers dressed as clause is and an elf helped raid a subpoenaed drug house allegedly arresting a gang i leader and four others they say the costumes were meant to add an element of surprise to the raid back to you. >> i would say so. seema mody, thank you. >>> up next, new york has just begun its latest ban on indoor dining striking yet another blow to the restaurant industry we will asked famed restauranteur danny meyers if new york restaurants will be able to weather a rough winter next looking for $6. $6 over there! do i hear 7? $7 in the front! $7 going once. going twice. sold to the onion lover in the front row! next up is lot number 17, a spinach and artichoke dip, be

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let's bring in seema mody. >> at the council of foreign relations this morning larry fink acknowledginghat bitcoin has caught the attention and the imagination of many people it's still untested. pretty small relative to other markets. and he says it is seeing big, giant moves every day but it's a thin market. can it evolve into a global market fink said possibly he noted having a digital currency has a real impact on the u.s. dollar, making it less relevant, not for americans but international holders of dollar-based assets. he did also raise a question that i think many economists and embassy tifs a executives are wrestling with. are there other ways to efficiently transact overseas as well as here in the u.s. fink really joining a prominent number of high-profile voices, melissa. the move we're seeing in bitcoin and currency in general is activating a discussion. >> seema mody, thank you bitcoin is just about as record high a rewards credit card will give you bitcoin instead of cash or miles. and mizuho claims bitcoin is boosting engagement. dan, great to have you with us >> thank yo

seema mody is here covering the big business of travel for the u.s.nd i guess it is a big business normally slightly less big this year. >> yeah, that is right more than 960 million hotel room nights have gone unsold this year and on track to reach that 1 billion number by christmas, that according to sdr. it is certainly a milestone that the industry never really thought that it would see and it reflects how covid has challenged the broader covid sector occupancy rate continues to fall we're at around 38% here compared to the 60% rate we were at in december of 2019 and even with the latest in this bill providing some relief, hotel owners that i've been speaking to, they say it may not be enough. >> long way to go before we get back to some normalcy in terms of the customers, in terms of operations for us. i think the industry as a whole, i think that it will take a good 12 to 18 months before we get to some normalcy in the travel industry >> and he owns nine hotels across the east coast. pre-covid, he employed about 200 employee, but with limited bre

i'm seema modi we are watching starbucks with investor day kicking off in less than an hour they areng to share how they are with the pandemic. the trading nation team is mark newton, steve chiavarone steve, does it make sense that starbucks is trading in record high territory where you see same stores fall in the fourth quarter and even the prior quarter? >> well, without getting too much into details on starbucks, we're big fans of the consumer we think that the consumer is going to surprise to the upside next year. disposable income is 5% higher than it was a year ago the savings rate is at multidecade high and and consumers are sitting on roughly $1.5 trillion of excess. we think the vaccine is a gis returning home from world war ii moment, where we all want to go places we can't go, do things we can't do today and we're not overly concerned about how much it's going to cost some of those things we'll want to do is go out to eat and visit family we can't see over the holiday. consumer services is an area we're overweight hotels, casinos, cruise ships and, yes, restaurants. as a b

fauci, seema verma, ben carson who himself had coronavirus of course, but the president was not there. when he has been talking about the vaccines, the president has been talking about it in the optic sense, how the coverage of the vaccine rollout is going, and i think that's, you know, just incredibly notable to see the culmination of what's been happening the last several months where the vice president has been the one in charge of the task force and of course that's why they chose him to be one of the first figures in this administration to go on camera and get it and we still don't know when the president himself is going to do the same. i do think it has prompted a concern even inside the white house where they do wish the president would be more visible in this vaccine campaign because they do know he has a ton of sway with his supporters. he often tweets about how much support he has within the republican party and of course we always talk about his base, and so similarly to what we saw happen with the mask situation where people insisted the president was fine with it and he

seema, thank you very much >>> let's get bakd to the mck t markets. dow futures up 130 points adding to an incredible few months for, well, everything small caps up 30%. naz c nasdaq up 15%, all in just 90 days so nothing can stop this powerhouse run, right? let's welcome in robert teeter good to see you. obviously i'm saying that tongue in cheek you and i have been doing this job too long to know that when you see everything powering higher, everybody getting bullish, bitcoin up $1500 overnight as retail investors rush in, how much caution should we have right now? >> well, there has been quite a powerful rally and one of the big sign posts, small caps have caught up to large caps. so it is time to start looking ahead and say what is the next leg of this journey. for us, that means focus on evaluation and where it might go going forward. and we look at that in two ways. the first is on the financial side, you look at where yields are right now on corporate bonds, you look at the risk free rate on the ten year, dividend yields on the s&p. it seems tha

a decent past two months with marriott climbing more than 25% as covid vaccines bolster new hopes seemath how hard the industry has been hit. >> 2020 already devastating for hotels ending the year on a low note hotels won't get to enjoy that holiday bump they typically see at the end of the year more than 980 million hotel nights have gone unsold. that's 40% more than all of last year hotel development once red hot in cities like manhattan, dried up during the pandemic many properties have had to shut their doors. get this, in cities like chicago and houston, more than half of the hotels financed through the commercial 340er7b8g-backed securities market are currently delinquent and owners of hotels in these markets are highly dependent not just on the leisure traveler but the corporate traveler >> hotels that are struggling are the hotels that are near airports, near corporate markets where you have a lot of corporate people that come in and out. just looking at some of the buildings you see around the hotels, they're pretty much empty. >> he owns nine hotels on the east coast with fewe

so now vacation destinations fighting back, like lake tahoe straddling the california/nevada border seema mody brings us the vacation rental backlash. >> reporter: tahoe and several other communities are pushing back against the new giant in the travel industry, airbnb. officials in this beautiful town overlooking the spectacular lake and majestic mountains known for being an all-season vacation haven for the rich and the famous sent a letter to the company telling them to make sure anyone renting in the area know the rules the letter to airbnb warns the company that authorities are looking at options to penalize short-term rental operators who rent their properties during this time. this comes amid a new order from the california governor's office prohibiting reservations for non-essential workers. town officials are warning they'll pull operating licenses if they have to, and they want to be informed if they find out that local renters are breaking the rules. they also fear that people fleeing the virus in big cities like san francisco or l.a. will bring covid in, clog up limited hospit

shep >> seema, thank you. >>> follow the facts wherever they lead. that's the order from chicago's mayor to the independent investigator now looking into the city's botched police raid that's next. >>> plus, the covid crisis in california growing worse every day. medical staff now videoing themselves to show the world what they're up against. >> we are going to cripple our hospital system. >> a cry for help from the inside no more beds no more space. the disturbing images some hospital workers want everyone to see >>> the new climate danger record wildfires now threatening hazardous waste sites. >>> and later, bring on 2021 we break down the significance of the number 21 and why the new year might just bring us all some good luck >> announcer: the facts, the truth, "the news with shepard smith," back in 60 seconds t-mobile is upgrading its network at a record pace. we were the first to bring 5g nationwide. and now that sprint is a part of t-mobile we're turning up the speed. upgrading over a thousand towers a month with ultra capacity 5g. to bring sp

thanks so much >> before we answer, jackson from houston, let's bring in seema mody >> it certainly isillion rooms left empty this year that's a milestone the lodging industry never thought it would see. it reflects how covid to more remote locations and decline international tourism challenged the sector going into the new year, their rate continues to fall as covid cases rise as 38%. that's one of the reasons why many high profile hotels had to shut their doors this year nearly 70% of properties in houston and 50% of chicago hotels have fallen behind. the promise of a highly effective vaccine prompted a rebound in marriott, hyatt and both of those shares up 30% in the past two months. how quickly will travel pick up? more americans are getting more comfortable with the idea of taking a vacation four to six months from now but the key question is will they pick a hotel or air bnb that's a good question seema. >> we'll get to air bnb in a second we want to answer the questions on hotels. tim, what's your answer to jackson? >> my answer is i think if you can be a longer term player than

. >>> good morning, i'm seema mody.nvestors keeping a very close eye on the stimulus d discussions down in washington. congressional leaders have been closing in on a $900 billion plan that would include direct payments. stocks still at or around record highs after the federal reserve promised, once again, to stay the course and helping to steer the economy through this pandemic. in focus today, data on housing and americans filing jobless claims and earnings from shipping giant fedex. cvs will pay special bonuses to 250,000 employees to reward them for their help during the crisis. cvs paid bonuses ranging from $100 to $500 back in march. the drugstore chain provided access to covid testing and will administer vaccines in nursing homes and other long-term home facili facilities. >>> wednesday is the last day to be eligible for that one-day delivery. thursday the deadline to get same-day delivery which is free for prime members on orders over $35. you can get two-hour grocery delivery which is reserved exclusively for p

i'm seema mody for cnbc business news with your morning report.et set to open sharply higher on the first trading day of december following a very strong november for wall street with the dow gaining nearly 13%, its best month since 1987. the s&p and nasdaq seeing their best month since april. so what's fueling stocks? positive vaccine trials, hopes a vaccine will improve the economic outlook for the u.s. and other parts of the world, plus earnings season. the third quarter has come in better than what analysts were predicting. manufacturing activity data out at 9:00 a.m. eastern, plus fed chair jerome powell speaking in front of the senate banking committee. powell says the economic recovery is, quote, extraordinarily uncertain. >>> turning to corporate news samsung may discontinue its gallaxy note phone. analysts say sales of the note are expected to drop about 20% this year. part of that due to competition and others saying it's due to less demand for high-end smart phones. >>> the nfl game between the arizona cardinals and san francisco 49ers

. >> thank you, seema. we mentioned baba down for its second straight session reaching the lowest level since june following concerns over irregulatory crackdown in china. th a me tethbrk. stay with usea these days, we want sophisticated but simple. cutting edge made user friendly. in other words, we want a hybrid. and so do retailers. which is why they're going hybrid, with ibm. a hybrid cloud approach with watson ai helps manage supply chains while predicting demands with ease. from retail to healthcare, businesses are going with a smarter hybrid cloud, using the tools, platform and expertise of ibm. >>> futures pointing to a higher open for stocks ahead of the bell in a few moments. stocks up 186 and merck and apple and tesla up 2% premarket and paypal also helping. one of the key reasons investors start to position for 2021 is the rotation and which sectors lead the market higher if the market does continue to rise for instance, if you look year to date and we're in the last four trading days of the yea

seema yasmin, good to see you. >> good to see you too, fred. >> in listening to the one doctor there, it sounds as though -- and we are watch watching so many mel teams who feel like they're at wit's end. they're trying their best, but they are worried six, you know, trying to keep it together, but then there's that mom where everything that's pent up is coming out. >> i think so many healthcare workers, all of the people that make clinics a safer place, you talk about being worried sill, but we are falling sick. about a quarter of a million u.s. healthcare workers have contracted covid-19, and almost 1,000 died from this disease. it's a very unsustainable situation. even after months of calling for the right amount of ppe, i'm still talking to so many colleagues that are -- and what we're up against now is in our private lives, too, whether doctors i have spoken with, who are kinned that covid is a hoax. >> and they're trying to raise the month into i pads, so every one of their patients can at least said good-bye to their loved ones through an ipad. >> my gosh, that is horrifying. w

seema mody has more on that story.ou know >> it's a starting number. 980 million hotel rooms unsold in 2020. it's why so many high profile hotels have had to shut their door this is year. in new york, hilton times square and the roosevelt and midtown among others in total, nearly 40% of hotels in midtown manhattan have fallen behind on debt payments. the key question now, how quickly will travel rebound with a vaccine. 5,000 to 10,000 people have been surveyed on a regular basis and found in the last couple of weeks more people are texpected to travel. guys >> seema mody, thank you. >>> energy stocks rally and the ceo of volkswagen speaks out about the push into electric cars experience the wonders of the mexican caribbean at nizuc resort & spa, where paradise is personal. nizuc is a world to discover unto itself, day or night, indoors or out. something wonderful awaits. people are saving hundreds in a land not so far away, on the most reliable network with xfinity mobile. they can choose from the latest phones or brin

now its time for seema >> how quickly could life return to normal once a vaccine is made available anduld it mean for the word of fitness? planet fitness down about a percent and peloton up both have outperformed let's got to the "trading nation" team today mark, from what i gather, you're an owner of peloton shares but you'd like to pivot into planet fitness to the idea that we're going to stop using that like at home and return to the gym, right? >> yeah. as we look forward to 2021, i would begin to rotate out of peloton into planet fitness. i'd get really interested in planet fitness in the low 60s. we have a lockdown flairing up right now and it could certainly pull back to $60 it was between 50 and 65 all summer long while gyms were open here's why i've always loved this company, i just haven't been able to get in at the right price. it is a unit growth scoring. second thing is their subscription model is absolutely genius at $10 a month, it's actually more painful to cancel your membership than it is to just keep paying them i was talking with a buddy today and he told me it took

. >> you bet >> now over to seema mody. >> it's not just the airlines under pressure all falling a europes the rehave the trade og nation followed quinn. on a day reich and you've been sizing up the opportunities in airlines and you actual will you luck willsouthwest a lan so they've been buying up roults during this -- all year. so not just in the u.s., some in mexico, but largely resort kind of oriented roots. and then they've been the most efficient at cost cutting of all the u.s. airlines. and you add in that those rising energy prices are impact that due to lack of hab and this and we actually own it >> and, quinn, you look it the these in general they've had it it it whether it's is there a time that you think you'd be more comfortable, buying, whether it's a from i think i would be very, very patient. this is sfm and after the news over the weekend it makes a ton of sense but there's just so much opportunity out there i'm just not sure that an investor needs to take a shot at something that is owe headline risk driven. all of a sudden you wake up and your stock is down 4 or 5% we t

for covid-19 vaccines, our seemamodi is reporting as farmers and shippers prepare to transport them seemater: unprecedented demand the owner of this dry ice distributor describes what he's seeing now orders coming from hospitals, pharmacies, shipping giants like fedex, anyone involved in fulfilling the crucial link in the dry ice supply chain for this vaccine. these orders coming in to distributors like dry ice depot in bridgewater, new jersey, to ensure they have enough product to that they can store the pfizer vaccine at the ultra cool temperature. at this facility, about 50,000 pounds of dry ice is shipped on a daily basis. chris says his phone has been off the hook since early november >> yesterday was a big day we moved about 70,000 so our inventory is a little shot we ramped up over double our normal volume at this point. >> reporter: so where is dry ice coming froms 'a solid form of carbon die observation identify or co2, the gas taken from what's left over from the production of ethanol or other industrial chemicals and then liquefied, frozen, becoming snow-like, compressed into p

matt and gina, thank you have a great day kelly, over to you >> seema, thank you very much. ahead on "power lunch," airbnb higher on its public debut let's take a look at the recent trades $142 keep in mind this did open at 146 after pricing at 68. we're certainly underwater on that account, although not from the price last night we'll have more. plus millions of americans could face eviction without government protection we'll talk about this growing crisis stay with us did you know that geico's whole 15 minutes thing... that came from me. really. my first idea was "in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower... over you. figuratively speaking." but that's not catchy, is it? that's not going to swim about in your brain. so i thought, what about... 15 minutes. 15 percent. serendipity. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> welcome back, everybody. i'm sue herera here's your covid update in france while the government says new cases have dropped, the decline is faltering starting next tuesday it is imposing a curfew from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. it will

seema yasmin. thank you for joining me. alarming numbers of new infections, new deaths, hospitalizations, all at the same time we have this hope i was just talking about with sanjay. so the question is, will the shots be enough to stop the spread we're seeing now. i think i know the answer to that question. >> it's going to take some time, unfortunately. for us, we are talking about a vaccine series that needs to be two doses spread out between three weeks. even then, takes one to two weeks before your body develops the kind of immunity that can protect you from infection. the other thing is we're still learning whether the vaccine and whether the moderna vaccine, too, can stop people asymptomatic from shedding and spreading the virus to others. that's why it is important that those people that received vaccines already, you must continue to wear your mask. so important to follow the guidelines. we need herd immunity. we are not out of the woods yet. it is hard to hold those two things, hope offered by science but also grim

seema mody, thank you, and merry christmas. >>> the airline sector has been hit hard, sliding again onn of covid-19 joining us is to talk about the outlook is helene. good to see you this morning. >> thanks for having me. the it's almost doubled off the march lows, remains more than 30% below the january peak here, though, what is your outlook on the airlines as we head into 2021 given the fact that we do have vaccines rolling out, albeit, still pretty modestly at this point >> we think it's going to be a very tough first quarter we still think it will take three years for demand to rebound to prepandemic levels. >> why three years that's a long time. >> there are a couple of things to consider. one, there are a lot of people who don't have money to travel two, there are still a lot of people who are fearful of traveling and three, the airlines are going to be smaller over the next couple of years as they try to get back to cash flow break even. we think that in order for them to get there, they need to be business or they need to be down 50% versus 2019 levels versus where we are now,

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i'm seema mody disney's under pressure and warner brothers throwing a curveball to the blackbuster businessina, what is the number one thing you would like management to address >> i think management has to manage despite 73 million membership, they have to get themselves out of the big hole they lost 52% in parks revenue, 51% in studio revenue. and we need to see sort of the plan to get up and out of that vaccine distribution isn't expected until about mid-year. does that mean their park can get back up to full capacity during the summer months those are the questions that need to be answered. >> yeah. in the meantime, bill, it's direct-to-consumer segment, it's one of the reasons citi upgraded to 175 a share, a street high. where do you see it headed >> make no mistake here, this obviously is a reopening narrative. look what the stock did on march 9th. it's surged out above and held technical ground you're getting a new record high and i like buying things that are making record highs. you know there's a backstop now, a lot of support but again, this move here, i think the streaming can p

cnn medical analyst seema yasmin, great to see you. >> thank you. >> my first question is big picturehave this dichotomy today, jubilation over the vaccine getting injected the first time in people's arms in the uk, we'll get to that in a second, and devastation. listen to dan, devastation over the surge in the u.s. with thanksgiving numbers not even reporting yet. what's your message to americans today? >> that when we are nearing the end of the finish line of the race but it is not quite there yet. so if you think of that race analogy as you approach the finish line, that's not when you slow down, not when you take a rest. that's when you keep your eyes on the target and keep on going. now more than ever we have to make sure we are diligent about wearing a mask, doing physical distancing, cancelling christmas as we know it, i'm sorry, that's just the reality this year. we have more than 101,000 americans in hospital with covid-19 now. that's more americans in hospital with this illness than any other time during the pandemic. now is not the time to let our guard down. >> we won't do

i'm seema mody for millions of merps, the last round of stimulus checks served as a lifelines, for others it offered a chance of opportunity, a chance to buy stocks security trading was one of the most common uses across every income bracket with the house voting to increase payments from $600 to $2,000, which americans can benefit from having a little more cash on hand? mark, you hold a view that rather than investing in some of the large cap tech names that have done so well, you think some of the money will go into the smaller that have a cult-like following. >> without a doubt happy holidays i'm looking at where the are robin hoodies going to invest? of course they're going to buy a tenth of a share of tesla, a deliver of bitcoin a company i own, a derivative play on bitcoin is silver gate capital. it looks more like a tech company than a stodgy old bank and they serve all the clients no other banks want to touch, thin tech and digital currency companies like coin base and ch crackin and big time companies maybe you thought i want to invest in crypto, but i'm worried about the lack of

. >> seema, thanks for that. >>> social media back in the spotlight during the vaccine push several companiesdifferent strategies to combat misinformation on the vaccine. julia is back with us on that story. >> deirdre, after social media giants were blamed for spreading vaccine misinformation that sparked a measles outbreak about two years ago, they are now taking everything they learned from that, as well as from battling election manipulation to elevate accurate information about vaccines and suppress the lies but the challenge is significant. there are an estimated 60 million followers of 447 anti-vaxx accounts that are monitored on facebook, instagram, twitter and youtube by the center for countering digital hate that's a nonprofit that tracks anti-vaxx misinformation across social media. so what are these platforms doing? well, facebook tells us it's removing false claims about vaccines debunked by public health officials, it's rejecting ads that discourage people from getting the vaccine, and it's also labeling posts about vaccines on facebook and instagram and encouraging its users to