S&P 500 Kicks Off Q2 With A New Milestone, Pres. Biden's $2T Infrastructure Plan: From Electric Vehicles And Taxes To China And Chips, Pfizer And J&J COVID Vaccine Developments, And An Exclusive With The CEO Of AMC Entertainment

Squawk on the Street

On the first trading day of the second quarter, Carl Quintanilla and Jim Cramer discussed the S&P 500 surpassing the 4,000 mark for the first time. The move comes one day after President Biden outlined his $2T infrastructure plan, which includes point-of-sale rebates when buying a new electric vehicle and funding for 500,000 EV charging stations. The anchors explored what such a development could mean for automakers and EV SPACs, and reacted to what President Biden said about hiking corporate taxes to pay for the plan -- plus Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's comments to Jim explaining why the package is about competing with China. Semiconductors also part of the infrastructure/China discussion as well, inculding Micron's better-than-expected quarterly results. On the COVID front: Pfizer and BioNTech out with new data showing 91% efficacy for its vaccine after six months, adding it is effective against the South African variant -- and Johnson & Johnson announcing a batch of its of its covid-19 vaccine produced at an Emergent Biosciences factory in Baltimore did not meet quality standards and will not be distributed. AMC Entertainment Chairman & CEO Adam Aron spoke exclusively with Jim and Carl, discussing the movie theater chain's reopening plans. Aron also announced that AMC is asking shareholders to approve a 500 million share offering. Also in focus – CEOs speak out: Highlights from Wednesday night’s CNBC special “Race and Opportunity In America.”