Were the two profit drivers in the Second Quarter for General Motors and more importantly for investors, margins were above 10 and for the remainder of this year General Motors expects business to be Even Stronger in part because of pickup trucks in north america. Our pickup share in the Second Quarter was up close to 3 Percentage Points on a year over year basis. So we continue to see a lot of Strong Demand for fullsize pickups, suvs and crossovers. To drive that point home think about this. Year to date General Motors pickup sales, both fullsize and midsize up 25 . Thats one reason why gm is doing so well in north america which we saw in the 2q numbers. Eli lilly beat the street. Meg tirrell, the Company Raised its forecast for the year. The beat on the adjusted earnings was 16 cents. Raise only by 10 cents though. Ceo on squawk box this morning address what went into that question. As we are launching products and bringing drugs through our late stage pipeline that drives certain am
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom here in new york. Good to be with you. Im anne marie greene. The water is still rising in houston. It rained overnight and more heavy rain is expected today. Harvey has already dumped a massive amount of rain normally seen only once in more than a thousand years. Another 10 to 20 inches is in the forecast. The surging flood waters have paralyzed the city. At least two people have died in the catastrophic storm but the devastation is so widespread it is impossible to measure just how many people are missing or still trapped. Evacuation centers are packed full. Texas Governor Greg Abbott says this is one of the largest disasters america has ever faced and this morning Tropical Storm harvey is just offshore and is expected to move back inland sometime tomorrow. Don champion is in houston. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning. Today marks the fourth straight day harvey has soaked this entire region. At one point overnight the rain fell at a pain
Long and nobodys ever seen this much water. Historic, after what happened, but it happened in texas and texas can handle anything. Trade to residents in the houston area but they welcomed flight. The sun finally rising go viral. Harvey continues to have an impact on the energy area. Reuters reporting the largest refinery in the United States shutting down due to the storm. This disruption could have a major toll on gasoline prices as they head to the holiday weekend. Right now one fifth of all u. S. Refining capacity is shut down and gasoline prices already a. Gasoline prices of 20 cents a gallon continued to rise. Features in the stock market are showing gains across the board on the dow futures after a nice reversal of the market yesterday. Blue chip of about 57 points in trading tuesday. The psyche of reading a secondquarter domestic product, our biggest reading on the economy divided it to the event eastern time could expect them to. 7 growth. Investors eyeing President Trump on ta
Live now to the floor of the United States senate. They are back from their summer recess and our live coverage picks up right here right now on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black , will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal and sovereign god, the earth in its fullness belongs to you. Teach us to live by your prece precepts and follow your plans. Guide our lawmakers in the challenging decisions they face. May they build up rather than tear down using their powers to keep dreams from becoming nightmares. Give them the wisdom to know that history will judge them by whether they act with courage or cowardess. Lord, lead our senators in their efforts to guide our citizens to the better angels of our nature. May our lawmakers make the commitment to stand for right, though the heavens fall. And, lord, we pray for those affected by Hurricane Harvey and for those bracing for hurricane irma. We pray in your merci
That is a great song for the chats were going to have today. Amy taylor filling in for molly today. Good to have you here. Great to be here. That was my moms Favorite Song at the time. We were just talking about your mom thats a little sign. We were. Yeah. Molly is gone today because she was at the critics Choice Awards yesterday with ryan jay. Looking fabulous i might add. Look at tho molly looked stunning on the red carpet. So does ryan he always does, but look at her. I told her i loved the aubergine aka egg plant. Thats a great color beautiful on her. She actually one of the women that won an award viola davis she won last night, thats not the dress she wore last night, but wore a dress similar to mollys. What is so great about the show you dont have to watch it or what were going to say. The show itself was about being body positive and insecurities and talking about that as a person. Viola davis who is in how to getaway with murder. She talked about having to lose weight or walk