pro growth policy reform plan. our political panel is going to weigh in. also this evening, the dow closed a weak a 57. six weekly advances. surprised on the upside. these july numbers give us a great august, but the question is how long? famed investor mar you gabelli gives us his top picks. our special guest, former democratic congressman and obama nomine tor archer davis. he tells us why he s not only left the fold of the democrats to become a republican, but how he s getting a headline role at the republican national convention a week away. out s a conversion. i call it an kpexorcism. here now with the latest, cnbc contributor, robert costa of the national review. i m sure you know the story of the scorpion and the frog. if romney releases five years of tax returns he s the frog. will the scorpion of team obama not sting him to death? it s an apt analogy. we saw a schoolyard taunt from chicago. obama s campaign manager sent a letter to boston asking governor romney plea
african-americans. davis says he should be embarrassed about those comments. some are calling it the nastiest campaign ever. they write that there is a sense that all restraint are gone and no incentive for anyone to hold back. author of the soon-to-be released story, what s the matter with white people, joe, good to see you. good to see you. what s your response on what archer davis said? it s per post rouse. first of all, every four years we hear it s the nastiest campaign ever, oechlt, my god, and in particular this round of attacks on joe biden is so false. we ve had a campaign where newt gingrich talked about our president s kenyan colonial mind set and called him the food
of afghanistan this morning. a nato blackhawk helicopter crashed, killing at least 11 people. seven of them are u.s. service members. this happened in southern afghanistan. but nato s international security assistance force isn t giving an exact location. here is an example of what a uh-60 blackhawk chopper looks like. among the dead, three afghan troops and an interpreter. we ll keep you updated as we get more information this morning on this downing of that blackhawk. also just in, a new measure of the economy. just minutes ago we learned of an uptick in the number of americans filing their first claim for jobless benefits. the new number, 366,000. 2,000 more people than the week before. what does that mean? we have a report from the new york stock exchange. first off, what does this say about the so-called recovery? good morning, fredricka. it s not bad news, per se. of course we d always like to see a decline. this reading was essentially flat but much better than som
about joe biden s comments about romney policies putting people supposedly back in chains. bozo the vp is out there engaging in the most shameless kind of race clownery. the killer west nile virus zeroing in on texas. the dallas area has been plagued with more than 200 cases and at least 10 fatalities. they are gearing up to begin aerial spraying for the first time in decades. we have people dying, ok? we have to have a sense of urgency to get this done now. out of afghanistan, a nato helicopter crashed killing at least even people. seven of them are u.s. service members. a single ticket in michigan matched all of the numbers in last night s powerball. $337 million. in china, a rescue of a little boy in a peculiar predicament. some fishermen shot this video of a shark lurks in cape cod bay. all that a perfect game by the king, felix hernandez! it s for you. and all that matters. this president cannot run on his record. and i think johnson sununu su
and this breaking news out of afghanistan this morning. a nato blackhawk helicopter crashed, killing at least 11 people. seven of them are u.s. service members. this happened in southern afghanistan. but nato s international security assistance force isn t giving an exact location. here is an example of what a uh-60 blackhawk chopper looks like. among the dead, three afghan troops and an interpreter. we ll keep you updated as we get more information this morning on this downing of that blackhawk. also just in, a new measure of the economy. just minutes ago we learned of an uptick in the number of americans filing their first claim for jobless benefits. the new number, 366,000. 2,000 more people than the week before. what does that mean? we have a report from the new york stock exchange. first off, what does this say about the so-called recovery? good morning, fredricka. it s not bad news, per se. of course we d always like to see a decline. this reading was essentially fl