harvey struck and the dramatic rescues continue. we re live with the heroes volunteering to save flood victims as waters in some areas of texas continue to rise. vice president mike pence touring the texas damage first-hand today. he will give us an update on relief efforts. we ll take you there live when he begins to speak, ash. ashley: back to the markets. the dow climbing into the close. lori rothman at new york stock exchange. lori, doesn t matter what is happening, north korea, hurricane hair very, these markets are resilient. you said it ashley. dow and record highs. five consecutive months of gains for the dow and s&p. nasdaq chalking up two consecutive months of gains. we had good economic news. obviously the data print taken before the devastation of hurricane harvey and gulf coast. gdp print of 3% was awesome of course. then today we had a couple of data points on initial jobless claims. that helped keep markets in the green today. let s look back at the month t
they are not bothered by that controversial decision. and by the way that course happened and that very hour. some 24 hours ago. scott pruitt out today to counterpunch the critics. there he is. he believes humans do contribute to global warming it is up to other world leaders to decide if they will sit down with the president to renegotiate paris accord or even forge a new climate deal. also refusing those multiple questions. with an all-star lineup to break it all down. in the former congressman. they are on opposites sides of the argument. we are talking about him a lot this week. there is more brush and talk. let s start the count on. while i guess disappointing day. they are waking up and let s be honest to a bit of a bummer. the unemployment rate 4.3% sounds good. april s numbers aprils numbers also by the way values down. in spite of that though. markets continue their steady climb upward. it is another trifecta. it s up to 67. the s&p up a third of a%. begin 53 points.
busy hour. white house on defense this week. epa head pruitt and sean spicer pushing back on the media going nuts over the president s decision to nix the paris climate agreement. may jobs report falling short of expectations. why is the market shrugging it off. just where are the jobs? kathy griffin holding a press conference from getting fired for chn because of a horrible, isis-like photo. why she says she is the actual victim. unbelievable. it is unbelievable. back to major market records, all three averages ending at new highs for the second day in a row. nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. with the big winners. great to see you, nicole. reporter: lauren, market loves to see the market at new highs. everybody loves it for their 401(k)s and ira s. dow up 15% since election day. that momentum continues, shrugging off some headlines. looking right now, the dow closes up 5points. some of the all-time highs. eight of the 30 in fact. look at some of the
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