Capped a strong week within striking distance of alltime record closing high. Blue chip index up to 18,127. The nasdaq gained 34 points rising for 5 Straight Days to get third highest close ever at 5026. And s p 500 up nearly 19 to 2108. In a week of big triple digit swings dont fight the fed. Stocks got lot of help after the fed wednesday dropped the word patient from its Interest Rate prognosis but basically said it will be patient about raising them. The dow rose 2 for the week. The nasdaq outpacing the others with a 3 rise and the s p. So its steepest weekly advance. But focus squarely this week on nasdaq that closed above 5,000 for the second time this year and on a few occasions this week the index was up when the dow and the s p were down. So why the recent strength in the index . Bertha coombs has our repo. Reporter the nasdaq is now within reach of new alltime high. And this time around says j. P. Morgans kate moore, the tech heavy index is driven by profits more than hype. We
College students getting together for cocktails, and police getting together for a busy night. Reporter you can see behind me on this blackout wednesday, people are already out having a good time. We have a long ways to go. Police are just hoping people dont party too much. These college age women are home for thanksgiving and are catching out over a drink called a swamp water. Just back in town and hanging out. Just a good feeling to come home. Petaluma is a good town to come home to. The bars are just packed. I dont know why Everyone Wants to drink so much a night before eating a bunch of turkey. Reporter sometimes, the celebrations go too far. This was the scene two years ago. We had problems with bars overserving. Young people, fights. You know, duis. Reporter extra officers will be on the street tonight. Police met with bar owners last week to make sure things dont spin out of control. Once i get around 150, ill close the doors up. Kind of wait around the block there. Will there b
Wednesday. Some Officials Say it is second only to new years for drunk driving violations. Leave in petaluma, he found College Students getting together for cocktails, and police getting together for a busy night. Reporter you can see behind me on this blackout wednesday, people are already out having a good time. We have a long ways to go. Police are just hoping people dont party too much. These college age women are home for thanksgiving and are catching out over a drink called a swamp water. Just back in town and hanging out. Just a good feeling to come home. Petaluma is a good town to come home to. The bars are just packed. I dont know why Everyone Wants to drink so much a night before eating a bunch of turkey. Reporter sometimes, the celebrations go too far. This was the scene two years ago. We had problems with bars overserving. Young people, fights. You know, duis. Reporter extra officers will be on the street tonight. Police met with bar owners last week to make sure things don
This morning the speaker when asked about the plans asked about the details and i believe he said blah blah blah. [laughter] do you feel like you are begin their cut before you unveil your plan and giving the remarks where does this stand . I dont think we cannot afford to wait. I cant settle for an economy that grows at 2 , settle for high employmen unemployment andt able to live on their own. A declining wages for the middle class. We need to be the party of growth and opportunity, restoring the American Dream and this is something americans have hunger before. We have an obligation. I put up this draft so that we could engage the American People on this and i think this is some of that as i travel the country and through the hearings ive had this is something that is very much to move forward. The new cspan. Org website makes it easier than ever to keep tabs on washington, d. C. And share your findings via facebook, twitter and other networks. Easy search functions let you access da
Them to be at their full capacity, and the only way we achieve this is by dredging some of these areas where weve seen some major problems. The bill also makes Critical Reforms to our nations rivers and waterways. The inland waterway system in this country spans 38 states and handles approximately one half of all inland waterway freight. With many maintenance and Construction Projects years overdue, the inland waterways are in dire need of major rehabilitation. The inland Waterways Trust fund which funds these projects is in steady decline and if we dont strengthen it, the industries that so heavily depend on the inland water system and the people that work for these industries critical jobs will suffer. That is why i cosponsored the river act with senators casey and landrieu to help move forward major instruction Construction Projects on the inland waterway system including locks and dams on the mississippi river. Other provisions of the river act are included in the final wrda bill i