if we see russia s involvement, it is not going to be good for our interests. you also see boys picked up by terrorists. that s not good. so we have a responsibility to be part. obviously, we will not be using american troops. the local community and local security must defend the country. but we need to be part of the operation to secure libya for its future. great to have you with us. thanks so much for your time. all right. president trump we may be within 24 hours of a major announcement on big tax cuts. sources say he wants to slash the corporate tax rate down to 15%, but where exactly would he get the money to do that? who would pay for it? the markets, of course, very closely following this. we are moments away from the hoping bell on wall street. none other than our chief business correspondent is here with what the markets think. lower corporate taxes means bigger profit for big companies
he looks at these numbers and sees i m a winner. the minute he becomes a more strategic candidate, i think that is a strategic misstep for him. we are now just three minutes to the closing bell on wall street. ayman mohyeldin lv full coverage on that and what it means.
cycling now, less than an hour before the closing bell on wall street and the markets are ending the week mixed. why? one reason, it s jobs report friday and i m beginning to wonder what those jobs numbers actually add up to. if you want to be bullish, the unemployment rate did drop from 7% to 6.7%. the lowest its been in five years. if you want to be bearish, 74,000 new jobs were created below the 200,000 that many were expecting. how can this be? a big drop in the rate and so few jobs added. i have three words for you. labor, participation, rate. you see that stands at 62.8%. fewer and fewer folks are looking for work. enough from me, let s bring in
who told voters that they could keep their health care, they did that because we assured them that was the truth. so that s on me, it s not on them. he said that a couple times. so they re very worried because nothing would put a halt to an administration seeing the end of its days anyway in thirty-two years as a republican senate and a still republican house, so they re worried. all right, candy crowley, thank you so much. candy will have so much more on this on state of the union on sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. if you have checked your retirement account lately, you know stock markets have been on fire, folks. they have been en fuego. today, they re climbing towards milestones. less than two hours from the closing bell on wall street. take a look at the dow. up again. approaching 16,000. and check this out. so far this year, the dow has gained 21%. and other the other two indexes are up even more. the s&p 500 is within striking distance of 1800, and the nasdaq
to the point of acceptance, there s nothing more beautiful. now he compares it to ripping off a band-aid and says he hopes that others will realize that being a gay professional athlete is really not that big a deal. and then, there s this. before we wrap things up. a robbery target in new orleans made a very dangerous choice over the weekend. about it work out okay so we ll show it to you. look at this. police say this win down on saturday morning. the robbercocks a cocks a shot gun and then walks up to the clerk and the would be-be victim turns the tables. the gunman and the accomplice got away but police say they hope the video will lead to an arrest. that s it for studio b. i m shepard smith. the final bell on wall street will begin ringing in four sects and it s been a good day. listen.