every single day. practicing what katon would call base politics at a level that democrats prefer. is that a winning formula for a senator? can a senator sign on what you re doing at trump leaks and win? absolutely. the democratic coalition which is the organization that i run, we use trump leaks as a tool to make sure that we can disperse documents about people. mnuchin as an example, he had to pay a million dollar fine for his involvement with the bernie madoff scandal. these are not people that are nice. these are people that are terrible. they re bad nominees for the most part and not qualified for the job at all. americans should push back against this. you think we should have someone in charge of our money that was involved and partnered with bernie madoff. i don t think so. i think that when it comes down to the democrats, we need to
0.8% here. we are okay. the markets are in the green largely here so i think you re going to build on that and you ll probably have a high eer session today. 18,000 is the big target. interesting story . mike jeffreys the ceo is departing. the 70-year-old is stepping down after 11 poor quarters. this is always a grim thing for a ceo, but the stock rallied eight percent on his departure. even so, it s still down 20%. jeff, tell us real quickly about new sentences concerning the bernie madoff scandal. this one just rolls on, doesn t it?
asian stocks closed lower. a tough day on wall street. futures basically flat right now. the dow dropped 119 points, retreating from that 71,000 milestone. and another guilty person in the bernie madoff scandal. madoff s accountant paul conansburg pleaded guilty to falsifying books and records. he was the only non-family member to have a stake in madoff s company. he facing up to 30 years in prison. he s known as soccer s bad boy, the nickname the cannibal, the biter, and luiz suarez lived up to that he went mike tyson on an opponent, biting the italian defender. this is not the first time he s done something like this. he s been suspended twice for biting players.
appeals sided with the business owners. happening now at the oscar pistorius trial, a police captain back on the stand detailing the text messages reeva steenkamp sent to the olympic sprinter in the days and weeks before he shot and killed her. captain francois moeller read from the texts in court, including one where steenkamp said she was sometimes scared of pistori pistorius. the defense is expected to cross examine him today. five new convictions monday in the bernie madoff scandal. former madoff employees found guilty of conspiracy for helping conceal a massive ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of some $17 billion. madoff was arrested in 2008 and has said he acted alone. prosecutors argued that the fraud began as early as the 1970s. each of the five defendants faces decades in prison. all right, let s get an early look at our weather this morning. chad myers has that for us. and good morning. kind of a complicated forecast for the northeast. a couple of different stor
for national unity and vowed to respect the rights of women. more on this election moments from now. tropical storm debby is causing problems for much of the gulf coast. a tornado triggered by the storm killed a woman in florida. flooding is a major threat with some areas getting drenched with up to 15 inches of rain. the latest track has debby slowly headed towards panama city, florida. it could make landfall by thursday. bad news just keeping coming for colorado residents. another new wildfire burning. the entire area of manitou springs, nearly 11,000 residents have been forced to evacuate. very sca. started with manitou avenue north of. we need them to leave when we ask them to leave. he was asleep, so i pounded on his door to get him out. prett scary. it s right there. orange. a lot of orange. crews have zero containment of the tire and are not expegting conditions to improve anytime soon. as we wait to hear the fate of the president s health care reform bill,