Theres plenty to choose from here. The folks from Huffington Post have this headline about one of the top stories of the year. International womens day was the most talked about moment on facebook this year. 2017 was quite a year for women. It kicked off with the inauguration of President Trump, who was elected despite being accused of more than a dozen women of sexual assault. Millions of people took to the streets for the womens march in cities worldwide. As the year unfolded large numbers of women indicated interest in running for office. The final months have been marked by dozens of women courageously coming forward to call out sexual abuse by powerful men. As the year unfolded large numbers of women indicated interest in running for office. Earlier this year as we saw live on cspan. Part of the story takes us to capitol hill as well. A series of Sexual Harassment charges on the hill. The household hearing earlier this year. One of the people who testified at this hearing was jack
Both indexes closing at record highs a handful of times this month and the nasdaq inched ever closer to what we thought wed never see again, 5,000 and it wasnt just stocks. Oil which had been on a downward trajectory may have found a floor scoring biggest monthly gain since 2009. So for the month, blue chip dow index rose more than 5 nasdaq gained 7 best month since january of 2012 and s p 500 rose about 5. 5 and all this came despite a pullback today with the dow falling 81 points to 18,132. Nasdaq down 24 points to 4,963 and s p 500 lost 6 points. Dominic chu looks at what was behind the february surge and some of the big events that loom ahead. Reporter after a rough start to 2015 in january, the market staged a comeback. And now, this is one of the best februarys on record. At certain points we hit historic highs for both the Dow Jones Industrial average and the s p 500. Even the nasdaq composite is inching closer and closer to records we havent seen since the internet stock bubble
Both indexes closing at record highs a handful of times this month and the nasdaq inched ever closer to what we thought wed never see again, 5,000 and it wasnt just stocks. Oil which had been on a downward trajectory may have found a floor scoring biggest monthly gain since 2009. So for the month, blue chip dow index rose more than 5 nasdaq gained 7 best month since january of 2012 and s p 500 rose about 5. 5 and all this came despite a pullback today with the dow falling 81 points to 18,132. Nasdaq down 24 points to 4,963 and s p 500 lost 6 points. Dominic chu looks at what was behind the february surge and some of the big events that loom ahead. Reporter after a rough start to 2015 in january, the market staged a comeback. And now, this is one of the best februarys on record. At certain points we hit historic highs for both the Dow Jones Industrial average and the s p 500. Even the nasdaq composite is inching closer and closer to records we havent seen since the internet stock bubble
Both indexes closing at record highs a handful of times this month and the nasdaq inched ever closer to what we thought wed never see again, 5,000 and it wasnt just stocks. Oil which had been on a downward trajectory may have found a floor scoring biggest monthly gain since 2009. So for the month, blue chip dow index rose more than 5 nasdaq gained 7 best month since january of 2012 and s p 500 rose about 5. 5 and all this came despite a pullback today with the dow falling 81 points to 18,132. Nasdaq down 24 points to 4,963 and s p 500 lost 6 points. Dominic chu looks at what was behind the february surge and some of the big events that loom ahead. Reporter after a rough start to 2015 in january, the market staged a comeback. And now, this is one of the best februarys on record. At certain points we hit historic highs for both the Dow Jones Industrial average and the s p 500. Even the nasdaq composite is inching closer and closer to records we havent seen since the internet stock bubble
Epic disaster, he gets criticized if you go in too soon, perhaps interfere with any kind of recovery efforts, we heard some of that, the president didnt meet with any people that were directly affected, today we have seen the president and first lady there interacting with folks who have their lives turned upside down by Hurricane Harvey. President there on the tarmac interacting also with the United States Senate Delegation representing louisiana, senators cassidy and kennedy who will be asked to approve funding for Hurricane Harvey victims in the coming days and so those personal conversations very important as the president will look for votes, one would think that recovery for Hurricane Harvey would not be controversial in any way but you never know these days the way Congress Works and so the president putting a face to face pitch if you will with the congressional delegation to louisiana to lets get relief to these folks and get them back on their feet. Quickly because its very,