Were tracking the storm as it bears down on bermuda. This is al jazeera america. Live from new york city. Im tony harris. The Nigerian Government agreed to a ceasefire with the armed Group Boko Haram today, but the fate of 200 kyle girls who were abducted is still unclear. Talks to talk about their release and boko haram assured them that the girls are alive and well. A ceasefire deal has been reached with the radical armed group, and talks of the girls release is continuing. President Goodluck Jonathan has come under criticism. Were a bit concerned about how many girls were going to see, what condition theyre going to be in. Some of them have been given out as wives. What is the assurance that we have that when people say that oh, none of them have been harmed, theyve all been kept together, the rest of t we really dont know. Reporter jonathan is expected to announce his reelection bid. Some say the timing of the deal is convenient. They insist that the girls will be home soon. Well a
That was the question of being the top for stocks. The closing high was below that. 17,279. Today the dow trying to stay positive and the s p. Nasdaq higher and the russell, scott, which has turned weaker and plenty of atngs. I have been saying throughout this week that among the people im speaking with, thats the thing theyre watching maybe more so than the other internals within the market is follow the russell, follow the small caps. But yesterday the Third Straight day of a 1 or better gain. Rolling over a little and rolling over a little, the market off the best levels, as well. Watching the small caps. Art cashin saying its all about crude. Lets get right to it. Joining us is john manly, christine shore, david darst, steve parker and our own rick santelli. So, welcome one and all. Rick, i am going to start with you, actually, here because this morning we heard from janet yellen. She was talking about inequality. European central bank may be talking about further asset purchases.
The public disagreement within the Federal Reserve over what it should do next. We have all that and more on the nightly Business Report for friday, october 17th. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. Rarely in recent years has the friday been so welcome on wall street. And this thankfully for the most part was a friday of healing for stocks after a week that laid bare practically every one of the markets vulnerabilities. Today, the Dow Jones Industrial average ended a sixday losing streak, a slide marked by the kind of turbulence that investors had not seen in years. It shot up, pushed by strong earnings, good Economic News and fierce rally overseas in european stocks. All 30 dow blue chips ended in the green, the nasdaq gained 40 s ps, fourth week in a row of losses, the dow fell a percent, the nasdaq down a half percentage point, the s p lost a percent. By the way, for the tenyear treasury it took a Magical Mystery Tour for its own this week before ending with a yield of 2. 2 , where
In philadelphia this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. Happening now at 11 00 oclock, a fierce storm batters bermuda. Hurricane gonzalo torturing the island late into this evening. New night, a close call for two state troopers. A frightening ordeal caught on camera. Now the search for hitandrun driver. But first brand new information tonight about the first texas nurse to be diagnosed with ebola. Doctors have downgraded the condition of nina pham. Good evening, im chris may. Im Natasha Brown in for jessica. Right now, at 11 00 oclock, doctors downgraded 19 at a phams condition. They dropped her from Good Condition to fair but say she is resting comfortably. Also, tonight researcher at the National Institutes of health where pham is being treated say they are working feverishly on a possible ebola vaccine. And today president obama named ron klain former chief of staff to vicepresident s joe biden and al gore to serve as ebola czar. As for the cruise ship carrying Dallas Health care worker bein
On hospital preparedness and many want the administration to band travelers friending the u. S. From those nations in west africa with Ebola Outbreaks. If youre not going to do a travel ban, do a quarantine there. Reporter miles away from washington, d. C. A dallas hospital worker who handled a lab specimen of ebola Thomas Eric Duncan who later died is on a caribbean cruise ship that. Worker is now being quarantined for any signs of infection. And one of two dallas nurses infected with the virus while carrying for Duncan Nina Pham is being cared for by doctors at the National Institutes of health in maryland. We fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospital and well do everything we possibly can to make that happen. Pham is a high level contain many unit and doctors say shes in fair condition. Resting comfortably and even using her ipad while in isolation. At the National Institutes of health in bethesda, maryland, Catherine Herridge fox news. Three people from pennsylvan