This is 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning, everyone. Once again come together very sadly. Our hearts have been broken by the tragedy of gun violence, this time Marjory Stoneman douglas high school. Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school. In florida. 17 pronounced dade. More wounded, innocent children, sending terrified texts and goodbyes to their parents. We thank god for the heroism of the teachers, School Leaders and First Responders going into harms way to save lives. Once again, we see the urgency of congress to take true commonsense action to prevent gun violence. Everyone is saying we need more information, and we do. And thats why im very pleased to be joined here this morning by congressman mike thompson, the chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task force. He has served in the military, knows how to use guns, hundreder and a believer in the Second Amendment rell speak to his own credentialed. I want to say how proud we are of him a taking the lead
Ms. Pelosi good morning. Good morning, everyone. Once again, we come together very sadly, our hearts have been broken by the tragedy of gun violence. His time at a high school. Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in florida. 17 pronounced dead. More wounded. Innocent children. Sending terrified texts and goodbyes to their parents. We thank god for the heroism of the teachers, the school leaders, and our First Responders going into harms way to save lives. Once again we see the urgency of congress to take true commonsense action to prevent gun violence. Everyone is saying we need more information. And we do. And thats why im very pleased to be join here this morning by congressman mike thompson, hes the chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task force. He has served in the military. Knows how to use guns. Hes a hunter. Hes a believer in the second amendment. Well, hell speak to his own credentials. I just want at that to say how proud we are of him for taking the lead on this issue. And
You saw most of the major averages yesterday sitting at new highs. The dow was off by 3 points. This morning green arrows across the board. Dow looks to open up another 60 points s p up by 3. 5. The nasdaq up by a half point. Overnight in asia, look at what was happening there. The nikkei was down. It slipped by 0. 8 the hang seng and the shanghai were stronger. Shanghai up 0. 4 if you look at whats happening in the european equities market. At this point it looks like markets are flat across the board. Ftse is down by a quarter percentage point treasury yields, lets look at that market. Oil prices, dont mow if you saw this yesterday Oil Prices Surging yesterday that will be something to watch. Highest levels in quite awhile check out the tenyear note which at this point is yielding 2. 634 lets tell you about some big stories were watching the biggest here in davos, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin making headlines at a News Conference he said the United States welcomed a weaker dollar
Equities for the second half of the year. Stock Market Investors are having to deal with a few bumps during the First Six Months and while volatility is low for now, there are a host of reasons why it could pick up. First, the greek debt situation has now gotten bad enough to spark Global Market concerns. Stoc across europe and asia have caused big swings which could cause a voter referendum in greece on whether to stay part of the euro currency. However, many experts believe the u. S. Will remain rather eninsud from the worries there. The next one is the fed whether they will raise Interest Rates. Look for that kind of uncertai continue. And then theres corporate profits. S showing signs of slowing. They expect a decline for the Third Quarter and u. S. Stock markets have not seen a pull back since 2011. Those are a few sparks to a fresh downside move in the second half of the year. For nightly busine im dominic chu. As dominic just said investors will be watching corporate profits ver
Equities for the second half of the year. Stock Market Investors are having to deal with a few bumps during the First Six Months and while volatility is low for now, there are a host of reasons why it could pick up. First, the greek debt situation has now gotten bad enough to spark Global Market concerns. Stoc across europe and asia have caused big swings which could cause a voter referendum in greece on whether to stay part of the euro currency. However, many experts believe the u. S. Will remain rather eninsud from the worries there. The next one is the fed whether they will raise Interest Rates. Look for that kind of uncertai continue. And then theres corporate profits. S showing signs of slowing. They expect a decline for the Third Quarter and u. S. Stock markets have not seen a pull back since 2011. Those are a few sparks to a fresh downside move in the second half of the year. For nightly busine im dominic chu. As dominic just said investors will be watching corporate profits ver