dropped about harambi the gorilla, that is taking over the internet. it us monday, april 1st, april fool s day and fbn: a.m. starts right now. lauren: let s show you how your money is move ago t 5:00 a.m. no april fool s day joke here. the dow surging 200 points in the premarket. the investors are starting the quarter upbeat, full slate of economic data ahead. in europe, u.k. lawmakers set to vote on alternatives to theresa may s brexit plan today or risk leaving the e.u. without a deal in 11 days. the ftse in england is up almost 1%, you up 63 points. but asia really setting the tone today, this is a big reason why our futures are climbing more than 200 points. upbeat factory activity in china could be suggesting that the global slowdown fears have been overdone. shanghai composite gaining 2.5%. cheryl: a lot of green on the screen. good morning, welcome to fbn: a.m.. i m cheryl casone. lauren: good morning. welcome back, cheryl. you re looking like sunshine today. and t
average. we had a big gain thursday. we are going to close out the week, though, certainly the opening bell, with another triple digit loss, down maybe 160 points, at least, at the opening bell. no clue how we close. what do we have for you today? the president leaves the white house for mar-a-lago. he usually takes the opportunity to speak to reporters. america approves of israel having sovereignty over the golan heights. that may come up. that s a big deal. so will democrat presidential hopefuls skipping next week s pro-israel apec conference. you will hear what he has to say as he says it. you will also hear directly from gm s chief mary barra. she s on the show. how will she respond to the president s intense pressure on that closed general motors plant in lordstown, ohio? it s always a big show on fridays. this friday, march 22nd is no exception. varney & company is about to begin. i have a deputy, appoints a man to write a report on me to make a determination on
2019 is installed and when we opened today the dow may move lower but back to around 25,600 and that s a long way from the record high which i foolishly predicted we would hit last week. big jobs report comes out tomorrow and that will be a factor throughout the day today. alex québec, long-term host of jeopardy, has been diagnosed with stage iv pancreatic cancer. grim diagnosis but he will fight it and he says keep the faith and we will win. with you sir, all the way. party company is about to begin. jim, you got to start doing it over here. you really put a big investment in our country and we appreciate it. [laughter] stuart: the president flooded tim cook s name at the white house can you imagine a social media had a total feel dale with that. and they did. stuart: let go from apple to facebook. mark zuckerberg, layout plans to make the social network more focused on privacy. tell me more. about time, right? let me start with this quote, he wrote a 3,000 word blog
reserve as a result. maybe cuts down the road. that might be a leap. then you have the rumors this week we get the mueller report out. we bet rumors about a trade deal whether it comes to fruition or not. it could be delayed. a meeting on part of the president of the united states and his chinese counterpart looked like it would happen at the end of this month, might not happen until the summer. add that to the mix, markets doing what they re doing. get a read with susan li, all over the place, working every day of the week. clear set advisors, jim awad. wall street journal associate editor, john bussey. susan begin with you, end with you, on this weird thing i noticed where bonds are strong, yields coming down, stocks certainly holding their own. oil racing to 59 or better a barrel. so you could sigh that is weird confluence of events. we were talking about that on the floor of new york stock exchange friday. yield on treasury note dipped below 2.60 again. that is not a
a live look right now over oakland s. it is cold outside. but the sun is about to peek through. i had my hat on this morning. but i m wimpy. good morning to you. it is saturday the summer 12. december 12. let s check the weather. it s cold out. i had my seat warmers on. it feels like winter. upper 30s to about 40. it s a chilly one. colder than yesterday because we have partnered cloudy to clear skies. there s the view across the bay. we have partly cloudy to mostly clear skies. we will be dry through the afternoon but by this evening things start to change. we have more rain will begin moving in. the rest of us will get in on it by tomorrow morning right now partly cloudy skies. down by 12 degrees in fairfield. it is a colder start to the day. let s put the numbers up. 35 fairfield. upper 30s walnut creek and livermore. 37 napa. the basic communities are in the low 40s. bayside communities are in the low 40s. this afternoon temperatures are like yesterday. up