Lori near session lows, 3 points away, the stock is intensifying as we get later into this session. We get economic data, it wasnt terrible on home prices and Consumer Confidence but nonetheless syria being the main headline this is what investors are focused on. Is not the only culprit to the. We cant forget the debt ceiling, the fed pays back, all these are painting a picture is that these final four days in august, finally i point out of the vix index, 1643 spiking, the past two days dramatically. Another market, very low volume. Back to you. Ashley concerns about syria driving ener top 109 a barrel on worry the u. S. And other western nations will worsen the conflict in syria and that could disrupt oil supplies. Sandra smith has more on this from the floor of the cme. Sandra important to point out the primary concern isnt syriacs Oil Production driving Oil Prices Higher in todays session but if theres a conflict there and if we do see the u. S. Act with military offense it would af
Outlooks and prerogatives that reflects a way that reflects more the grass roots and not so much the gun manufacturers or Big Industries or the manufacturers . First, i reject the claim that there is any guncontrol legislation that will be passed the will be popular among our supporters. What it will do is energize our base. Our base is extremely focused on what is going on in congress. They are extremely passionate and have a lot of energy. They will generate a higher level of interest in the 2014 elections, and we will able to capture that energy and spirit accordingly in the elections steer it accordingly in the elections. Terrific. Well, we have reached the end of our time, so i asked you to join me in thanking our panel sara chieffo, david kirby, brandon davis, and glen caroline. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] coming out in about 30 minutes, we will take you live to the state department, w
I think i am speaking for a lot of people when we say we are heartbroken when a Family Member is taken through an act of gun violence, whether it be a child or anyone else, but particularly children. That is a heartbreaking episode in society. I think most people would appreciate the fact that there are thousands, if not millions of americans, that save their families from home invasions or violent assault because they had a gun to protect themselves. Most of us are glad it ended well for you. Those are the two bookends. You mentioned, captain kelly, and i appreciate you being here, appreciate your comments about you and your wife being reasonable people. I do not doubt that one bit. The question is, am i an unreasonable american if i oppose this bill . Am i an unreasonable american to believe the constitution says guns commonly used by the population for legitimate purposes . I do not want to own a gun to attack my government. That is not what i think a legitimate purpose is. Lets tal
Buying the Washington Post newspaper for 250 million. This deal ends the graham familys 80 years of ownership. He calls this acquisition a personal endeavor. Not amazon money hes using, this is his very own. And chairman and ceo don graham talking about this deal. Jeff reached out to me less than a month ago. We met at a Conference Face to face, twice, the second week in july. We spent an hour together. He asked for time to study the numbers, we then spent another two hours together. And at the end of it, he said he thought he wanted to go ahead, but he obviously, he and his team needed time to look over the business and understand it more thoroughly. And then we he did and we quickly reached a deal. Shares of Washington Post climbing to the highest level in almost five years. 588 and change. Almost up 20 on this news. And this is something that were really focused on just because of the journalism and everything. We have to. But the graham family. The graham family, giving it up after
After the bell, earnings beat the street. Analysts say rosy quarterly figures masked troubles at three of news corp. s properties, most notably fox. The nations retailers will report Monthly Sales today, costco post ago 4 rise in comps. And there were two after the bell winners in the space. Shares of zumis rising after the Action Sports retailers raised its forty quarter guidance on sales. Im putting the gavel down and sending it to you, mandy. You have the gavel this morning . The gavel is at the desk. He has to like that. Whenever he goes, he takes the gavel. Why dont we take on the markets this morning for you and get you up to date on what is happening out there. Of course, were looking at an implied open that is marginally positive today. As for oil prices which had been moving higher, ever creeping towards that 100 mark for crude, were currency just below 97 right now. The tenyear, theyre sitting just below 2 at 1. 993 . Now we move on to the dollar. Dollar yen at 9. That is the