but i want to hear from one more person, the disgraced former president himself. i think it s likely final investigative hearing on thursday, all nine members of the committee voted to subpoena the twice impeached insurrectionist president to compel him to testify. liz cheney, the committees republican vice chair, said more than 30 witnesses invoked their fifth amendment right against self incrimination when they were interviewed. many of them, like roger stone and john eastman did so to avoid answering questions about their interactions in discussions with the former president. now, by subpoenaing him, the committee is giving trump the chance to clear things up. the chances of that happening highly in likely. and we think he knows how to do it deflect, deny, and lie, it was meant to take responsibility for his words and actions under oath. and a couple of months ago, trump invoked his fifth amendment right nearly 40 and 50 times when he was deposed by new york state attorney
To 2 here as we await a big week in europe as well. We start with the markets. New optimism about the cliff. President obama in myanmar saying hes confident the fiscal situation will be dealt with hours after he hit the phones calling top ceos. Lowes shares on better than expected earnings. The results renewing hopes this morning about the housing recovery. International pressure mounts for israel and gaza to agree to a ceasefire after a weekend of air strikes leave a dozen dead and hundreds injured. Brent continues to climb with gold going higher. The president and congress will strike a deal to restore the fiscal cliff. Over the weekend in asia, the president said hes confident we can get the fiscal situation confident and reached out to ceos including tim cook, Warren Buffett and jamie dimon. After top house and Senate Leaders say fridays meeting was constructive. We see headlines that may bring news to other companies. Intel ceo Paul Otellini to retire. During this period where a l
at the helm of america s 500 highest grossing companies, and that s an improvement from 40 to last year and only seven and 2002. this new record breaking number however really scratches the surface. 46 women represent only a small percentage of the people around the country s most successful public businesses. a new book by my longtime colleague an old friend julia boorstin takes a look at the closer benefits they comes from female leadership in the continued institutional biases that women need to overcome to get to the top and to stay there. boston has been a media and tech reporter for cnbc since 2006. she created launch that annual cnbc disruptor 50 left. it is also launched the networks closing the gap initiative covering people and companies closing gender and diversity gaps. or a new, book woman who lead, morrison interviewed more than 100 women who lead businesses and carved their own paths for their ideas to thrive. here s one anecdote. if every entrepreneur understood the imp
our next question is from steve wallace, who wants to know, what s your favorite holiday, thanksgiving or christmas. well, i can say a lot of good things about thanksgiving, because i like to eat, and love having the family around. but there s really nothing better than christmas. the birth of jesus, the warmth of family. and i think for this country and community, christmas is an amazing time of year. it s nice to know that the majority of americans really, really feel good this time of year. stick around. rapid response panel coming up next. i m julia boorstin with your cnbc market wrap. the dow up just under 1 point, the nasdaq added 23 points. home prices went up 27% in keys december, a 13% jump from a year ago, the biggest gain in eight years. consumer confidence took a hit in november, down to its
better if we had people in congress who knew what $24 billion could really do for our economy. stick around. rapid response panel is next. i m julia boorstin with your cnbc market wrap. the dow climbing 28 points, the s&p is up 11. and the nasdaq gaining 51 points. google shares soared by $1,000 for the first time. thanks to high earnings growth and growth of their mobile business. and jcpenney stock hit a new 33-year low on word the company was being denied credit. new york stock exchange announced it will do a test run for twitter s ipo to buoy the technical problems the nasdaq had with facebook s ipo. that s it from cnbc, first in business worldwide.