Deal. Markets pointing to another record high. Weve got gains across the board with the major indices once again in unchartered territory. Dow futures up 23 points, s p up 2, and nasdaq futures higher by 9. Impeachment standoff, that continues this morning. Congress is headed home for the holidays. But democrats are holding up sending the articles of impeachment to the senate. The battle focusing on witnesses now. What happens now . We are digging in. Then the force not so strong this time around. Star wars, the rise of skywalker number one at the box office in north america but falling short of the last two films in the trilogy. Mornings with maria begins right now. Its christmas time and weve got the spirit. Jacks for chilling. Thats what christmas is all about. The time is now. The place is here. Maria weve got christmas rapping going on this morning. We have a big show. Good morning, everybody. Joining the conversation, the director of Equity Research at cfra, ken leon is here. Pol
Switch shares up about 24 this afternoon. Well look at whether that treasury move could help juice the market for ipos coming up. Meanwhile, the new blade runner sequel hits theaters this weekend were going to look at whether this film can revitalize the struggling box office. Lot of fingers crossed in hollywood here as they bring Harrison Ford back one more time. Well see. Good luck. Hope it works. Lets begin today with a jobs report, though. Eyeopening number hs this morning. Our senior economics reports Steve Liesman joins us from austin with a breakdown of those numbers. Steve . Reporter yeah, bill, you had to cast your eyes down on this number here. But whats happening right now is people are really throwing out the weak number on the top line and looking to the details of the report and they find strength here. Let me show you what theyre talking about here the top line number minus 33,000 quite a bit below the 80,000 estimate you have the revisions to the prior months which were
We are. We got a papal disconsent im sue herera in for kelly evans. Kelly will be back on monday. Were watching a market that is having a rough week, as you know. Its been very volatile, but its trying to end on a positive note, and if it closed right now, it would be positive. Well take you through the final hour of trading. Plus, we have these stories also ahead today. Is the consumer sick or are some retailers, though, using them as an excuse, as they might do . Right. Are they blowing it . Are the consumers doing the weather . Theyre pinning their problems on the shopper. We dont know if thats appropriate or not, but were going to debate it. Rentacenter, the Container Store, walmart, all of them saying consumers are hurting them and their bottom lines, but is that legitimate . Were going to take a closer look at that. Ah, yes. Meanwhile, wells fargo, the nations biggest Mortgage Lender. So, when its newest chief Financial Officer said in an interview people are just not buying home
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