Thank you very much for being here. This is a terrific crowd and the crowd we just spent a few minutes with in the overflow room is here and excited as well. Senator warren and i are here, number one, two thank you because i must tell you as they look back historically at this time of our country they will look back right now to advance of activism and an activism that is here tonight thats in the overflow room, that spread across the country and in activism that stopped the repeal of the worst piece of legislation that ive ever seen in all my time of government. [cheers and applause] senator warren and i both represent the United States people represent the commonwealth of massachusetts. But also represent marshfield and this region and in the course of the evening we will be talking not just about National Issues and interNational Issues, but also issues that affect our region disproportionally at that toe piece of legislation, the repeal of the Affordable Care act in our district al
Day after briefly touching that level. And it did so with confidence, surging triple digits. This is the blue chip indexs 4,000point milestone this year. Ibm played a big role in todays advance. Shares of big blue soared nearly 9 , its best day since 2009. On the back of its Quarterly Results that we told you about last night. Solid earnings and improving Global Growth have also contributed to the markets seemingly uninterrupted rally. When all was said and done the Dow Jones Industrial a gained 160 points to 23,157. Nasdaq rose just fractionally. The s p 500 was up nearly two. Bob pisani takes a look at why nothing seems to s reporter stocks seemed to be racking up record highs. The dow grew 5,000 points in 18 months. That means the dow has advanced 1,000 points on average every 3. 6 months. At this rate well hit 24,000 at the end of january and well be celebrating 25,000 in the middle of may. The markets keep rallying because everyone has come to believe that all the problems of the
We begin with your car instead of filling up your tank, would you rather just plug in overnight . Companies worldwide are moving more quickly to try and energize the electric car market, but is the demand there yet phil lebeau joins us with this weeks cover story on cars is there a power surge ahead reporter what started with tesla picked up momentum with the chevy bolt and nissan leaf is now turning into a surge of new electric vehicles. Ford, volkswagen, and bmw all planning to sell more plugin models, while volvos new xc60 crossover utility vehicle, a plugin hybrid, is designed to meet the growing demand for batterypowered cars and trucks. This is an evolution and not a revolution and we have made a few statements in the past, we at volvo. We have said by 2025 we want to have 1 million electrified cars on the road. Reporter heres why automakers are going green china. Leaders of the Worlds Largest auto market want more of their citizens to plug in their cars, which would help cut pol
The electric car market, but is the demand there yet . Phil lebeau joins us with this weeks cover story on cars. Is there a power surge ahead . Reporter what started with tesla picked up momentum with the chevy volt and nissan leaf is now turning into a surge of new electric vehicles. Ford, volkswagen, and bmw all planning to sell more plugin models, while volvos new xc60 crossover utility vehicle, a plugin hybrid, is designed to meet the growing demand for batterypowered cars and trucks. This is an evolution and not a revolution. And we have made a few statements in the past, we at volvo. We have said by 2025 we want to have 1 million electrified cars heres why automakers are going green. China. Leaders of the Worlds Largest auto market want more of their citizens to plug in their cars, which would help cut pollution in big cities. T banning the sale of new gaspowered vehicles at some point in the future. In addition, china already sells more electric vehicles than any other country,
The electric car market, but is the demand there yet . Phil lebeau joins us with this weeks cover story on cars. Is there a power surge ahead . Reporter what started with tesla picked up momentum with the chevy volt and nissan leaf is now turning into a surge of new electric vehicles. Ford, volkswagen, and bmw all planning to sell more plugin models, while volvos new xc60 crossover utility vehicle, a plugin hybrid, is designed to meet the growing demand for batterypowered cars and trucks. This is an evolution and not a revolution. And we have made a few statements in the past, we at volvo. We have said by 2025 we want to have 1 million electrified cars heres why automakers are going green. China. Leaders of the Worlds Largest auto market want more of their citizens to plug in their cars, which would help cut pollution in big cities. T banning the sale of new gaspowered vehicles at some point in the future. In addition, china already sells more electric vehicles than any other country,