Things. Stuart with me, hes not going to get away with it. He says kim jong un should be very, very nervous, china state media says this, if north korea shoots first, china stays out, if america starts it and tries regime change, china steps in. Face to face standoff and thats what investors have to live with as the weekend approaches. The possibility of Armed Conflict with the markets are closed. Each new headline will have new impact. Follow it all minute by minute on Varney Company, the friday edition is about to begin. Stuart so where we are in 28 and a half minutes when the market opens . Slightly higher across the board. Heavy selling from yesterday has not continued so far this morning. But, remember, the duh has dropped just 1. 25 since monday. Here comes a tense weekend, would you buy ahead of that . We shall see. How about the price of gold . Thats another twomonth high at 12. 91. Flight to safety. Oh, will you look at this. Its can you believe this. Jc penny resulted the res
That it would be too expensive to have a womens component in the army. This has come for me to anybody this week . It was nonsense then. Its nonsense now. Whether it applies to women or whether it applies to our comrades in arms who are transgender. One of my personal favorites alfred cashier or jenne ha jars. Albert cashier lived 50 years after his service in the civil war as a man. His comrades from this regiment kept it secret that he was biologically female. They encouraged him to live as a man. In a nursing home he was forced into Womens Clothing and his health deteriorated rapidly which shouldnt surprise anybody and he only lived a couple more years after that. He was buried as alfred cashier, a man with full military honors. We thank you so much for coming out tonight and taking this trip through her story with us. Thank you so much and if youve got any other questions wed be happy to take them up here. Thank you all. [applause] thank you very much. Copies of their book are avai
Nafta commission on the government of the border wall is not funded and he was critical, very critical as Senate Republicans for not passing his agenda appeared on that issue, the New York Times says the relationship between the president and republican leader Mitch Mcconnell has fallen apart. , but the president can salvage the presidency and august 9th became a profane shouting match. That split is not good for taxcut legislation. And its not a plus for the stock market. Down in the opening bell today roughly 70 points. Here is how things are shaping up wednesday morning. The baseless tribe you did not left hates him. The president republicans are miles apart and hostile to each other. Varney company is about to begin. We are giving you the biggest tax cut in the history of our country. Believe me, we to close down the government. Was sheriff joe convicted for doing his job . You shouldve put a jury, but you know what . Ill make a prediction. I think hes going to be just fine, okay .
Mcconnell wants the tax cut to be revenue neutral and dont add to the debt. That would surely slow down the effort. And now to the farce, the Clinton Campaign manager believes the election was rigged by russian meddling and wants to overturn the vote and undermine trumps presidency. Trump himself, well, three top jobs filled today and hes off on another leg of his thank you tour. Varney company is about to begin. Well, im going to call it the trump cando cabinet and its coming together. Rick perry will need the energy department. Rex tillersons the secretary of states job. The announcement with a typical tweets. Ive chosen one of the truly great Business Leaders of the world, Rex Tillerson, exxonmobil to be secretary of state. The president elect added his third Goldman Sachs executive to the administration. Goldmans president gary cone, the economic council. Well have this shortly. The dow will have another higher opening. Closer to 20,000. Oil, a nice pop yesterday, up 53 a barrel. T
It created backlash from both sides of the aisle. I feel very comfortable that justice has been served and that a message has still been sent. David this is Donald Trumps cabinet nominees getting grilled by democrats on capitol hill. We have tom price, scott pruitt, wilbur ross, nikki haley all on the hot seat today, making their case for their confirmmation. How did they fair . Well have Team Coverage taking us through all the details on the big events. Melissa but first, lets check how stocks ended the day. The dow sinking into the close. United health, exxon, verizon and the biggest drags. Phil flynn, watching action in oil and gold from the cme. Lori rothman from the floor of the new york stock exchange. Lori, oil losing big. This darkening shadow over retail sectors. We heard from some retailers about disappointing season. Target had a traffic warning. Looks like four numbers will meet earlier expectations. Target down almost 6 . Dollar tree, macys, jcpenney all down. Macys had pr