There. So much more to talk about, but i hope to check in with you over time. I hope so, too. David, appreciate your time. Bob bakish, ceo of viacom. Carl, back to you for the start of squawk alley. Good stuff, david. Thank you so much, david faber. Its 8 00 a. M. At twitter headquarters in san francisco, 11 00 a. M. On wall street, and squawk alley is live. Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Jon fortt, sara eisen and myself at post 9. Dows up 101. Record highs for the dow, the s p and the nasdaq, as yields and retailers are climbing. Weve got this meeting between the president and key Airline Executives in washington, d. C. For that well go to phil lebeau. Hi, phil. Reporter hi, guys. I want to bring in gary kelly, ceo of Southwest Airlines. Thank you for joining us after coming out of a meeting with the president. Give us a summary of what you talked about. This meeting went on longer than you expected. It went on it was a very good meeting. We talked to the president an
Chp absolutely. And ken, as for that 20year old gentleman, he did suffer some injuries but he is out of the hospital and he is lucky to be alive. Boy, no kidding. So many people would either drive by or panic not knowing what to do. They took action and that guy is alive tonight because of it. Amazing story, juliette. Thank you. Yeah. It was demolition day in san rafael. Crews working to remove whats left of a house destroyed by a mudslide. There was no way to stop the tons of mud that pushed through the home. It happened along Mountain View avenue in san rafael yesterday. But now, kpix 5s emily turner says, that same hillside has neighbors worried their homes could be next. Reporter all along the block is this red running reminder of what happened here. Its remnants. Hillside that now sits on top of a house. Yesterday, this was a house. Today, its a destination for the curious, coming to check out the mudslide that flattened it and others are here looking for work. These hills, they g
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All right. Im tired of hearing about the koolaid as in cramers drinking the koolaid again. On a day like today where the dow gained 107 points, nasdaq cliemded 0. 64 , i got to tell you, i know what the koolaid looks like and what it takes like and this aint it. I actually covered the horrific event where the phrase drank the koolaid came from. Back in 1978 i was a reporter covering everyone who died violently in california for the late lamented harold examiner. I was assigned the actual jim joans case, the man who lured 900 of his followers to his death because they did drink the koolaid. That concoction was laced with cyani cyanide. This market i think its laced with some tried and true principles. But to get upended by the rhetoric is next in line for the peoples temple potion. What are some of the oldfashioned concrete methods that can call this poisonous tonic into question. Lets start with the transports. It its one of the old evidence theories when it comes to stock before you c
High. Our roadmap begins with the trump stock market, the president signaling some support for a border adjustment tax. Futures point to a lower open. Can the dow continue the longest winning streak since 87 . Plus, well keep our eyes on retail. Nordstrom shakes off trump tweets, but jc penneys turnaround seems to have stalled. The retailer is closing 140 stores. And a big 10 revenue decline at Hewlett Packard enterprises. Meg whitman is going to join us live. First up, futures lower after the dow hit that new win streak ten days in a row after the president gave an interview to reuters following his day with manufacturing ceos. He says, quote, i certainly support a form of tax on the border, could lead to a lot more jobs in the United States. Of course in january he said it was too complicated. Sean spicer yesterday pushed back on the idea that it would result in Rising Consumer prices. Who knows. Did immelt get his ear in that meeting yesterday . I dont know. Interest rates keep goin