It is official. Nasdaq approaching record territory appears to be just shy there as we watch it settle out. Connell four point below. Well check dow stocks hitting alltime highs today. Apples fourth Straight Record close ahead of Earnings Report on wednesday. Shares of microsoft higher after scoring a major victory against amazon, winning a 10 billiondollar contract with the pentagon for Cloud Computing services. Tiffanys surging today after the owner of Louis Vuitton offers to buy the iconic jeweler in a deal worth 14. 5 billion. Shares closing up 30 on that one. Connell we await for alphabet. That is the Earnings Report. Scott martin, kingsview a asset management. No alphabet i see yet, scott. Talk to us about the s p and nasdaq almost there. What is driving things there . Things feel good, connell. You guys talked about it in the leadin. It is funny, were at multiple record closes as far as as many we had. This one feel as little different. Weve been through so much. I say that coll
Women from this book just did nott do that may be. I get the feeling they were pushing and pushing but it was more out of desperation. And now we have the kardashians. [laughing] thank you all so much for coming. On this rainy day to about this great book. Please pick up the book and please enjoy the rest of your day. It really is a great book. Thank you. [applause] and beginning now another Author Program from the printers row lit fest in chicago. Thanks so much for joining us today. This session is entitled the house that madigan built the record run of illinois velvet hammer in conversation with the Joan Esposito. Rays book will be available for sale and signing at the book sales and signing cant, and on your map it is marked as n. N. Ray long is a Chicago Tribune Investigative Reporter who has covered now indicted exspeaker of the house Michael Madigan for four decades, while also covered to governors would to prison and a state senator who went to the white house. He lives with hi
There is separate rumor out there, not necessarily one to be believed, the house would simply vote on what the gnat came up, rubberstamp that, get it to the president s desk pronto. To congressman from north carolina, mark walker. Thanks, neil, good to be with you. Neil would you be open to that, there is rumor circulating that the house would simply not on what the senate came up with . Not at all. Republican Study Committee we did a survey last week, we didnt have a single one who supported that. 3 were maybe or depends. 97 said absolutely not. Were going to conference. Im pretty sure leadership confirmed that over and over again. Neil i fest theyre concerned about something potentially breaking down in this process. Rarely does that happen when it gets this far but you are a part on some key issues like Corporate Taxes or cuts going. Sure. The senate favorsc waiting until 2019. You and your colleagues prefer 2018. There is a lot of math built into that forfirst year and other thing
Up, big tech. Theyre made the running theyve made the running all year, they are still leading the charge even higher. Abc news in deep trouble. Friday they put out a false report that sent the dow plunging 350 points. The reporter, brian ross, has been suspended, but many investors lost money. The president thinks abc should be sued. The Mueller Investigation, thats in trouble. Now we find a trumphating fbi agent on the mueller teamc plad a key role in hillarys email probe. Peter strock played a key role in the russia investigation. Can you say politicized . Can you spell bogus . It is monday morning, and trump is winning. Varney and company is about to begin. The stock market, i think, is going to have a very big day based on the massive tax cuts that were very much in the process of getting approved. But based on the vote we had last week, the stock market has been reacting unbelievably well. The only to thing that hurts it is the fake news. [laughter] stuart bomb righthand corner
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Im hena doba in for annemarie green. President trump is again denying he reportedly used vulgar language to describe immigrants from certain countries. It comes as lawmakers from both parties are trying to hammer out a deal over immigration and reform. Theres concern that no agreement will lead to a government shutdown. Wendy gillette is here with the details. Good morning, wendy. Good morning, hena. Theres still much debate about President Trumps remarks, about what he said and what he meblt. President trump was on the defensive this weekend as he faces criticism from around the did you see what the area senators in the room about my comments . They werent made. President trump is once again denying he used an expletive to describe people of haiti, el salvador, and south africa. And hes facing charges of racism. Im not a racist. Im the least racist. Those in the room during the immigration meeting in the ov