My apologies. We seem to have some technical issues. Lets recap this morning some of the headlines. Desktop computers are not dead. A rallying call from meg whit man as the hpcoe tells cnbc exclusively a turn around plan is on track but admits there is still work to do. We have to continue to innovate and you can discover the innovation engine is alive and well at hp. A lot of heavy lifting ahead. The eurozone finance ministers outline a political bargain to wind down troubled banks that fail to agree on the crucial issues of sharing costs. Hes confident that a deal can be done before christmas. We can now see the outline uls of a compromise and im quite optimistic that next week we can finalize it. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. All right. We have the latest data coming out from the iea, their report just coming out. Highlights of this, theyre talking about the wti spread, which we have looked at. It was around 17. 55 a b
Law. Washington braces for the next budget battle. The government will run out of money in 12 days. House republicans plan to vote this week. It would hold funding for president barack obama S Health Care law. Im not sure about the nato part of it. An explosion at a Chemical Plant. Flames shooting into the night. Theres a Winning Ticket in last nights estimated 400 million powerball purchased in south carolina. Washington navy yard returned to near normal since the shooting. Etched into the shotgun, Better Office way. What on earth is going on with the stock market . Stocks setting record highs after news of the Federal Reserve. The fed is not ready to take the training wheels off the american economy. Massive flooding in the mexican resort city in okay poe co has created a new problem, crocodiles. Norton in 1973 became the second fighter to beat ali has died. All that u. S. Sumo opens and slams his 400 pound opponent. Thats a lot of flesh. A homeless man found 40,000 turned it over to
If they taper i would be surprised as i was back in september when they didnt. That is why everyone is sitting on their hands today. Lets go to the big picture three charts that will show you whats happening right now. Not a lot happening. 25 . P 500 is down if you look at the 10 year, not a lot of action. This is the fourth day in a row weve traded back and forth between 284 and 288 great people just waiting to get some sort of decision out of the fed. Downa look at gold gold by not a lot, about 14 bucks. 17 , oneold down about of the years biggest losers. We are watching hospital stocks after a November Survey came out from citigroup that found inpatient hospital admissions fell year over year because of the changing environment in the medical industry. Following his tenet healthcare, shares down a little more. They have pared some of their declines. On the upside, we have 3m making a number of different announce different announcements. They have a 22 billion hide back authorization
Wereilwoman Muriel Bowser the victims of an imposter who who stole from them. My family was no different than other families who were victimized. It appears her 78yearold father and 75yearold mother were the first targets yesterday morning in northeast. Their home Surveillance Video shows him walking to the house. He told the family he was with comcast. Once inside, he asked them to turn in the next room. He stole their cell phones and a wallet. We spoke exclusively with the next victim, a retired 75yearold woman who lives three blocks away. He said im the cable guy from comcast. She said he looked familiar and he knew her name, so she agreed to let him fix the outdoor light. She went downstairs to turn off the power. My neighbor next door came over. Her neighbor was concerned after he saw the imposter outside. He said he would be back. The fake cable guy was gone, and so was her wallet. I said, oh, my god, how could he . Im outraged anytime somebody is preying on citizens, especially
The establishment and prevent the next insurgent, rand paul, say, in 2016 . Good morning from washington. Its thursday, january 24th, 2013. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd. Apologies for the gravelly voice. I have beyonces lip syncer standing by, shall i need her. Anyway, lets get right to my first reads of the morning. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton will be back on the hill today for what is likely to be her last appearance before congress as americas top diplomat. Shell introduce her likely successor, senator john kerry, whose confirmation begins just about an hour from now. Three weeks after her release from a New York Hospital after a concussion and a blood clot, clinton jousted with republicans and basked in the praise from most democrats. In more than five hours of grueling testimony at times, yesterday on both sides of capitol hill, on her handling of the benghazi attack. The testimony wasnt just the last impression clinton will leave with the public as secretary of