250 points at the opening bell. nice gain for the s&p. 100 points gain for the nasdaq. you are going to see more new records today, especially for big tech. amazing but true. now here s what everybody is really talking about this morning. a bitter, bitter nancy pelosi ripping up the president s state of the union speech, with the whole world watching. literally, very publicly ripping it up. before that, she rolled her eyes, she shook her head, she fidgeted, she looked down just as the president ran through a long list of his administration s successes. only her base could approve such ru rudeness. you re going to see it all. joe biden, fourth in iowa. bloomberg sees his opening and doubles his already enormous spending. the democrat establishment clearly rattled and the president delivers one of his best speeches yet. varney & company is about to begin. three years ago, we launched the great american comeback. tonight, i stand before you to share the incredible results. j
ms. cheney: good morning. thank you, guys, for being here. know it s early after last night s state of the union. we appreciate your commitment and your attendance. really thought the state of the union last night was tremendous speech by the president. a combination of laying out what he has accomplished, what the epublicans have accomplished across the board with respect to the economy, national security, for all opportunity americans. and talking about what his vision is for the future and a very hopeful and vision the future. what s guests represented is best for all of us. it was a good speech. been to many states of the unions. this was among the best. it was a special speech. in stark contrast to that, tantrum.elosi had a she disgraced herself, she dishonored the house. once again that she is an embarrassment, that she s nfit for office, and the american people are going to have an opportunity to make that decision to choose between two for the future of this country i
plus, why the des moines register cancelled the release of their latest poll. explosive allegations. current and former victoria s secret executives under scrutiny after a new york times report of alleged systematic misogyny, bullying and harassment at the lingerie empire. what the company is saying this morning. and super sunday. the chiefs against the 49ers. a matchup of offense versus defense. we re live in miami ahead of the kickoff. the celebrity-filled parties and memorable moments, plus, our kid correspondent getting the scoop from some gridiron greats. good morning. we have a lot going on this sunday morning. the super bowl is tonight. the iowa caucuses tomorrow followed by the state of the union. and then the final vote in the impeachment trial. we have it all covered right here. we do, but we ll start here with the breaking news in the coronavirus story. here s what we know as we come on the air. there s a new confirmed case in the united states, bring
Thank you for your patient. We got a little bit of a late start. Were going to have a great session this morning. Im the morning anchor. At the cbs affiliate here in washington, d. C. Im honored to be back as a moderator of the teachers conference. We did it last year as well. This is a very special occasion. Had a chance to meet some of these gentlemen. Im meeting some new friends this morning as well. Before we get under way and we honor our greatest generation and well go over the goals on what wed like to try to get done this morning, i would like to call up, before we get started, chairman of the friends of the World War Ii National memorial Josiah Bunting iii to say a few things. [ applause ] our greatest ally and most famous ally during the Second World War was winston churchill. Who famously said succeeding generations must not be allowed to forget their sacrifice and their example. And to me the beauty and the urgency of assemblies like this was people like this. Is in fulfill
His Historic Program and event. We just completed a Film Festival showing i am not your negro and our particular guest and keynote speaker spoke about that particular film. Since she is a biographer for James Baldwin. His voice is very significant to detroit. He is a founder of metro times but has had deep experience in terms of launching the black Study Department at wane state university. Herb in many ways is like malcolmx having foots in harlem and detroit. We are very happy to have him and dr. Rita kiki edozie here today. I would like to give you background on dr. Edozie. She is the former director of studies at Michigan University and professor of africanamerican relations and african affairs. She has written seven books. Five in print and two forthcoming and several Journal Articles and book chapters on Research Topics that include the comparative politics and International Relationships of africa, global development, and panafrican and diasper studies. Her recent books, the afri