51. 94. Coming up on 52 here are the big stories were watching new this morning, defense secretary james mattis responding to north koreas latest threats saying the u. S. Will seek a diplomatic solution. Mattis making those comments at a News Conference in india south korea is reporting that north korea boosted defenses on its east coast after it said it would shoot down u. S. Bombers flying near the peninsula. Shares of apple dropped for a fourth straight session yesterday. Debt klein f the decline follows reports about concerns for demand for the new device on the wall street agenda. The s p caseshiller home prices are out at 9 00 a. M. Eastern august home sales at 10 00 Consumer Confidence also out at 10 chair janet yellen will give the keynote address at the National Association of business economics at 12 45 perm even we will hear from lael brainard, mester and bostic. On the corporate front Carnival Cruise lines and darden report results before the opening bell after the close, w
The race to chair the party, and hes thrown his support behind the far, far left candidate congressman Keith Ellison. Chalk this up as a win for the unhinged left. Wait til they see the president s new immigration order set for release sometime this week. In new york i am a muslim demonstration yesterday. The president s order, the new one, reportedly keeps travel restrictions on those same seven predominantly muslim countries. The left can do what it likes, we will celebrate president s day, we are on the air live. Our competitor is not. So sit back and enjoy [laughter] politics and money on president s day. Varney companys about to begin. Stuart as the song says, we are, indeed, taking care of business while the other guys are on tape. N i think theyre selling bed sheets or something at the moment. [laughter] ashley, as one immigrant to another, im very happy to be here. Yes. Greetings, everyone. Stuart yes. The markets are closed, but with we are here and very happy to be so, ladies
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The clouds and showers thats a front thats not impacting us today. Well see an isolated chance for a shower or thunderstorm south and east of the city later. Heres the heat index tracker. 10 00 a. M. , 89 degrees. Lunchtime, feeling like 94. The height of the afternoon it will feel between 97 and 100 degrees. It is oppressively hot and humid especially later this afternoon and this evening. Heres the forecast hour by hour, 10 00 a. M. , 78. Lunchtime, 89. 3 00 p. M. 94, it will feel like 100 degrees. 6 00 p. M. , 93 degrees with maybe one or two spots seeing a shower or thunderstorm. The heat wave continues not just today, tomorrow, as well, details coming in the forecast him well talk about when we break the heat. Reporter ice cream, karen, more and more ice cream. Good morning to you, were live along the vine street expressway, tapping the brakes as we head toward the schuylkill expressway. Traffic is not too bad. No overnight construction on the vine they are not scheduled to return