Welcome to today, on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill. Happy groundhog day. Does it feel like weve been here before, once or twice . A live picture from punxsutawney, pennsylvania, where, of course, the most famous resident is Punxsutawney Phil. Later we will find out whether he is predicting six more weeks of winter or perhaps an early spring. There are people in both camps. Keep your fingers crossed for whichever one youre hoping for. I wouldnt pack away the longjohns yet. Not a weather guy, but thats my thought. And regardless of the season, theres always a party in new orleans. Super bowl weekend is no exception. Jenna wolf is down there. Whats going on in the big easy . Reporter guys, theres so much going on down here. This city knows how to do it right. This will be the 10th time theyve hosted. The First Time Since katrina. Theyve done a terrific job for getting ready for the tens of thousands that are converging on new orleans for the food and music which, ive f
[ male announcer ] introducing the allnew cadillac xts. Another big night on the town, eh . And the return of life lived large. Id like to say thats always a market somewhere, i promised to find it just for you on mad money. Im jim cramer and ill see you monday. Good evening, everyone. Im larry kudlow. This is the kudlow report. So the sizzle story tonight. The Dow Jones Stock index passed a major milestone today, moving above 14,000 for the First Time Since 2007, 2007. And by the way, the s p 500 remains above its milestone of 1,500. Profits are the mothers milk of stocks. Youve heard me say that a million times. As long as profits keep rising, and the fed stays easy, i think this unappreciated rally may continue for a good long time. But much more on that coming up. First we go to Cnbcs Bob Pisani on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with todays big numbers. Good evening, robert. Reporter larry, the dow finally crossed 14,000, but a lot of people were wondering why the rally g
Bowl on sunday. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Late today the stock market crossed over something of a mythic mark of the modern era and the Dow Jones Industrials closed above 14,000 for the First Time Since 2007. And we all remember what happened back then. The stock market has been on a tear of late, gaining almost 7 so far this year. S p and nasdaq also up. We started the day by learning the Unemployment Rate had inched up to 7. 9 again, while the economy actually added 157,000 jobs, not as many as hoped for or expected. Nbcs tom costello starts us off in our washington newsroom tonight with what all of this mighmean. Tom, good evening. Hi, brian. The good news, anyone with retirement money invested in stocks has made back much of what they lost during the Great Recession and the wall street selloff, about 8 trillion. A big rally on wall street today, with the dow back over 14,000. A
Today, suddaturday, february 2, in the middle of it all. Today, suddaturday, february 2, 2013. Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television welcome to today, on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill. Happy groundhog day. Does it feel like weve been here before, once or twice . A live picture from punxsutawney, pennsylvania, where, of course, the most famous resident is Punxsutawney Phil. Later we will find out whether he is predicting six more weeks of winter or perhaps an early spring. There are people in both camps. Keep your fingers crossed for whichever one youre hoping for. I wouldnt pack away the longjohns yet. Not a weather guy, but thats my thought. And regardless of the season, theres always a party in new orleans. Super bowl weekend is no exception. Jenna wolf is down there. Whats going on in the big easy . Reporter guys, theres so much going on down here. This city knows how to do it right. This will be the 10th time theyve hosted. The First Time Since katrina. T
Taxes all that continues. Meetings between the gang offing eight and white house negotiators broke down. All that and more coming up on the kudlow report beginning right now. Good evening, everyone im larry kudlow. This is the cut low report. You heard my interpretation of todays speeches. John kerry talked tough in a stroke and brilliant speech. President obama on the other hand seemed to walk it back. Lets go cnbc john harwood. Hes live in washington for us this evening. First of all, thank you, john and second of all, good evening. What can you tell us . Reporter i dont think president obama was walking back those remarks from john kerry. They had different missions. We saw an acceleration of a momentum for a military strike on syria. John kerry came out saying the u. S. Had evidence that syria had weapons to kill 1400 people. President obama tried reassure the American People that any u. S. Response would not be open ended like the war in iraq. Without considering any open ended co