0 their knifes in hand. are we witnessing a preemptive strike? i think we re seeing a little bit of a preview of what christie s going have to go through and that is the conservative wing of the party and no matter how many times chris christie calls himself a conservative says he s pro-life, these things, he is not going to be viewed as conservative of where the republican party is today. look, i think the most important a actions were not ted cruz or marco rubio. they came from rush limbaugh. don t let the media tell you who the republican front-runner is. don t let the media pick who the candidate is. that type of stuff resonates very well with the basin side the republican party and i think that may have been that is the biggest shot across the bow that i saw yesterday with chris christie, but i have to tell you, craig, i think it is remarkable and in some ways as someone who has been an early consumer and reporter on presidential politics when other people think it s a terrible
place on earth as the media giant reports better than expected second quarter figures. announcer: you re watching worldwide exchange, bringing you business news from around the globe. all right. welcome to hump day, middle of the week. as we coast through the middle of the global trading session as well just to recap the dow closing above 15,000 for the first time last night. the record 15,058. s&p also up for a record high 1,625. it follows the dax up record closes as well. that is the move in the last seven days as you can see up 1.5% in those last seven days. the dow nearly 15% so far for the year. we ll talk about this and what investors are to do with these high prices. also on today s show, we ll bring you a first on cnbc interview with the finance minister of south africa and nigeria and get their views on what the future holds for the country s biggest economies. and find out what i was told about the social emergency at 10:40 cet. and it s been voted one of the
the two that died and the adult with disabilities was the one taken to the hospital. police calling this a homicide investigation. at this point though haven t said too much more. right now we are gathering more information if you. we ll have a live report from the scene coming up later in the newscast. at the live desk, news4. dc major vincent gray wants all washingtonians to drive legally even if they re living in the country illegally. he will introduce a bill that would allow all d.c. residents to get a license. news4 s megan mcgrath is live you side the wilson building downtown. reporter: keith, that s right. if passed, this measure wouldal lieu undocumented immigrants to get a driver s license so long as they pass that drooiiver s t. their immigration status, citizenship status would not matter. we re waiting to see the details of the legislation but it would likely be a tier two type license. you can use it for driving but not other federal purposes like getting on
to repeat our old mistakes? a new report says the white house pushing hard to get more people loans for homes that have lower incomes and lower credit scores. isn t that how we got into the financial mess five years ago? and the president s other big push today. the one for more gun control. is back on. with a trip to denver. he is calling for more background checks to stop gun violence. but here s the thing. it is generally not the people who actually undergo background checks that we have to worry about. the kudlow report starts right now. all right. welcome back. a lot to do tonight. but first up, breaking news in the escalating tension with north korea. defense secretary chuck hagel saying today that north korea poses a real and clear danger. and in response to the country s recent blustery war rhetoric the u.s. is now sending an advanced missile defense system to asia to defend military bases in the pacific. nbc s jim mace dah joining us from seoul, south korea with
time today. at the high of the day, the big gains coming before investors took in fed chairman bernanke s comments this afternoon we ve all been talking about. we will have reaction to that address in the q&a session plus the outlook for the last three months of the year in just a moment. first a look at the major averages. a rally on the open this morning, mainly on the report that manufacturing started to grow again for the first time since may. construction spending was not great. that may have taken some of the sheen off this rally today. the dow up. 117 points right now at 13,555. the nasdaq s up 5.25 points. well off its high set in the open this morning. now trading at 3,121. the s&p 500 index up at 1,848. maria? good rally leading up to today s comments by federal reserve chairman ben bernanke to the economic club of indiana today. his speech did little to push wall street forward. in fact, the market came off of the highs as the chairman started speaking. the chair