The month of kicking off with a rally. Another record high, 29th record close of the year. The dow industrials up 236 points at the close yesterday. Tracking isaias. Downgraded as Tropical Storm after making landfall in North Carolina. We will take a look at the storms path this morning. President trump boosting health care in rural areas. The President Trump expanding Telehealth Services as the coronavirus spreads beyond big cities. Health and human secretary alex azar will join me live at 7 30 a. M. Eastern. 25 years ago i made debut on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Today a look back at key moments from my time reporting there and the honor of marking the anniversary by ringing the opening bell. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria Global Markets are mixed. Ftse 100 up 1 and a half points. Dax index is lower by 42 points. Uk federal government looking to boost economy by invests 1. 7 billion in building projects. In asia overnight. Green across the board. Take a l
President trump facing questions from the side of the aisle over the timing of his decision and his tweets that hinted his conversation with comey may have been recorded. At barricades commend the president should turn them over immediately. To destroy them and be a violation of law. If there are no tapes to me should apologize to james comey and the American People for misleading them. A special prosecutor can look into these states greater republican should be stepping up to the plate in joining us for a special prosecutor. Maria more on the fallout. Rising tensions over north korea. Another missile in his later show of force or the growing fears that the country claims up with an escape boat carrying a Nuclear Warhead. Lyft gets behind the wheel with waymo as they team up for self driving cars creeping up low for uber. The attempt scandal is far from over. New questions this morning the company is facing of the massive front ahead. The number of accounts much higher than we thought.
Im bill griffeth. On track for another record close. We came within 12 tantalizing points of dow 22,000 this morning. Weve since pulled back and the s p is trading close to its record levels. Grasso would know what that level is, that record, but well goat that in a few minutes were about a point away. Thank you youre welcome. Coming right up, apple has certainly been a big catalyst in the dows rally this year, but can it last . Coming up, we debate whether you should buy or sell this hot stock ahead of its Earnings Report which is due out today after the close. I love it when i get to be here for apple. Youre here every time we do Apple Earnings just works out that way. And President Trump is set to host a Small Business event at the white house called Small Business, the engine of the American Dream as son as it gets underway well take you there briefly live. What the president has to say on what has turned out to be another newsy day. The dow is inching ever closing to that 22,000 2
The house says those insurance could on the house side. What do think about those benefits being passed. Writeups about it today in the papers. Has a bitgton post of a breakdown on not only what the bill entails but what happens from here. Measure will restore federal funding that pays for Unemployment Insurance after statesponsored insurance and after 26 weeks. It easily passes senate on monday evening. Now it is to the house. In the the wall street journal this morning again, the vote taking place on the senate side. It goes to the house for consideration. The overall topic, though, is Unemployment Benefits. These expired last december. Want to get your thoughts on this for the first 45 minutes. If you want to reach out on the phone, the numbers are on the screen. You to send us a tweet or email , and you can recharge us on facebook, as well. Post has aton breakdown of the vote from yesterday. By the numbers, it says it is a vote of 6138 that invoke cloture on the legislation. If you
Years. It takes it out of medicare and moves it over to the Affordable Care act subsidies. It literally takes money designed for 76yearolds on a fixed income and gives them to 26yearolds and their family making 200,000 a year. Thats the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. By the way, did i mention again those subsidies land right before the election this fall. This bill is threequarters of a trillion dollars that not a Single Person in this chamber has read, 755 pages of it, that came out a few hours ago. The media, who also hasnt read this bill, continues to be able to talk about what a great plan it is for inflation reduction. They continue to praise the bill, though theyve read the same things, it doesnt reduce inflation, it doesnt reduce the deficit. They joined in the chorus talking about the beauty of the emperors new clothes. Im willing to say what a lot of people in this room know in their gut but theyre afraid to say, it doesnt reduce inflation, it doesnt reduce the deficit, the