The changing of the guard alibaba. The company having its best day since the company went public but will new blood help turn the stock around for the long term. Well ask that question. New developments you just heard in mcdonalds plan to turn itself around. Yes, kale is part of the idea. The new ham burglar. Even james franco has been weighing in on the role mcdonalds played in his early career in life. Cant wait to learn more about that. We are watching the markets though with just an hour going into the close. Stocks are near session highs. They opened in negative territory this morning despite the fact that jobless claims came in near a 15year low. You are looking at the dow up by 109 points. S p up by 10 points. Good for. 5 prp the . Interest rates and the european moves have been a big story. Oil down hard today, pushing transports higher. Lets get to our Closing Bell Exchange today. David kudlow from Mainstay Capital Management back with us, cnbc contributor Heather Hughes from
The field of vaccine research, was recruited in 1947 by the university of pittsburgh to be the director of Virus Research and to work on finding a polio vaccine. His work caught the attention of basil oconnor, the president of the National Foundation for infantile paralysis now known as the march of Dimes Foundation. The organization decided to fund dr. Jonas salks work to fund a vaccine against polio. For five years dr. Salk worked tirelessly on this effort while the country donated their dimes to the foundation to support his work. And then on april 12, 195 dr. Thomas frances jr. An epidemiologist at the university of michigan and a mentor to salk announced that salk had discovered a polio vaccine that was safe and effective. When the announcement was made, it was as if time stood still. I still remember it as a kid. Americans turned on their radios and tvs to hear the details. Department stores set up loudspeakers and judges suspended trials so everyone in the courtroom could hear t
Joining me to provide insight and analysis this morning are matt bai of yahoo news, former Hillary Clinton press secretary karen finney, my colleague Andrea Mitchell here at nbc and former Senior Adviser to mitt romney, kevin madden. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press. With chuck todd. Good morning. The white house is hitting back hard on the issue of iran. Late last night they sent their own letter to senate republicans. The message, dont meddle and blow our chances of getting any deal. This, of course, comes after 47 republican senators warned irans Supreme Leader or was it president obama they were warning, that congress could undo any deal the president makes . The gop president ial contenders were quick to endorse the letters message. But democrats and some prorepublican newspapers blasted the move. By weeks end, some signers of tom cottons letter were expressing regret. Keep this in mind. It is not just the United States neg
Matt bai of yahoo news, former Hillary Clinton press secretary karen finney, my colleague Andrea Mitchell here at nbc and former Senior Adviser to mitt romney, kevin madden. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press. With chuck todd. Good morning. The white house is hitting back hard on the issue of iran. Late last night they sent their own letter to senate republicans. The message, dont meddle and blow our chances of getting any deal. This, of course, comes after 47 republican senators warned irans Supreme Leader or was it president obama they were warning, that congress could undo any deal the president makes . The gop president ial contenders were quick to endorse the letters message. But democrats and some prorepublican newspapers blasted the move. By weeks end, some signers of tom cottons letter were expressing regret. Keep this in mind. It is not just the United States negotiating with iran. Five other countries are also involved a
Fight. And some drones are poplar in japan, but authorities see them as a new kind of headache. The operator of the plant is moving forward with plans to remove the cover of the reactor building. The parts to decommission the facility. It was directed at the number one reactor to prevent radio active material from dispersioning. Tokyo electric Power Company plays to remove the cover in the radio active debris and it will remove the fuel stored inside. Over over the course of a week they will spray chemicals, and this is going to prevent radio active dust from spreading. The process of removing the cover will take one year. They will increase the moderation of the radiation levels during the procedure. A test showed that radio active materials did not scatter when parts of the mantle were discovered. They plan to start the process in july of last year and remove was the debris in 2013 and caused radio active dust to spread. Officials at the watchdog say that its important that they rema