Detroit down to houston and new york to lax there is pride in every american heart and its time we stand and say im proud to be an american where at least i know im free and i wont forget the men who died who gave that life to me stand up next to you [cheers and applause] thank you. [chanting usa] President Trump thank you. If you think this crowd is big, you should see whats outside right now. Congratulations. Hello, pensacola. What a place. Right here on the emerald coast, right . The emerald coast, in the great state of florida, where we had a tremendous victory, didnt we . [cheers] President Trump were joined by many, many people in the military and Great American patriots. Thank you very much. You remember the campaign, i said let me begin by wishing each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas. Right . And i can think of no better Christmas Present for the American People than giving you a massive tax cut. Thats whats happening. [applause] President Trump and your senate and
Good morning welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla at the new york stock exchange. Markets obviously the top story. The nasdaq closes above 7,000 on tuesday for the First Time Ever to kick off the year s p crosses 2700 in todays session. For a moment we were within 100 points of down 25 k. For more bring in senior markets commentator who has switched seats here at post 9 big playbook, strategic thoughts, what are they. Ongoing sweetspot seems it has continued into 2018. Pretty much all these things working for the market, low volatility advance, yesterday a little more energy in the nasdaq, obviously getting above 7,000 with a percent and a half move whats interesting is you have these forces of Global Consumer boom animating the nasdaq nasdaq composite also almost 14 of s p 500 the top five stocks in the s p are the top five in the nasdaq thats actually a newish thing so its very new versus lets say 2,000. On the other side you have this cyclical reflation story working for the
They have three weeks to do it. Reporter you heard on Stuart Varney how do you craft this deal that might pass in the senate . It would also have to pass in the u. S. House of representatives. This is a tall order because already there is legislation in the house from representative goodlatte which is comprehensive immigration reform. That bill will not pass in the u. S. Senate. Already theyre at odds, but the senate will go forward with people like lindsey graham, susan collins, dick durbin to figure out a deal. Lets see what President Trump says for sure. He says, no knows for sure they will be able to reach a deal by february 8th. With a biggs additional focus on put on military strength and Border Security. The dems have just herned that a shutdown is not the answer. Marc short even put it this way. We laid out very specifically what our priorities and principles were. Again a few weeks back we refined that list to be a little more careful an specific on exactly the four pillars we
Speakers will include public figures, musicians, poets, and artists. Life coverage at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. The seasick buses traveling across the country on a 50 capital stewart. We recently stopped in dover delaware asking folks what was the most important issue in their state. Hello, and james in dover. Is the most important issues in delaware is the casinos. Left him a check to have a 43 and half text officials from the casinos are lobbying to lower that tax or that provide employment for hundreds of people great source of revenue. Maybe the tax burden could be lowered a little bit. My name is maria, im a freshman envious you. Im majoring in nursing i think deliver is the dreamers i think its important for us to let Congress Know that this time they need to look at motivation that we are students and americans and we are here to stay. Im a junior at taylor state university. Think the leaders in washington, d. C. Should focus on issues like drug abuse. Delaware has issues wi
Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Caroline im Caroline Hyde in for emily chang. This is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, 14 billion from the Television Empire he has always longed for. We will analyze the proposed merger. The road ahead for tech in the u. S. With donald trump in the drivers seat. Commerce secretary Penny Pritzker joins us for an exclusive. A reallife robot going to war in a virtual space. We will introduce you to the augmented reality battlefield. First, our lead. 21st century fox has reached a preliminary deal to buy sky for 14. 1 billion. Shares closed down more than 2 . Sky shares closed up 26 . You will remember Rupert Murdoch owns 29 of sky and has been trying to increase his stake for years. Joining us for more on this deal is alex sherman. Thank you for joining us. I remember six years ago when this deal first emerged because there was concerns about the