Majority. But trump vetoed the bill last week anyway in part because it called for renaming military bases named after the confederacy. Tonight the house overrode that veto by a vote of 32287. Mitch mcconnell says he expects the senate will vote to override the veto as well, which would officially pass the defense spending bill into law. The override process in the senate is set to begin tomorrow. More on that in a second. The house also passed a bill tonight introduced by democrats to expand direct payments to eligible americans as part of the sweeping covid relief bill that Congress Passed last week. Now, the bill would expand those payments from 600 for every adult to 2,000 per adult. More than twothirds of the house voted for it, but its chances in the Republicanled Senate remain an open question. Now, that vote tonight is, of course, not a democratic stunt. Its a direct response to trumps own temper tantrum. After Congress Passed the bill and sent it its a 900 billion relief bill
And the british pound is now trading higher. How much of a big deal is any of it . Central bankers have made clear they will do whatever it takes. The safety net is there. Economists love to pore over these numbers, but when you look how investors are reacting, they seem to be looking long. Long on the british pound. It will be expensive for you to buy those suits in the u. K. , tom. Moving on, data in the u. S. 7 00 to get the Weekly Mortgage applications. Fomc. E im watching, got a bead on that . Everyone seems to be paying attention to it. If you look at fomc Meeting Minutes the last few times, it has been somewhat of a muted reaction. Seems like we could get the same today. Im looking for the pivot, but i dont think we will get anything anytime soon. No learning to speak of. That 4 00, with a thing called soccer. I think that is getting a little more focused than the fomc. I dont think we will see another sevenone game. Wells fargo on friday. We go to a busy week next week on earni
Verizon and travelers insurance. Causing the bill chips to call 45. While money went into tech with the nasdag up 28 points yesterday. Ibm reported earnings after the close disappointing wall street with its revenue and its outlook. Texas instruments is cutting eleven hundred jobs. Even thought the Company Reported a boost in profits. The wall street journal reports amazon is considering an online pay tv service. And it could be a rough commute this morning. Especially for people on the east coast following a fresh blanket of snow. Larry shover of sfg alternatives is here to talk about this earnings season. Good morning to you, we are on earnings watch. We had big blue report after the close. How likely will that effect trading today . Its according to how deep people dig into it all. Tech is a big one this week. Theres so much to decipher. The stock did rally initially after the report came out because there were some beats. But theres also some big challenges for the stock especially
And good morning. Im richard lui. It is day two of the Israeli Offensive in the gaza strip. A high volume of rocket fire littering the skies there. Today alone more than 160 sites in gaza were attacked says the israeli army. Tuesday israeli assault killed at least 25 people. These attacks come as militants have fired more than 160 rockets into israel in recent days as well. Now one of those attacks interrupted a wedding in israel. Sirens start going off and people begin to scatter. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is asking israelis to be patient while the army broadens its operations in gaza. Ayman mohyeldin is in israel. Reporter there are sirens wailing across israel over the two largest cities. Look, wow. Reporter missiles over tell averve intercepted by the Defense System the israelis call the iron dome. But in gaza there were no sirens warning of israels assault on the strip. A woman escaping with her children. A man is heard shouting where is the world . Others just run
Well, good morning everybody zimplt im dara brown. Theres new details about the man that went on a murderous rampage outside houston. He will be in court this morning and faces charges of murdering four children and their parents. Meanwhile a wounded teen that alerted police to the gunman is being hailed as a ro. Reporter Court Documents show ronald lee haskell, the man accused in wednesdays deadly shooting near houston is in the middle of a divorce and the six people he was charged of killing were all members of his estranged wifes family. It breaks my heart. Ive been here 37 years and nothing like this has ever happened. Reporter a home in spring texas is where haskell is believed to have shot up wednesday afternoon. Tied up five children and two adults inside and when they couldnt tell him where his estranged wife was he shot each execution style. A 15yearold girl survived though, called police and identified the shooter as her exuncle. She was shot in the head. And she was coherent