Have to wait 250 years to wait as much as men. All that and so much more on making money. The senate exists for moments like this. That is why this body has the ultimate say in impeachments. I heard some of what Mitch Mcconnell said today, and it reminded me our founders when they wrote the constitution, they suspected that there could be a rogue president. I dont think they suspected we could have a rogue president and leader in the senate at the same time. Neil Charles House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell facing the nation less than 24 hours after democrats voted to impeach President Trump. Now the white house is gearing up for a trial. What will be their line of defense . Well now talk with the chief of staff to Vice President pence, mark short. Mark, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me back on again. Now it is out there. Feels like nancy pelosi will hold these articles hostage. Perhaps they will never make it to the senate. What do you make
That House Democrats may be too afraid, too afraid to transmit their shoddy work product to the senate. Mr. President , looks like the prosecutors are getting cold feet. Neil whether it is cold feet or whatever, the fact of the matter, it is unusual, not unprecedented for the house after impeaching to say, wait a minute, well see exactly what the senate plans to do before we pass along the articles of impeachment to the senate. Wall street journal Global Economics editor jon hilsenrath, democratic strategist capri cafaro, exactly how long the markets will ignore this uncertainty. It is rather remarkable, if you think about it, jon, by and large, actually throughout this process the markets have focused on everything from trade, corporate earnings, the strength of the consumer, the market, housing, not a one, not a one on impeachment. What do you make of that . Well i mean i think the market sees an economy that is doing pretty well. Were going, were in our 11th year of economic expansi
Welcome to power lunch. Stocks are lower at this hour and dow and the s p 500 slightly higher telecomes are the best financials fedex more than 300 and wild trading day for bitcoin plunged 10 earlier and sinking again now. A lot of news. Hackings, bankruptcies and selling from a major player. Well dive deeper into it. Blackberry the company topping expectations and 2018 revenue and stitchfix, however, tanking. The Apparel Company increasing its Customer Base but its bottom line was impacted by higher costs. And chipotle taking a drop the stock is lowered by more than 2. 5 . Brian . Michelle, thank you. We begin today with the latest out of washington, d. C. The tax bill passing, again. All the angles of that bill covered. Abram at the president where the president is expected to hold a tax bill event at 3 00 p. M and kayla is on the next big story. Thats a funding bill to keep the government open. Lets start with elan. Brian, it is Done Congress has now passed the most sweeping rewrite
Field tonight. A treasure trove for lawyers and hint, hes mad as hell and hes not going to take it anymore. Varney company is about to begin. Lets get to it. The markets, that is. Were going to be down at the opening bell, 70 or 80 points, were all over the selloff, how bad is it going to be and we will be asking that question for three hours. The price of oil bouncing no, not bouncing down, back at 40. 87 per barrel, again, were looking to see if it drops below 40. Were showing 39 on the screen at some point today. Well see. Gas, good news, the pace of the decline in prices is picking up steam, down about two cents overnight. And big names, we talk about it every day and boy did they get beaten up yesterday. Do you buy now . Here is the closing prices from yesterday. Netflix, 112. Apple, 112. Facebook 90, amazon down to 515. Jo john, taking a vacation from his mansion in bermuda. Are you going to reassure our viewers that maybe this is the time to buy a few bargains . Not necessarily
Flyer will join us power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch earnings feeling a big earning today. The dow up triple digits, fueling it caterpillar and 3m, adding 100 points to the dow just by themselves 3m higher by 8 . H r plunging 20 the office maker beat thing at earnings estimates its coming in well short of expectations whirlpool shares are tanking on news that sears will stop selling the brand. Stanley black decker rallying. The toolmaker also raising its full year outlook. Tyler . Thank you President Trump meeting with republican senators right now pushing his tax reform money, which he says will generate 12 trillion in economic activity. This after getting into another war of words with bob corker the president has already arrives at the capital for the Senate Republican lunch hes attending, take a look at the video of the arrival of the president. He walks inside alongside Mitch Mcconnell. Thats called the ohio clock position, just off the senate floor, a normal wal