As 34yearold funez. Again, both officers here at kings county hospital expected to be okay. Were told one of them is a close to a nineyear veteran for the force, the other for three years. Were told one of them has a child and a baby on the way. Family right now here at the hospital with both of those officers. Were live outside of kings county this morning. Im ray villeda here in new york. Very relieved families indeed. Well continue to follow the story. We geelt the update. Storm team 4s mir raphael miranda. Tells well into the 40s out there. No sign of february. You can see on storm traerk High Pressure in control. Back to 47, jfk. Its 45 in central park. 47 for you in city island. Temperatures north and west of town well above freezing. 37 in monticello and its 46 degrees as youre starting your weekend in poughkeepsie. You can see in your day planner, lots of sunshine. You do want to get outside, especially after lunch. Thats when temperatures soar well into the 50s. Today, 59 degr
Very, very famous legendary jazz club the blue note. Usually room at the bar. Theres always room at the bar. Well see you in an hour for the closing bell. Thanks so much. Thanks, bob. Speaking of the market shortened session one more hour. Lets head over to maria at post 9. Thanks, carl. Hi everybody. Welcome to the closing bell. Im Maria Bartiroma at the new york stock exchange. No, your watch is not wrong. The closing bell ringing three hours early today at 1 00 eastern for Christmas Eve. Hi, bill. Hey, maria. Im Bill Griffith here at cnbc world headquarters. A down day not terrible, light volume as you might imagine on this half day. The dow down about 40 points right now. 46point decline at 13,144. All the other major averages lower as well. The nasdaq at this hour down about ten points at 3,011 and the s p 500 down 4. 25. Certainly volume on the light side today. Though were facing light volume there is still money to be made in these markets. Remember after the closing bell rings
Point of earnings season. A good start. Earnings beat for microsoft, despite falling pc sales and once again, its all about the cloud. Amazon reports strong sales growth. Who cares about margins. Customers dont blink at a price hike for prime. Drum beat of new services continues. Analyst notes this morning are pressuring the stocks. Starbucks up, earnings as analysts expected. Exclusive with Howard Schultz ceo and chairman coming up, coffee, Digital Payments and why lunch is next. Ford is slipping despite strong sales. Profit did miss analyst estimates. Fords margins hit by higher production costs. Shares are dropping. Well hear from bob shanks. First up, microsoft did Beat Estimates by a nickel, fiscal had thirdquarter profit of 68 cents a share. Company was helped by momentum in Cloud Services as total commercial cloud revenue more than doubled in the period and last night during his first earnings call, nadella spoke about betting on the cloud. We will continue to invest in our clou
Washington. Intelligence agencies are trying to identify possible targets for limited air strikes. Its not as easy as looking at an iphone video of a convoy and then immediately striking it. Twisters struck a small town in central south dakota. Homes and businesses were damaged and one person injured. Meanwhile, the heat is on for twothirds of the country. Washington, d. C. , had temperatures that climbed well into the 90s. They have been trapped underground 12 days. A Southwest Airlines flight was forced into an Emergency Landing after it struck a flock of birds shortly after takeoff. Done hes done it Clayton Kershaw pitches a nohitter. Theres just so much going on i cant explain it. Chile knocked off defending champ spain. Before that match, chilean without tickets busted into the stadium. Amazon introduced its own smartphone. After you hang up with someone, the phone suggests other people you might want to call. Pick your booty up make your calves long and high heels on a woman. I m
Here at this hour, by the way. We also have both covered with a live report from iraq and our pros weigh in on just what the fed may do this week. Also, a very special and exclusive interview after the bell, traveler ceo jay fishman in a rare oneonone. He is widely viewed as one of the most respected and effective ceos in the corporate world. Fishman will weigh in on the state of his business, the overall economy and much, much more. You dont want to miss it. All right, we cant wait. In the markets right now, take a look at the dow. It is down about nine points. The situation in iraq is certainly weighing heavily on the minds of investors today. The fed meeting, which is looming, which begins tomorrow, is as well. The nasdaq holding on to a gain of just under four points. And the s p 500, we can call that flat on the day. Joining our Closing Bell Exchange right now is rob stein of Astor Investment management, joe tanias, kim forrest of fort pitt capital group. Wow, i got that right, fi