We are live in springfield, missouri, with all the details. Meanwhile Tropical Storm harvey making landfall again. This time slamming parts of louisiana. Well speak with a states lieutenant governor, Billy Nungesser about the situations there. Talking about harvey, the town of port arthur, texas, now underwater after being hit hard by heavy rains overnight. Were live on the ground there where rescue efforts are now underway. Cheryl well get back to texas of course in a moment but these markets, taking a look at the dow climbing for a second straight day, driven higher by shares of cisco. Goldman sachs and caterpillar helping all of this. Nicole petallides watch being action from the floor of the new york stock exchange. Nicole, we got good news on the economy. Is that part of the reason were seeing these numbers . Overall looking pretty good. We die guessed a lot of harvey and north korea. We got a little blip late in the day talks between lavrov and tillerson, not do anything with nor
Their time apart, to move when new orders come in. And phase the uncertainties it came in the time of need. This kind of lifestyle requires its own encourage and your sacrifices do not go unnoticed or unappreciated. Thank you. Please note our gratitude is boundless and goes out to each and every one of you with unconditional appreciation. The administration will always stand with the men and women of the United States air force, and it is my great pleasure to introduce my husband, the president of the United States, donald trump. [applause] at ease, please sit down. Thank you, melania, for the wonderful introduction and being such an incredible emissary for the American People. Very, very popular, thank you. Secretary wilson, general jacobson, i am honored to join you on this historic location, the 70th anniversary of the United States air force. The greatest air force on the face of this earth by far. [applause] before we begin, i want to say our hearts and prayers go out to the peopl
That the network should lose its license on the basis of what he calls, fake news. Nbc also under fire for passing on the Harvey Weinstein expose. More on that and how the network is responding, as more women come forward. Among our guests this hour, joe concha from the hill. Grover norquist. Ohio congressman jim renacci. David we have a full hour ahead. Go trait to lori rothman on the new york stock exchange. What is driving the market today . Unbelievable. Were only 128 points from dow 23,000. That is unreal how fast. It was only august 2nd, the dow hit 22,000. This rally is fast and furious. Traders on the floor here, are basically as far as todays gains, pointing to the fed minutes. So we got minutes released from latest fed meeting. Yes, we will likely see a third Interest Rate hike this year, but the fed doesnt seem in all that much of a rush because of the Hurricane Impact to the economy and continues to see very low rates of inflation levels. Here are winners on the dow today.
Federal investigation now setting sights on a powerful democratic lobbiest. Who he is and why. What happened to those four american soldiers killed in an ambush in niger. Were expecting a News Conference from chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general Joseph Dunford from the pentagon. Any moment well take you there live. Look at markets. Nicole on floor of new york stock exchange. Well it is almost like we need a little bit of a breather, right, nicole . What are traders saying. They think it is quite okay we have a little bit of a breather. They are impressed we tested thresholds and moved higher. Scott ressler on us last hour said exactly that we pull back hold levels on bottom, only moving higher to the up side. You saw every sector to the downside, energy, materials, telecom, utilities, those dividendpaying stocks those did okay. Were trying to hold on to the green. Everything finished to the downside. The dow down 53 points after the 70th record close on friday under, since el
Will we see a vote tomorrow . A live update from capitol hill. One of the biggest match ups in boxing this year. Head lines are coming from outside the ring. Boxing legend oscar de la hoya take be jabs at President Trump in new tv ad. David he has a left hook we worry about. As we await the big earnings, take a look at the dow, barely in the green as chevron, exxon, merck. Apple reporting disappointing iphone sales yesterday. The dow had been in the red all morning. That changed at about 2 00 p. M. When the Federal Reserve announced it would hold off a rate hike until the economy really started to grow more. Financials climbing though as investors do seem to be betting on the slow growth being shortlived. Melissa. Melissa breaking earnings. Facebook set to release First Quarter results any minute. Investors keeping a close eye on user growth and video ads as the tech giant tries to curb recent scrutiny on handling of live video content on live screen. We shanna glenzer, make offices ch