And the impeachment debate moves forward. A ceremonial process after a vote that was mainly split along party lines. Live we are looking at a shot on capitol hill in washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named the managers of the impeachment case against President Trump. This kicking off a ceremonial process that transfers the impeachment case to the senate. Today, the house voted to transmit charges to the senate. That vote was mostly along party lines. Very similar to the december 18 vote to send articles for abuse of power and obstruction of congress. We will bring you those events as you happen. First lets get a quick check on the market close in the u. S. Stocks again at record highs. We have the u. S. And China Signing the phase one trade deal and markets getting a boost after white house Economic Advisor larry kudlow promoted tax cuts. They set a record for the sixth consecutive trading session. Had disappointing results from Goldman Sachs and bank of america after mostly posit
Months lets take a look at the treasury markets watching the 10year back up this morning above 1. 8 at 1. 811. Investor tensions remain on iran even with that snap back yesterday. Tensions mounting with the u. S general Qassem Soleimani was buried in his home town of kerman officials have threatened retaliation against the u. S. For the targeted killing the defense secretary has made no decision about withdrawing troops from iraq another surreal day with that letter that came out from a general that was not signed. Later, they came out and said that was a mistake wasnt signed, poorly woorded wasnt in its final form but to let you know, we are withdrawing from iraq. Let me start with that. Flip the order here and start with that letter we spent several very confusing hours at the white house as officials scramble to figure out what the heck is going on after a marine corps general in iraq sent a letter in which he appeared to suggest that in response to the Iraqi Parliament vote to remo
Movers this month. Jim cramers going to be on here to tell us what these par boir bolick moves mean and tillray announces a shake up well talk to the ceo, brendan kennedy, to ask him about his plans to make this hot stock hot again. Say that five times fast power lunch starts right now stocks are retreating today, it was above 29,000 before sinking just moments ago before the breaking news, reports of china tariffs staying in place until after the 2020 election. Kayla has some new details on this developing story. Kayla, i thought they were supposed to sign this deal tomorrow i guess its still on, but youve got some details. Go ahead signing is sill on, but the principles have maintained ever since this was reached that any future tariff reduction would hinge on chinas compliance with this first phase of the deal an Administration Official telling me moments ago theres no agreement on a path forward with regard to tariff reduchotin to between mid december and today, there is still no d
Losses in tech. The s p is looking at the best year, potentially here in two decades. Deirdre bolton kicks us off. She is at the New York Stock Exchange whether thedre . Thats a great question, blake. You mentioned the s p 500 is on track to havehe year since 1997. Todays red on screens doone foe year. The groups putting most pressure on the markets right now are ones that outperformed last week. Really sent stocks to all new highs for the christmas rally. They include info tech, consumer discretionary, also communication stocks. Youre seeing that pattern as individual stocks too. Some of the biggest winners of the year are lower today. Here are some top three weve been following. Apple, microsoft, visa. They are all stand out stocks for 2019. Apple, we have to highlight. It is the best performing stock on the dow for the year. It is up 82 . The gains pushed companys market cap back above the 1 trilliondollar mark. Analysts talking a lot about wearables. They are beating forecasts. By
Judd. And joining us here in our studios in washington, she covers politics and border issues for usa today. And with the first line of questioning, stephen dinan, assistant managing editor of the washington times. Stephen brandon, border apprehension numbers are down dramatically from where they were the peak of the surge in may and june. Im wondering, what happened . Why are those numbers down and maybe most importantly, who gets credit for that . Mr. Judd you first have to take a look at the driving factor that pulls people to come to the United States illegally, and the main magnet that we call it is the catch and release program. Anytime that people cross the border illegally and know they are just going to be released into the interior of the United States to wait for an asylum or deportation hearing they people tend to cross our borders illegally in large numbers. Ever since the u. S. Government started the migrant protection protocols, or the wait in mexico program, those numbe