Brent at a threemonth high, gold at 15. 12. The year end rally, the s p biggest yearly return in seven and nearing its best gains in more than 20 years. Plus ecommerce sales hitting a record, amazon saying billions of items ordered world wide. Boeing still on watch, new documents revealing whats being called quote very disturbing revelations. As 2019 heads into the home stretch, all three major indies says are on track for a fourth straight month of gains. They have surged as last months selloff we remember december 26 when everything rallied 5 . We were bottoming that horrible Christmas Eve when we had first concerns about a tariff war increasing. Then we had the Federal Reserve raising rates on the 19th. That created a cascade, four down days in a row culminating in the down day on the 27th, on the 24th and turn around today. Meanwhile, the year, if you look at the percentage of up days, almost 54 , which is i think only the folks said only five years since 1928 have you had a more c
Grasso is back welcome, steve. Thanks for having me. Technology making a move higher thanks in part to the semis. First you have that semi upgrade from Goldman Sachs thats put a flame underneath the whole space. Theyre leading and also have the f. A. N. G. Stocks reporting. Thats what is driving the market action. Does it tell you something about the cyclical leaning. It tells you it gives you the impetus of, hey, what got us there . What is going to be the mainstay people like to keep riding the horse thats delivered the returns and that horse has been tech. Horses are scary. Lets drill down on the big stories were watching a meeting with chip executives will take place. Phil lebeau, a credit warning or boeing and bob pisani are looking at the other moves and seema mody looking at the impact on oil and iran. Ylan, lets start with you. Its expected to get under way in a half hour several of the executives are already here my colleague Kayla Tausche and i have confirmed some companies a
Mps start debating the landmark brexit bill. Discussions focussed on the transfer of thousands of pieces of eu regulation, into british law. This bill simply brings eu law into uk law, ensuring that wherever possible the rules and laws are the same after brexit as before. That we are leaving is settled, how we leave is not. This bill invites us to surrender all power and influence over that question to the government and ministers. That would betray everything that we were sent here to do. How likely are you to become a victim of crime . The bbc launches a new tool to help you find out. And Prince George starts his first day at school with a little encouragement from his father. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Hurricane irma one of the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean has destroyed almost everything in its path as it sweeps across the eastern caribbean. At least nine people are known to have been killed with many more injured. The islands of barbuda and st martin wer
Pursuant to House Resolution 607 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 3043. Will the gentleman from illinois, mr. Davis, kindly ake the chair. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 3043 which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill to modernize hydropower policy and for other purposes. The chair when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, a request for recorded vote on amendment number 4 printed in house report 115391 offered by the gentleman from illinois, mr. Rush, had been postponed. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 4 by the gentleman from illinois, mr. Rush. On which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 4 printed in house repor
The dumbarton bridge and things are starting to slow on the 880 but, again, else where, things are looking pretty good. Sam and laura, back to you guys. Thank you. Alameda county Sheriff Deputies had a busy night with a car chase that ended with gunfire. This happened in san loreno on ricardo and falgren avenues. That is not very far from hayward. Today in the bay bob edell live near the crash scene with more on the confrontation between deputies and the suspects. Laura and sam. This chase ended right here in this dead end at ricardo. The suspects felt cornered, according to the Alameda County Sheriffs Office this is where the shooting took place. You can see the retaining wall. The suspect in the backed into the wall and the deputy got out of his car and drew his gun thinking the suspect would come out of the car. Thats when according to the Sheriffs Office that suspect charged the deputy. The deputy unleashed several shots. The suspect ended up crashing into this telephone pole right