Your muslim pal. Well be having a lot of great guests, talking about mitt romneys ultimate screw you which he gifted us with yesterday and general petraeus, the c. I. A. Had no idea when he said i wanted to tap that, he meant something completely different. Lets go to Lisa Ferguson for a current news update. Hey john. Always good to have you on the show. Good morning everyone. The president is dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy today. He heads to new york this morning to look at the damage and to thank First Responders who risked their lives last month. Later this evening president obama will host the cast and crew of the movie lincoln for a screening at the white house. He is coming off a very Important News conference yesterday. Not only was this the first since his reelection, it was also the first hes held in eight months. Several reporters did want to talk about the general petraeus scandal, of course but the president fortunately did get to spend a lot of time on the f
Reporter not really seeing any information tonight about the boy. But we learned about a half hour ago from oakland fire officials that hes 5 years old, and is in lifethreatening condition. Several people saw the collision and the immediate aftermath. Off duty San Francisco firefighter rushed to provide aid. He about an inch and a half gash underneath his chin and a quarter inch opening. He started to go into shock. A little boy in the street. Laying with his mom. She was holding onto him. Trying to get some kind of response out of him. Reporter the boy was rushed to oakland childrens hospital. The driver of the van stopped, and is cooperating with police. She was shaken up really bad. I spoke to her. She shook. She said i was driving down the street and all of a sudden there was this kid, and he was there in front of my car. It appears that the child ran suddenly from the curb into oncoming traffic and the driver had nothing they could do about it. Reporter police say the driver will
About the childs condition. Reporter not really seeing any information tonight about the boy. But we learned about a half hour ago from oakland fire officials that hes 5 years old, and is in lifethreatening condition. Several people saw the collision and the immediate aftermath. Off duty San Francisco firefighter rushed to provide aid. He about an inch and a half gash underneath his chin and a quarter inch opening. He started to go into shock. A little boy in the street. Laying with his mom. She was holding onto him. Trying to get some kind of response out of him. Reporter the boy was rushed to oakland childrens hospital. The driver of the van stopped, and is cooperating with police. She was shaken up really bad. I spoke to her. She shook. She said i was driving down the street and all of a sudden there was this kid, and he was there in front of my car. It appears that the child ran suddenly from the curb into oncoming traffic and the driver had nothing they could do about it. Reporter
Among the traders this morning, lets take a look where we are. Have you noticed . I noticed that the open said this, all the major indices opened on the upside. The dow industrials and transports, you love this, sue, dow theorists, new highs, both together, thats a good sign. S p 500 touching an intraday high. The russell 2,000 small cap indices doing well. The nasdaq doing well. Why are we rallying . There is where the little humor goes in. Just put up the full screen and ill show you something here. The most logical reason we are rallying at this point is because hedges are being unwound after the fed meeting. So traders went out and bought protection in case the fed got hawkish yesterday. They didnt. And today theyre covering. Thats the logical reason were up. On top of that, theres a big options and futures exploration tonight and tomorrow. That may be playing into that. Thats having some synergistic effect. But finally, and this is what sue and i were laughing about, many traders
George zimmerman said at one point, half of the jury was ready to convict him. Her interview is our first look inside the deliberations that led to the not guilty verdict in zimmermans murder trial. Meanwhile, Trayvon Martin supporters held a third night of angry protests. Tara mergener is in washington. Tara, good morning. Good morning, alexis, the zimmerman verdict continues to stoke outrage. In some communities, including in l. A. , where 300 officers were called into the scene. The incident ended with more than a dozen arrests. Reporter what started as a peaceful protest turns violent when about 150 people broke away from a Los Angeles Protest and began running through the streets, attacking people, cars and businesses. Police swooped in, trying to bring peace back to l. A. s crenshaw district. Many are angry at the not guilty verdict in the murder trial of George Zimmerman. The trial that we saw in florida has ignited passion, but we have to make sure it will not ignite the city.