Welcome to power lunch, im contessa brewer. Another strong day for stocks as all three indices look for a winding streak the dow is up about 143 points, a slight pullback from where we were a half hour ago both the s p and nasdaq are on pace in more than six years and both indices up 5 health care the best performing sector today johnson johnson, pfizer, eli lilly among the big gainers. A couple beatendown names moving higher, ge back above 15 a share despite being hit with a shareholder lawsuit and snap is now up 50 so far in february. Three hours left in what has been a huge week for stocks. Bertha coombs is at the New York Stock Exchange bertha it has been quite a big week. Its been two weeks since we had that downturn starts and after consuming a lot of rocky road ice cream, today it feels like vanilla. If you look at the major averages in terms of where they are from their highs back at the end of january, the nasdaq here within 3 of its all time high in january as weve seen a big
The office of Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating russian interference in the us president ial election, has filed charges against thirteen russian individuals and three companies. The charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. President trump has again insisted his Campaign Team did nothing wrong. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Theres probably not a person anywhere in the world who doesnt know who won the 2016 president ial election. But how it was won and who influenced the result is still the subject of rancorous dispute. Today, in a dramatic development, charges were brought against a number of russians for their efforts to affect the outcome. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the united states. With the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. They used stolen or fictitious american identities, Fraudulent Bank accounts an
Long studied so she talked about the year of the dug and what that means and what sort of traits. One trait people born in the year of the dog share is they are procrastinators. I was edge born in the year of the dog. I was a dragon. I think i might be rabbit but im not sure. We will find out by the end of the newscast. We will talk about the celebrations happening in San Francisco as well, the lunar new year. This morning President Trump tweeted that he is in fact leaving for florida today where he will meet with families of the victims of the Florida School shooting that left 17 people dead and 14 others injures. Caroline shively is reporting live from Broward County. People are still struggling to understand how and why this happened. Reporter thats right, mike, sal and gasia. The president midway through a briefing behind closed doors in the white house. He is finding out the latest from federal authorities there. Meanwhile local folks are working to try to piece together the puzzl
Why one organisation is suggesting that the government should give £10,000 to every citizen under the age of 55. And we will take a look at the shape of water, the film that is up for 12 ba ftas. The fbi has issued a statement this evening over the Florida School shooting in which 17 people were shot dead by a former student this week. It says it was warned by the gunmen warned about the gunman but did not act. They issued a statement saying the information provided by the caller should have been assessed as a potential threat to life and passed to the miami office. These protocols were not followed. More news from the us, 13 russians have been charged with interfering with the 2016 election. Three of those have been accused of committing wire fraud and five have been accused of aggravated identity theft. The announcement was made by special Counsel Robert Mueller who is investigating corruption in the election. Some defendants used Computer Systems in the us to hide the russian origi
Now at 11. At least 17 People Killed at this high school in florida. Tonight this is just absolutely pure evil. Now at 11 00 at least 17 People Killed at this high school in florida. And tonight the murderous rampage and the teenage suspect. Good evening. In addition to the 17 killed more than a dozen others were hurt. The suspected gunman a former student expelled for disciplinary rvenlts tonight investigators describe his social media accounts as quote very disturbing. The school is located in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of parkland, recently named floridas safest city. Laura podesta is there tonight. Reporter the Broward County sheriff says theyve identified 12 of the 17 People Killed in the shooting. The suspect 19yearold Nicholas Cruz remains in Police Custody as officials work to determine his motive. The nightmare in Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School in parkland, florida unfolded just as the school day was ending. Police say the suspected gunman 19yearold Nicholas Cruz arrived