Into the final hour of trade here. Thats the case with the Dow Jones Industrial average and seems like a distant memory. That was just december 5th and almost touched that level and now back towards the 17,000 mark. S p today giving up 8 points and nasdaq off about 37. Oil itself touched new fiveyear low. Were wreaking havoc with the producer. Theres oil. Not much of a bounce there. Now 55. 51 and set the new lows again. Settling down about 3 and since as you can see down 4 continuing to trading and as you know to defy expectations of everybody who wants so december pra desperately to do the bottom picking. A fed meeting starting wednesday. And a lot to get to. Janelle nelson with us. Sam stoval. Daryl kronk. Peter anderson. And our own Rick Santelli joins us from chicago per tradition, as well. Sam, whens the target you guys at s p capital iq have for the s p for the following 12 months . Well, bill, our target is 2250 on the s p 500. Are you changing that as a result of whats going o
I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown. Giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns and even attack the police only to serves to raise tensions and stir chaos. Learning more today about the forensic investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown. Foxs mike tobin reports from ferguson. Reporter Police Shooting of unharmed teen Michael Brown set off fire storm of violent protests here in ferguson and now were learning more about the incident but not from state or local officials. Attorneys for the brown family hiring forensic pathologist dr. Michael body den to perform a private autopsy. They say wounds dont show signs of a struggle. There are abrasions around the right side of mr. Browns face rubbing against the ground which happened as best we can tell when after the gunshot wounds he fell flat down unprotected and got those abrasions. Reporter but the Washington Post reports brown had marijuana in his system and was shot from the fr
Stranding tourists, leaving destruction in the wake. The Minnesota Vikings allowing Adrien Peterson to play, but new allegations of child abuse have surfaced. Welcome to alJazeera America. We begin with breaking news out of afghanistan this morning. A powerful explosion targeting an American Military convoy, we dont know the nationality of those killed, but at least three nato soldiers are dead. Well stay on top of that story. To our other top story, president obama heads to the c. D. C. Today, unveiling plans to help west africa combat ebola. His plan includes 3,000 troops and millions of dollars of medical supplies. We are live in washington, d. C. This morning this morning, lisa, how much pressure was the president turned to make that pledge. Clearly this epidemic has been spiraling out of control. There are 2400 people who have died, thousands more infected. The u. S. Military has the unique capability to help coordinate and ramp up the global response. The white house says the thr
Good morning. If i were a guest at the state of the union, id already be lining up on the capitol steps. Cook was in San Francisco just until just a short time ago. He just finished speaking at an event for which we have no pictures, a Goldman Sachs investors event. We assume he got on a plane and was heading towards washington where he will sit near the first lady. Last year, her guest was steve jobs widow. One of the things the Silicon Valley will be listening for is any mention of immigration reform. A joint venture says half of all adults working in Silicon Valley who have College Degrees are foreign born. So immigration is critical to the valley. In fact, if you take a closer look, if you narrow it down to the socalled stem workers, science, technology, math, 65 of those workers in Silicon Valley were foreign born. Back to you. Thank you very much. You can of course watch that state of the Union Address right here on nbc bay area starting at 6 00. It will follow nbc bay area news
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