President , he has announced hes free of the virus in immune and up dressed in airport crowd in florida today. This is important, the virus and how to deal with are central issues of the election. The president is taking the lead in opening the economy and returning to work in promoting the successful treatment, that is important stuff. Meanwhile joe biden always wearing a mask except for when hes coughing is bogged down with questions about packing the court in fracking, he will hold to events in ohio, lets see if he answers as important questions. Lefthand side of the screen, Supreme Court hearing for Amy Coney Barrett started an Opening Statement the judge said she learned from her mentor, Justice Antonio scully out. A judge must apply the law as written, not as a judge wishes it were. Vice president ial candidate Kamala Harris will participate virtually for safety reasons. Lets get to the market, the dow industrial is up for 50 on point, the s p up 20 thereabout look at the nasdaq,
Office. President meeting meeting with y of state Rex Tillerson and after announcing plans to put north korea on the terror list. What that means and why the white house says this is critical move. David getting back to stocks climbing today. They were driven by shares of cisco, verizon and home depot. Nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. I want to start with Janet Yellens resignation. Happened 2 00 p. M. Eastern time. No movement in the market there was a time anything that the fed said, particularly janet yellen said over the past seven years would move the market. Seems like that power is gone completely. Very interesting that you say that. I guess the expectation she would be stepping down shortly as fed chair. We know we have a new fed chair powell in line to take over that was a little bit of unexpected news but truth of the matter is, youre absolutely right, weve been higher throughout the day. The dow finishing up 72 points. Not really reacting to fed
President obama approving use of airstrikes to protect antiassad forces. Wildfire is getting worse. California firefighters battling 23 separate fires. One firefighter has died for hundreds of been forced to leave their homes. At t releasing its first package after the merger with directv. The Wireless Phone Service Costs 200 a month for the first year. It includes hd and dvr service for four tvs, unlimited talking tax for four phones and 10 gigabytes of shareable wireless data. American pharaoh has done it again but is essentially the grand plan of the triple crown winners with the invitational new jersey taking 1. 75 million. 20 million to win again. Back to our top story this morning, run for the white house. Really not the First Campaign in iowa and New Hampshire. Spots focus on family, especially her mother direct the period all over america who fight for their families and never give up. Thats why im doing this. Sandra hillary faces an onslaught of god but the story generating so
Also receiving clemency, wrappers lil wayne and kodak black, prosecuted on federal weapons offenses. The president , however, not expected to issue pardons for himself or members of his family, or his personal attorney, rudy giuliani. The former new york city mayor was at the forefront of unsuccessful efforts to get the results of the 2020 president ial election election overturned. He also rallied with Trump Supporters just before they storm the cat Capitol Building on january 6th. The possibility of pardons for the insurgents had reportedly been discussed but almost everyone involved in those discussions aggressively advised the president not to. Trump has already pardoned a slew of longtime associates and supporters, they include his former Campaign Chairman paul manafort, also charles kushner, the father of his soninlaw, and his longtime friend and advisor, roger stone. Also, his former National Security advisor, michael flynn, and also on the list, four former blackwater guards wh
A far cry from letting the American People know that the democrats and the Hillary Campaign paid for dirt that the f. B. I. Then used to get a warrant on an american citizen to spy on another campaign. And its a very dangerous precedent that was set. Jon the top democrat on the Committee Says this has nothing to do with transparency. Here is adam schiff. They voted that down. They voted against hearing from the f. B. I. When you do oversight you haul them in under oath saying why was this and that included . The interest wasnt oversight. The interest was a political hit job on the f. B. I. In the service of the president. Melissa now democrats want their own memo released. A vote on that set for later today. Chief White House Correspondent is live with the latest. Busy monday. As it is every week here, melissa, no question about that. The House Intelligence Committee will gather at 5 00 this afternoon for a business meeting to discuss whether or not to release and send that democratic