Washington. Earnings after the bell, Restoration Hardware and h r block. How did your taxes work out this year . Its like a phone book, it gets thicker every year. Lawyers and accountants always make out. President obama delivered the worcester, Massachusetts High School commencement at 4 00 today. Its a very cool area. Clark university is there. Its a great history of mechanical engineering. And the Basketball Hall of fame is right there. Thats springfield, down the road. It is along 91. Treasury secretary jack lew is speeding at the new York Economics Club later today. The la kings just got off the bus and nobody smiled, they were all business. Scarlet saw the rangers drinking under a bar. Its do or die tonight. Futures were negative seven yesterday, the 10 year yield was higher earlier and the euro is driving friendly. I am watching oil, it is elevated. Crude 104. 67. Vxx is very complacent. There is the dow. You can see the brent crude nymex spread. I am looking for brent crude to
On the phone. Right. Another big headline this morning. We could be at the start of the worst flu season in ten years. Is your flu shot working . Is it too late to get one at this point . Dr. Besser is here with some answers for every family in america. Well, it will help if you jumpstart your january, everybody. Jessica simpson looking dynamite in those daisy dukes. Now, superstar trainer Harley Pasternak is here. He did that for her. Its part of jumpstart january. A whole lot going on. Lets start with headlines from josh. Were going to begin with our money. The average 401 k in this country has gained 1,900 in the wednesday. Gaining over 300 points, thanks to the fiscal cliff compromise in washington. But this morning, it appears to be fizzling. Abcs Bianna Golodryga is here to tell us what lies ahead. Reporter good morning, josh. Despite this weeks euphoria on wall street, we still have plenty of hurdles to jump in fact, a major Credit Rating agency just warned Congress Needs to do
Situation room. Wolf . Thanks very much. Happening right now, an emotional and very historic day on capitol hill. A brand new United States congress is sworn in and with it a new hope for reaching across the aisle. Some of the cases may be knew, but many of the tough issues that have to be tackled certainly havent changed. So is is there any real chance of getting anything done . And nearly three weeks since the devastating massacre, sandy hook Elementary Students return to school. Well go there for a live report. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. An extra ordinary nar day here in washington. The 113th Congress Takes office ushering in, in a moment, what appeared to be a renewed push for bipartisanship on the heels of what has been an extremely tumultuous week of gridlock. One of the most striking moments of the day is this, a very emotional House Speaker john boehner taking the gavel after being voted in by his colleagues to another term. Put simply, worse than not to be s
We start the hour with breaking news. The futures are surging on the news that the fiscal cliff has been averted. Welcome to squawk on the street. Im melissa lee. First trading day of the new year, poised to begin in rally mode. Keep in mind, this is off of the big rally we saw on friday precliff. The biggest gain we saw in the month of november across the board. This, of course, as Congress Takes measures to avoid the fiscal cliff. Take a look at this. This is something you dont see too often on wall street. The dow looking at about 202 points at the open. Look at the picture over in the european markets. The optimism has carried over there as well. The dax is higher by 2 . Italy up 3. 5 . But of course, jim, what a twoday streak of gains we will see here on the market. I think that were set up to go higher. I also want to caution i dont like to buy up 2 , 3 . Thats never been a terrific way to get the year started. Theres a lot of money coming in. I do want to be optimistic about 201
There are some big items the bill doesnt address. Sequester, which are set to take effect tomorrow. And more. It is ridiculously easy for someone to purchase a gun. Do you think homosexuality is a san . I think it it is a natural. Could you wake up this morning and have a quick, you know . What day is it. The newsmakers starts now. Good evening. One of the great things about my job is i get to sit down with movers and shakers, men and women in the biggest stories of the year. Newsmakers, celebrities, and people never expected to find themselves in a spot like. They are all utterly fascinating. Tonight youll hear from some of my favorite guests. We begin with the big man himself, chris christie. In the wake of superstar center, he found himself in a bed of hot water for making nice with president obama. Breaking news tonight, super storms and the crashing ashore and southern new jersey in the last hour. I watched these extraordinary scenes over new jersey today. Really quite unprecedent