To be a secretary. And part of the project we are doing, we plan to open the secretarys room in 2020. So if you want to hear more about that, there is some in your packs about the project. And , if churchill was trying to think of what we had in the collection. We got a gift from londonderry of a replica, its one of my favorite items in the house. It is in the library. And i was really interested yesterday to start to hear a little bit about churchills relationship with attlee, we will hear a lot more about that. So we have another family of hillss, like the church here, we have the bews here this morning. Very excited about what they are going to say. We have lord bew, professor of politics at the university in belfast. Bew who is john professor of i have got that wrong. I am sorry, lord bew. Lord bew is our politics expert, and john bew is history is our history professor and Foreign Affairs and awardwinning historian. They will give us an excellent talk this my, starting off with jo
Financial times, disheartening. One in five americans are receiving government assistance and now president obama saying lets give out solar panels to the poor just what we need to gre the economy. We havent forgotten about hillary giving the first interview since announcing her campaign. And she blames republicans for everything. Poor hillary there. Varney company is about to begin. All right. Guys, weve got a ton of news for you this morning and we have now breaking news all United Airlines flights are grounded, they say its due to a Technical Glitch. All flights, all airports are grounded, a big problem for travelers. We have a live look at Ohare Airport and thats on your screen now. Thats the giant united hub. If you have to go through there. The big story now liz the big story, there has to be something more to it than to be causing all the flights to be canceled. Charles this is worrisome because a lot of people are worried about Computer Systems worldwide particularly involving
Said he was not surprised President Trumps frustration was manifested in tweets. And men have been detained weapons confiscated after counterterrorism sweeps and france. Citing the paris prosecutors office. The antiterrorism operations come five days before the french president ial runoff. Officials say it is not clear whether the arrests had any link to the campaign. Trying to stem his reach among macron macro and told Marine Le Pen he understands their anger. Polls indicate he has a doubledigit lead over le pen. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 600 journalists and analysts in one of 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Live from bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, im julia. On assignmentu is and we are 30 minutes from the close of trading here in the u. S. U. S. Stocks edging higher as tech shares are leading the gains. Joe the question is what did you miss . Earningswill report after the bell and investors will Pay Attention to how they can go beyond those products
Is factoring and janet yellen taking over the role. They are focusing a lot more on what is coming from the washington. Today we get fed minutes. Just wanted to take a look at some names that are under pressure. Some of them social media type stock. When you look at the group, when you talk to the pros, they just say that this is some pulling back on some great runs. Tesla is up nearly 400 . There is some profit with the uncertainty. Lori you can certainly see that. Thank you, nicole. Adam lets talk about earnings. What is making the s p iq so bullish . Christine shortt is with us. Why are you so bullish right now . The analysts giving a 3 , you know, expectation for the third quarter. As we know, as we head closer to an earnings season, analysts to lower their estimates. We are looking for 6 . 3 has come down quite a bit. Adam we are still talking about earnings per share on average of 26. 92. It has come down a little bit. 26. 84. Right now we are a little lower than the highest we h
Cant wait to see what jason got us here. Welcome to squawk on the street on this final trading day before christmas. Im carl, with melissa lee, david faber at the nyse. The New York Stock Exchange and nasdaq closing at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time. The futures, a little bit of weakness here which well talk about in a minute, after it comes after a pretty bad day on friday. The european markets closed for the Christmas Eve holidays. London, paris, spain have each completed shortened sessions in light of the Christmas Holiday as well. The friday selloff, only five trading days are left in the year. Is the market getting used to the idea that a fiscal cliff solution will not happen before year end . Only a few hours remain to finish your christmas shopping. But some words of caution for toymakers. Are tablets and apps ruining the season as kids get more accustomed to technology . Microsoft windows 8 gets more bad press today, as the New York Times said it is not leading to a boost in pc sales.