We are proud of that exhibit and the rest of the year are all about that great rivalry between so much to the states history. Second, i hope you will get a flyer coming in about the month of july were having our annual backpack drive with district 186 and if you donate of backpack you get free admission to the museum that is good for the rest of the year and transferable. If you bring five backpacks and you get five free admissions. Please consider doing that. Its for a good cause. All those backpacks go to underserved kids in district 186. Please do consider bringing in backpacks. Finally, please put on your calendars are all american picnic which will host in Union Square Park on saturday august 19. From 6 00 p. M. Until 10 00 p. M. Well have food and activities and end with the classic movie, field of dreams. Continuing our baseball theme this year. Again, thank you for being here and its my pleasure to introduce our speaker, peter baker asserts that the New York Times chief White H
South carolina governor tim scott. The hearing of the Pensions Committee will come to order to consider the nomination of betsy devos to be United States secretary of education. Openingmake an statement to introduce the nominee. We welcome senator scott and senator lieberman. He will make introductory remarks. Following the nominees comments, we will have a fiveminute round of questions. One note, we have capital will removeay who anyone who attempts to disrupt the hearing. This is the First Committee in our new congress. It has considerable differences of opinion on a variety of issues. We have found that we can sometimes resolve them in important ways. What was thee past most important bill in the congress, 21st century cures. The year before, no child left behind, which president obama called a christmas miracle, plus 33 other bills signed by the president. I want to thank senator murray and republicans on the committee for operating in that fashion. We have done that by showing cou
Partnership trade deal, a big blow to some asian nations but teamsters and other Union Officials inside of the white house are cheering. Right now he is meeting with Union Leaders and workers at the white house. Meanwhile on capitol hill, the confirmation showdown continues. The senate is now debating President Trumps pick to head the cia, and a Crucial Committee vote on secretary of state Rex Tillerson is expected in the hour. We have breaking news from washington and more. Melissa back to the markets. Dow was down about 25 points. They were down 95 at the low. Adam shapiro on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange watching todays biggest movers. Lay it out for us, adam. Reporter look what happened to some of the auto parts suppliers after amazon said it entered into contracts to sell auto parts at amazon. Com. Autozone, advanced auto parts took a hit, actually down about 3 . Autozone was down about 4 . Genuine parts down almost 3 1 2 parts. Oreilly automotive down 3. 2 . Almost 3.
Why general mike flynn asked to resign, concerns grow how his conversations with a Russian Ambassador were leaked in the first place. Russian spy ship spied off the coast of delaware. Is there any link to what we know going on in d. C. . Well let you know. Republicans are on track to replace obamacare despite deep Division Within the party. A new plan is announced tomorrow. Well speak to a congressman behindhe bill. Mark sanford of South Carolina. Lissa the dow ending up nearly 90 points to a new high for a fourth day in a row. The sixth time this year. Lets go to lori rothman on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Lori, there are bigname individual stocks closing at new alltime highs as well, huh . Financials, melissa, we were at 20,000 seems like only a couple trading session. Now we could look at dow 21,000. I dont want to get ahead of myself. Market was okay with fed chief janet yellen leaving door open for march rate hikes. Record closes. Goldman sachs at the close, 249. 46.
Still gets uin the green. Im vid asman. Happy friday. This is after the bell. We have you covered for big Market Movers but first here is what else we have for you at this hour. President trump getting down to business in a boeing facility in South Carolina. Creating more jobs and products made in the usa. Meanwhile he says the repeal and replacement of obamacare is moving fast but well be speaking with one House Republican who is still concerned about what is going into the bill and how long its taking. Remember that russian spy ship lurking just off the east coast of the u. S. . Were keeping tabs. Wait until you see where it is now. Cheryl . Cheryl might as welcome over for tea at this point. Lets go back to the markets right now. The dow turning positive in the final seconds of trading, hitting a brand new high. 20,621. 1. 88 to the upside. Lori rothman on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Lori, how about that close for the dow . Looking good. So much for some profittaking t