2072 and change for a new alltime high. The nasdaq continues to march ever higher today up about 17 points right now. Were just about 5 now away from nasdaq 5000. 5 . Yeah, right . But think about how long its been. March of 2000 when it hit that mark and signaled the top of the internet bubble all those years ago and not close to that level since that time. And were wondering getting closer whether this number is making some investors nervous now. Hmm. Thinking thats the completion of this bull move. Right . Well debate it. We have a pair of heavy hitting ceos ahead. Joseph swedish as they change from wellpoint effective here and here to ring the closing bell and changing the Ticker Symbol and talking obamacare impact. Plus International Papers new ceo mark sutton in his first interview since taking the reins ago. So a lot to talk to them about. And again, more to get to ask, to see what they got out of this meeting with president obama. Interest dog see that poll during power lunch a
Mike have care is a standing bailiff at the white house with more on this development. Mike, so it was a short debate in the house, right . Reporter yeah. Its simply its simply because republicans have given up at this point, john. They the writing has been on the without its a fate fait accompli, we have had a disspiritting end to the house e of representatives but a releaf to everyone else in this country. Everyone else and around the world certainly on wall street and in the tonight markets and if you are one of the 800,000 federal workers who have been furloughed as a result of whats happened over the course of last 17 days, certainly that is a relief to you. Of the last 24 for 48 hours. Clearly i believe that we have lost Mike Viqueiras live picture and well get back to him in a second. Lets go to capitol hill and libby casey is live there. Libby are you there . Reporter i am, john, i think here. Lets talk about the house debate tonight. Really it wasnt much of a debate. I think w
A life time ban and may ultimately cost him his team. Abc News Reporter mary bruce has the story. He has been kicked out of the nba. Slammed in the court of public opinion. And now he is finally speaking out. Talking to this magazine about v stiviano the woman who recorded the infamous racist comment. He said i wished i paid her off. Sterling not just fight to go hold on to the team. Hes also fateing for his life. Espn reporting the 80yearold has Prostate Cancer for extended period of time. After week mired in controversy the players are ready to move on. We are past it. Nba already banned him for life and fined 2. 5 million for his rant against african americans. Now the league is taking steps to force a sale of the team. 10 Member Advisory Panel agreeing to move forward as expeditiously as possible. Clippers now the hottest ticket in town with big name celebrity vying to buy the team. Open are and sean combs all want in. Others being a bit more coy. Well see what happens. Reporter th
You can see were about two points, a little less than that, above that number right now. I know well be watching for the next hour. Yes, we will. Thats for sure. An hour from now, all eyes will switch to another batch of key earnings. Take a look who were hearing from, facebook, at t, qualcomm, all out with their numbers. And our Julia Boorstin will be speaking with facebooks chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg immediately after the earnings are released. Stay tuned to find out what she has to say. Leaning in with Sheryl Sandberg, coming up. Another twist in Rupert Murdochs efforts to buy time warner. We now may know just how high hes willing to go to win the bidding and reshape his media empire. Or do we . Could murdoch just be posturing . He named a number today. We have david faber with a brand new detail coming up on that in just a few minutes. Yeah, shares of that company, by the way, have been under pressure today. Yep. Heres where we stand across the Broader Markets. Moving
Have been injured, dan springer has the latest on whats been going on out on the streets, dan. Reporter yeah, eric, riots were declared in many cities across the country, pot mob and youth liberation were calling on people across the country and other cities to join them in their fight against Law Enforcement and many thousands did, mostly young people and the result was a lot of property damage, a lot of looting, some also some many, many arrests and one death as you mentioned in texas. In seattle in the name of black lives matter, arsonists torched trailers at site where new jail is being built. County executive plans to end all youth incarceration in 5 years, Seattle Police kept protestors on the move and hitting them repeatedly with pepper spray, 11 officers did suffer injuries from fireworks and other projectiles thrown at them but for the most part the city police controlled the situation. The opposite took place in portland where local police have almost completely checked out,