Its civil fraud trial tomorrow. Who better to talk to than former trump lawyer, Michael Cohen. He bullied blew the lid off of trumps shady business dealings, hes on the Witness Stand for this trial, he could come face to face with his former boss for the first time in years. We are waiting remarks from President Biden at any moment from the white house and when he is ready we will take that to you live. But, in the meantime, i just want to level set on what we have seen in washington over the last couple of days. One Republican Congressman said that the last week was, like quote, riding a mechanical bull. That is quite a visual, but pretty accurate. The president is going to weigh in after Congress Managed to pass a short term funding bill that will keep the government open for the next 47 days. Now, preventing a Government Shutdown is obviously good news. And so is the fact that the final bill did not include any of the devastating cuts to Domestic Violence programs that have been on
Earnings on thursday, alphabet and microsoft took centre stage. Both Beat Expectations on earnings and revenue, thanks in no small part to investments in artificial intelligence, One Stand Out spot for alphabet was google cloud revenue whichjumped 28 in 01. A lot of Generative Ai Tools that rely on the cloud to reach customers. Alphabet announced some good news for investors, its first ever dividend of 20 cents per share, and an additional 70 billion buy back. That sent shares into double digits after the bill. For microsofts part, its Intelligent Cloud Division delivered greater revenue than expected thanks to Microsoft Partnership but with openai, the creator of chat gbd. Chatg pt. And together, they should go some way through restoring confidence in the tech sector which was shaken wednesday after metas stock fell after its own Earnings Report and the market was rattled by slowing us gdp and stubborn inflation. Intel also announced its results but it was its outlook for the Second Q
Time. That matters. Oh, yeah, and we are expecting high tide again later tonight, around 9 00. So thats the next time well see the water inch up. The mornings high tide around 9 00 a. M. In the heat of this, so that made matters worse for people across the northeast dealing with the rain trying to get to work or drop their kids at school. Sandra thank you, katie. John joining us again by phone, onika williams, she works at a daycare in coney island, she was on a bus earlier today and took amazing video, when we spoke with you last hour you were trying to make your way home as we watch your video here. Are you there yet . No, im Down The Street from my house. Im almost home. John whats it been like trying to get home . Its been better. Its still raining but the road is clear, its not as bad as this morning. Which tells me the trucks the drains are being cleared so its making going home a little easier. Sandra onika, you dont sound as energetic as you did before. Youve had a long commute
Stage. Both Beat Expectations on earnings and revenue, thanks in no small part to investments in no small part to investments in artificial intelligence, One Stand Out spot for alphabet was google cloud revenue which jumped 28 in quarter one. A lot of Generative Ai Tools that rely on the cloud to reach customers. Alphabet announced good news for investors, its first ever dividend of 20 cents per share, and first ever dividend of 20 cents pershare, and an first ever dividend of 20 cents per share, and an additional 70 billion buy back. That sent shares into double digits after the bill. For microsofts part, its Intelligent Cloud Division delivered greater revenue than expected thanks to Microsoft Partnership but with openai, the creator of chat gbd. And together, they should go some way through restoring confidence in the tech sector which was shaken wednesday after medas stock fell after its Earnings Report and the market was rattled by slowing us gdp and stubborn inflation. Lets stay