Well see you then, melissa. Thank you. 6 01 now. New this morning the governor of South Carolina expected to sign a bill today that will remove the Confederate Flag from the state capital grounds there. The South Carolina house of representatives passed a bill, that was after hours of emotional, sometimes tearful debate. Once Governor Haley signs the bill, the flag should come down within 24 hours. Haley and a lot of her fellow lawmakers are responding to calls from across the country to remove that flag after the racially motivated killing of black worshipers in charleston. At 1 30 this morning after a vote there, haley tweeted its a new day in South Carolina. Now a lot of folks seem to agree with her, there was a cartoon posted showing the flag and it said, going, going gone on that cartoon. Another person tweeted finally. One state, one flag. Efforts here on capitol hill to ban the Confederate Flag in federal cemeteries is proving controversial as well. The measure was added as an a
Neighborhood the Golden Bear Community last evening. The fire burning away from those homes thanks to calmer winds yesterday. Its in a remote area. The terrain is so rugged fire crews are not going to bring in heavy equipment and they have to build containment lines by hand. We dont have to worry about homes threatened but its going to be ugly terrain trying to get in there. Reporter mandatory evacuations are still in effect for the quail ridge and the canyon creek area. The red cross has an Evacuation Center set up at the Winters Community center. We stayed until, um, the flames were out the back window. They were 30 feet tall at that point. Thats when i decided, we need to go. Reporter there is a large animal Evacuation Center as well located nearby. Theres a lot of ranches in this area with cows, horses, you name it. We are going to hear from some of those people still under evacuation orders coming up in the next halfhour. As for the cause of the fire, still under investigation. Pr
Sometimes people have a difficult time doing that but a few months ago the premiere said he didnt want to see a devaluing at all this year. Now down by 44 points. S p futures off by 4. 5 and nasdaq down by 10. Cac is off by one third of a percent. It didnt beat forecast reven revenue above projections. There was a 3. 5 jump and the Home Improvement retailer raising its fiscal 2015 sales and Earnings Guidance. Brian joins us in a few minutes to weigh in on the latest results but u. S. Comps were strong as well. Up almost 6 . The company has now had beaten 11 quarters in a row. So it was widely expected it was going to be a 12th and thats exactly what happened. Shares of home depot down. Pretty good run for the stock as well this year. Based on the housing data weve seen lately including yesterday, this was widely expected to be another beat quarter. As you mention, theyre giving good guidance for the year. They see same store sales up 4. 1 to 4. 9 for the year. Thats what theyre expecti
Going to thaerhear a little about that over the next couple hours. Hes going to join us, famed economist Robert Shiller, cnbc exclusive, to find out what he thinks about people using, yes, bitcoin to buy real estate thats a story were going to cover and ask the professor about it. Amongst other things as well. Geeky valuation questions. No. Yes i studied cfa for exactly this reason i con not rate. Were going to start with health care and a number of health cares from President Trump today on Drug Companies. Health care stocks taking a hit on those comments. Eamon javers is live at the white house if more on that. Reporter here at the whouit house the president of the United States scheduling an impromptu surprise press conference, brought a normal of us reporters to the rose garden, gathered around the podium the president came out with Mitch Mcconnell, republican leader in the senate the purpose of this gathering was for the president to say his relationship with Mitch Mcconnell is be
Hitting the stock, costcutting, threat of dividend being cut. We have everything you need to go going into the report plus full coverage and also of the Conference Call, we will bring you that as soon as it hits the tape. Coming up, plus broader markets this morning looked like this, futures indicating another rally higher after last nights budget vote, this market will not quit, up 100 points at the open is what we are expecting this morning. In europe gains across the board as well. Take a look at major indices in europe, ftse up a third of a percent. In asia, overnight, markets taking a cue from the u. S. , higher, shanghai in china up, hang seng up better than 1 . New concern for flyers to report, faa warning that laptops and checked bags can cause explosion and calling on airlines for ban of laptops and the ratings are in. Consume ir report out with most reliable cars, only one brand cracking the top 10, thats buick, we will tell you who top it is list coming up. Plus victory for