Nasdaq, back up there another 11point gain. Now, Interest Rates, that was the trigger this week. The market is predicting three rate cuts this year. Up goes the market. Picture this. Speaker pelosi addresses a closed door meeting of House Democrats. She comes down hard on the young radicals. You got a problem, bring it to me, she says. That did not go down well. Aoc fired back. The speaker is quote, outright disrespectful to singling out women of color. Its a fight with race and gender thrown into the democrat divide. Action in the gulf. Iranian gun boats try to take over a British Oil Tanker. A British Navy Ship stopped it. The price of oil, i believe right now its back at, yes it is, 60 a barrel, 60. 59 per barrel. Lots of factors pushing oil up today. Records on wall street and an intruder at Buckingham Palace . You get it all on Varney Company which is about to begin. Stuart watch out in new orleans. Heavy rain, flash flood, emergency in new orleans. There might be a hurricane on t
at least 30 injured, some reportedly with traumatic brain injuries. president biden blames militant groups backed by iran and is pledging to hold those responsible to account. the deadly attack comes as the u.s. attempts to negotiate a temporary cease-fire in gaza and the return of more than 100 hostages still held by hamas. the cia director now in paris to personally oversee the talks. house republicans lay out their case for impeaching the secretary of homeland security. accusing alejandro mayorkas of violating u.s. law by allowing millions of migrants to illegally enter the u.s. president biden changes course, now saying he ll shut down the border when necessary. if congress votes to give him that power. it comes as texas officials defy the white house and threaten to put up more razor wire despite the supreme court s ruling. trump and biden shift their focus to the general election in what is described as the longest presidential campaign ever, as nikki haley resi
information classified at the highest levels. for context that s more than twice the amount that had been handed over in june after a grand jury subpoena. some documents were so sensitive government officials needed a higher level of security clearance just to review them. the doj says government records were likely concealed and removed and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. we will find out what that could mean and why those seized passports may actually be relevant after all. here is what we don t know at this hour, how will trump s team respond? they have until 8:00 p.m. tonight and how will the judge rule after that special master hearing tomorrow? the doj says a special master would, quote, significantly harm important governmental interests, including national security interests. we will dig into all of that and more with our team of reporters and analysts. let s bring in nbc s julie ainsley former u.s. attorney barbara mcquaid
Happening today glide churchs annual Christmas Eve celebrations. Including a luncheon sponsored by the house of prime rib. Over 37hundred pounds of prime rib and an array of delicious side dishes are expected to be handed out as part of the Christmas Eve tradition. It all starts at 10 30 this morning in glides dining room. We spoke with glide founder Cecil Williams at a past event about the importance of helping the less fortunate. marty glide is also hosting glide is also hosting Christmas Eve morning celebrations today at 9 and 11 o clock. marty in the east bay authorities are offering a 10thousand dollar reward for information on suspects who robbed two mail trucks in antioch. On monday. The first mail truck was broken into on texas street. It happened again on tuesday. A different mail truck was robbed on south francisco court. About 130 residents were possibly affected by both crimes. People have been told to contact the post office to report their missing packages and letters. ma
Welcome to squawk alley. Were at post 9. Lets start with the markets on this jobs day the dow crossing back above 22,000 for the first time in two weeks. U. S. Economy added 156,000 new nonfarm pay roles in august. The Unemployment Rate did tick up slightly. Both july and june numbers were also revised Lower National Economic Council director gary cohen joining us earlier. Listen to what he said were look teg trend overall. Were looking at job growth. Were looking at job creation. And we see a lot of very good momentum in the numbers. The one numbers that went down were government. Weve always said government is going to get smaller the private sector is getting bigger we see job creations in the sectors we want to see job creation in. For more, we are joined by wells fargo Senior Investment strategist as well as our very own Steve Liesman. Steve, is thewhite house right to see very solid job momentum continuing in this month of august yeah. I think so i think its well to put the numbe