Helped the group overall. It was the biggest jump we had seen increase in over 33 years, however you are seeing pulling back. Kb homes within a barrel. People buy between now and spring because that is the hot season. Adam Nicole Petallides, thank you very much. Wall streets fear gauge is still gaining ground. In the pits of the cme. A whole lot to talk about. On track trifold largest streakf gains since last year. Phil you consider a market that had no fear. Stocks are going up, the vexed at a low level. All changing, up almost 18 in those last six days and i can see why. The party in the stock market has been going on for quite some time. We had to face important job numbers this weekend as well as a strong possibility the fed is going to lay the groundwork for tapering before ben bernanke leaves office. Might as well give ben bernanke all the heat so janet yellen doesnt have to take it. They have a right to fear. It impacted precious metals. Iif you are not afraid of anything, buy s
3 here. Overnight in asia, the nikkei hit and held 16,000 for the first time in six years and then hong kong and europe are closed. Happy boxing day, by the way. Our road map begins with the markets. Today looks to be yet another record day for stocks. All the major indices set to open in positive territory. Plus, call it a shipping nightmare. Thousands of packages were missing on Christmas Morning after ups and fedex reported extraordinary delays because of hive demand at the last minute. And what does history tell us about Market Strategy for 2014 . Your play book ahead in just a few minutes. First up, though, stocks poised to open higher after coming off of record closings on tuesday. A gain today would be its sixth straight, something it has not done since a tenday winning streak in march. Of all days on the calendar, the s p is likely to be up today, 79 of the time since 1945. This is the start of the official santa claus rally, isnt it . On average a gain of 1. 6 . So last five o
As she makes one of her highest profile speeches ever. Her chief of staff will join us in a couple of minutes to talk about what to expect. Also speaking tonight, secretary of state mike pompeo, breaking more norms in a convention that is doing plenty of that already, as he delivers his speech from an overseas trip. Our new reporting on why that has infuriated a lot of folks in the diplomatic community. So lets get to it. Im hallie jackson, joined by our nbc News Reporters Peter Alexander at the white house and monica alba here in washington where some of the speeches will happen tonight. And let me start with you, peter. You phrased it this morning on the today show, one part praise, one part end of days. Here is a taste of what were talking about. Your family will not be safe in the radical democrats america. Crime, violence and mob rule. They want to steal your liberty, your freedom. You must fight to save america now or we may lose her forever. Trump is the bodyguard of western civ
Has it spreads to more countries impacting economic markets, causing a state of alarm around the world. It is scary and the fact that it pops up and you dont know where it might be, its scary. Were just washing our hands you have to be careful. Take care of yourself. And fire wall, joe biden hoping he can hold on to, South Carolina, as polls show Bernie Sanders cutting into his lead. South carolina is a state biden must win. You are likely to determine who the next president will be and it all starts here in South Carolina. It starts here. For real. And good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President trump is flying back from india wrapping up that visit with one of his significant press conferences. The political targets today including Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama and two women who sit on the Supreme Court. The president also delivering another dismissal of any russian interference on his behalf after accusing democratic lawmakers about leaking stories about Bernie
Process. Operation warp speed will integrate efforts that are coordinating vaccines and th therapeutics. This week hhs and dod announced new contracts to manufacture hundreds of millions of needles and syringes here in america for distributing an eventually rack see vaccine. So thank you mr. President and thank you to all of the american scientists and inventors at hhs and dod and elsewhere who are hard at work already. I want to express my personal appreciation to secretary esper and department of defense. This partnership is wast goihatg to make this truly and historic endeav endeavor. Thank you. Thank you mr. President for your leadership of this bold and historic initiative. The department of defense is excited and committed to working closely with our partners at hhs, across the government and the private sector to establish the mission we have been given. Winning matters and well deliver by the end of this year a vaccine at scale to treat the American People and our partners abro