Well, after the 24th record high of the year, the Dow Jones Industrial average will open a little higher as of this morning. Up about 10, maybe 15 points, about 28 minutes from now. Now, a couple of big banks have reported their profits this morning, citi, j. P. Morgan, wells fargo. First of all, lets go to the Bank Earnings, bearing in mind that the bank analyst, dick bove on the program said that Bank Earnings will be bad and the end of the trump rally. Liz dick bove is really, really smart, impressive. Long growth came in pretty strong for the banks. Certainly, wells fargo, seeing decent profit numbers coming in and citigroup, j. P. Morgan as well. Now, the trading desk has been a problem for the banks because theres low volatility. When theres low volatility. Cant make money off the trades, but the numbers are coming in strong for the free ban three trades. That means were not going to see the end of the trump rally bearing in mind the Bank Earnings reports from last hour. Liz that
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Woodruff and its friday, mark shields and Ramesh Ponnuru analyze a full week of news. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama strongly suggested today that russian president Vladimir Putin was at the heart of the computer hacks on the democratic party. And he defended his administrations restrained response in his yearend News Conference. As expected, the issue of alleged russian hacking of the u. S. Election dominated president obamas last News
Mccarthy, chuck super, senators cory booker, Lindsey Graham, among others. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Youre going to cheer me on, but im going to be cheering you on, because what weve done is so special. All over the world theyre talking about it. The nation awaits the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States of america. The enthusiasm and intensity that donald trump is going to bring to this office is amazing. You dont have to like donald trump. Theres a peaceful transition. Its what makes the american democracy amazing. He works seven days a week, 365 days a year. Hes going to put washington back to work. He did say hes going to take the weekend off and start on monday. Is that acceptable, gayle . No, listen. At the Senate Confirmation hearing he spent a moment with al frankel. I hope you have as much fun on that diet as you had on your couch. May i rephrase that . Oh, lord. Guzman is now in the hands of u. S. Authoritie
Mccarthy, chuck super, senators cory booker, Lindsey Graham, among others. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Youre going to cheer me on, but im going to be cheering you on, because what weve done is so special. All over the world theyre talking about it. The nation awaits the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States of america. The enthusiasm and intensity that donald trump is going to bring to this office is amazing. You dont have to like donald trump. Theres a peaceful transition. Its what makes the american democracy amazing. He works seven days a week, 365 days a year. Hes going to put washington back to work. He did say hes going to take the weekend off and start on monday. Is that acceptable, gayle . No, listen. At the Senate Confirmation hearing he spent a moment with al frankel. I hope you have as much fun on that diet as you had on your couch. May i rephrase that . Oh, lord. Guzman is now in the hands of u. S. Authoritie