More on hopes for more stimulus measures in the euro zone and encouraging data here at home about jobs. Just one day ahead of the december jobs report from the labor department. So heres how the markets looked at the closing bell. The dow surging 323 points today with all 30 dow components making gains. The nasdaq gained 85 and the s p up by 36 points with all ten sectors ending higher. More on the good news about jobs. Labor department reporting first time jobless claims fell by 4,000 last kweek. Now cover near 13 year lows. Even though there were nearly 30,000 planned corporate payoffs in december, the Outplacement Firm Challenger Gray and christmas, overall, 2014 had the fewest number of announced job cuts since 1997. Well the december unemployment report is due out tomorrow and expected to be strong. According to dow jones, economists expect to see job gains of about 240,000 and the Unemployment Rate forecasted to fall to 5. 7 . Stewart hawkman joining us now for a preview and more
Policing acknowledging racial bias among Law Enforcement officers. He was giving the speech to students at georgetown. He placed himself in the heart of the debate. That has driven minority communities. The president has spoken out several times. Eric holder sparked a controversy with a controversy with the speech in which he said the United States was a nation of cowards when it came to discussing race. We went to get your reaction to what james connie had to say yesterday, particularly when it comes to resisting bias and race in policing. We set aside a fourth line this morning for Law Enforcement. If you cant get through on phone lines, you can comment via social media. You can join the conversation on race book facebook. You can send an email. It is a little bit more of his speech. Police officers on patrol often work in environments where a hugely disproportionate percentage of street crime is committed by young men of color. Something happens to people of goodwill working in an e
Bills. And we can also discuss our did i it lenses. I think differences. I think that most americans believe, as do we, neither side everything. And there is room for us too have aate and conversation. But this position is being taken by the majority leader in the senate as well as president that there will be no negotiations is not something that i think the American People would want. Certainly we should be talking. Last question. Support giving back pay to the federal workers out of the job because of the shutdown . Realize that there is a lot of pain in this shutdown. All of us have furloughed employees both in our district offenses as well as up here. That is aot something pleasant thing to do as an employer. That is not something that is easy when so many of these individuals are counting on their paychecks to make mortgages and get through the month. We are looking to reopen this so that we can see federal employees return to can get on and we with the business of discussing whe
Necessary measures to nurture a favorable Business Environment for investors in both countries. The stores in more than five times. I walk into primetime years its third state to endure a sixteen year in korea one from so i need to pay them come and pay so much for joining us. We begin in new delhi where present back in a health of bilateral summit with their Indian Counterpart Manmohan Singh on the stairs to the two leaders agreed to upgrade their free trade pact as early as possible and take necessary measures to nurture a favorable Business Environment for investors in both countries the president ial Office Correspondence us and she was traveling with the president sends us this report president next visit in dna sampling it now for korean firms to more easily and treat the worlds second largest market by population one of the best notable accomplishments of the seven talks between president pack and indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on thursday the two leaders decided to quickl
Barbara. A lot of federal workers were out here yesterday. We spoke with them at this metro stop yesterday. They were telling me they were very nervous. Today they say simply they are annoyed and without a paycheck. Its really happening . Ice really shocking. Reporter 800,000 federal worker, those considered nonessential, forced off the job without pay. No check, no checking email, no work, no answers for who knows how long. Morale is very low. Reporter its been 17 years since a shut down like this one. Many of the federal workers unsure of how the next few days will play out. Just going in and they ale give me my letter and send me home. Reporter spending just the morning at the office. We cant do anything. Basically weve got four hours to do the work it takes to have an orderly shutdown, and then we go home. Reporter as workers slowly trickled out of the Federal Center metro stop this morning, a few blocks away, park police were shutting down roads flanking the National Mall. I think