A 16month high, and gas prices up 11 days in a row. The road map begins with two days that are part of the old guard and the new leaders today, g. E. And honeywell trading higher after earnings beat expectations. On the opposite end, google and microsoft both missed slipping ahead of the open. And chipotle is spicing it up higher after beating the consensus, and detroit has become the biggest u. S. City to file for bankruptcy. We will get a live report from the ground in the motor city. Good morning, and good morning for the old industrials and g. E. Is rising in the market, and rising in the qe earnings 36 cents per share, and that cites big ticket Industrial Equipment and services orders. And honey well, helped by higher margins, jim, and to some degree, the margins are the story of the morning. You nailed it. One of the reasons i like General Electric because in every business the margins are improving and the water inf infrastructure had been the big, really big disappointment, and
Parks was born. She refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in montgomery, alabama. An act of resistance that launch the modernday Civil Rights Movement. Today, we spend the hour looking at her life. We have one of the most famous americans of the 20th century treated like a Childrens Book hero, not seen as being worthy of a substantive, scholarly treatment. That is what surprised me and continues to surprise me, the ways that we diminish her legacy by making it about a single day, a single act, as opposed to the rich and lifelong history of resistance that was actually who rosa parks was. We speak with historian jeanne theoharis, her new book, the rebellious life of mrs. Rosa parks. All that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration has granted itself the right to launch a preemptive strike on foreign targets. Cyber attacks would be carried out, should the what has been the n
Much more on that in just a moment. This morning, new sexual abuse allegations against Dennis Hastert. Well be getting a lot into that in just a little bit. Hillary clinton is hammering republicans on Voting Rights as she gets ready to launch the next phase of her campaign. And a motorcycle rally in iowa starts the next phase of the republican race for the white house. We begin this morning with the difficult day ahead for joe biden and the entire biden family. The funeral mass for his son, beau who was himself a rising plal star. The former attorney general of delaware. He said he want today run for governor of delaware. He died one week ago at the age of 46. The funeral is set to begin later this morning in delaware. Two and a half hours from now. It will be hard in wilmington delaware. We will be carrying it live here on msnbc. President obama is expected to deliver a speech. We are live outside that church. If you will please set the scene for us what we can expect today. Reporter
Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Let me start with this. This thing in new york is getting a lot bigger than some sleazy emails. There are larger stakes in this matter than the political future of a desperate former congressman. It comes down to one word, reputation. Now, there are cynics out there who will sneer that politicians and politics itself cannot go any lower in public esteem. For those i cant really help you. If youve lost hope, youre pretty much on your own. But this Anthony Weiner business, a matter only he argues is still a private matter involving him and his laptop is giving new york democrats the kind of branding that can make them the butt of jokes, worse yet, deep and heartfelt disgust for years to come. If he stays in the race to the ends and wins a significant number of votes, he will count himself a winner. Every vote he gets, every other candidate he beats will be a statement to the country about new york and about the Democratic Party. A statement
Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im rosemary church. Im errol barnett. Were here for the next two hours. Thanks for joining us. This is cnn news room. There is outrage in the wake of saturdays air strike on an afghan hospital run by Doctors Without Borders. They say at least 22 people and 10 patients for killed. The u. S. Is trying to figure out if an american gun ship is responsible. My reaction, i think, was the same that anybodys would, which is that this is a tragic loss of life. As far as the United States is concerned, and as far as our forces are concerned, that we be fully transparent about our investigation, and also that we hold accountable if there is someone to be accountable, anybody responsible for doing something they shouldnt have done. And they are demanding an independent investigation. On its website the group responded to comments by some afghan officials that taliban were taking shelter inside the hospital. We are disgusted