Retaliation. If they retaliate, talk sanctions against iraq. Gold, still in and out of a sevenyear high. A lot lower than it had been. Oil barely positive. For a while, brent, that was well over 70 a barrel. But it is not translating to big gains here. Then we have treasury yield actually backing up a little bit after it was, getting lower and lower on sort of a flight to quality, that doesnt seem necessary. The dow as i indicated down about 63 points. We had been down close to 300 points. What is remarkable about all of this, folks, sometimes we see things in the prism of the financial community. I like what it shows people who bet with their own money think of what this is going. Theyre not always prescient and right. Theyre far from accurate period. In the middle of this moment, what some are calling potential world war 3 00, sort of a muted, sort of a shrugged shoulder reaction. Why is that . Latest from blake burman at the white house. Hay. Hey, blake. Reporter over here at the wh
Weeping among the caskets and soleimani under the attack. Vowed to take revenge in the u. S. President donald trump says the u. S. Will strike back if iran reacts. We will take responses that are appropriate commiserate with actions that threaten american lives. World powers responded to killings which could bring iran closer to building an atomic bomb. This morning, President Trump tweeted iran will never have a nuclear weapon. In iraq, members of the Parliament Call for the removal of all u. S. Troops on iraqi soil. The resolution by the iraqi permit is nonbinding. Dont expect the u. S. To silently backup and leave a security vacuum there. Getting irans influence out of iraq. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi says she plans to introduce a resolution this week to limit the president s military actions regarding iraq. Stomach a potential fallout on the story between the u. S. And iran, some of whom are actually buying up gold. Trading of more than 1500. Not a lot of moving right now.
Questions of the president ial powers and congress ruled in that military conflict. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today that the note notification about the incident, saying the timing, manner and justification of the the decision of facilities hostilities against iraq. In baghdad, thousands took to the streets to a procession for solomonic. And the home on the homefront demonstrations across the country on protest under the decision to kill the lemony. Ktvus Leigh Martinez joins us now they are not supporting sully money president trumps timing and the targeted attacks on iran. Many believed that it was used as a distraction from impeachment and that the u. S. Had no policy or strategy for the middle east. Resulted another and long and possible war. At the corner of market and powell street hundreds of peoples and to demonstrate against the u. S. Decision to kill general Qasem Soleimani on thursday. President trump called him a terrorist and he was planning imminent attacks on the u
To call this what it is. This is terrorism. Whether its a synagogue in pittsburgh, the home of an orthodox rabbi, we all need to stand up and say it is wrong to attack people based on their faith. Face. We are in a crisis right now, a crisis of antisemitism not only in this region, but this whole country. A lot of people think its necessary to hate instead of just disagree. I think all Public Officials can try to do a better job of setting an example. Sandra jacqui heinrichs live in new york with more and what we are learning this morning. Good morning. We are hearing from the rabbi who survived the attack at his home and despite his sudden being among the injured, he is saying that he is grateful the casualties could have been much worse and in front of the synagogue this morning are armed guards after what happened here. There is a hanukkah celebration, hacking five people with a machete in the synagogue next door. 1 person is still in Critical Condition. 1 person chase them outside
Losses in tech. The s p is looking at the best year, potentially here in two decades. Deirdre bolton kicks us off. She is at the New York Stock Exchange whether thedre . Thats a great question, blake. You mentioned the s p 500 is on track to havehe year since 1997. Todays red on screens doone foe year. The groups putting most pressure on the markets right now are ones that outperformed last week. Really sent stocks to all new highs for the christmas rally. They include info tech, consumer discretionary, also communication stocks. Youre seeing that pattern as individual stocks too. Some of the biggest winners of the year are lower today. Here are some top three weve been following. Apple, microsoft, visa. They are all stand out stocks for 2019. Apple, we have to highlight. It is the best performing stock on the dow for the year. It is up 82 . The gains pushed companys market cap back above the 1 trilliondollar mark. Analysts talking a lot about wearables. They are beating forecasts. By