And welcome to power lunch. The dow is up above the 25803, holding on to 26,000, up by. 9 of a percent and big games in ibm and boeing. More ahead and Goldman Sachs shares taking a hit on the back of the earning. Well take a deeper dive into the numbers in a few moment. Thank you. Welcome, im tyler mathisen. And here is what else is happening at this hour facebook, google and twitter fold up to capitol hill and are telling congress they are going beyond screening and removing extremist content from their services they are actively fighting against that content and terror. Senate Banking Panel voting again to approve j. Powells nomination for the next fed chairman the vote advances his nomination to the full senate floor and home builder confidence slipping this past month but still hovering near an 18year high melissa. The dow back on the upswing after yesterdays selloff. Bob is at the New York Stock Exchange tracking the action so bob, is it back volatility i mean . There are a lot of
Carjacking. A Good Samaritans deed backfiring, the person she saved taking her down, trying to steal her car then targeting another. How this all ends. Im Still Standing and oneonone with elton john as he says goodbye to the road. The legend announcing one last tour. Im determined to go out with a bang. The rocket man on that big decision, his family and what hes calling a leap of faith. Yeah yeah yeah good morning, america. Weve been humming elton john songs all morning long. What a pleasure to sit down with him after he made his announcement at his upcoming tour will be his last. A lot of news to get to. President trump just arrived in switzerland moments ago. Overnight he seemed to be at odds with his own attorneys on whether he should sit down for a facetoface with Robert Mueller. Take a look at the headline in this mornings Detroit Free Press summing it up in one word, courageous and listing all women who came forward. Those are not victims, those are survivors. And the fallout co
Violent carjacking. A Good Samaritans deed backfiring, the person she saved taking her down, trying to steal her car then targeting another. How this all ends. Im Still Standing and oneonone with elton john as he says goodbye to the road. The legend announcing one last tour. Im determined to go out with a bang. The rocket man on that big decision, his family and what hes calling a leap of faith. Yeah yeah yeah good morning, america. Weve been humming elton john songs all morning long. What a pleasure to sit down with him after he made his announcement at his upcoming tour will be his last. Well have much more on that coming up. That will be a blockbuster. A lot of news to get to. President trump just arrived in switzerland moments ago. Overnight, he seemed to be at odds with his own attorneys on whether he should sit down for a facetoface with robert mueller. But first, we want to get to the gymnastics scandal. Take a look at the headline in this mornings Detroit Free Press summing it
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