Crucial. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. And by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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 pope francis is now in washington, after arriving to pomp, ceremony and cheering, chanting crowds. The start of his sixday stay followed four days in cuba. William brangham reports on the dayss events. Brangham the pope began his firstever visit to the United States late this afternoon, flying into a military facility just outside washington. President obama, Vice President biden and their wives greeted pope francis on the tarmac while hundreds more awaited. President ial advisor Valerie Jarrett theres so much excitement. I think the crowd reflects the diversity of our country. Everyone who is coming is excited about the opportunity to be in his presence, and so i think that this visit means a grea
Bill theres plenty of attention on what a poorer start this trading year is off to and not just any day or two days to see this kind of pressure but the two days to kick off the year traditionally not a great sign. Two other markets very quickly. Oil, yes, we continued lower again. Big time. Down another almost 4 on wti. We are now at 48. It did touch the 47 range and brent is threatening to go below 50 at this point. Lets show you if we can the 10year yield. It touched 1. 88. At its lowest point today taking us back the lows of last october. Yes. On your screen there, you are seeing the 10year u. S. Treasury note below 2 . The 30year well below 2. 5 . I mean, we are talking about levels we havent seen since the financial crisis and there is a big element perhaps of whats happening overseas but lets talk about it in the exchange. Markets see the dow off 92. Nasdaq off 39 and s p off 11. Joining us in that said exchange today, margie patel, david kudlow jeff reeves Samuel Stovall and Ri
Not moving it these days. Also fed chair janet yellen shes already required to appear before the house and senate twice each year to test a Monetary Policy. Apparently thats not enough. Coming up, House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling to explain why he wants to see her double her appearances on capitol hill. Hewlettpackard and gap, well have the incident analysis of all the numbers as soon as they are released. Both those sectors. Hewlettpackard has turned out some great numbers the last cup of quarters. Gap, retail been very mixed. And hewlettpackard. David faber will join us on that one as well after the bell. First, lets get right back to this market. The dow up 17. The s p adding six points. The nasdaq 20 points. The nasdaq by far the outperformer today. Lets get to our Closing Bell Exchange for this thursday. Joining us cnbc contributeor heather hughes. How are you . Good. James lu is with us here at the new york stock exchange. Joe duran from United Capital Fina
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Supreme Court Justices might rule in the aereo case. Peter cook is in washington as Vice President biden travels to ukraine. Those stories in a moment. We begin with the 118th running of the Boston Marathon one year after two bombs exploded near the finish line killing three people and wounding more than 260 others. On a spectacular spring day in new england, nearly 36,000 runners took off on the 26 mile course. The firstighi became american in 31 years to win the mens race. The woman from kenya won the womens race. Before the race began, there was a moment of silence. America the beautiful was played over loudspeaker. Security was tight. More than 100 cameras were installed along the boston portion of the route with 50 observation points near the finish line to monitor the crowd. About 3500 Police Officers were on hand at the race. I spoke by phone with austin mayor martin walsh. I began by asking about his reaction on seeing the near Record Number of people who turned out for this ye