Forbes, john, bruce. Steve, well deal with the u. S. Role in all this in a mome, but should this be the last stra for the u. N. . Doesnt it do morearm to the u. S. And allies than good . This is a perfect opportunity to throw down the market. Weve withdrawn from organizations like unesco part of the u. N. In the past. We should withdrew from various other organizations in the u. N. That wouldnt have any treaty violations and weve got to send the message out there. Were not going to be a patsy for these things in the future. By the way, just for the record, part of the u. N. Is the International Monetary fund. Another subject for another time but also destructive organization. We shouldnt be using taxpayer dollars to undermine our own interests. Bruce, lets talk money for a second. We spent 3 billion a year on a United Nations the u. S. Does. A quarter of the budget. Voluntary contributions the last demanded to know how much that was from the u. S. Was it 2010. 7. 69 billion not insigni
Bullish like the one of we had today, 174 points. S p 50012. 67 and nasdaq at a new high. I tend not to like those figures as indicators, spoonfed. That doesnt change the fact this is what investors really care about. However, there are a couple of joyous weeks every quarter their collective results control the allegation of trading, they sent the tapestry and mosaic and service the evidence how companies are doing and how their stocks are performing and how weak the economy might be. Before i go to the micro that influenced companys action today. I need to give a nod to the winds that allowed this bullish fire to rage. They came in at a two month old and technically oversold. The financials one of the highest in the market. Theres so much worry about the upcoming French Election on sunday. Third treasury, secretary steve mun nu shan predicted we get meaningful tax reform this year due to the looming debt ceiling stalemate. You consider the government had become a real drag on the mark
North wind at 7. Skies are clear. But our winds are up and they will stay elevated at the beach and on the bay. Especially first half of today. Sustained winds in st. Pete beach out of the northnortheast at 21 miles per hour. It is 65 degrees. So not quite as cool with that water influence, but still cooler than yesterday. Jackets i think you will need them from arcadia at 54. Lakeland, 55. Brooksville, 52. And 62 degrees in sarasota. 24hour from a few degrees cooler at 5 in bradenton to 11 in haines city, leesburg, tampa and brandon. The best part is that refreshing punch of dew points in the 40s and 50s this morning and thats behind our cold front moved through yesterday as High Pressure nudges in. Cooler overnight tonight throughout day today though because of that cool start, and that dry air. We only rebound to 71 at noon. And 76 for the afternoon highs. Hopefully you like fall. New morning troopers are on the scene of a deadly accident in tampa and alcohol was a factor. Happened
Jeff bezos is in a pitch battle with donald trump. Would a President Trump give amazon antitrust problems . Look at that. A hockey fight breaks out a the a baseball game. Whats the penalty for a big right hook . Did you hear that . Order, order. We will indeed have order. Order Varney Company is about to begin. [laughter] yes, well, now, were almost halfway through and just about dead flat for the calendar year 2016. We will open ever so slightly lower this monday morning. Were actually about now, 800 points away from the dows alltime high. 800 points. Its pretty much the same story with the s p 500, well open fractionally higher there, 204 2043 on the s p 500. Were told that theyre using up some of the oil surplus. 47. 31 for crude as of right now. The big story for your money, amazon, about 10 away from an alltime high and now its branding its own stuff to sell to you. Ashley, tell me more about the stuff. Ashley it has a few products out there. Its going full bore. Items such as nut
Weather. This is what it means with enhanced chance. A better chance of widespread heavy to severe thunderstorms with possible wind damage and possible flash flooding. We will put it together. Give you the timing to make your weekend plans coming up in a couple of minutes. Back to you. Michelle thank you. You can stay connected connecteh the stormwatch7 team whenever Severe Weather hits through wjla. Com or the abc7 Facebook Page and twitter feed. You can download the stormwatch7 app for your smartphone or tablet. Jonathan it really was a dark day for the u. S. Military. It started the the crash of the f16 u. S. Thunderbird in colorado. Alison in the next four hours we learned military transport vehicle flipped in flooding in texas, killing five soldiers. Michelle a blue angel fighter jet crashed in tennessee killing the pilot on board. The u. S. Military and the federal Aviation Administration are both investigating after fa18 hornet went down in a practice last week, the captain was