Considering a run for the top office. Good morning, everybody, im juliet huddy. Im ben simmoneau. It is 5 00. Monday, august 3rd. What a weekend. Went to the mets game. Went out to dinner in hoboken. Met some people when out for dinner. They love the show. Thank you for watching. Especially early. Especially on a monday. Mike woods, good morning. Good morning to you both. August already. August 3rd. Clipping right along here. No. We have a whole month left. People. You will get backlash. Im not saying happy about it. I am saying it will fly by. You know the way it is. 31 days in august, right . Yes. September this year. We have five weeks left. We have some time left. That. Show you what we have out there. It was a pretty decent weekend a few little spots of rain here and there. We expected that. All together things are looking pretty good. This is what we had with the high temps. The reason we missed out on heat wave in the city, just something to talk about. We made it up to 89 degre
To call to n end to gun violence behind a new effort to make sure background checks keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. Emotional amy schumer spoke the urgency of the motion. Unless something is done, and done soon, dangerous people wilton get their hands on guns. We know what can happen when they do. Upper senator shum ear plans, state was have financial incentive to submit all vent records. States that dont comply would be penalized. Scoreos in the trial decided to keep the Death Penalty as a possible sentence for james holmes as parent and defense made emotional pleas to spare the 27yearolds life base is mentally ill. The same jury will decide whether holmes shouldle die or spend up the rest of his life in prison. After testimony concludes in the penalty phase of his trial. Holmes killed 12 people, injured 70 on those movie massacre in july 2012 in colorado. A womans death behind bars at mt. Vernon Police Headquarters will be investigated by the stets top prosecutor. Lid
A new report to his clients. Hes here with us at post 9 to share it with us and share it with you. Laszlo, nice to see you again. The front cover says it all ill hold it up, as the big reveal, 3200 on the s p. When and how . Most people dont realize that were now in the second great greatest s p rally in history and were actually ahead of the 1990 rally. And if the the market continues to gain 11 basis points a day as it has for the last six years. That two years out or so, were going to be over 3,000. So its more a matter of guidance. Were trying to tell people stay with it dont let the bad news shake you out. We heard all of this before. And theres no reason why we cant go back to as much as 1990. Theres no reason why we cant keep on going. The market feels a little tired, theres news thats been unsettling investors from earnings that arent that great. China, the economy slowing down, the stock market crashing and unsettling people. Theres still the Economic Situation in europe. I co
Its up another half a percent. Well get disneys earnings after the bell today. Apple is thought of as sort of the lead dog. Its the Largest Company out there. I think disney is the company to watch these days. What a performance it has turned in. Meanwhile, aetna out with earnings this morning. Its getting a big boost from medicare and medicaid these days. We have a first on cnbc interview with ceo mark bert bertolini. Breathtaking consolidation in that industry. Really looking forward to that. Also rock star and actor Rick Springfield is joining us at the New York Stock Exchange. Well talk about his latest film with meryl streep and what he thinks about taylor swifts harsh words for spotify. Ring springfield has sold 25 million albums in his career. Thats a lot of potatoes. Im sure he has some comments about streaming these days and whether or not that is a way for a musician to want to get paid whether the compensation is enough. Taylor swift says its not. As soon as you said he had
Again. Bob iger joins us in a few moments. Apple looks set to continue. But Merrill Lynch adding insult to injury. And tonight tesla and fitbit coming out. But first up disney reported better than expected earnings. But they were hurt by slowed growth at the International Theme parks but still up more than 20 so far this year. And well have an exclusive interview with bob iger in just a few moments from now. Jim, you were up very early reading through the quarter, reading transcripts, i assume. You said today is the bears day. Well, i think a lot of it is selfinflicted pi disney. They gave a prediction which was a high single digit projection for cable. Its about 42 of their business and they missed the projection. When you set a benchmark and you underperform, even if its not as important as other things, you have to take the pain. And theyre getting punished for that. But lets find out. I mean, he certainly knows more. And for joining us is bob iger, lets go to it. You gave us three