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
White house. We expect that service to end just before 10 00 this morning. Then its off to the white house for coffee and tea with president and mrs. Obama and the joint Congressional Committee on inaugural ceremonies. Guys, back home it truly is a hallmark of our democracy and it will be on full display this morning. Very much so. Just kind of the peaceful transition that we all expect even though its been such an unexpected election year. Doesnt look like theres anything different, carl, from what ive seen from all the other inaugurations which is a new president comes in, old president s there and it just transitions. Do you feel that are people saying, no, this ones going to be different this time . I think the general take down here this morning is that as different and nontraditional as the campaign was, trump is demonstrating real respect for the traditions of the inauguration. Going through the traditions of, for instance, this Service Today at st. Johns. That goes back to fdr.
Is there any significance in that delay . Were following reports throughout the afternoon about what kind of opposition might come from democrats and what kind of opposition, if it all needs come from republicans that would stall this. I dont think there is any significant opposition, and any significant democratic opposition. It is theyre trying to provide a minimal level of donald trump to register their disapproval for their own supporters. So i think thats why theyre holding it up. The fact gold prices today were one of the things moving higher, there is a lot of ways to look at the flight to safety. We were just talking about volatility. There are signs of how people are expressing their anxiety about the environment. Oil prices are up about 2 . It doesnt seem to me as if the markets in general have really looked for those places would register a lot of heightened anxiety. I was joking that markets almost just never wait and see when everybody says, we have to wait and see. Right
Trading days of the year. Well see what happens. The dow is up 21 right now. Warren buffet telling cnbc this morning he doubled his holdings in apple this year. Is it too late to follow his lead . Well debate it. After the bell, who will President Trump pick to sit on the fed board. Jim grant will tell us exclusively. Some people in the past have suggested maybe mr. Grant would make a fine fed governor. Fun take on the subject. Looking forward to it. Lets start with the news out of washington today. Eamon javers back at the white house and ylan mui is at our washington bureau. Eamon, a surprise appearance at the press briefing. Reporter yeah, thats right, bill. We had a surprise visitor. It was Mick Mulvaney. He said the president is going to coming up with massive spending cuts in his budget which will roll out in the next month or so. The spending cuts we see, even though hes not detailing them specifically now, will seem awfully familiar to those of us who followed the president ove
Contrast with their house of representatives counterparts nunes and schiff. First hearing set for tomorrow. They are on their way. This is President Trump focuses on health care and says lets have a doover. He is promising he and congress can come up with a deal that satisfies all republicans and yes, youre hearing me right, he includes democrats in that as well. And top gun hhs secretary tom price bringing the case for reform back to capitol hill but is Congress Ready to play nice on the president S Health Care and tax reform agenda . Fair and balanced. Ohio republican congressman and california congressman John Garamendi, the gentlemen battling it live. Can President Trump bring peace to the middle east in the controversial u. S. Ambassador to israel will be sworn in two hours from now. This as thousands gathered at United Nations today where i had the honor of emceeing a summit aimed at defeating the Global Movement to economically and politically boycott and isolate isel. Wait unti