Peretz. More data coming out. Lets go to julie hyman. Read onhe final Consumer Confidence from the university of michigans index. 90. 3. L from this is the final rating. The more important Economic Data point was gdp for last quarter expanding at 1. 2 , less than projected. That affecting markets are early in the day. It seems like investors are focusing on individual companies. Nd earning reports the nasdaq touching its highest rating level on an intraday basis that we have seen before falling back. The losers putting pressure on stocks, exxon mobil coming out with earnings missing estimates. Efining margins plunged 30 chevron falling after its third consecutive loss. Cigna cutting the Second Quarter earnings, well short of estimates. Theyre saying losses and a weakness in particular in the disability business. Disability business through employers has been weak. We have strength in tech names, in particular out for that and amazon. Both beat estimates. Amazon showing profit and profi
latest flashpoint in the nation s political debate. president trump taking heat for his initial reaction in which he condemned violence by, quote, many sides without necessarily focusing explicitly on white supremacists. well, the white house has since clarified his condemnation including that he meant to say white supremacists, but some lawmakers even in his own party want the president to make the point loud and clear. this president has done an incredible job of naming terrorism around the globe as evil. radical islamic terrorism, whether it s in europe or the middle east, he has said and called it out time and time again, and this president needs to do exactly that today, call this white supremacism, this white nationalism evil and let the country and the world hear it. it needs to come from the oval office, and this white house needs to do it today. julie: kimberly atkins is a columnist for thes boston herald. three times in total, by the way, since his initial statement
weapons, that s going to destabilize the regime? i wish i had an answer to that, but we need to make sure that china continues to recognize that north korea is a bigger problem to them than a u.s., south korea and japan alliance. julie: many lawmakers have called for an enforcement of the new sanctions which the united nations security council just voted to impose, and those restrictions include curbing north korea s international trade in an attempt attempt to make it difficult for the country to pay for its expansive military. but is that enough without a stronger or stance from china? will that be good enough? it s going in the right direction, but it is unlikely not enough. congress, a couple of weeks ago, passed additional sanctions on north korea as well, and those were signed into law. 90% of north korea s economy comes through china. north korea is taking advantage of chinese business laws to
yeah, whatever. if people want to take me out of context, they re going to anyway. again, i know to who this country s meant to be, and he s not it. eric: that is the message from congressman tom garrett who represents a city under some trouble, and we feel for your city, your constituents and what has been happening this weekend. congressman, thank you for coming on pray for the victims of the violence, thank you. eric: of course. julie. julie: we re following the aftermath of the violence in charlottesville where more than a dozen people were rushed to the hospital, some in critical condition. we have the latest on their conditions coming up in a live report next. plus erik, the u.s mark: the u.s. is weighing its options in dealing with the threat from north korea. what can happen, how do we stop them, and can we put enough pressure on kim jong un so he doesn t do something he one day may regret? i m really concerned, because i don t know where this goes in terms of a
nice with nice guys and tough with tough guys. we also saw the chinese premier talking about how they would respond if the north koreans used their weapons first, and we also we focus a lot on what the president said, but we should also be looking at what secretary tillerson is saying about julie: no imminent threat. our end goal with, absolutely. and saying we don t want to see a regime change, we just want to see a denuclearized peninsula. julie: okay. all right, texas republican congressman will hurd, thank you very much for your time. thank you. julie: eric. eric: well, julie, we have an update now from the hospital in charlottesville, virginia, on those patients stemming from the tragedy that happened in that city yesterday. all told, 20 people were rushed to the emergency room after that car, as we know, plowed into the group of counter-protesters who were demonstrating the white nationalist rally. one of the 20, heather hiier,