We brought in the allstars for this one. Varney and company is about to begin. Stuart look at that Dow Jones Industrial average. We are up 87 points as we speak this wednesday morning. Down she goes. That is a big loss. 5 down for fedex. Oil stay right there in the 55 56 per barrel range. Fiftysix on oil. Look at cass. The downward spiral continues. It dropped another 0. 02 overnight. 2. 50 is the National Average. Alan gross released today. Part of a deal that will release some cuban spies that have been held in american prisons. President obama will announce talks. This is a very big deal. Mary kissel, wall street journal, right here. You say this is a bad deal . It is great news for allen and his family, but bad news for everyone else. They see with this deal that they should get something when they take americans as prisoners. What kind of behavior are we rewarding it darkly . Why are we rewarding these people . Stuart we do have leverage. That gives us leverage over cuba. There is
Janet yellen still speaking. Do not worry. We will interpret. Varney and company is about to begin. Stuart lets briefly recap what janet yellen has been saying on capitol hill. She says, the fed will continue printing money because of the weak jobs market. Do not know how much. The economy will grow at a faster pace this year. Interest rates will stay the same for a considerable period of time. The bad Winter Weather is partly, mostly to blame. Check the Market Reaction to all of this. The dow is trading at a very narrow range. Interest rates, though, that is a key barometer as to where the market thanks the economy is going. Take a look at this. Down again today. A huge drop yesterday. The stock talk below that whatever it is. Right at 30 a share right now. Same with yelp. It dropped 12 yesterday. Now another 2 . It is being investigated by a shareholder rights firm. Whole foods. It has cut its forecast. Look at that. As you can see, there are some huge moves in individual stocks. Sue
Too late to the game . Were going to talk about that coming up. Should the naacp leader who lied about her race step down . A brand new push this morning as she tries to cancel the meeting called to address the controversy. You can believe this mornings are better with friends. It turns out that woman who wanted to cancel the meeting, apparently she cant cancel the meeting, there will be a protest. Well tell you all about that in a minute. We begin this morning with fox news alert for you. The massive manhunt for a pair of escaped killers now enters its tenth day in upstate new york. I did not think it would take this long you probably didnt either. The woman accused of helping them break out of prison is due in court right now. Shes outside the plattsburgh city courthouse with the very latest on the manhunt. 51yearold Joyce Mitchell is expected back in court today, the woman at the center of the prison break investigation has just been accused of giving the prisoners tools and ultimat
We are currently standing at 527 for individuals injured and individuals that have died or passed away, 59. The human toll is growing from the massacre in las vegas. New details emerging about the shooter, but they dont seem to answer the big, looming question, why . Good morning and lk to early start im Christine Romans in new york. Im dif briggs, it is 3 00 a. M. In the east, just after midnight local time here in las vegas. We welcome our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Just 24 hours from the worst mass shooting in modern american history. Its what we dont know at this point, why . The motive. As Stephen Paddock opened fire from his hotel room. He killed 59 people and injured more than 500 as concert goers ran for their lives. Theyve recovered 22 guns from the hotel room, 19 more from his home in mesquite, nevada. Well have more on the gunman in just a moment. Now investigators have started to piece together how the attack happened, how it was stopped. Officials say a tea