Sandra Fox News Alert, the pentagon is set to brief as marines arrive in haiti to secure the u. S. Embassy there. As violent gangs take over the nation. John a gang leader nicknamed barbecue may be the most powerful man in haiti and americans are trapped there under his brutal watch and they are begging to get out. Sandra we are cruising. This is a big day indeed. A lot of news to get to. Hour two, im sandra smith in new york. Hi, john. John john roberts in washington. Good to be with you for another hour, its going to be a busy one, sandra. Watching the Pentagon Briefing for any updates on the situation in haiti, including the marines just arriving there. Sandra and now this. The tiktok ban moving through congress is zeroing in on National Security concerns. They are big ones, but there are still major questions about the dangers of the platform and social media in general, of course, and what they do pose to children. Heart broken parents have been some of the biggest lobbyists for a
Maria good wednesday morning, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us this morning. Im maria bartiromo. It is wednesday, march 13, your top stories right now. Todays thest of tiktok, lawmakers are readying a vote on a bill take could ban tiktok in the United States unless it you divests from bytedance. Executives including the ceo on capitol hill for a lobbying blitz ahead of the vote, whats got washington divided on the bill coming up. Markets are flat after a Technology Led rally on wall street again yesterday. Take a look at where we are right now, the nasdaq is negative by 20, dow industrials up by 15, s p 500 at another record high close, they they are looking at that right now and extending it. Chip makers and a. I. Powering stocks as nvidia hits an all time high at the close yesterday. What were watching this morning as the momentum in bitcoin continues r, now above 71,000 this morning, this morning we are looking at the euphoria around bitcoin. European markets are mixed. As yo
Action. Stocks are higher across the board at this hour as the s p 500 flirts with new alltime highs. If the index is up more than 39. 42 points at the close, that will notch its 17th record close of 2024. Ooh right now the s p 500 is up more than 1 , up better than 56 points. We shall see. We are tracking that index for the next hour. Now, this index getting a boost from oracle which is hitting a record high. A. I. Demand, charles just talking about it, powering strong cloud growth for oracle. As you can see, theres the stock, it is up almost 12 right now. And big tech is also helping to propel the nasdaq higher as a you can see on your screen by 221 points. At one point we were down 26 points on the nasdaq. What a reversal we have had in this session. Right now the techheavy index can on pace to snap. A 2day losing streak. Now to the dow jones industrials. As a you can see right now on your screen, another strong performance, up 272 points. At one point the dow in this session was do
Driverless cars to San Francisco. And today, the puc agreed with them. The vote is three one. The item passes on thursday. The California Public Utilities Commission passed two resolutions voting 3 to 1 on each to allow more driverless taxi rides in San Francisco. So crews and waymo will now have the ability to expand driverless rides around the city. This is an incremental approval. It builds on existing approvals and its not the last action. The cpuc or the dmv will be taking in regulating these vehicles. Commissioner genevieve koroma was the only person to vote against expanding driverless car rides, citing opposition from First Responders who have expressed safety concerns. First responders say self driving cars have interfered with their jobs nearly 70 times since 2022. One woman says she ds advanced enough for more use on busy streets. The greater problem is that the cars dont dont recognize unusual situation. And like a lot of people said today, theyre still learning. Still supp
10 00 oclock eastern any moment the house is going to start voting on a bill that would ban the use of tiktok in america is expected to pass with bipartisan support, were following it and will bring you the results as soon as it comes in. Lets get to the money not that much price action where the dow up 90 and the nasdaq and big tech 100 points, the ten year treasury has been going up saturday the nasdaq, 418, earlier in the week close to 4 earlier. The price of oil approaching 80 a barrel 79. 78, oil stock is doing well and bitcoin had to stand out of the market this far and 70000, about 73000 earlier, thats a market if you wouldnt know the extent from the Terror Threat, look no further than europe, theyre giving us, in 2152 iranian agents arrived in sweden, they were part of the wave of migrants arriving from the mideast they were asleep or sell, they were planning to murder three jewish leaders one who moved to israel and the other move massive security forever. In december, germany