Affiliation, so we have very interesting orderly process and, you know, i asked each person what they wanted to do and i gave them one minute each . Each. I wasnt interested in anyones life history, and it was really sort of what do you want to do, and we had a few options and virtually Anyone Running a Public Company was on that group could nod and deal with the pressure from their constituents and so i basically said, well, it seems pretty clear, you know, that i really didnt want to have a melting ice cube type of thing. People were under legitimate astonishing pressure you should have seen some of the emails that i got tell me you know i was accused by people of being a nazi i mean, im jewish struck you as absurd, right it was absurd and i got hundreds of these things and so it was pretty clear that the country itself felt like it was going out of control we had a logical meeting, and decided that there was just too much pressure for too many people all running public companies. An
Brian . Thanks. Im Brian Sullivan at apples 5 billion headquarters in cupertino. Probably a new iphone, maybe a new tv product, a new watch. Could there be surprises we dont know. A lot of questions well get answers in a moment. Michelle going to be exciting. Im Michelle Carusocabrera at the alpha conference Tyler Mathisen is with me, too we have been speaking with important investors in the world. We are going to bring what they said coming up in the next two hours on power lunch. Melissa, back to you lets check the markets and keep up on the rally stocks are mostly higher s p 500 hitting record highs nasdaq has been digging in and out of record territory. The dow would be higher if it were not for mcdonalds. They are down 3 because they will report below consensus estimates. This cites, specifically, the storms harvey and irma we want to point out gold mman sachs up about 2 and Apple Holding steady as they kick off their event in cupertino lets get to brian at apple headquarters we h
The u. N. Security council with a fresh round of sanctions against the Nuclear Threat. Russia and china on board. But were they tough enough. What it means for the Rising Nuclear threat coming up. And it looks like it could be a great tuesday as well. In europe, stocks mostly higher with a slight loss in england and in london. Lawmakers took another stab towards an exit from the European Union pasadena and e. U. Repeal bill. In asia overnight, markets higher as well come into use across the board. The biggest winner be the nikkei in japan of more than 1 . X marks the spot. Everything you can expect from apple this morning. A new phone. Is this a tenor bx. We know its going to be fabulous. A wild night in San Francisco coming to an end. The highlights of the giants dodgers game just finished after several rain delays. All that and so much more. Trump surrogate under Public Convention deputy secretary erin elmore is back with us. Good to see you. Jon hilsenrath and cfr a strategist linds
Aisle together tonight in a big meeting for tax reform. Its a push just hours from now at the white house, and airports are beginning to reopen, fuel trucks are starting to make deliveries in south florida. But in the hardhit florida keys, fema says a quarter of the homes are destroyed, millions still without power. We are on the ground with an update on the rescue and recovery effort. David well, the dow is now just about 20 points shy of a brand new record driven higher by shares of pfizer, goldman sachs, caterpillar, but the s p and nasdaq already getting the job done. Nicole petallides, we have traced back all those losses from last week, and were on our way to new highs. Whats driving the market . Im taking a look at the record close for the Dow Jones Industrial average. The record close, 22,118, looks like we beat that by a point. The s p 500, any gain there, gain would be a record. Again, we hit that as well. And watching the nasdaq as well which was close, but i dont have that
The white house today saying it fully supports those investigations and press secretary Sarah Sanders declaring President Trumps been vindicated by his decision to fire, a if following revelation after revelation about the former at the eye directors conduct in the weeks and months leading up to his dismissal. I think theres no secret comey by his own self admission leaked privilege government information weeks before President Trump hired him to comey testified in fbi agent in engaged in the same he sets his own stage iv himself on that front that his actions were improper and widely considered illegal. The news york times or on alpha t. Politicize the investigation by signaling he would exonerate Hillary Clinton before he interviewed her are the key witnesses. Hes very happy with the decision he made and i think hes fully vindicated by a lot of those things and knowing it was the right one. Republicans in Congress Calling for answers to the chairman of the Senate Homeland security an