From stayathome orders . Here is how you join the conversation. In eastern and central time zones, the line is 202 7488000. In the mountain and pacific time zones, 202 7488001. And we welcome those of you who are religious leaders. Regardless of your denomination of faith, we would like to hear from you and how you have altered your gatherings and practices during the crisis. 202 7488002 is the line. If you want to text us, tell us where you are texting from, your name, 202 7488003. E are on twitter, cspanwj and facebook. Com cspan is how you post your thoughts. One of the states was kansas where the decision came down late yesterday from the Supreme Court. This is that reporting from the public Radio Station Kansas Supreme Court sides with governor preserving ban on large Church Services. Shegovernor wrote that holds powers to shut down large gatherings in the face of a Public Health crisis. The High Court Said public leaders lack the powers to reverse the limits on charging funeral s
Removed dozens of postits from the montclair starbucks in oakland. The memorial a tribute to shuo zeng. The 34yearold was killed on his birthday, december 31st, as he attempted to recover his stolen laptop. I came down here on the 2nd and put a postit up and left some for others. I was hoping that one window pane would be covered. Reporter sues hope fulfilled more than she would imagine. Yesterday zengs coworker, neighbors, friends filled the space sharing his talent at ibm for his passion for krav maga and photography. Theyll be turning all of the postit notes, sentiments and pictures for a scrapbook for zengs family. It will be nice to have the memories. I thought they should be shared with the family. Over the weekend, his parents arrived from china. Meantime, the aunt of one of the suspects arrested said she is also thinking of zengs family. My prayers definitely go out. My prayers also go out to my nephew. Teresa jones nephew is 23yearold byron reed jr. Who is charged with murder
To war. The nightmare stage of trumps rule is here, says michelle gold berg in the New York Times and paul krugman simply calls our president a bully. Democrats lining up to attack the president , Bernie Sanders says hes like putin. Assassinating dissonance. Meanwhile, theres real chaos, where hundreds of thousands on the streets for the funeral procession of Qassem Soleimani and then a stampede. Iranian state news media says more than 30 are dead. Overall this is a morning of confrontation, war talk threats and military preparations and as for the market, a shrug. Monday the dow made a 200point uturn and actually closed higher. This morning were looking at futures, minor loss for the dow and the s p, a 10point gain maybe for the nasdac at the opening bell but look at oil, another shrug on that market after the Soleimani Killing the price of oil moved to 63 64 a barrel today its back to 62 and the price of gas, Holding Steady the National Average still right there at 2. 58 per gallon.
Deal, there is a little bit of confusion to put it mildly. What to make where we go from here, pacer etf president sean ohara. What do you make of back and forth on the trade front first off . Neil, thanks for having me. Trade front is the headwind to the market all year. Back and forth because we had a deal, we didnt have a deal. Looks like now we have at least a phase one deal. I think market would like to see that nonsense and that distraction put behind it. So we focus on bigger issues. Will we have earnings continue to slow or have they bottomed and picked back up early next year so the market figures out direction they want to go. Neil looking at estimates for next year, first and second quarters, looking close to eight to 9 s that doable . I think so. That is what everybody is thinking. Keep in mind, neil, the estimates we see consistently you know report what the actual earnings come in at. 30 straight quarters now of surprises on the up side if you will. I wouldnt overuse the
Appetite for treasuries. Jay powell insists it is not the return of qe. Tension sores in the middle east. Turkey says its forces will move into syria at any moment. Shery lets get you started with a check of the markets. U. S. Futures under pressure, fell. 1 after the s p 500 for two consecutive sessions. Semiconductors taking the biggest hit, they fell the most in about six weeks. We have trade headlines sparking concern about tensions intensifying between the u. S. And china. That is upsetting some of the comments coming from fed chair powell, who left the door open for rate cuts. The dow lost more than 300 points while the nasdaq fell 1. 7 . Lets see how we are setting up in asia. Sophie australian markets have lower, asx 200 opening snapping a threeday gain. Bhp shares among the biggest laggards. Studyssie dollar trading after overnight gyrations on the trade brinkmanship. Confidence numbers for october are due in a halfhour. Nikkei futures pointing to a lackluster start. South kor