Building i had seen and still have seen in afghanistan. Inspect tore general talking about his tour of this building, bigger than football field, shown on Satellite Photos at the u. S. Militarys camp in South Central afghanistan. It is beautiful building. It was well done. Fully furnished it was huge 64,000, approximately, square feet. Nick named 64 k, because of its size, congress intendeded to be tennessee military surge of 30,000 troops to fight taliban islamic extremists. There was just one problem. Marine commander the general in the grounds running the surge said, i dont want it. I dont need it. Dont build it. And two other generals above him, said the same thing. Dont build it. We dont need it. We already have had a head quarters. It is want of money. Yet the project moved forward. For a staff of 1200 complete with war room and briefing theatre. But 64 k. Nerved as surge headquarters in fact it was still under construction when the surge ended in 2012. Yet u. S. Tax dollars cont
Building project called 64 k. It was the best built building i had seen and still have seen in afghanistan. Inspect tore general talking about his tour of this building, bigger than football field, shown on Satellite Photos at the u. S. Militarys camp in South Central afghanistan. It is beautiful building. It was well done. Fully furnished it was huge 64,000, approximately, square feet. Its size, congress intendeded to be headquarters for the 2000 tennessee military surge of 30,000 troops to fight taliban islamic extremists. There was just one problem. Marine commander the general in the grounds running the surge said, i dont want it. I dont need it. Dont build it. And two other generals above him, said the same thing. Dont build it. We dont need it. It is want of money. Yet the project moved forward. Facility designed to big enough for a staff of 1200 complete with war room and briefing theatre. But 64 k. Nerved as surge headquarters in fact it was still under construction when the su
Welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Less than three hours left in the trading day. Stocks are near session highs. What happened to the fry selloff . We have the nasdaq up a full percentage point. Strength in technology, and in particular in technology, take a look at shares of apple seeing the best day since july 27th, higher by 1. 6 now. Heres what else is happening at this hour. Hillary clintons doctor says shes being treated for pneumonia. This after she had to be held up and helped into a van while leaving that 9 11 Memorial Service early over the weekend. Donald trump responding right here on cnbc. Listen. I hope she gets well and i hope she gets well soon. But, you know, it was quite sad to be honest with you and i hope she gets well soon. No satisfaction, believe me, whatsoever. Also today, in business, a big agricultural deal, potash teaming up with agrium to create the Worlds Largest fertilizer company. Hp, hewlettpackard getting big near printers, buying samsungs printer
Commodities will join us. He sees a 40 rally in natural gas. Thats not great if you heat your home with it. He also expects a rally in oil. The northeast is bracing for a massive storm, folk. Could Hurricane Joaquin be another Superstorm Sandy . We certainly hope not but we are tracking it all for you. We begin with investors and theyre beginning the new quarter in the red. The latest disappointing manufacturing data from the ism is adding to the weakness. We have the dow down by 164 points. The s p 500 is currently down by 14 points. And the nasdaq off by 45. Were also watching very closely, folks, over the course of the next few hours yields on the 10year note because were sitting at 2. 032 . So close to dipping back to the 2 even mark, maybe even below it after that is m number. Bob pisani joins us from the floor of the Stock Exchange. Hey there, bob. Well, it started okay, mandy. We kind of gapped up in germany and in the u. S. Lets take a look at the s p 500. But that faded very,
16,000 last november. And weve been adding on average, what 2,000 dow points a year since the low. March of 2009, weve gained more than 10,000 points in that time on the dow, works out to that amount. Dont have to get to 17,000 mark for it to be another historic session. Another close higher for the dow and s p 500, they will be new record highs. Stick with us, all the stats. Any number you want weve got it right here for you. Speaking of stats, truly an uber valuation for uber, cut put at an incredible 18. 2 billion valuation. Is that justified . Uber Ceo Travis Kalanick will join me exclusively for much more on that store sghe trending on twitter all day and also trending all over the jobs report as well. What the numbers really mean to the economy and that guy, if you dont recognize him, mission all the facial hair that he used to have. Pimcos brand new chief economist paul mccully will be here with a take you might not expect coming up here in a few minutes on closing bell. Let me