Welcome to power lunch. Im michelle carusocabrera. The major averages are lower kicking off the busiest week for earnings but the s p tracking for its best monthly gain since february the nasdaq was on track right here, yes. Best month since january oil pushing higher, crude prices up more than 1 . We keep show l well get to that. Financials carving out small gains, utilities and health care lagging, j j, home depot, the biggest losers in the dow right now. Some of the big movers pandora higher on news of state pajama makers, maybe not blue apron, we finally get it, soaring on positive comments but hasbro is tanking. A deeper dive on these stocks straight ahead here on power lunch. Thank you, michelle. Im tyler madison. Waiting for Jared Kushner to make a statement at the white house after his session with the Senate Intelligence Committee Earlier today. We are also waiting for the democrats to unveil what they are calling their better deal for the economy and for americans at an event
Were still sort of young into this, but, you know, so far, were not seeing a lot of improvement in Republican Party numbers as of late july. We havent seen that quite yet. And so were sort of watching to see, do those problems just sort of Carry Forward . Now, one thing i have to say is that usually the dynamics of one election dont really Carry Forward into the next. Usually its about something different. But we have had times when its repeated and, you know, you could almost look at 2006, which was a great democratic year, and 2008, which was a great democratic year. They flowed into one another. But thats really, really, really unusual. I think you probably have to go back, with 32, 34, 36, to find another time where the flow just sort of continued on from one election to the next, but obviously it could happen. But the other one is that this is a traditional second term, Midterm Election. You know, we know historically that bad things typically happen to presidencies in their secon
washington post this morning, why is washington as divided as ever? there s a shot of president obama waving after speaking to thousands of supporters in iowa. the main headline said who stood in the way of change? obama vowed a new era of unity. why is washington as divided as ever. want to ask you that question this morning we welcome your phone calls to the segment as well as your tweets and your e-mails. democrats, call 202-737-0001. republicans, 737-0002. and independents, 202-628-0205. we look forward to hearing from you. why do you think washington is as divided as ever? that s the at the nowhere of the piece today. he said despite partisanship, there s polarization. deep as it s been in modern time, instead of cooperation, there is confrontation, instead of civility, there s rudeness. the political system seems frozen and more resistant to compromise than ever. two months before the 2012 election, the campaign has become an all-or-nothing battle over the future direc
the hotter the musical act and the host the longer and younger the line outside our building. the hipper and more emo the act, the more likely it is that the line of people gets confused with an occupy protest. it is cool to see. it s one of cool things about working here. i always thought for the people that work in this building that work at saturday night live it must be cool to see. people care enough about what they do for a living that they will camp out for it on the sidewalk even in bad weather. i also think it must have been cool for the people that work at the supreme court to see the people waiting outside the court, camping out as of this weekend to try to get in to see the oral arguments in the health reform case. the arguments will be stretched out over three days. they happen in the mornings. it was an hour and a half ora arguments. there are some seats in the courtroom. if you want to get a seat, you have to get a ticket. a ticket that you get from this poli
the line outside our building. the hipper and more emo the act, the more likely it is that the line of people gets confused with an occupy protest. it is cool to see. it s one of cool things about working here. i always thought for the people that work in this building that work at saturday night live it must be cool to see. people care enough about what they do for a living that they will camp out for it on the sidewalk even in bad weather. i also think it must have been cool for the people that work at the supreme court to see the people waiting outside the court, camping out as of this weekend to try to get in to see the oral arguments in the health reform case. the arguments will be stretched out over three days. they happen in the mornings. it was an hour and a half oral org or arguments. there are some seats in the courtroom. if you want to get a seat, you have to get a ticket. a ticket that you get from this policeman. ladies and gentlemen, can i have you attention