Good morning. Welcome to squawk on the street. Hope you all had a good christmas. Im melissa lee. Were live from the new york stock exchange. Jim cramer has the day off. The latest s p schiller home price report has been released. The results being shown at the bottom of your screen. David blitzer will join us with a closer look at the numbers in just a few minutes. Lets get a check on how were setting up on this day after Christmas Trading session. The dow looking higher by about 15 points. S p looking at about two points at the open. European markets closed on this day after christmas. The uk and france among those celebrating foxing day. We start off with, what else, retail. Dips in spending in the midatlantic and northeast regions. Luxury sales also weak. Were coming off the worst Christmas Eve for the dow since 2006. As the president cuts short his hawaiian vacation to deal with the fiscal cliff, just five days to go until we go over. Threatening both coasts with workers snubbing
It was at least fair, where the 1 were getting 45 and the bottom 99 were getting 55 . What is the configuration now . I might venture to say, mr. Jeffries, that the 99 are getting zero and the top 1 may be right now at 100 . So im asking for the conference to go and work for america. Not this configuration, but to in the 99 investment america. To be able to take the c. B. C. Budget and look at some of the tax reforms that could be utilized, to look at our job creation, which would include the maintenance and repair for public transit, highways, airports, port, railroad and bridges. The houston metro would appreciate having the opportunity to expand and create work from those who would on the rail lines to those who would build the rail cars, to those who would run it. And the opportunity for people going to work to ride on it. Work force Development Programs such as the Work Force Investment act, programs that ive had in times legislation ive introduced in times of high unemployment, t
Mrs. Truman would say i it is my life and i am not possible today. Independent. It depends on the woman. If she wanted to get involved, women are so much more out now than they were then. The 1940s and 90 victims. Choose our own woman. Thank you to both of you. And the 1950s. She was her own woman. Thank you to both of you. We appreciate your time. Thank you to the White House Historical association and partners as to the folks at the Truman Library in the truman house and independence for their help with the video tonight. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] next week on first ladies, mimi eisenhower. Share limited relations with the nape with the press. She took charge of running the white house and conducting inspections and improving all of may use for berger setting number of state visits. Menus for a recordsetting number of state visits. On november 4, will be live inside the eisenhower farm. Purchased i
Employment, again, a bill that passed with significant bipartisan support in the United States senate. We see no reason why it could not be passed. If it was put on the floor, we think it could get bipartisan we think ad significant number of republicans in the and democrats would be for it. We would like to see a greater investment in infrastructure and job creation. The American Public that ought to be our number one priority. Those are just some of the issues that we would hope would be addressed and that we could accomplish in the second session of the congress. Thatu can see all of interview with maryland congressman steny hoyer tomorrow when newsmakers airs at its regular time 10 00 a. M. And 6 00 p. M. Eastern here on c span. I think that there is a way in which we have set up this impossible series of expectations, especially for our president s, but for elected officials as a whole, that they are going to come in, swooped in, save the day, and when it does not happen, we give