Year im Brian Sullivan welcome. Power lunch begins right now she works hard for the money so hard for it, honey im Michelle Carusocabrera at the New York Stock Exchange back in rally mode, the markets, highest in three days been all three indices on track for a positive week. Dow jones industrial average higher by triple digits. These days only a gain of half percent. How much of a rally over the last year. Goldman sachs, two names leading the dow higher Goldman Sachs and chevron hitting a threeyear high, by the way. Energy, outperforming, etx, xle on pace for its best in the year and all big winners. Alltime highs, home depot, c t caterpill caterpillar, fedex, and big loser, pg e due to california wildfires. Beginning the hour with breaking news on the fed Steve Liesman joins us with more. Thanks. Cnbc learned from sources familiar with the situation that leary lindsey commit considered fed vice chair job, lindsey interested in exploring the job. We dont know what status the discussio
Shock defeat for novak djokovic. Pressure continues to mount on ukip leader henry bolton this lunchtime after four senior members resigned, including the partys deputy leader, its assistant deputy leader, its immigration spokesman, its trade spokesman. Deputy leader margot parker, resigned last night. Theyve all stood down in protest at henry boltons refusal to quit as leader, following a string of revelations about his private life even though the Party Executive backed a vote of no confidence in him. Our Political Correspondent alex forysth, is at westminster. Over the course of the weekend and over the course of the morning, one after another, senior figures in ukip have walked away from their positions on the front bench in protest at the decision by henry bolton to stay on, they say his personal life has become too much of a distraction and he has to go. The question now is how long he can hang on in his post and only this morning henry bolton told me he has no plans to resign im
Open more details at half past. Alina has all the weather. Is that the last of the snow . Maybe the last day for a while that i talk about snow, things turning milder but also wetter and windier. All the details later. Thank you very much. Also coming up. What could be better than one Royal Wedding in one year, well, two, of course. Buckingham palace announces prince andrews daughter Princess Eugenie is getting married. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live. Pressure is continuing to mount on the ukip leader henry bolton after a string of resignations of senior members this morning. The partys assistant deputy leader, and its immigration, trade, education, and local government spokesmen have all quit, joining the deputy leader margot parker, who resigned last night. Theyve all stood down in protest at henry boltons refusal to quit as leader following a string of revelations about his private life even though the Party Executive backed a vote of no confidence in him. Our Political Corr
Muslims as possible. And tributes are paid to the world cup winner and blackpool great, jimmy armfield, whos died at the age of 82. Our main story at 5pm henry bolton has insisted he will not quit as leader of ukip, despite a string of resignations of senior members. The local government, education, trade and immigration spokesmen have all resigned, along with the deputy leader and assistant deputy leader. The 12 resignations come after the National Executive committee backed a vote of no confidence in mr bolton. But he insists he will stay on, and in a statement a short while ago, he pledged to drain the swamp of malcontents within the party. Mr bolton has been under pressure, since it emerged his ex girlfriend had sent offensive texts. Our Political Correspondent alex forsyth has this report. Despite the clamour of voices calling for him to go, henry bolton emerged today with a defiant message. I will not be resigning as party leader. Instead, during the next four weeks, i shall be c
The first officers heard the gunshots and they still ran through that theater. They do an amazing job protecting us every single day. Im grateful for their heroism and i think well hear other stories from folks inside the theaters as details come out. Were switching gears this morning. We have breaking news right now. It is now official anthem is buying cigna for 188 in cash and stocks. The transaction valued at 54. 2 billion on an enterprise basis. This of course, a transaction thats been long in the making. Weve talked about it over and over as other deals have come and gone. Weve seen etna now merge with humana. There will be issues and questions in washington about regulatory questions, about consolidation. Just to give you a couple quick breakdowns, its 143 per share in cash 0. 5152 shares in anthem stock. You might remember this deal was held up for at least a bit because of questions about the roles of the different ceos in this. Questions about what was going to happen to David