He has a near perfect record. At 7 30 eastern time, Marathon Asset Management Bruce Richards is betting big on europe. Coming up at 8 00 eastern time, well get political with former obama chief of staff bill daley. Hes now working for a swiss hedge fund. A lot of them will be talking to what weve been talking about this morning. First, lets get you up to speed on todays headlines. Are you ready for this . Im gary owens. Ive got one of these things on. Its like youre madonna, only i need yes. That wont look at good on me. You already hear some of the buzz . I realize again why we have these on. Theres a huge thing going on behind us. Not yet because its early. But today, tech is the dominant. That was the dominant theme of this mornings stocks to watch. Lets start with apple and ibm. The two teaming up on a Partnership Starting this fall. Ibm will sell iphones and ipads loaded with applications geared at business users. Shares of both companies did rise after hours. I took a look last n
Cocktails, fires or shootings. A night of calm in ferguson, missouri after attorney general eric holder programses a fair investigation. A grand jury is now considering charges against the Police Officer accused of shooting an unarmed teen. Israeli hitting hamas at the top, blasting this building, killing three top military leaders, saying they posed an imminent threat. Hamas calls it a crime. We begin with breaking news about two americans being treated for ebola. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. Dr. Kent brantley is going to be released from the hospital. The health of his colleague is said to be improving enough to remove her from isolation. Everybody is cheering the good news. We have more on these developments. We know the experimental drug administered to these two did its job. It appears that dr. Kent brantley could be released as early as today. Brantley is expected to take part in a press conference later this morning, discussing his condition an
Online. What the government is doing with breaches of retailers. Of and this amazing free fall from outer space. Police are searching for an inmate who escaped from a michigan prison last night, they say that hes armed and dangerous. Michael elliot is accused of four counts of of firstdegree murder. He kidnapped a woman and drove her to indiana where she was able to finally escape. How did he escape . Reporter well, dell, thats what the investigators are trying to figure out, but what they do know, once Michael Elliot made his way outside of that prison, he somehow maneuvered the fencing and he went through a hole. And he was in a White Kitchen uniform and investigators believe thats why he was able to blend in with the snow. As you mentioned, as he was able to break free, illiot kidnapped and abducted a woman from the area by using a box cutter from there, they drove several miles away to a gas station near the indianamichigan border and the woman was left unharmed and able to get awa
Data security is a hot button issue in washington. Millions of americans having their information stolen over the holidays. Today congress set to hear from the secret service and other Consumer Protection agencies on recent Security Breaches at target, Neiman Marcus john terrett is on hand. They are also charged with going after financial crime, and that dovetails very nicely with the secret service. William noonan has done a lot of work on cybercrime in the past and hes going to testify that a lot of these recent brake ins that you were talking about del are really just a piece of decade long piece of cybercriminals breaking into retail. Shes going to make the point in her testimony to the Senate Banking committee that what you really need, shes going to reiterate the point that what you really need is congressional support for legislation that will strengthen cybe cybersecu. This whole event is expected to last a couple of hours, gets underway at about 3 00 in the afternoon. What are
Richard carmona will give an update on the latest research to improve survival rates from ieds and mass shooting incidents. We will also take your phone calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Journal, live each morning at seven eastern on cspan. An executive from target said the company is investing 100 million to upgrade to a more advanced credit card system following the hacking of customer data. Testifying before a senate committee, the target cfo was asked about the Holiday Season cyber theft that has exposed the personal or Financial Data of millions of u. S. Shoppers. Because of the time of the opening of the senate, we are starting a little bit late. I apologize for that but i appreciate everybody who is here , from all over the state, including now snowing colorado. Were going to need to examine how we can protect americans, the growing danger of data breaches and cyber crime in the digital age. Safeguarding American Consumers and businesses from data