A breath taking snapshot of a country on the brink. Soldiers of the Central African republic bad a man to death moments after the president promises peace and a touch of reality, a bionics hand allowing amputees to feel what they are holding. Good morning. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im stephanie sy. Nearly 1 Million People are waking up in the dark after another round of snow and ice caused massive Power Outages. Wednesdays storm brought down trees and powerlines leaving residents in nine states without electricity. The weather shut down schools and colleges, closing highways in new york and pennsylvania. It caused widespread delays and cancellations for air travellers. Airports in chicago, new york and other areas cancelled flights. Lets bring m maria. The storm hammered where you are. It certainly did. Im standing inside the cafeteria of a shelter in this area. 105 people stayed here overnight. Some will come in later to have breakfast. A third of those people are children. To gi
Were taking a look at how the president ial cycle affects the stock market. Is this something you closely follow scott . Not as a trader on a dayto day basis but if you look historically dating back probably 7080 years, this actually does make sense. There is absolutely a pattern to how the market works during the cycle. You look at it and the year before the election and the third year into the president ial cycle have historically been the two best years of the cycle to be in the market. Not only on the upside but also those are the years with the least amount of decline. That makes sense. You havethe year before the president takes office, its election time and everyone is positioningboth democrats and republicanswhat theyre gonna do for the economy, what theyre gonna do for taxes. Its more of a feel good issue. Once they get into Office Things seem to calm down a bit. In fact, the first and second years after the president being in office are historically two of the least advantage
Quarter rose at its fastest pace in 3 and a half years. And in another split, new home starts fell in december but, were up for all of 2013. All of this resulted in, well, a split close in the markets. The dow closed up on friday while the nasdaq and s p 500 finished lower. Gold took a 13 dollar an ounce leap and oil futures closed friday at a 2 week high, just over 94 dollars. Traders are still digesting the impact of the president s announcement that he will limit the vast sucking up of data of our phone calls. Intel is cutting jobs. The pc maker says it will fire 5 of its workforce as it transitions into new markets amid a slowing pc market. And freedom industries, the company that fouled the water supply in charlston west virginia. Also still it has filed for bankruptcy. The chapter 11 filing estimates the companys debts to be around 10 Million Dollars. The Chemical Spill caused 300 thousand people to be without water for several days. Lets find out now what this holiday shortened
Folks in charge know what theyre doing. My guests this morning, defense production coordinator Peter Navarro and dr. Tom inglesby of Johns Hopkins university. Plus, partisan pandemic. Antishutdown demonstrations across the country. Freedom while in wisconsin, the states conservative Supreme Court overturned the democratic governors stayathome order. I dont think the risk presents any higher than me going to the Grocery Store. Also, all those conspiracy claims. Theres another agenda. Its not just the virus. How and why so many baseless conspiracy ideas are spreading during this crisis. Ill talk to Nbc News National Security analyst clint watts. Joining me for insight and analysis are peter alexander, White House Correspondent for nbc news. Anna palmer, senior washington correspondent for politico, and yamiche alcindor, White House Correspondent for pbs newshour. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press and our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Announcer from nbc news in wash
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