Look to push through tax reform plans before the ball drops on 2018 as many promised. But with a pungent still not passed could taxpayers be facing another disappointment courtesy of congress . We go on the road to minnesota and california, veteran congressman eric and john on whether they will be able to beat the clock. And just eight days ago, we saw the worst in humanity bring out the best in so many people, including 200 employees of the Security Firm hired to run the Country Music concert. All jumped into action ripping open homes in barriers to evacuate the helpless in his First Television interview since that attack, the ceo of csc security with us exclusively to talk Lessons Learned and the one ultimate sacrifice made by his company. And secretary of defense mattis saying get the contingency plans ready if diplomacy with north korea fails. Were less than an hour to the closing bell. Lets start the countdown. We need to get this breaking news. Helicopters right now trying to dou
S p 500. It is in the ring with all three major averages having been flirting with unchanged to slightly lower and now unchanged to slightly higher in todays session. Awaiting the fed minutes this afternoon which could create more movement in the market. We are seeing movement and sports related, we were just talking about this, what happened with the world cup qualifier last night . I do not know if the cameramen will shake as the camera man is unhappy with the result of the u. S. Mens soccer team being eliminated from the world cup qualifying match. This is having a Ripple Effect among broadcasters with fox sports paying more than 400 million for the domestic englishlanguage rights to the next two world cups and telemundo spending 600 million for the englishlanguage rights. Fox said it world cup coverage next year will be the largest production in its history. It is down and contest is down and disney and cbs also taking a hit. A lot of Corporate Partners as well, cocacola, at t, anh
Hitting the stock, costcutting, threat of dividend being cut. We have everything you need to go going into the report plus full coverage and also of the Conference Call, we will bring you that as soon as it hits the tape. Coming up, plus broader markets this morning looked like this, futures indicating another rally higher after last nights budget vote, this market will not quit, up 100 points at the open is what we are expecting this morning. In europe gains across the board as well. Take a look at major indices in europe, ftse up a third of a percent. In asia, overnight, markets taking a cue from the u. S. , higher, shanghai in china up, hang seng up better than 1 . New concern for flyers to report, faa warning that laptops and checked bags can cause explosion and calling on airlines for ban of laptops and the ratings are in. Consume ir report out with most reliable cars, only one brand cracking the top 10, thats buick, we will tell you who top it is list coming up. Plus victory for
Since may. As we said, big beats from cat, 3m and utx zpl global same sales closing 6 for mcdonalds. And pipeline concerns before the ten orders again shipments may only be half of what was expected. Stocks are poised for a strong open help the by results dow components and caterpillar and others, a significant increase in demand for Construction Equipment, 3m and utx beat on the top and bottom line and upbeat guidance for the full year those are going to be the stars today. Some of pretty amazing, caterpillar appepared back the workforce. Its almost as if they pared exactly the right time when orders explode, you get that leverage and youre seeing earnings weve been waiting for caterpillar i would say since 1983 or 84, finally getting the breakout 3 m chugging forward greg haze, great organic growth. I dont want to overlook this Stanley Black and decker, tools up 9 . Some numbers are rather extraordinary and catching attention because these are the same numbers that say gdp will be mu
Republicans, he needs just 50 votes to get tax cuts on the books. He will deliver peptalk and maybe a threat if you cant get it done, the gop loses next year, now, thats a powerful threat. Any positive news on tax cuts would surely help stock market some more. As we have said so often, sit back and watch history unfold, this is a stock market rally for the ages. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart well, let me show you this again, ladies and gentlemen, look at the futures market. Indication of how we are going to open at 9 30 this morning. We will be up. We will hit record highs all across the board. There are four dow components which have already reported their financials this morning, 3m, caterpillar, mcdonalds and United Technologies. They are going to be up 6 and a half percent and mcdonalds stocks up a little. All straight up. Now here is another one for you, Fiat Chrysler and General Motors, standout is general matters, it made 2. 1 billion profit just in north america and