Closing bell. Im kelly evans. Im bill griffeths. Fourth time was a charm. This is our first rally of 2014 after declines. Pretty good Economic Data, the trade deficit number was strong enough. Thats 10 of our economy. So that bumped up the growth estimates for the quarter. The trade deficit figures were a big deal. Very excited about trade deficit. You can talk about the Immediate Impact to the Fourth Quarter gdp numbers. 2. 4 to 3. 3 on that report alone. Could you talk about what it means for the u. S. Energy story. Could you talk about what it means for the u. S. Dollar because the trade gap which is part of the current account is shrinking quickly. Were here to talk about the rally. The dow is up 114 points. Not far from the high of the day, but we got a ways to go before an alltime high. As bad a start as weve had to the year, were only 40 points off the closing high for the Dow Jones Industrial average. Were only 10 or 11 points for the s p 500. Its the Rolling Stone article that
Hollywood thriller, two convicted murderers serving life sentences forge documents and are released from prison. The brazen scheme unfolded in florida and a manhunt is underway for Charles Walker and Joseph Jenkins both freed within weeks of each other. The Orange County Sheriffs Office only learned about it on tuesday. A judge says someone took his signature off a Public Document and electronically passed it on bogus release orders. Before that phony state motions were filed to correct an illegal sentence. This was one enterprising way to break out of jail. In my more than 35 years in the judicial system i have never seen the state of florida file a motion to correct an illegal sentence. Now officials are admitting they were duped by the fraudulent orders. They dont know who did it but they are investigating. The department of corrections followed every procedure and protocol in place and those inmates were released. Officials are reviewing records to see if any others followed the tr
Good morning, im Marci Gonzalez in for diana perez. And im Muhammad Lila in for john muller. We begin with breaking news this morning as a brutal deep freeze is gripping more than half the nation. More than 500 passengers are now stuck on three amtrak trains heading into chicago because theres so much blowing and drifting snow. Now, all three trains were stopped last night in the Northern Illinois city of mendota, about 80 miles west of chicago. Amtrak says the passengers are being kept comfortable and fed as workers try to reopen the tracks. We will stay on top of this breaking story throughout the morning. And to give you an idea how super frigid this air is water vapors now rising off Lake Michigan in chicago. Usually the frigid lake waters are much colder than the air but this morning the waters are actually warmer than the air above. Chicagos temperature yesterday set a record at ohare airport, 16 degrees below zero. Wow, further north on the lake, these dramatic photos shot by ph
[ sirens] and fore. Highspeed police chase caught on camera. Right in the middle of the fairway. Players scrambling to get out of the way. How did they get so off course . And we do say good morning, america. On this thursday morning and a Third Straight night of tornadoes in the midwest. Take a look at this. Another set of tornadoes side by side. This time in south dakota. Very similar to what we saw in nebraska. We went to right get to that Severe Weather. Abcs Steve Osunsami is on the scene in Wessington Springs, south dakota. Good morning, steve. Reporter this is whats left of a car dealership. Its hard to tell which direction the tornado came because the whole place looks stepped on. I want you to take a good look right over there. There looks to be a trailer on top of other cars and all this rubble. It shouldnt be there. This whole town reeling from the tornado that hit here overnight. No, no, no, no. Reporter overnight the sky was falling again over families in the dakotas and i
[ sirens] and fore. Highspeed police chase caught on camera. Cops chase after this pickup right in the middle of the fairway. Players scrambling to get out of the way. How did they get so off course . And we do say good morning, america. On this thursday morning and a Third Straight night of tornadoes in the midwest. Take a look at this. Another set of tornadoes side by side. This time in south dakota. Very similar to what we saw in nebraska. We went to right get to that Severe Weather. Abcs Steve Osunsami is on the scene in Wessington Springs, south dakota. Good morning, steve. Reporter this is whats left of a car dealership. Its hard to tell which direction the tornado came because the whole place looks stepped on. I want you to take a good look right over there. There looks to be a trailer on top of other cars and all this rubble. It shouldnt be there. This whole town reeling from the tornado that hit here overnight. No, no, no, no. Reporter overnight the sky was falling again over