And david brooks are here, to analyze the weeks biggest news developments. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama said today that the United States would respond proportionally and at time of its choosing to the cyber attack on Sony Pictures entertainment. The f. B. I. Confirmed this morning that north korea was behind the attack on the company. Mr. Obama spoke on that and other issues, at a yearend News Conference. All i want for xmas is to take your questions. Woodruff it was a yearend review dominated
Ever today and it closed above that milestone too. Sprinting from 17,000 to 18,000 in just 119 trading days. Now, thats fast but not the fastest move, not by a long shot. Back in 1999, the dow jumped a thousand points in 24 trading days. Why the big spike today . You can thank the bold, burly u. S. Economy. We learned today it grew at a 5 annual pace in the year recorded. Thats the fastest quarterly growth rate in 11 years. Consumers are feeling good. One measure of sentiment clocked in today at 8 year high and growth of personal spending doubled in november from october. With that encouraging news about the u. S. Economy, heres a look at the final tally on wall street today. The dow off its high at the session but still jumping 64 points for that new record high of 18,024. Nasdaq though, down by 16 on a pullback in biotech stocks and the s p 500 added three, settling at its own record close of 2082. Thats the 51st all time closing high this year. Stocks have been notching new record h
And its friday, mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the weeks biggest news developments. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama said today that the United States would respond proportionally and at time of its choosing to the cyber attack on Sony Pictures entertainment. The f. B. I. Confirmed this morning that north korea was behind the attack on the company. Mr. Obama spoke on that and other issues, at a yearend News Conference. All i want for xmas is to take your questions. Woodruff it w
Out, there so not all coming from the same system, but the net is the same, cloud which rain showers, you can see on storm scan3, the rain to the south moving to the north, expect showers by the time we gee go through later this evening, right now clearing, actually going on, but, that is not going to be lasting all day long. Our weather watchers are up. We love that they are. Atlantic city, 32 degrees, collegeville, budd says it is 27, norristown, tracey says it is 27, newark, john says it is 23, and of course that Atlantic City temperature from our friends tim mitchell. Colds temperatures warming up to 42, start to pick up shower chances later this afternoon specially the farther south you are. We also have this, if you are going to the north, and this is from 6 00 p. M. Until 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow, weve got some freezing rain advisories, out there, for the poconos, just take it easy, trace of ice could be expected, in those areas. Otherwise it changes over to rain for the rest of tues
They were on a patrol and colton was shot by a taliban sniper, and he sort of fell where he was standing. And the dogs reaction was to climb on top of him, on his fallen body, and protect him. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for pub