Is not bad. We were expecting that much. Existing home sales have been a problem for the past year or so. We have not gotten what we want to see. We are seeing a much better than we expected number for the month. Singlefamily homes posted a fairly strong gain. The supply of the market dropped significantly, of course this is wintertime, 24. 1 months to 5. 1. Prices will continue to rise. Well over the 5 million mark. That is good news as well. This will set the stage for reasonable 2015 if we continue. Pending home sales have suggested we will. We start off with good news. Michael mckee in new york city with the latest on u. S. Economic data. More coming to you from switzerland. Plus, a special guest. Well be looking for that legacy of the late saudi King Abdullah. And his nephew. We will talk about the legacy of his uncle, and stephanie, answering questions about the future of saudi oil policy. Lets get your first to guests. He is the managing director and coowner of the boston celtic
Well get answers from the ceo of blackrock as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. Saudi air strikes continuing to pound yemen as battles in the streets shake the capital yet again. Concerns over a faceoff between the American Navy is fading. With me now, Robert Jordan the former u. S. Ambassador to saudi arabia under president george w. Bush and a diplomat in residence at Southern Methodist university. Good to have you on the program. Thanks so much for joining us. Sure maria. Hi. A lot of conflicting reports about yemen this morning. I want to get to that in a moment. Let me kick it off with the breaking news of the day in nepal. A horrible story there. More than 2,000 people dead after the worst earthquake in 80 years. How would the state department go about this in terms of getting aid to such a remote place . Well we have access to our military personnel who are very very helpful in situations like this. Its really an opportunity for america to make friends by aiding in a time
Theyve already helped him make this pick and go through this process, but they are now going to get out there and work the roots for the votes, especially for the democratic votes he needs and the more conservative states out there. This is how you do a rollout. Whether you agree or disagree with something, and after the last few days, how can Something Like the travel ban be so rocky and so confusing where Government Agencies are not talking to each other, and they do this again. Whether you like the judge or not or a president from a marketing and branding standpoint. Thats perfect. This is the Dividing Line in the white house. The travel ban was ushered into being by Steven Miller and steve bannon who are disrupters by nature. They create this sort of environment of chaos as part of their governing philosophy, but the Supreme Court pick is a very conventional washington thing. This is a Reince Priebus operation. It was done by the book. It was contrary to what everybody thought it w
Even saying that he, the president , will override any governor who doesnt comply. Legal experts dispute whether the president has that kind of authority. In georgia, thousands are expected to gather on tie by island this weekend. The town made headlines when the mayor went toetotoe with governor brian kemp. In april he opened beaches after the mayor and city council closed the beaches. Natasha chen is joining me now from the island. There have been a lot of people going to the beaches since the governor reopened it, but now it looks like a greater influx of people. Reporter yeah, fred. It looks like a party out here. Lets show you a little bit of what were seeing. That guy says its supposed to be his wedding day so he came to the beach instead. These parties and families are at least seeming to keep a distance from each other, which is what theyre supposed to do. Theyre also supposed to keep groups under ten people. You mentioned the mayor went toetotoe with brian kemp when the beache
And youre looking live at capitol hill where House Democrats led there by nancy pelosi are set to speak about the humanitarian crisis at the border. Well have a live report on that. But we start in the middle east where palestinian leaders are awaiting a response from israel to a multipronged humanitarian ceasefire offered up just hours ago. The offer of a threestage truce came as smoke could still be seen over the gaza skyline. Just this morning, the remnants of a steppedup israeli assault that rained down into gaza overnight. The israeli army said it sent 76 missiles into palestinian territory after midnight this morning. According to Palestinian Health officials, at least 71 people were killed. U. N. Officials confirm two Staff Members in gaza were among those victims. Israels targeted attacks crippled gazas only power plant, darkening even more of the region thats been living under tightened power restrictions. The home of a top hamas leader, who had already evacuated the area, was