right now, on ana cabrera reports, it is election day in america, and the polls have just opened in key battle grounds. the critical races in four states that could provide clues for 2024. plus, did donald trump s chaotic and bombastic testimony in his civil fraud trial help or hurt his case? and ivanka gets ready to take her turn on the witness stand. also ahead, a new interview with israel s prime minister, exactly one month since the horrific hamas attack. his response to calls for a humanitarian pause and israel s plan for gaza when this war is over. thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. it is election day and voters across the country are heading to the polls. today, we re watching highly contentious races in four states that could reveal what voters are thinking and what that could mean as we head into 2024. we have got team coverage this morning, nbc s shaquille brewster in kentucky following a highly conte
major un agencies have again called for a humanitarian ceasefire, saying enough is enough. welcome to verified live. donald trump has arrived in court in new york in a civil case that could determine the future of his property empire. as he walked into the court mr trump dismissed the course at ridiculous and said it amounted to election interference and political warfare. the prop president and to the sons are accused of inflating the sons are accused of inflating the value property by billions of dollars. is coming out of the courtroom and this is what he said going on. you zeal! courtroom and this is what he said going on- you going on. you you have a racist attorney general going on. you you have a racist attorney general who - going on. you you have a racist attorney general who made - going on. you you have a racist i attorney general who made some terrible statements and this came over the wires today. it is a very sad situation for our country. it is very unfair. i
Closed lower for the first time in 2018. Some are attributing the decline to good Old Fashioned profit taking. Others pointed to nervousness that higher inflation could force the fed to be more aggressive when it comes to hiking Interest Rates. The result was a drop in stocks. The dow fell 16 points. The nasdaq was off ten. And the s p was down three. Investors are paying more attention to the bond market these days. Yields have been rising. That could usher in big changes for stocks and the economy. Steve. Reporter Interest Rates are rising, presentin a challenge to Economic Growth and to the stock market. But some look at the recent rise and ask, what took so long . The fed hiked Interest Rates three times last year. Budged. Tenyear bond yield if fell through much of 2017. It comes amid a report that china is rethinking how much it buys. It comes amid better growth, rising expectations, and a coming boost to the deficit bill, the tax cut bill. Yields are low. They should be higher. T
Territory for the year. The features are telling a different story. Loss on the dow futures this morning. Again, volatility in the bull market coming on the nineyear anniversary next month we will ask the question. The economy still strong. The atlanta fed reserve to lower their firstquarter gdp forecast to 4 . That is down from 524 last week. In europe, stocks are heading higher. The flood of gains across the board. Asia overnight stocks mostly lower. The kospi and south korea the worst performer there. The nikkei managing to eke out a small gain. The budget battles looming. Small banks tomorrow night to keep the government running as the house stopgap spending bill to fight now turns to the senate where immigration remains a positive issue. President trump waiting for the white house yesterday. If we dont change it, lets have a shutdown. We will do is will do a shutdown as we do for our country. I would love to see a shutdown if we dont get this stuff taken care of. Train to the late
Participation in the market is constant. 52 of u. S. Families part of this market. That is remarkable whole bull market now, were nine years young next month. Were seeing individual participation in 50, 52 range. I dont think we seen it sustained that long through good and bad times alike. Well pick apart the numbers. Deirdre bolton to pick apart today. That is right, neil. Its a new day. Before we assume this could be a page turn i want to show you where we stand for the week. If you look past three days alone, the dow, the s p 500, nasdaq all down more than 4 . But take a look at the dow. You were just talking about these highs, and low lows, even today, Stuart Varney mentioning them as well, today alone up 350 points. Down, close to 130 actually at the open. Were still swinging but if we show you the intraday dow, you will see, its clearly in the green. I took a look at come component. Boeing performing pretty well. Walmart performing well. After a choppy three days this could be a