Retail stocks hit hard today. You can see it trading down 19 there. A number of top executives telling us consumers are still spending. So whats behind these moves . Were going to take a deeper dive into whether the consumer is weak right now. A disconnect in all of that. Big earnings from tesla. 21st century fox. And square reporting after the bell tonight. We will tell what you to expect from those reports coming up. And more reports about turmoil between the Republican Party and nominee donald trump. We have outspoken libertarian Penn Jillette. Among other things. Look forward to penn coming up. There he is. He calls himself a professional juggler. But he is so much more than that. We will talk with him later. We start with the bullish call on gold. Precious medal falling today. But up 30 this year. Bill gross was on power lunch earlier today and he made his bullish case for the commodity. I like gold, too. I think ultimately if fiscal stimulus comes in and weve seen that in japan,
For wanting to end fracking. Trump says that the country needs to open up more fracking to avoid dependence on middle eastern oil. He would absolutely approve, he said, the keystone pipeline, and he would get the government out of the way of the Energy Industry. Oh, republican senator rob portman is on the Senate Energy committee. Hes joining me exclusively on whether Trumps Energy plan is viable. Donald trump has issued a lot of controversial comments, and hes also gone back and forth on some of the issues. The 2016 race, what does rob portman think about that and whether trump at the top ticket would help or hurt portmans Senate Reelection campaign. Senator Bernie Sanders going closer and closer to Hillary Clinton in california. Closest now, a dead heat in a brandnew poll as the vermont senator considers debating donald trump if he cant convince Hillary Clinton to work the hollywood stage. Former north dakota democratic senator byron and former Vermont Republican jim douglass. Well t
That this mornings slow moving funeral precession through the streets of louisville pushed back the start. Again, its one hour late already, but we have champions like mike tyson, luis on hand while alis family, president bill clinton, comedian billie crystal, all eulogize the man known as the louisville lip. Well take you live to kfc in kentucky when that happens. Look at those crowds. We should also tell you its a major news hour on the campaign trail. Both Hillary Clinton and donald trump playing to the base. Hillary today addressing planned parenthood and holding a meet with beth warren. One day after getting support, could this meeting be any indication of the first to a Clinton Warren ticket . The hightech billionaire who says if that happens hillary will neither get his money nor his vote. That to donald trump pitching to evangelicals at the Freedom Coalition conference just minutes ago. Weve got our reporters in the field and the Political Panel on the case ready to role. Plus
Varney company, were about to begin. A lot of people tell pollsters dont trust me. I dont like hearing. What difference does it make . The Obama Administration just three hours after the attack on our consulate in benghazi focused on antimuslim video as the reason. Hillary of course at the time was secretary of state. Judge napolitano will have much more in a moment. First we have to start with your money. Well have higher open unless something crazy happens in the next 30 minutes. Dow jones industrial average could be up more than 200 points s p up he over 1 . Price of oil came down. That is getting a nice rebound. Up more than 3 . Check on gold. Gold gave up almost all of the gains yesterday. To me that was a sign money shifting out of the safety things and going into some stocks, down almost 1 . Joining us for the hour jeff sica and liz macdonald. Jeff, is this real, or too early to tell . Way to early to tell. First of all we were bound to get central bankers coming out making cert
Nearly 3 hitting 48 a barrel again, first time in two weeks. Well debate whether you should buy oil stocks on this crude comeback. Justice department announcing plans to end the use of private prisons and shares of the two largest private prison operators just getting crushed today on the news understandably. We have the latest details on that story and whether that industry can survive. I mean, the shares down almost 40 . Theyre losing almost half their market value on news just out this afternoon. Exactly. Tesla model s in flames in the test drive in france. Nobody was hurt. Pretty amazing images there. But the news is raising a new round of questions about the cars safety. Well tell you what tesla is saying and impacting the stock. Starting with walmarts earnings. An eye opening beat. Courtney reagan, wow quarter for the Worlds Largest retailer. Yes . Yes. Investors werent sure what to expect from the Worlds Largest retailer and walmart did beat on earnings. Walmarts revenues beat,