With our low falling into the lower 30s around midnight, but we will keep temperatures moving up late tonight through the entire day thursday. Highs thursday will top out at 57 degrees, but well stay into the 50s through midnight. I think were going to see low 60s on friday, but both thursday and fridays warmth will come with a very strong wind. Saturday were going to still be warm with highs in the mid 50s, and its not until next week that we fall back towards average. We look to stay dry through the weekend with only one small rain snow chance next. Elias lets get into the elias iowa senator Chuck Grassley faced questions over the future of the Supreme Court during during a series of town Hall Meetings in eastern iowa tuesday. As the Judiciary Committee chairman, he said he had not made up his mind about whether there will be at confirmation hearings for an obama nominee. Taking the process quote one step at a time. This as a scathing editorial from the Des Moines Register describes
Unite against these terrorists. The notion that any political agenda will justify the killing of innocent people like this is something thats beyond the pale. We are going to continue with over 60 nations that are pound ing isil and are going to go after them. In the meantime obviously our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been lost. And showing solidarity european monuments were lit up for the belgian people. The brandenburg gate, eiffel tower among others bathed in the colors of the belgian flag. Melissa, just moments ago the Denver International airport evacuate add section of its main terminal as they investigate a possible security threat. In the wake of the situation in belgium, airports across the United States have heightened security. The terminal levels were five and six at the airport. Flights continued while the possible threat was investigated. Well keep you posted. Back to you. All right. Thank you very much, sue herera. Now lets get more color from the ground.
S p 500 above 2100. Above a level that some traders have been talking about. 18,000 for the dow. All three major averages moving to the highs of the session. The highest that we have seen. Jones industrial average , last may is when the dow hit its record. 1. 1 . Nly off about the s p, around the same so we are getting closer to reachieving that record for both of those averages. The nasdaq, little further away. Todays session, energy has turned around and is the best performing group in the s p 500. Up about three quarters of 1 . Health care is gaining. We have Consumer Staples being pulled lower in part by earnings from coke. I wanted to look at other earnings movers that are not quite the biggest names but still important ones to mention. Textron coming out with earnings that Beat Estimates. The company saying bell little changed in terms of sales but its growth in industrial Aviation Industrial and aviation that did better than estimated. The chipmaker coming up with earnings that
40. Bove says itubishi president is a shameful issue, the falsification of emissions data. ,ollow me on twitter rishaadtv include trendingbusiness. Big selloff in china on wednesday. We are looking at the boards. We are seeing gains on those markets opening up. Taiwan up, coming back. Singapore up to tens of 1 , a pretty flat day in malaysia. Driving the nikkei 225 the region higher. Holding on toex those four month highs. Holding on to those sevenweek highs. Is up for tens of 1 , and the oil price helping out austria market, new zealand weaker. We will have chinas open at the bottom of the hour after that big selloff yesterday. The shanghai composite recovered after beinglosses down by almost 4 . Good gains from the basic material players and oil and gas up by a 10th of 1 . Consumer goods looking strong. We are monitoring mitsubishi. It is expected to fall by the daily limit when it starts trading. Weve had numbers coming through from australias thirdlargest sydney, now has a positive
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