Musical masterminds. The duo behind the neptunes. Pharrell williams and chad hugo talk with us about reaching to the songwriters hall of fame. Producing some of the biggest hits of the past 25 years. Its friday, january 17h, 2020. Todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I should be their best witness. Their number one witness. The impeachment trial gets under way as the president denies new accusations. I dont know him at all. Dont know where he comes from. Know nothing about him. This thing is a big hoax. Powerful winter storm is expected to bury parts of the midwest and east in snow. Peak snow looks to be in the midwest along with strongest winds close to blizzard conditions. Fbi arrested three White Supremacists who were headed to a gun rally in relationship, richmond, virginia. This kind of situation hundreds of people could go down in seconds. U. S. Officials say 11 Service Members were injured when iran attacked a base last week. Beltran out. Astros, red sox, they got world
Impeachment with Speaker Pelosis commemorative goldembossed signing pens, the solemn march as the articles are walked over to the senate, that whole charade breathlessly covered by the trumphating media, wall to wall coverage for all of that but very little for this. The china trade deal, historic event, redefining the way trade deals are negotiated and structured. That was a big plus for america. And thursday, virtually no coverage for usmca, another trade deal that helps our economy. In fact, none of the three broadcast Networks Even mentioned it. And politicos first headline, major win for trump, that really changed fast to Senate Passes usmca, much work remains. Can you believe this . We are very glad that you are watching us. So look at this. More stock market records are acoming. Big Companies Reporting solid profits and we appear to be in a meltup mode again. The dow is up, what, 270 yesterday, closing just shy of 29,300. Any gain at the opening bell today means another record.
Has his work cut out for him. The former ceo Dennis Muilenburg has come under fire for handling of the 737 max crisis. Here is the man that will handle the crisis. Member of board of directors since 2009. Member of Blackstone Private Equity firm. He served as a ceo of nielsen and worked at 26 years with General Electric specifically with transportation and aircraft engines. Muilenburg as you know, critics said under him boeing was too cozy with regulators getting the 737 max plane to market. That the company was not transparent enough after the two crashes. The company says, new Ceo David Calhoun will bring a brand new commitment to communication. Number one is getting the 737 max planes in the air. The company halted production of the plane while it works with the faa to get it recertified. You see them sitting in the Production Facility parking lot in washington. Boeing a dow component. Boeing enjoyed a nice bump on the stock market today, but it hasnt been a great road since march.
I know. Alltime highs we have like, what, 39 trading days to go is that it . It is a tight time frame here the interesting thing around the market is it has shrugged off concern. One of the reason the market has gone higher is because of really light positioning. That mentality hasnt changed. That has fuelled the rally in the market you see the dow in the green but just barely. Nasdaq futures down by a point again, we are sitting at new highs after the gains we added on yesterday you look at the treasury market yielding 1. 85 xerox looking at buying hp. The company has an informal funding commitment xerox has a Market Company a third of hp. Both of these companies former technology stall waters. Xerox has had a couple of falls. Do people steel xerox things it is like faxing. Hp has tried to keep up it is like help me im drowning. Hp shares are up. Xerox somehow is the acquiring company. And there would be a premium to hps market cap. I just get depressed reading this xerox already scra
Scandals in baseball history, the black sox scandals where members of the Chicago White sox were accused of throwing the world series to the cincinnati reds, and it brought about many changes in baseball including getting a commissioner and getting eight players on the white sox banned from baseball for life, but the story of that is not really a simple one. It is very complicated. So, the title of tonights talk is called field of myths, 100 years after baseballs 1919 black sox scandal. Finally separating the many myths from the reality. And so this should be a fascinating talk and im excited to welcome david pietrusza, our speaker to night. Thank you. Yeah, we are gathered here tonight on the eve of this years world series, and 100 years ago, who knew if there was going to be another world series once that scandal was exposed and whether trust in baseball was starting to evaporate rapidly. And as david said, thats, you know, eight men out. That is the story that we know. That is the t