Great deal of this because it is the first republican senator to say im not sure Mitch Mcconnell is handling it right. Not that the president should be convicted, but maybe we should not be working quite so closely with the white house. Is this significant . Kevin it is. Senator murkowski voted against the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh. The question is whether senator murkowski can bring on other republicans to try to get on board during the rule package that leader mcconnell has to advance in the senate by a simple majority. Rules for the trial. It is not so much whether michalski and others will vote to convict President Trump, that is unlikely. It is more about the rules. Nancy pelosi has not sent over the articles of impeachment because she wants to have people like Mick Mulvaney and john bolton testify in the senate, something Mitch Mcconnell has said is a nonstarter. Right now what you are seeing from senator murkowski is in a centrist state like alaska she is trying to sugge
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Up at a pro forma session and talk about this . What are we expecting . Will he give her ground . Anna probably not. The Senate Opening for a pro forma session. The majority leader will be here. We expect him to speak on the floor. He will probably criticize democrats, especially noting House Democrats have said they had to push this impeachment process through last year because President Trump is such a threat to the 2020 election that he was continuously interfering in what is going to be the next president ial election. They had to do this quickly. Now that they are delaying these articles, it goes against the point they were trying to make. David over the break we had a second senator showing they did not like how this was handled. We had Susan Collins joining lisa murkowski. Is that showing a shift . Anna those of the republican senators we would expect to at least show some independence. Their complaint was they were concerned about the impartiality of their colleagues. Mitch mcc
Maria big show this morning, thank you for joining, us, joining us Dagen Mcdowell, jon hilsenrath, veronica, great to see everyone, big news this morning actually, first of all, we have a record high in the markets and we are looking at stocks chattering the records this morning, take a look at futures, s p up 5 and a half and nasdaq up 23 points all markets losed in alltime highs yesterday, the major 3 indices were at unchartered territory and new highs, President Trump touted with strength in the economy during rally in florida last night. You know, we just set another stock market record, the stock market just hit another alltime in history meaning 401 k s and jobs. [cheers and applause] americans have so much to be thankful for, the economy is booming, wages are rising, crime is falling, poverty is plummeting, confidence is soaring and america is stronger than ever before. Maria oh, yes, part of the reason for this strength in the markets is the fact that we may be getting close to
With losses on the s p, not to the russell 2000. In the last halfhour come a little bit of a recovery in the major indexes. The story overall is one what we are still looking for direction. Romaine a lot of the small caps are starting to catch up. Scarlet lets dive deeper into the market action. Abigail i have got volatility on my mind. The skew index that we have been looking at recently up a fourth day in a row. Surge going all the way back to january. Here is why it matters. In white is the skew index. In blue, the s p 500. In yellow, the vix. , near alltime highs, at alltime highs last that investors concerned it was a corrective nature. Thevix had caught up to skew index. Point the s p 500 near alltime highs. The skew index going sharply higher. Over time, this may be something to think about, some sort of corrective action. Probably at some point later in 2020. There was a time lag when this appened last time. Luke talk about why the skew has been a little high. Equities are real