Scott broom is in town with more on this reporter you could call it a retirement, but really, hes stepping aside from the Police Department to take an inbring position as director of Public Safety here here in Prince Georges County. While other Police Departments are inty under turmoil, here, things are going extremely well. Since 2010, crime has dropped 41 . Here are his thoughts as hes leaving office. This Police Department is in good hands with the chief. Hands down, my choice to replace me, but theres, theres depth all through this department. This department is good in its leadership for the next 20 years. Reporter so thats the out going chief introducing his new interim replacement. County executive here in Prince Georges County says he plans to make the appointment permanent by taking it before the county council as soon as possible. Scott, one question before you go ; according to the washington post, they are using the word retirement. Has he actually said it and if so, i wond
Best buy, williamssonoma, earnings surprises to the upside. Omnicare gets taken out by cvs 98 a share. The ceo of Lumber Liquidators resigns. Salesforce up on good oldfashioned earnings. Hear what they told jim about the quarter and competitors. Best buy up sharply after beating the street with its First Quarter results. Its domestic business was stronger than expected, driven by demand for smart phones. Large screen televisions, major appliances. Williamssonoma exceeding forecast in q1, comps up 4. 6. Confident we are executing against the right investment strategy. I sense there is progress but more work to do. This is incredible. They quoted in the release strengthening in our domestic business versus previous outlook. The daytoday inconsistencies, lowes did not see that. Home depot did see that. The categories best buy is doing well in are catries others are faltering in. I wonder whether the culture changed enough that they are simply doing better. They are selling more product. C
Amazon has kept its number of prime users secret. Some holiday stats offer clues as to how popular it really is. And from wearable devices like google glass, the ipad is in the classroom. We debate the top ads of the year. Lead. Rst, to the after a week of setbacks, the Obama Administration gets a victory in court over nsa surveillance. A federal judge in new york ruled that the collection of phone call data, including numbers dialed and duration of calls, is legal. The judge threw out a lawsuit against the program filed by the American Civil Liberties union. The judge writes that the technology allowed al qaeda to plot attacks remotely. The program represents the government counterpunch. Another federal judge said the exact opposite last week, ruling that the collection violated the constitution. For the latest, lets had to peter cook in washington. Different judge, different outcome. That is exactly right. You have two federal judges into different jurisdictions. One is in new york.
Nikkei. Overnight in asia not good. 2 drop wrapping up what is the worst week in three years. Of course concern about china in terms of exports or lack thereof. A look at europe where we also are going to see a good amount of weakness. The follow through as you might expect from here yesterday, a day in which we saw the s p down almost 2 and the nasdaq nasdaq down 3 . Lot more than that. Yeah. Lets get to our road map this morning as you might imagine. Does start with that meltdown if you want to call it that in the markets. Stocks slide around the world. You just saw. Is this the start of a correction . The tip of the spear, jpmorgan profits disappointing. Jamie dimon confident in the american recovery. How will the banks weak results drag on the market and other financials. The flip side wells fargo profits up 14 and those shares are rising. Another bad month for sales at gap. Gap discloses a 6 drop in march samestore sales after a disappointing february. Gross margins taking a hit.
Good evening. In the face of an unfolding crisis that has been leaving tens of thousands of children at this nations southern doorstep, president obama tonight is preparing an urgent request to congress to help stem the human tide. The current flood has never been bigger. 52,000 unaccompanied kids come along the border since october along about 39,000 families with children. All at a rate of 12 to 1400 migrants a day. Officials say most are coming from central america. Tonight the white house saying it needs money and the tools to speed deportations. Kristen welker is standing by with details. Good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The president s request for new funding is the latest move by the Obama Administration to deal with the crisis along the border. The president is under increasing pressure to tackle the issue but with relations already deeply strained between this president and republicans on capitol hill, there are no guarantees. With unprecedented waves of undocument