Campaign event, spoke about expanding obamacare making Climate Change a priority and investing in education and the workforce. Hello, is this one on . What a crowd. This is incredible. It is so cold out there. Thank you, thank you, thank you for braving this iowa weather and out here today to say hi to our next president , joe biden. [applause] before i introduce our next president thank you for all you do, all who have worked their tails off these past two years and beyond making sure we flipped this congressional seat and took the u. S. House, we could not have done it without you and im so grateful every single day because you were present this Congressional District and i want to touch on something that i have been thinking about the last few days. Weve been on the bus for two days, and other day tomorrow but we started in dubuque, my hometown where i grew up and my parents were there, there was notably somebody that i will wasnt, he passed away many years ago, he is somebody i thi
Are broadcast direct from our studios most of this is international and sean thomas certainly glad to be with us. Violence is ramping up in iraq and the u. S. Has confirmed that several rocket attacks have taken place including in close vicinity to the American Embassy in baghdad and a military base near the capital there are also reports of a strike on a base in the Northern City of mosul earlier you know neal discussed of the details with our stuff. Well something is definitely in the air and we do not know for sure exactly what have been the targets what exactly those mortar strikes targeted but we do know the approximate locations and well within with all the context around that people can draw conclusions out of the situations so far 3 confirmed strikes in the vicinity of baghdad the iraqi capital some mortar shells landed 2 not far from a base where american troops are stationed outside of the iraqi capital and some shells landed within the vicinity of the green zone of the green
Deal. Markets pointing to another record high. Weve got gains across the board with the major indices once again in unchartered territory. Dow futures up 23 points, s p up 2, and nasdaq futures higher by 9. Impeachment standoff, that continues this morning. Congress is headed home for the holidays. But democrats are holding up sending the articles of impeachment to the senate. The battle focusing on witnesses now. What happens now . We are digging in. Then the force not so strong this time around. Star wars, the rise of skywalker number one at the box office in north america but falling short of the last two films in the trilogy. Mornings with maria begins right now. Its christmas time and weve got the spirit. Jacks for chilling. Thats what christmas is all about. The time is now. The place is here. Maria weve got christmas rapping going on this morning. We have a big show. Good morning, everybody. Joining the conversation, the director of Equity Research at cfra, ken leon is here. Pol
Well move higher at 2020 were not going to be up by 34 for the nasdac, as we were in 2019, but perhaps, 5 is in reach, and of course, thats what i said last year were up 34 , a lot of people said that. Connell its been surprising this run in terms of how long its continued as i said i dont know, by the way the mets won the world series in october of 86 so id love for the comparisons to be true. They defeated my beloved ed red sox, i had this moment where they walk out of the subway entrance, in october was it for that celebration the mets were having. Connell oh, yeah the parade . I could never forget it, it was so downhearted. Connell ons let me fast forward because the comparisons are more that 90s and more people are around in trading environments, or covering it or whatever and they say boy, are we in an area like that, but i mean, i know the nasdac has been up a lot but this isnt exactly 1999 again isnt it . This market is valued without a doubt but we dont have the gross overvalu
Republican Senate Finance committee chair, Chuck Grassley who joins us right now. Thank you for coming. Glad to be with you, neil. Neil what does your gut say how long it could last if it gets to the senate . Chuck schumer is demanding witnesses, wants to speak to mick mulvaney, chief of staff, john bolton, a host of others, where do you think this goes . I dont think there will be any decision on bringing people in for questioning until after we had the Opening Statements by the prosecutors coming from the house of representatives and by the president s response to that, his lawyers responding to that. And then at that point, there might be some debate of that. But i think that the idea is not to prolong this, to give a fair trial and reach a decision based upon well thoughtout testimony for and against the president but not to make it any longer than necessary because the senate has a lot of work to do and, and we want to get to that work. Neil as you know the president seems to be,