Our Senior Analyst is here with us with his expert insight on this tuesday, january 5th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everybody. Its not monday anymore. Its tuesday. It is tuesday. Im kayna whitworth. Im kendis gibson. Arent you happy to be here on a bachelor post morning . I am so excited about that in particular. Absolutely. Yes. Ben, our Senior Analyst is fired up about it. Jack, is that just because there were twins involved . Its even better than the real thing. No doubt. We cant wait to get his expert analysis. Whats in store for you. Hes been watching it over and over in slow mo. I think he came in just for this. He had other stuff to do. Be tuned in for it. Lets get started though with a familiar face who is back on the stump. Of course, were talking about bill clinton making his first solo appearances on behalf of his wifes president ial campaign. But the former president comes with his own baggage, too. Abcs cecilia vega is covering the campa
Pressure from activist hedge funds for increased stock buy backs. Stock markets are poised to recover from yesterdays selloff. It was the biggest drop on a first day of trading year for the Dow Jones Industrial average in eight years. Both the dow and the s p 500 were off about 1. 5 . Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has more. Reporter it was bad but it could have been so much worse. It started with a sharp selloff in china, very weak matching data indicating the worlds second largest economy is slowing, the fears here there could be a Ripple Effect on the economy in the United States and around the world. Second oil prices have been tanking since last year even, and now there are big concerns about what that means for the energy space. Jobs here in the United States. While its great news for consumers, its not great news for Energy Companies or the people that they employ. And historically speaking, 70 january is what sets the tone for the rest of the year. Theres an old saying here on wall street
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Memorable entrance. We do say good Tuesday Morning to you, everyone. Were going to start with president obama kicking off his last year in office with executive actions on gun control. So today the president will announce his plan to sidestep congress and pursue measures aimed at reducing gun violence in america. The announcement already generating outrage from gun advocates and the president ial candidates, so lets turn to abcs lana zak in washington with the details. Language that, good morning. Reporter good morning, kayna and kendis. In advance of todays president ial announcement, some gun advocates are denouncing the executive order before its even been announced while gun show sales are now hitting record highs. Join or renew your membership with the and a half rifle association. Get into the gun show for free. Reporter across the country gun sales have been especially busy. Gets up there and starts talking gun control, people actually, you know, go and get guns. Reporter potent
The 54yearold started her career at gm at the age of 18. Now ceo, she steered gm through a crisis of defective cars and pressure from activist hedge funds for increased stock buy backs. Stock markets are poised to recover from yesterdays selloff. It was the biggest drop on a first day of trading year for the Dow Jones Industrial average in eight years. Both the dow and the s p 500 were off about 1. 5 . Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has more. Reporter it was bad but it could have been so much worse. It started with a sharp selloff in china, very weak matching data indicating the worlds second largest economy is slowing, the fears here there could be a Ripple Effect on the economy in the United States and around the world. Second oil prices have been tanking since last year even, and now there are big concerns about what that means for the energy space. While its great news for consumers, its not great news for Energy Companies or the people that they employ. And historically speaking, 70 of the t