Morning. Great to see everybody this morning. Welcome. A lot to talk about and we have a big show in terms of our lineup. We have the former ceo of the New York Stock Exchange. Also joining us. A former secretary of state in the coauthor of to build a better world. We will talk about Foreign Policy with Condoleezza Rice this morning. Washington examiner chief political correspondent. The exit from the white house. Dr. Mike talking about the dangers of the pain. We kick off this morning with the remembrance a day we will never forget. That is september 11, 2001 at the date the United States suffered its worst terrorist attack in history nearly 3,000 americans died on that day in new york city in washington dc. , in pennsylvania, present trump takes place takes part with a moment of silence. Of course, we have our own stories we know we have our own memories. The spin was given to meet with my dick carrasco. It signifies at the number of First Responders that died on that day because of
The day. This is sort of translating over into the equity markets as well. The risk off tone continues after a 3 selloff yesterday. We got some of that tension in the last two hours or so, with china saying we violated the agreement given the 10 tariffs. They are vowing to retaliate. We have a read now on the u. S. Consumer. Walmart earnings are coming out. Let me jump over to that. The risk off sentiment continues. David earningspershare was a beat, 1. 27. Their target comps beat estimates, samestore sales. International sales were down a bit 1. 1 ,. A little bit of a leavening there. Also a beat on the revenues. Good numbers here, and it looks like in the premarket, it is up well, that has it down 3 10. My terminal has it up. Taylor i think it is because they are boosting their fullyear growth target. Analysts were hoping for a beat, hoping for them to shrug off some of the trade concerns and tariff concerns and boost that fullyear adjusted earningspershare growth. Indeed, that is wh
Like it or not, we are big spenders and big borrowers, too. Now look at this. Boris johnson is the new Prime Minister of great britain. In a gracious victory speech, he said he would complete brexit, unite the country and beat the socialist jeremy corbyn. Hes the first to admit he has an uphill struggle but hes got a sense of humor and reminds me very much of donald trump. More on boris coming up for you. Look at this. Stocks going up again this morning. A series of Solid Earnings reports are clearly helping. Two dow stocks, cocacola, united technology, they are standouts. Obviously helping the overall average. Profits across the board are strong. Stocks also getting help from the budget deal. The governments not going to run out of money and they can borrow. The dow is going up triple digits, about 100 points. S p up 11. Look at that nasdaq, up 33. Thats close to a half percentage point gain. Summer doldrums . Not here. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart a little time with me. I
Good morning. Im marlie hall. And im relief this morning after seeing near record temperatures in durham, north carolina, where it felt as hot as 105 degrees, the city closed outdoor pools and halted boat rentals as a safety precaution. The extreme weather did become dangerous in many areas. Nbcs kathy park has this report reporter lightning at a beach in clearwater, flrks, struck a man in his 40s. Like shocked, thrown to the ground reporter sending him into cardiac arrest hes currently in Critical Condition and several othersar recovering from their injuries while across the country scorched cities hitting a boiling point, with another day of relentless heat its toasty warm. Reporter outside oinsi theis last week, expecting ma kano was admitted to the hospital because of the heat physically, do you think you can no reporter in wisconsin and michigan, severe storms exasperating conditions. With thousands of customers entering day three, offline without electricity. Also in the midwest,
Data out this morning was up slightly joining us for the entire hour is from ariel investments, pushing back against the earnings theme youre feeling good . Id say im better than the market is feeling. I think the market is looking for soft earnings, maybe 3 decline in earnings. Were hoping that we might get a positive number, but not as bad as the markets think lets drill down on all of the big stories. Lets start with you, bob. All three major indices at new highs. And let me show you, a nice group of Retail Stocks hitting new highs. Walmart, home depot, dow tjx, autozone. A small group of Consumer Staples breaking out to new highs. Proctor and gamble, colgate, starbucks a 52 week high for them the Payment Systems, mastercard, visa, visa the biggest gainer of the year up 36 . They have been on fire recently. Finally one last point, the vix down to 12 and change. This is sitting right near the lows for the year. Obviously august is a slower part of the year, but even so, a pretty low