It brings unemployment claims down to 22 million in the past four weeks and that essentially wipes out all the jobs created sin the financial crisis we know the dapta was going to be bad and will continue to be bad because this is reflecting periods that arent april, and we know april will be even worse. Right these are daunting historic we look at them, we must think about what was happening, say, in 1930, 1931. We realize that the system may hold, may not hold i think were in a stronger position than then because they didnt have a social safety net, but these kinds of layoffs, theyre extraordinary. And we are at a loss for words for them obviously, all these people are now in some way or another getting compensated this week. But i think its not enough, and i keep thinking that the longer we dont have and its not opening or closing america the longer we dont have faith in being with each other, youre going to have to keep seeing these numbers. I have to tell you, i was hoping i never
But it did not close above that level. We saw the major averages give back by the end of the day some off the morning highs well keep a close eye on this this morning green arrows indicated once again this morning dow futures up by 57 points. S p up by 4. 5 points the nasdaq up by 8. 5 points. Look at asia, the nikkei gave back some grounds. Hang seng up by 0. 7 the shanghai was up by 0. 9 . Then if you check things out in europe, its a mixed bag ftse up by a quarter percentage point. The dax and cac are weaker stocks in italy are down stocks in spain slightly higher. Check out crude oil prices you will see that crude oil looks like it is up about 29 cents. 47 57. 45 for wti. We are watching a couple big stories this morning were learning more about that deadly amtrak crash in Washington State yesterday three people were killed, nearly 100 more injured when the train derailed the ntsb confirmed that the train was traveling at 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30mileperhour zone the crash left sev
Profits rally. Wait until you see how much Money Companies are making. Check your 401 k , youre making money, too the dow closed way above 20,000. Whats our president up to today . Reportedly to cut the funding of United Nations and stop the flow of refugees. Later, planning strategy for obamacare and tax cuts with top republicans. Hes preparing for a meeting with britains Prime Minister theresa may, she says they could lead the world together, like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan . Oh, yes, to some of us, those were the days. Please, ladies and gentlemen, ignore the media, theyre eager to undermine this presidency, instead, look is the what is actually happening. America is getting richer and trump is doing what he said he would do, that would be President Trump. Varney company about to beg begin. Looks like we made it here is a little fact. A little known fact. Okay . Everybody in the world likes at least one Barry Manilow song, but nobody will admit it. [laughter] i set it up. L
Academic world resigned after similar allegations. On friday, uc president Janet Napolitano demanded Senior Leaders including deans be current in Sexual Harassment training. The state requires they take a twohour Training Course every two years. We know that there needs to be reform. I dont know what reform is going to look like yet, but i know that our leadership is committed to taking swift action. Reporter napolitano has appointed a me to look into ways to deal for efficiently with these cases involving faculty. At uc berkeley, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. Meantime a former Silicon Valley venture capitalist forced out of his job by a sexual abuse lawsuit says its all just extortion. Michael goguin at Sequoia Capital formerly filed a countersuit against a woman who sued him. She claims he rescued her from human traffickers who forced her to work in a strip club but kept sexually, physically and emotionally abusing her for 13 years. She says he agreed to pay her 40 million but only pa
Multiple problems. After go without, for 24 hours the gas is reconnected at gordons house, keeping it in perspective. The tv is about Syrian Refugees this is nothing, just inconvenience with the cold showers, and no heat. 200 pg e workers are going housetohouse to reconnect the gas at 2,500 homes and businesses after a sinkhole opened up at ream boulevard cutting a 4 line. It is more come politicked to turn them on you have to go in the house and turn the meter on and we visit the appliances. Another disaster is not to easy to resolve, a mudslide seriously compromised his home, after moving out on friday. We are trying to carry on for the kids with homework, school, work. The land behind the home is a watershed for east bay. Engineers will inspect the area when it is safe. We cannot work the soil because we can have no additional weight or equipment on it. We are having to wait. In january a small slide damaged the bicycle trail and east bay mud and regional parks closed the trail but