Boring relevant in platform for reshaping the world. As business guy, donald trump was not invited as davos, as president of the United States hes the focused of attention. Throughout the show today you will see who he is meeting and what hes saying. He will have impact. Now to your money, well, look at this, stocks are going up today, certainly at the opening bell, okay, we dont know how things are going to close but it will be another 100point runup half hour from now, right at the bell. Quick headline, before he left President Trump opened the door to citizenship for dreamers, citizenship, take that. Senator schumer. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart President Trump is meeting with britains Prime Minister theresa may, we will bring you any headlines from that meeting. Now fox poll, we have to tell you about this, 45 of voters have favorable opinion of President Trump, thats a big improvement since october when it was a 38 favorability rating. Nearly twice as many say that the
Advocates say it could damage a childs development. Plus a local newspaper reporter uncovers what he believes to be the last ship to bring slaves to the u. S. We explore the site and talk to two cousins who say their ancestor was on board that ship. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. My duty is to defend americans and their right to the american dream, because americans are dreamers too. The president calls for unity in a marathon state of the union. Many democrats looked like they had bitten a couple of lemons, even when he was saying things that most people agreed with. A government that struggles to keep itself open. Russia kneedeep in our democracy. Rolling back civil rights by the day. A classified memo on the russia investigation is now in the hands of President Trump. After the state of the Union Address, the president was heard having this exchange. 100 . The worker who sent out that false missile alert in hawaii has been fired
Before the American Express news broke, the dow was under a lot of pressure. That number came in line with expectations. It wasnt terrible. The fed rate hike could still nbt cards. The dow is down 85 points. We have someone who says the Current Employment report is not measuring jobs properly. Hell explain why next. Also, more on twitter. Its falling yet again today. That stock has been cut in half in just four months. Its now 1 away from the ipo price. Well look at whether investors should be cutting losses or holding out hope at this point. Crazy. And maximizing your airline miles. Wait until you meet the guy who has flown nearly five million miles for free. I love this story. Hes looking to make a business out of helping others do the same. Bill, we have to talk about he is taking advantage of the system or just finding out the way to benefit it. Its all legal much its all ethical. Hes just found a way to gain the system. Well tell you exactly how hes doing that if a little bit. Let
Im sara eisen. Im wilfred frost. Its throwback thursday, were throwing it back to funk. I cant believe its already thursday. Neither can i. Short week. Short week. Good to have you back. I dont think i said that yesterday. Thank you. It was an extended new years weekend for me. Lets get to the market action. Yesterday was similar to tuesday. We saw gains, we saw the nasdaq lead the pack, up about 0. 9, the dow lagging at about 0. 3 of gains. The s p in between. The nasdaq already playing catch up. It was the laggard of the big three indices post election. Russell 2000 was strong yesterday. Up at about 2. 5 of gains for the week as a whole. We are expected to see profit taking this morning. Not too much. About 16 points. The dow is called lower. The s p 2 points. The nasdaq 5. Yesterday, lots to focus on. Fed minutes, we got goods orders sales, after the market closed, bad retail releases. Tenyear treasury note at this hour, kind of settled below the 2. 5 level. Pulled back a bit furthe
Warm friday welcome to Worldwide Exchange on cnbc. Im wilfred frost along with Morgan Brennan in for sara today. Good morning. Good to be with you. Great to have you here. Its new music friday. Kicking off a brandnew song from coldplay and the chainsmokers called something just like this. I am a fan. Ill be downloading it. You guys always have the best music. Lets get to the markets today. Now the dow has notched ten records in a row. This is the longest streak of record closes since the first 13 trading days of 1987. The dow is up about 5 over the past month alone. Taking a look at futures this morning, in light of that fact, u. S. Equity futures are red across the board. The dow indicated to open 8 points load. The s p indicated to open 2 points lower, and the nasdaq indicated to end 11 points lower. Yesterday, the nasdaq ended in the green just barely, and we have had a shift into safe haven stocks, utilities, telecoms. Utilities the best performing yesterday. That headline, ten Str