Good wednesday morning i am carl king with jon fortt. Dow is up 128. Tech sector leads the s p. For more on tech, bring in Victor Anthony and elly wheeler, partner. Welcome to you both. Welcome to tech resilience in the face of the selloff, even though we can parse, fang, talk about underperformance within that right i mean, there are certain names that are underperforming facebook and alphabet. Ironically, those are two names with multiple support but they have secular growth drivers. From all of them, market share gains across the board, ecommerce and advertising but in the case of netflix, subscriber growth that continues to be strong i am buying alphabet, a buy on facebook and amazon. Hold on netflix for now. But i am optimistic bought all these names. Facebook and alphabet, were talking later this hour about regulatory threats do you think thats effecting them, those two in particular . I think for alphabet, eu overhang has been an issue for several years. It will continue to be a
Korea for the Winter Olympics. And people streaming the Opening Ceremony of pyongyang twenty eighteen years one hour away early of the cold war but ration for school to rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes who were bidding to be allowed to compete. Also as we go to a u. S. Politicians there are still debating into the early hours as they struggle to end a second shutdown and three weeks. Hospitals was on alert for casualties as egypt launches a major operation against armed groups in the Sinai Peninsula. And a memo months ago to journalists a jailed after uncovering what the government didnt bomb the world to see. So a show of togetherness between north and south korea is happening with just an hours ago before the ceremony Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics the sister of north koreas leader has become the first member of her family to step foot in south korea since the two countries went to war in nineteen fifty. Is part of the north korean delegations
And eighteen a Winter Olympics opens and an explosion of fireworks with north and south korea sitting side by side next to america and the extraordinary show of unity and he just emits pyongyang twenty eighteen has been declared open but earlier the court of arbitration for sport rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes and coaches to a bidding to be allowed to compete. Our other top stories egypt launches a sweeping military operation aiming to crush on the groups ahead of a deadline set by president sisi. Played upon the time. Of the hama signals an end to the u. S. Governments latest shutdown the stage is set for a bigger battle the over immigration and ballooning deficit. Also what the mayor government didnt want the world to see evidence of a massacre and the journalists who revealed it have been jailed. I am. Extraordinarily and unexpected show of unity north and south korea have sat side by side under exploding fireworks as the two thousand and eighteen W
Reporter obsessed with finding his missing children, from when hed been a young Army Sergeant in south korea, another country, another lifetime ago. The twins hed been forced to leave behind but could never forget. You had no way of knowing it that day, as you boarded the plane, that was the last time you would see your children. They were taken away from me. Reporter but if anyone can bring them back together again, this woman can a professional people searcher that 20 20 brought in. This will be okay. Reporter she is his last, best hope his only hope. Hes been through hell and back. Work with me. Lets make this right. Reporter so tonight, come with us on the amazing search of a lifetime. A 45yearold cold case, a mad dash across two continents and 7,000 miles. All the detective work. Lets see how persuasive i can be. Reporter the detours. Nobody called you to say your kids are being adopted . Well, thats bull they could have been separated. Reporter the blind alleys and brandnew leads
Barrier. But the stories of war. When safe at their effect here in korea line from school. John went to do so much for joining us. Well its been a Long Time Coming but the two koreas today reached an agreement on when to hold the next round of three unions for families separated by the korean war the pair suffered its third week of the very end if the go ahead as planned to be the first trains in mourning thirty years of punk funk he has a top story. After just four hours of discussions the teacher me and agreed on wednesday to resume the loves us and gave me a chance for families separated by the korean war. The koreas have agreed to hold a round of family reunions from february twenty oh two the twenty fifth. At about two mm gun. A divided family members selected for last years canceled the unions will take part with one hundred South Koreans meeting with their loved ones in the first round and another one hundred North Koreans taking part in the second round. A team of south korean