Today. Remember whats been driving the markets in the whole month of september. Weve had syria and the lesser chances of a conflict there. Weve had better than expected China Economic data. On some days lower Interest Rates have helped Interest Rate sensitive sectors. Essentially we had none of that today. You could sense the market was kind of floundering. The dow traded in a very narrow range. You see closing right near the end of the lows for the day. In the middle of the day we did get a little bit of a pop. Disney provided some of that. Weve told you a lot about that. Disney buying back 6 billion to 8 billion in an announced buyback. They havent actually done it yet. See the effect. Thats a lot. Disney has got a market cap about 117 billion. Its about 5 of the company. Thats a significant number for a company that size. You can see what it did. That helped the dow industrials here. Elsewhere, things kind of ran out of steam. China, we didnt have any china data today. Anything sign
Numbers. Department of labor announced today that the Unemployment Rate shot up to 14. 7 in april. That means that 20 million jobs vanished in what has become the worst monthly loss on record. This is something this country has not seen since the days of the great depression. President trump reacted to that news, this morning. Know why . Yeah, its fully expected. There is no surprise. Everybody knows that. Somebody said, oh, look at this. Well, even the democrats arent blaming me for that. But what i can do is ill bring it back. In that same interview, President Trump said the death toll could reach up to 95,000. In the face of this, he and his team tried to remain positive. As awful and heartbreaking as the job losses for the month of april reported today, much of that, threequarters of that, will be temporary layoffs. So that, you know, could be a glimmer of hope. I dont want to downplay the hardship. But it could be a glimmer. I can tell you there is a lot of pentup demand in this c
Democratic strategists from iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. The conversation how not whether hell launch a campaign. With the stature he would bring to the race, the minute he got into the race, the entire narrative would change. Reporter new this morning, a look inside bidens possible 2016 run. A close adviser to biden, former delaware senator ted coffman sent an email obtained by cnn to his former staffers asking for their help if the Vice President decides to run. In it, he says it will be a campaign from the heart. A campaign consistent with his values, our values and the values of the American People. He went on to say, if he runs, hell run because of his burning conviction that we need to fundamentally change the balance of our economy. And the political structure to restore the ability of the middle class to get ahead. Coffman writing in the email, biden believes we must win this election or in the hands of the rains, everything that he and the president have worked for
One of his closest confidants sends a letter saying a decision is coming soon, even outlining the type of Campaign Biden would run. But what is the veep saying . Have you made your decision yet . Plus inside lamar odoms room at the brothel. He spent 75,000. And that was his number. What he wanted is two girls, 24 hours a day to take care of any of his needs. The nba stars family by his side in a las vegas hospital as loved ones hoped for the best. Compassionate and friendly and nice. And Everybody Loves lamar odom. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning, im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. Shes Hillary Clintons most trusted aid and most visible confidant but next hour shes goes behind closed doors facing questions on the benghazi attack. Lawmakers believe her special access may provide new insight but aberdeen has drawn scrutiny from the right once that he was tied to muslim extremism. It was an attack so baseless john mccain took to the senate floor to condemn. It
Sounds like he has campain talking points down. The Vice President appeared to take some notsosubtle jabs at Hillary Clinton yesterday and the day before. Joining us is a man who has apparently had more than one revealing phone conversation with the Vice President over the last few days, harold shakeberger, the president of the International Association of firefighters. Sir, thank you so much for being with us. Did the Vice President tell you that he is running for president . Well, first of all, any conversations i would have with the Vice President would be private and privileged. So i wouldnt share what the Vice President said to me. I will tell you that in an attempt to answer your question, our union is preparing as if the Vice President is going to announce his candidacy. Do you think he is going to run for president . Im not asking you what he told you. Im asking you whats in your head. Do you think hes going to do it . Well, we wouldnt be preparing our activities and preparing