Stocks fell yesterday after the release of the fed minutes. The dow dropping about 90 points. You can see right there, 16,040 is the final trade. The s p 500 traded within a point of a new alltime high before falling 12 points by the end of the day. The futures this morning, at least at this point, is weaker. Just barely, though. The dow futures down by 8. 5 points. Dow futures off by 11. 5 points. The Consumer Price index and the weekly jobless claims report, those will both hit the wires at 8 30 a. M. Eastern tim. Cpi is expected to rise by 0. 2 . First time claims are expected to come in at 335,000. And joe ill send it over to you. All right, beck. Tesla shares. Where is your mike . Oh, im sorry. What . Never mind. I heard you. You threw me all off, beck. Can i start over again . Yeah. Take two. Tesla shares are Opening Statement rise action. Tesla shares are on the rise. Reported Fourth Quarter profit 33 cents a share. Tesla shoulder nearly 6900 model s vehicles during the quarter,
And american skier ted ligety wins gold on the slopes in sochi at this hour as bode miller comes up short and bows out of the games. This youth minister takes home gold on the halfpipe, the secret good luck charm from his wife and this morning we go oneonone with americas new skating sweethearts only on gma. Good morning, america. And good morning, america. And what a morning it has been for ted ligety. Taking gold for america in the giant slalom just a few moments ago. Becomes the First American man to win two olympic gold medals in Alpine Skiing. Terrific. And bode miller had a knee injury in his first run. Remember he sat out all of last season because of a knee injury. He has just bowed out of saturdays event. This could very well be his last olympics and, again, five olympics, six medals for bode miller. I hope its not the end for him. Me, too. Congratulations. He wouldnt want to go out that way. Right, exactly. Then also coming up, american medalist david wise winning the gold in
The Canadian Hockey Team again shatters our dream of winning gold. But an american teen becomes the youngest olympic slalom champ in history. We have the latest from sochi. And good morning, everybody. Much of america dealing with extreme weather right now. A really nasty mix of twisters, high winds, and flooding rain. Check this out. This is lightning hitting a skyscraper in nashville. Unbelievable. Look at this. In atlanta. Howling winds saepd pine tree on a house. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Some 600 storms in the last 48 hours. 600 storms. Well get the forecast in a moment. We kick off with Marci Gonzalez in laguardia airport. Scene of massive delays overnight. I can attest on this personally. I arrived at 11 00 last night. Didnt get a lot of sleep before the broadcast. Reporter oh, thats painful dan. Sorry to hear that. You were one of many. Thousands of flights delayed yesterday. Here in new york, travelers held up for more than two hours because of fog. Elsewhere, all kinds of
Im Marci Gonzalez in for diana perez. And im john muller. Someone in california is waking up much richer winning the sixth largest Lottery Jackpot in u. S. History. That lucky person bought the single winning Powerball Ticket at a chevron station in milpitas in the bay area. The ticket is worth 425 million, 242 million in a lump sum payout. This gas station just ten miles from where decembers 648 million jackpot was won. So someone went to the gas station, probably got some gas, walked in, said, hey, im going to get a couple tickets tonight and won 425 million. That chevron station, by the way, will receive a Million Dollar bonus at least for selling the Winning Ticket. You wonder if that person is even awake and knows that they are rich. What a surprise he or she is in for. All right. This mornings other story, breaking news from ukraine where that fragile truce declared last night is falling apart. Take a look there. Live pictures from kiev where fierce fighting between police and pr
And an icy upset in sochi. The defending Gold Medalist dethroned with more than a million rushing to sign a petition overnight calling for an investigation. And the hockey shocker with gold at stake as the american women lose a late lead and fall to arch rival canada in overtime. Now bobsledding sensation johnny quinn actually gets ready to take to the track. Good morning, america we do say good morning, america, on this friday morning. Team usa now with matching gold medals in the olympic debut of ski halfpipe. Maddie bowman, who has been skiing since 2, at the ripe old age of 20 winning gold. The youngest american to win gold. Boy, i tell you what, the look on her face last night. Of course, crazy day in sochi. That finish to the womens olympic hockey final, canada taking down the u. S. Women in gutting fashion. And raising the stakes, if you could, even higher today as the u. S. Men now prepare for their semifinal against canada. That puck will drop in just a few hours. Fair to say