Vice president mike pence speaking out yesterday saying the u. S. Is ready to help. The United States condemns this terror attack and we will do whatever the necessary to help. The United States stands ready to assist the people of spain to find and punish those responsible. Maria the very latest developments coming up this morning. The terrorist attack weighing on Global Markets, futures off of earlier lows as you see here but certainly yesterday was the tough day in markets, the dow and s p 500 posting longest drop since may. Today we have mixed performances. 7 points lower on the dow and the nasdaq is up this morning. In europe declines across the board. Take a look at european indices. The dax index in germany down 2 . The shanghai squeaking out a fractional move. Nikkei average in japan, hang seng in Congress Congress better than 1 . Investors are seeking safety. Gold above 1300. Remembering two of virginias bravest, the troopers who died while patrolling the charlottesville rally
Theyre all smiling, thats good. Okay. Silence from the right. [laughter] in fact, in the middle of this blizzard, i want to bring you something positive and ive got it for you, here it is. Another indication an optimism is absolutely soaring. Its the wells fargo gallop index and shows the biggest jump in yes. Small business has not been this bullish in a decade. All right. Contrast that with this, with the overwhelmingly negative political headlines that you think the world is about to end. Look at that, please. Stocks will open lower, not that much, down 50odd points, not just of the political turmoil. And were about what, 200 points from the alltime high. So, welcome, everyone. Hope you are warm and comfortable, wherever you are. We have a show for you and youve got to love it. Varney company is about to begin. Riding the storm out riding the storm out the storm out . Thats a good song. Stuart thats Reo Speedwagon im informed. You didnt know. Liz no. Stuart youre looking at new york
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That is a very recent development. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill fresh fighting erupted in ukraine today, in a key city seized by separatists who want to join russia. Th
Wavelength. The relationship has been very good. That is what i need in a secretary of state. Wall street journal columnist dan henninger, mary kissel and Columnist Bill mcgurn. What do you make of the pompeo for tillerson change. It is the beginning of donald trump saying he is beginning to assemble the cabinet he would feel comfortable with. We went to mr. Trump to feel comfortable with the people around him. I think in some ways the Rex Tillerson issue was really unique. With mike pompeo he is getting someone who is on the same page with him. Rex tillerson was not on the same page with two institutions, the president with whom he disagreed on climate change, that yearend nuclear deal and north korea but also he went to a great extent alienated from his own state department. This is not a place a secretary of state wants to be so it is no surprise he is leaving the government. Often a secretary of state becomes a prisoner of the state department and is at war with other elements of t