Very close, though, to going positive. Look at the Dow Jones Industrials average. It was almost like last friday, remember when we had a nice little move in the markets overall . Right at the close, it went positive. It didnt quite happen today. It lost steam late in the afternoon. Scott was talking about dan loebs new position at cf industries. This not only moved cf industries. It moved the whole fertilizer group. Look at cf, up 11 . But agrium, even intrepid, moving up that he has a position on cf. Merger monday. A couple of big names here. Omnicom and publicis, had the ceos down here for squawk on the street. Boy, a surprise. Biggest Advertising Firm in the world, both moves. Modest moves up in publicis. Perrigo buying elan. And another bid, not a big surprise, but an interesting deal, saw lord taylors owner Hudsons Bay Company announcing theyll take saks private, 16 a share, a very big real estate component coming into play for that one. Hertz was in line, but its down because the
4 million. Filing false statements to a bank in order to obtain a loan, and the real stunner, two counts of Campaign Finance violations. The reasons those were such a stunner, because Michael Cohen detailed in a little bit exactly what those Campaign Finance violations were. One, 150,000 payment to the ceo of a Media Company for a contract which we know from our previous reporting has to do with karen mcdougal, who accuses President Trump of an affair, which he, of course, has denied. And then the second, 130,000 payment, which he facilitated, which we know again from previous reporting has to do with Stormy Daniels, a porn star that alleges an affair with the president. Again, their names not mentioned in court, but we know who they were talking about, and then we got a little bit more detail when the u. S. Deputy attorney came out of court after these guilty pleas and talked about all of the charges in general. Take a listen real quickly. A look at breaking news, politics and reports
Im going to thank frank, elise, carol and matt. My colleague chuck todds going to pick up our coverage of the president s Press Conference. The beef and all of the different things, pork, very big on pork. But if you look and you see, i actually think they put out a statement. Theyre starting to buy very heavily our ag again. They want to make a deal. The question is do we want to make a deal . If smc doesnt pass through congress, is that the end of nafta . I dont want to answer that question but you know how i feel about nafta. I think nafta is the worst trade deal ever made. I also think the World Trade Organization was not one of the greats. Not one of the greats. That was the creation of china which went like a rocket ship from the day they signed. It was terrible. No, were going to find out. Thats going to be a very interesting question. With nancy and chuck and all of
these people focussing on the witch hunt because they cant beat us at the ballot. They cant beat us at the ballot
Officials, his body will be embalmed and put on display permanently. Interim president Nicolas Maduro and Jesse Jackson jr. Spoke at the funeral in caracas. This is 45 minutes. Let us join hands and our heads in prayer. Keep your seats. I want to thank the family for allowing us to share a prayer on this occasion. Today we are here not because hugo chavez has died but because he lived. Death is certain. Uncertain. Certai thus, a life of service matters. We pray to god today that the soul of the hugo chavez will find peace, and acceptance for his service in the kingdom. Grant him mercy and grace. Mourns today. Mily mounrs toda comfort them. Venezuela cries today. Reassure them venezuela is not left alone. For madura, grant him wisdom and support as he keeps hopes and dreams alive, as he picks up the baton and makes a great nation greater. That yougod, tete dtoday the breach between the u. S. And venezuela. Yea, thou we walk through valleys and shadows of death, we fear no evil. For thou
Which started with the murder of nine people last month at the africanamerican church in charleston. Killed by the gunman who posed with a Confederate Flag in social media pictures. The debate ended in the house with 13 hours of passionate pleas like this one from republican jenny horne. She said take that flag down. Cnns don lemon is in Columbia South carolina with the very latest. Reporter john 22 day as after the massacre in the ame church in charleston South Carolina governor nikki haley said the flag on the statehouse grounds in columbia must come down. It will come down within a few hours here. Theres going to be a ceremony. When she signed that bill yesterday, what she said was that generations of americans, generations around the world will look at South Carolina differently. This is a new South Carolina. How the action of nine individuals laid out the long chain of events that forever showed the state of South Carolina what love and forgiveness looks like and i will tell you t