Letsthings first, quickly check on your markets. First of all, i wanted to have a look at the yuan, this is on the back of what we heard from china. Stocks in europe in to be drifting sideways a touch. I think investors are trying to figure out what the next catalyst is. Draghi is due to speak today. And then, the independence claim is tomorrow. N, that thats the bloomberg dollar index, up a touch. Heres nejra cehic. Reporter donald trump claims tax reforms would be worth 4000 a year for the average american household. He asked for help so he could give the country the best christmas president of all. Today are business tax rate is 50 higher than our average economic competitor. This is a giant selfinflicted economic wound. Reporter the u. S. President has said he plans to choose from amongst five finalists to be the next Federal Reserve chairman and will make his choice soon, before he leaves for his 11 day trip on november 1. With canadawound up and mexico rejecting what they see as
At 10 00 a. M. , us home sales for the month of april. 2 00 p. M. The fed releases the book ahead of jobs friday and 3 00 President Trump welcomes the Prime Minister of vietnam to the white house with trade on the agenda. Jonathan it has been a choppy session for sterling. A projection in the times shows Theresa Mays Conservative Party may miss winning a can a conservative party and face a Hung Parliament. Study based on a new model and showed her Party Falling short of the majority by 16 seats. Joining us from london is an morass thomas. Great to have you with us on the program. Break down the new study and the methodology and whether we should take this with a huge dose of salt. In britain has been in crisis. They have the brexit referendum in the last general election result. This study seeks to address some underlying problems in pulling. You can win a majority getting a majority of the popular vote so really elections are won and lost on 100 key constituencies. This poll tries to
Republicans getting a pep talk of their own from Vice President lent mike pence. Blake burman live on capitol hill to tell us how the Health Care Battle will play out. President elect trump was busy too, announcing some of his staff, including nominee to head the Securities Exchange commission. Making cars in mexico and what to expect at the Consumer Electronics show. We are less than an hour to the closing bell. Im lori rothman. Yes, youre stuck with me because liz claman is on her way to ces. Lets start the countdown. Lori breaking news. Lets start here. Stocks flirting with session highs, bringing the dreams of dow 20,000 back to life. Stocks accelerating gains following release of the fed minutes just over an hour or so ago. S p 500, well it, the broad market average hovering around the most recent record close of 20271 points. We have to be exact. That hit december 13th. It was a year to remember for the big automakers. New car sales, good news here today, on track for an alltime
Hes leaving celebrity apprentice. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. A break in the hunt for who is behind a series of bomb threats against jewish institutions. A 31yearold man is jailed in st. Louis, tonight accused of making threats against Jewish Centers in four states. But Authorities Say hes not behind the big wave of over 100 similar threats that have sent children and staff evacuating jewish institutions across the country. Instead, theyre calling the suspect, a copycat who was trying to settle a personal score with an exlover. Our justice correspondent, pete williams, has more. For months, telephone bomb threats to Jewish Centers and schools have alarmed the jewish community. Now the fbi says this man, 31yearold Juan Thompson of st. Louis, made eight of those threats, copycat calls, intended to get back at a woman who broke off a romantic relationship with him eight months ago. Law en
The special ops are in brazil. Larger military units on stand by. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2,600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im mark crumpton. This is bloomberg, bloomberg west is next. Emily im emily chang, this is bloomberg west. Coming up the nasdaq and s p 500 end the week with an flourish, both ending at an alltime high. Well break down the numbers and the historic day. Last year shattered all of the records for deals in the tech sector. How does 2016 stack up . And tesla putting a dollar figure saying the cost may exceed expectations. Well tackle the unforeseen challenges ahead. To our lead. U. S. Stocks jumped the nasdaq and s p 500 both hitting alltime highs after the government reported better than expected jobs data for the second straight month. The private and Public Sector added 255,000 new jobs in july including coveted highpaying tech jobs, wages also showing solid gains and Unemployment Holding steady at 4. 9 near an eight