Im wilfred frost. Im seema mody in for sara eisen today. It is Throwback Thursday. In honor of National Bring your kid to workday, were channeling our inner child in us and throwing back to some good songs from childhood. I assume, wilfred, this is your pick. This was my top pick. Are you a lion king fan . Absolutely. You were a little critical of my choice of song it seems. I reference those songs from my teenage years. Its great. Either way, were both still children at heart. Absolutely. For now, the adult also look at t markets. Investors are greeting trumps tax plan with a certain level of skeptici skepticism. Yesterday day after spending most of the day in positive territory, the markets slumped at the close. All fell in negative territory for the day. Futures mixed. Dow jones up six points. Nasdaq up higher fractionally. The s p 500 is flat if we look at tenyear treasury note. 2. 30 . A couple pieces of Economic Data today, including pending home sales and durable goods. On the b
Saying the goal of replacing obama care is within reach. More on where the bill stands right now. Meanwhile, crisis averted. Congress striking a deal to keep the government open, but at what cost to republicans . Congressman dave brat will respond to criticism that the gop did more than compromise, they caved. The president vowing to keep the heat on north korea after another missile test. President leaving the door open for possible military action including sending more troops. For more on this coming up. Ashley markets anxious awaiting movement on health care and tax reform, arent we all, but one sector directly affected by comments earlier. Lets go straight to gerri willis at the new york stock exchange. You are watching the financials. Thats right, ash, i absolutely am. We had big news when the president said this morning wouldnt it be a great idea to break up banks . The stocks dipped, jpmorgan, citigroup and wells fargo, but they came back strongly. Not a lot of reaction. He is
But as nightfalls, concern is growing over potential rioting, property damage, or even worse. We will bring you the latest headlines tonight. Welcome to risk and reward. Im Elizabeth Macdonald in for deirdre bolton. Liberal groups marched and protested against President Trump today from coast to coast in major cities. From new york to washington, d. C. To atlanta, chicago, seattle, portland, and los angeles to name some. Its a protest for workers rights, even though the president has en pushing to create hundreds of thousands of jobs by listing that xray blanket that obama put on companies. Cutting corporate taxes, getting the Big Manufacturing Companies to bring jobs back home, of course. Heres what the rub is. None of the protesters are marching in memory of the millions of workers slaughtered under socialist and communist regimes. Today, nationwide, protest comes on top of more than a dozen other protests since President Trumps election. Including these. The inauguration protest, th
Administrations progress announcing a new labor secretary pick, and lashing out at the media. Good afternoon, im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. Craig boswell reports from the white house. Reporter kenny and michelle, it was his first solo press Conference Since taking office. About an hour and 17 minutes repeatedly complaining about unfair media coverage, defended his National Security adviser who was forced to step down, called news of contact with the russians during the campaign a ruse and all of this taking place after what was an announcement for a new labor secretary. President trump entered the east room of the white house to announce Alexander Acosta will be his new nominee for labor secretary. He is a member and has been a member of the National Labor Relations Board and has been through Senate Confirmation three times, confirmed, did very, very well. Reporter the Law School Dean and former federal prosecutor replaces andrew puzder, the president s first choice who lost repub
Widespread threats. The antisemitic threats targeting our jewish communities and Community Centers are horrible. And are painful. And a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil. This what played out in recent weeks without comments from the president and he condescendingly shut down a reporter for asking about what could be done. He called trumps statement a bandaid on the problem of antisemitism. Its not an isolated attack that we see them all states and 50 some communities, its terrible but not isolated attacks. They are giving regular counseling sessions for families afraid by hes bomb threats. A south Jersey High School teacher was arrested and accused of having a sexual relationship with a students. 32yearold William Jacobs a teacher of high school was allegedly involved with a 17yearold, the Officials Say that the relationship started in november and lasted into the new year and when jacobs got word of the investigation he alle