And welcome to power lunch. The dow is up above the 25803, holding on to 26,000, up by. 9 of a percent and big games in ibm and boeing. More ahead and Goldman Sachs shares taking a hit on the back of the earning. Well take a deeper dive into the numbers in a few moment. Thank you. Welcome, im tyler mathisen. And here is what else is happening at this hour facebook, google and twitter fold up to capitol hill and are telling congress they are going beyond screening and removing extremist content from their services they are actively fighting against that content and terror. Senate Banking Panel voting again to approve j. Powells nomination for the next fed chairman the vote advances his nomination to the full senate floor and home builder confidence slipping this past month but still hovering near an 18year high melissa. The dow back on the upswing after yesterdays selloff. Bob is at the New York Stock Exchange tracking the action so bob, is it back volatility i mean . There are a lot of
Donald j. Trump he is a man who has shocks and outrages his critics as much as he thrills and galvanizes his supporters he has turned political norms on their heads. In the way leaders speak to their people most often in two hundred eighty characters a few it over the next hour we will look back on one here with the u. S. President without precedent. Wherever youre watching around the world welcome im come all santamaria this is an aljazeera news special trumps first year as we say at the exact time that dont trump was being inaugurated last year noon Eastern Standard Time seven hundred hours g. M. T. Here is what weve got coming up for youth out. Thousands of people getting ready for what is effectively round two of last years womens march the largest single day protest in u. S. History marches are happening across the country including the capital washington d. C. Further afield from north korea to jerusalem its been quite a year as trumps Foreign Policy created shock waves across th
The first one, its tough. Obama lost 63 seats in 2010. Clinton lost 54 house seats in 1994. Even reagan in 1982 lost 28 seats answered started from a minority position. Theyre challenging. A good economy which were starting to see alleviates the dangers but its still a challenging environment, no oubt about it. You have 40 republicans stepping down or seeking other office . We saw one from new jersey just this week. So it is a challenging environment. In some ways having folks not tied to washington in the antid. C. Sentiment out there could be a good thing in some of these districts because theyre not tied to whats happening in washington. They could run as their first person. What race worries the most in terms of the house and senate, which one are you keeping a close eye on which could be the barometer for the mid term elections . If you look at some of the democrats up in the senate, we will find out if heitkamp and donnelly and mccaskill can be so partisan, vote against the tax c
Yeah. A good economy, which we are starting to see, it alleviates the dangers. But it is still a challenging environment for republicans. There is no doubt about that. And you now have more than 40 House Republicans who are either seeking another office or stepping down this year . Mr. Phillips right. Those are high numbers. You saw another one in from new jersey just this past week. It is a challenging environment. In some ways, having folks not tied to washington and the antid. C. Sentiment that is out there right now could be a good thing in some of these districts, actually, because they are not tied to what is happening in washington and they can run as their own person. Host what race worries you the most in terms of the house or the senate . Which one are you keeping a close eye on . It could be the barometer for the Midterm Elections. Mr. Phillips when you look at some of the democrats who are up in the senate, we will find out if heitkamp and donnelly and mccaskill can be so p
Position. They are challenging, but yeah. A good economy, which we are starting to see, alleviates the dangers. But it is still a challenging environment for republicans. There is no doubt about that. Steve and you now have more than 40 House Republicans who are either seeking another office or stepping down this year . Mr. Phillips right. Those are high numbers. You saw another one in from new jersey just this past week. It is a challenging environment. In some ways, having folks not tied to washington and the antid. C. Sentiment that is out there right now could be a good thing in some of these districts, actually, because they are not tied to what is happening in washington and they can run as their own person. Steve what race worries you the most in terms of the house or the senate . Which one are you keeping a close eye on . It could be the barometer for the Midterm Elections. Mr. Phillips i think when you look at some of the democrats who are up in the senate, we will find out if