Generations and the epa coming in and telling us what we can and cant do doesnt settled well with a lot of us. Wyoming can file 100 lawsuits a month if they want. And its not gonna change a thing. Woodruff and its friday mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the weeks news. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. Woodruff we begin with one of the two major stories that dominated this day europe on edge. Law enforcement agencies across the continent targeted terror suspects in raids and arrests across at least
Story. [ ] inside story, im ray suarez. Over the past year or so its been proved by the state, they have watched the curtain open on condemned prisoners, strapped to a gurney and lethal chemicals introduced to the bloodstream. Some prisoners writhe, gasping for breath thrashing against the gurneys restraints. The execution taking a long time. Several cases headed to the supreme court, proving tested methods of lethal injection violate the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. One by one pharmaceutical calls closed the door to government buyers saying they dont want their products used to kill prisoners. American pharmacists are speaking up, not willing to allow compounds produced as medicines to be used to cause death. Complicated times for the penalty in the states, even though death is supported by a large number of states and majority of medicines. Its harder to carry out. We have a member of the American Pharmacist association, dr Leonard Edloe who helped develop the new pol
Sitting right on the 18,000 mark on a day when were up 288 points on that index, or about 1. 6 . That also makes it the outperformer of the session. Look at the s p by comparison. Up by about 1. 3 adding 23 points. The nasdaq having a decent day as well adding 53 points. Almost back at 4950 as it continues, bill to climb towards that 5,000 mark. And can we see wti oil for one second . A late, very late rally here after the state Department Said that there was a 5050 chance that we would have a deal with enron by tomorrow. I love this. When kelly and i heard that you said oh gee, only 50. Only 50 50. At least we got 50 50. So half full half empty. Either way, oil rallied, and about a one dollar day on the closer comeback really is what it was. Because it finished down. Well talk to our guests about what that means. We have energy reacting to that move. And we have the financials leading the way today. Notably jpmorgan after that barrons Weekend Edition with jamie dimon on the cover. I h
Well bring you more on Harrison Fords plane crash. Contra Costa College is taking center stage today. A relatively small group of students making a big statement. Students managed to shut down the uc campus today. They rocked both roads into campus early this morning forcing all classes to be cancelled. That sent students scam blirng, trying to prepare for finals. Abc 7 News Reporter chris winn live on campus with todays standoff. Chris . Good afternoon at this point its unclear whether the student protesters will be facing any disciplinary action from the university. If you take a look behind me you can see those who remain here blocking this entrance to campus. No word yet on how much longer theyll be protesting. University officials are hopeful that classes will resume tomorrow. They came before the crack of dawn and held steady throughout the day. Student protesters Standing Firm blocking all entrances to uc santa cruz. Were not going to let business as usual continue. As long as t
Stand. The s p and dow both down more than 2 in march. As for the full quarter, the dow is down 0. 6 . It is a short but busy week. The always important jobs report is due on friday morning and even though the markets will be closed well be here on squawk box, at least joe will bringing you the numbers for the jobs report. Well also be getting personal income and spending at 8 30 a. M. Eastern time today and spending home sales at 10 00. United health right out of the gate at 6 00 is announcing that it is acquiring catamaran ct rx for 61. 50 a share in cash. And that is not i dont know what that quote youre seeing right there is because this is going to move sharply higher i think, United Health probably can write a check that wont bounce on the deal is to be net earnings by 30 cents a share for United Health by next year. By 2016. Lets see, the company is also making some other comments and a firm 6. 25 a share for 2015. The croweo of a catamaran will become the new ceo for pharmacy b