Ready to go. The Halftime Report starts right now. Welcome, good to have you with us this committee joe terranova, stephanie link, jim lebenthal, jon najarian, also on set mike wellson, Morgan Stanleys chief u. S. Equity strategist stocks are getting a lift with some big dow beats today, makes for an interesting setup with the fed just a week away steph, ill give you the first crack today. I was going to come in and say earnings have been kind of lumpy, and then you get guidance raises today, whirlpool, coke, lockheed, pretty good. I dont think lumpy, i think really good. Choppy . I think pretty good, especially if you go underneath the surface, especially today, to your point, not only is it better organic growth out of kimberlyclark, out of coke, organic. These are great, top line numbers. But also what ive been impressed with, margins. Margins are expanding. Take a look at Stanley Black decker today they have some challenges for sure, but they beat margins in every single segment yo
Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people who werent captured, okay . I hate to tell you. Do you agree with that . Hes a war hero because he was captured, okay . And i believe perhaps hes a war hero, but right now he said some very bad things about a a lot of people. Stuart that comment, as you might imagine, did not go down very well. He is answering his critics in an op to you would in the usa today. Heres one of the quotes. John mccain has could his own constituents who want a secure border crazies no one including the Republican National committee criticize the senator for those comments. Hes not back down on what he said about john mccain. With us this morning ashly webster. Ill start with you, katherine. Lets get right at it, shall we . Do you think trumps finished . I dont think hes going to admit hes finished or be it should as long as people are still listening to him which is really what this is about. He was doing very well in the polls, but i think as we get a l
Lunch. Happy friday. Im melissa lee. As brian mentioned markets seemed to be shrugging off the weak jobs report and Geopolitical Uncertainty out there. Three major averages Holding Steady and all three in the green. We are watching oil rise to onemonth highs. Gold fivemonth highs following the u. S. Air strikes on syria. Movers were watching, dominos is down 4 , on pace for its worst day of the year. Dpz could see below consensus sales growth. The Cloud Company upgraded to an overweight from a neutral over jpmorgan. Tyler . Thank you very much, melissa. Im tyler mathisen. Welcome. Here is what else is happening on this busy news day. Republicanled senate today confirms neil gorsuch as the next Supreme Court justice. The move restores a conservative majority on the Nations Court and fills out the bench that had been a person short since the death of antonin scalia. At least three People Killed in central stock holm when a truck crashed into a store. Ent president xi jinping walking on t
Airline flight 370. And the mystery may be only hours from solution. Only minutes ago search for what is describeed as most credible evidence to date, resumeed. Two large objects floating in southern indian ocean, 1500 miles from perth, australia, identified by american Satellite Firm digital grobe, two objects, in the water, one measures about 80 feet, the other 16 feet. Some experts say those dementions could be consistent with debris that would be expected after a boeing 777 struck the water. Whether in an attempted landing or a crash, this discovery is significant enough that australia Prime Minister sent 2 military aircraft out to scour the 15,000 scar square,00 15,00. A search party, after a 10 hour search effort las last night tud up without result. And australia now leading this portion of search, Australia Maritime Safety Authority is cautioning that satellite findings could still have nothing to do with the missing plane or its 239 marriages and 39 passengers and crew. Austra
Red despite betterthanexpected durable good. A lot of concerns on the International Front with ukraine weighing on the market. Getting over to julie hyman with a look at the big stocks as we watch things heading into the close. A big potential deal in the satellitetv business. Ergen has had talks with his rivals over direct to be about potentially some kind of deal. Share look at the reaction, both stock surging. Up 6. 4 . Facebook heading in the other direction after buying a virtual and agreeing to for 2 billion. Investors not to thrilled about the news and seeing facebook shares selloff today. Finally, looking at qwest diagnostics and lab corp. Both of those groups rising. Bill that is positive that removes an overhang about concern about clinical reimbursement rates at labs that these companies own. Shares are rising over that. Thank you so much. Time for the big story. Taking tech timebomb. First facebook announcing a 2 billion bets on Virtual Reality company oculus. A company tha