While it may not be as wellknown as the dow jones industrials, it is considered more representative of the whole market, since it is made up of 500 companies as compared to the dows 30. Small cap stocks also hit alltime highs today, as did a leading indicator of the economy, that would be the dow transportation average. When all was said and done, the dow industrials gained 40 points, closed at 22,381. Nasdaq was up a fraction. The s p 500 rose three, enough for that new alltime high, sue. Bill, Washington Republicans were out in force selling their tax plan. There was some pushback. Ylan mui is in our nations capital. Reporter the republican tax plan is out. And now the hard work of selling it begins on capitol hill. The house ways and Means Committee will get the first crack at writing a bill. And white house economic adviser gary cohn said theres one number the president is not willing to negotiate. A 20 Corporate Tax rate. We would have liked to start lower and given ourselves some negotiating room. We are at 20. 20 is a bright line test for us you. The president said it. He said it yesterday. And hes been very clear about it. We are not going over 20. 20 is the top of what were willing to go on the Corporate Tax rate. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan has said he would be willing to go as high as the mid20s in the past. But today, he promised that republicans would hit that target. When we pulled the border adjustment from our bill in the middle of the summer, that created a pretty big revenue haul. We spent the next three months we working the numbers to make sure we can get to 20 . Which we can. And were very excited about that. Reporter democrats and many experts are slamming this tax plan as a budget busting give away to large corporations and wealthy households. The center for a responsible federal budget estimates that the tax framework would cost 2. 2 trillion over the next decade. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said that alone should raise alarms for republicans who had long called for fiscal discipline. I also wonder what happened to the deficit hawks in the republican party. They seem to be an endangered species. Reporter republicans want to use special rules known as reconciliation to get tax reform done and to unlock that process, they first need to pass a budget. The house will vote on its version next week, and the senate will mark up its own proposal as well. Both sides will need to agree to get tax reform off and running. For nightly Business Report, im ylan mui in was the economy accelerated in the second quarter, recording its quickest rate of growth in more than two years. Turns out the Gross Domestic Product increased at a rate of 3. 1 , thats an annual rate, during the april to june period. It was revised slightly higher from the previous report. Economists say that the destruction caused by hurricanes harvey and irma could be a drag, though, here on the Third Quarter growth. Bill, those hurricanes showed up in the weekly jobless claims report. The number of americans applying for benefits rose more than expected last week, at least partially reflecting job losses due to Hurricane Harvey and irma. The claims fell last week in puerto rico. But the full impact is unclear because hurricane ma disr the collection of data. The Trump Administration is temporarily waiving a centuryold shipping law about flag vessels. Some say that could help facilitate aid to puerto rico. But on the stormbattered island itself, a lot of supplies have arrived but its proven very difficult to get them where they need to go. Our Contessa Brewer is in san juan for u reporter giant ships are waiting in line, with more than a thousand Cargo Containers aboard, loaded with supplies. But look around. Theres no room to unpack them from the ships and put them in the terminal yard. Theyre packed with lifesaving supplies. But those supplies are not getting to the people who desperately need them. The people of puerto rico are fighting hard. Theres no way were going to be able to do this by ourselves. We need much more support from the federal agencies reporter the Vice President for crowley, one of the biggest shippers in puerto rico, is frustrated. His yard is jammed, way over capacity, with more ships waiting to unload. We also asked the distributors and the Trucking Company to please come and start moving the cargo here, because we need to make room in order to receive the cargo that is on its way. Reporter but Trucking Companies cant contact their drivers because cell service is out to modifist of the island. Drivers cant get to work because they cant find gas for their cars or roads are blocked by debris. And if they can get to work, they still need diesel to operate the trucks. Down on the ground, the trucks are moving, but only 4 of containers are making it off the lot. These are all refrigerated units. They require generators. Every one of these generators requires fuel. Inside is food and medicine crucial for the island. And crowley is going through 4,000 gallons of fuel every single day for these operations at the terminal. Diesel is the crucial link in this supply chain. The food and Beverage Association said 266 supermarkets are ready to open but dont have the diesel to run their generators. Walmart, super mercado, a huge Supermarket Chain here, and suarez, a food distributor, are trying to figure out how to get these containers out to the stores. Fema has been making Emergency Fuel deliveries a priority. But gas stations can only stay open for a few hours because of demand, despite fuel rationing. The airport needs fuel because generators are powering air traffic control. Tsa security checkpoints and computers for the airline. For many of those on this island, food is running short. Half the homes on the island dont have running water, much less electricity. In some cases, lives are the on the line. These people are your family, these people are your neighbors. I know youre so concerned about whats happening in other parts of puerto rico. When you look over this crowded yard, does this make you mad . It makes me sad and frustrated. Just to see that we have here all these goods and that people out there are just begging, anxious, in the need of such important supplies, and they are all sitting here in this yard. Reporter fema administrator brock long says his agency is working with the department of defense, with the governor of puerto rico, with the mayors and other agencies on logistics. But right now this is a supply chain that is broken and desperately in need of repair. For nightly Business Report, im Contessa Brewer in san juan, puerto rico. Southwest airlines expects to lose 100 million in revenue in the Third Quarter because of the recent hurricanes and also the earthquakes. In a filing with the sec, the airline said it had to cancel approximately 5,000 flights during the Current Quarter because of the natural disasters in the caribbean and also in the u. S. And its not just southwest. Bob pisani has more from the Reporter Companies are start to crunch the numbers in the wake of hurricanes harvey, irma, and maria. Today, Southwest Airlines and sherwinwilliams both said reference would be lower in the Third Quarter. They join a growing list of companies affected in one way or another by the storm. Fedex, carmax, auto zone, dr horton, all took a hit from the storms, along with marriott, gap. Harvey may have cost 108 billion in damages. A recent cnbc analysis revealed all the big hurricanes live on for several quarter following their landfall in the u. S. Is it enough to materially affect s p 500 earnings for the third and Fourth Quarter . Its not entirely clear, but some Industries Like airlines could see a substantial impact. Right now it seems to be minimal overall. Were still waiting for insurers to shed more light on their losses. So this could change. But the preliminary data is a relief to marketwatchers. The earnings have been on an upswing since the Fourth Quarter of 2016 after a year and a half of decline. Markets have remained in record territory largely because traders continue to believe that earnings are still growing and not at a peak. A Strong Economy coupled with the prospects to tax cuts are the key to Earnings Growth in 2018. Some think the rebuilding efforts may provide an additional benefit. A car maker expects to see a boost in auto sales in the months to come. Im bob pisani at the new yor the new interim ceo at equifax apologized to consumers for the poor response by his company for the data breach that affected 143 million americans. In an oped that ran in the wall street journal this morning, he acknowledged equifax compounded the problem with insufficient support for consumers. Now equifax is offering a new service allowing people the option of locking and unlocking access to their equifax credit files at will and, importantly, this new service will be offered free of charge for life. And we told you what the experts recommend you should do if you suspect your data has been breached and what Small Businesses owners should do. But what about retirees . A Financial Planner at highland Financial Advisers joins us, good to see you, reed. Good to see you, sue. Weve talked about the credit freeze, about getting a monitoring agency. Retirees are in a different category. Theyre getting payments from the government on a routine basis, things like that. What should retirees be thinking about . Retirees are extremely vulnerable, theyre typically not as computer savvy. Many of them have gotten involved with facebook and emailing their families and things like this. Theyre just not as familiar with some of the protocols to follow. We educate our clients on this. The main thing is the protection you have is really with you. I mean, you have the power in you to protect you from outside by being very suspicious of contact through emails, phishing is a very common type. When you get an email from a company that looks like it came from a company you may do business with, they typically dont reach out ou asking you for information. Phone calls, another type of phishing that comes to people, seniors, telling them that there has been a security breach, they say theyre from apple or microsoft, and were investigating your neighborhood, things like this. They dont do that. People need to be very shrewd about using this. Reed, we just showed a graphic here that showed limit the use of yours s social secu number. You say dont give it to medical provider. Often all they want is your birth date, thats very important. But sometimes they do ask for that Social Security number. Why not give it to them . They need your birthday typically to look up and contact the insurance company. Many of them, i wonder if they just havent updated their forms. Many times i do not give it, my Social Security number. If they really need it, theyll ask for it, and they can explain it. It seems like thats one area where our Social Security number, we just never thought about it and we give it out. Its not something you should be as free to do anymore. As i mentioned earlier, frequently seniors and retirees get payments, medicare payments, Social Security payments. I assume they should monitor and make sure those payments are coming in as they normally do. And if theyre not, maybe that means that someone else has gotten access to them. Medicare and Social Security seem to be two things that seniors should take a look at. Absolutely. And thats just monitoring your bank accounts. Most Financial Institutions today have put in twofactor authentication which is an extra layer of protection. If you have a cellphone, theyll togeth you a code before you log on. You need to find advantage of that and use that, its an important extra layer of protection. That way its very hard for somebody to go in and change your address. Social security administration, their online is extremely difficult for someone to break in. These are things that consumers need to be aware of. And seniors, as they explore the internet and things like this, they need to be extremely shrewd. On that note, reed, nice to see you again, with highland Financial Advisers. Bill . Still ahead, teens, an app, and playing the stock market. Is that a good combinati twitter said today it found about 200 accounts linked to russianbacked facebook pages that sought to spread misinformation. During a meeting with congressional investigators, the company said that russianbacked news site rt spent more than 270,000 on ads last year during the election. Twitter plans to review its political advertising disclosure policy, and it will crack down on any future suspicious activity. Sin stocks. Theyre in sectors whose activities are frowned upon by some. But this time of year, are they just what your portfolio needs . Landon dowdy shines a spotlight on that sector. Reporter socalled sin stocks like alcohol, cigarettes, and gaming stocks, typically heat up as the weather cools down. Looking back since 2010, an Analytics Firm points to these names to watch. Constellation brands posting average returns of 12. 5 . Booze really buzzes this time of year. It tends to be a time of gift giving, with other holiday events. Normal people are buying gifts of brands that they think are higher value or, you know, perceived to be higher quality. It tends to be a good season, especially for spirits and wine makers, because of that. Reporter also on tap, Boston Beer Company posting average returns of 20 . Analysts credit chinas golden week hold in october with driving gaming stocks. One beneficiary, mgm resorts posting returns of 13 . Las vegas sands seeing rises in games. Cigarette maker Reynolds American lighting it up with 8 in q4. The general view here is Portfolio Managers want to move into less risky assets at the end of the year. These vice stocks can keep you warm all winter long. Or nightly Business Report, blackberrys push into Software Picks up momentum. Thats where we begin tonights market focus. The tech companys profit and sales topped expectations thanks to strength in its software and Services Businesses as the Company Transitions from hardware to software. The ceo says he expects bumps along the way but is still optimistic. In q4 we also had a good quarter. As i said at that time, we expect to see more good quarters. This is not a Straight Line up, i want to be cautious of that. But we are building some very solid fundamentals in the business. Weve become a Good Software company, and good ea shares of blackberry higher by 13 today to 10. 47. Meanwhile, Video Streaming Company roku began trading on the nasdaq today after pricing its initial Public Offering at 14 a share. That was at the high end of the expected price range. That pricing values roku at nearly 1. 5 billion. Shares took off in their debut, look at that, up 67 , closing at 23. 50. A drop in pharmacy transactions caused same store sales and revenue to disappoint at rite aid. The retail chain did report a stronger profit. But that was thanks to an a onetime fee the Company Received following its failed merger with walgreens. Rite aid shares fell about 11 to close at 2. 03. Chevron has a new ceo. The energy giant said Michael Worth will become chairman and chief executive early next year, replacing john watson, who is retiring. Worth previously ran chevrons pipeline and chemicals businesses. Chevron shares rose 17 cents to 117. 62. After the bell, kb homes said higher average selling prices helped its results which topped estimates. During the period, the builder also delivered more homes than wall street was expecting. Shares initially rose in after hours trading and also finished the regular session up almost 3 to 22. 22. The startup brokerage stockpile is bringing fractional Share Investing mainstream and hopes it can persuade teens and millennials to buy pieces of big name stocks in more than 1,000 companies and funds by opening an online account or using the companys app. The ceo of stockpile joins us to tell us why he thinks this is a good idea. Because you run the company. So im buying pieces of shares, but you do it, you can buy a card that you can give to somebo as a gift with fractional shares on it or you open an online account with your company. Is that how it works . Thats exactly right. You can wait until grandma or your favorite aunt or uncle gives you a card, good for nike or tesla stocks, for example. Or you can come into our brokerage, open an account in three minutes, and start buying fractional shares of