Into his own hands uber road blocks and queue the countdown clock. Jobs numbers are expected this morning. Estimates are all over the map it is august 7 this is Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc we made it to friday good morning, good afternoon, good evening from wherever you are watching happy jobs friday as well. Looking at futures they are indicated lower down about 130 points. You can see the fair value slightly positive. Anything can happen. It was another big day for stocks on thursday another record close for the nasdaq the 32nd closing high. The nasdaq closing above 11,000 the First Time Ever is now up 62 from the march low if you are some genius who timed it go to sizler, if you can. Gold look at that another nominal record high. In 1980, gold hit about 1,800 an ounce. With inflation, technically higher then. The First Time Since the win streak in may up from 2006 gold is higher around the world different story. We have more in a moment the european markets are trading down not
Bond purchases in Something Like 88 months. The ecb can buy up to 1 3 of the countrys debt. In the u. S. , still about 3000 on the s p. Yields being moved higher by yields in europe. Crude down 2. 6 . The renminbi is being whipsawed a little bit as well. We were down to 7. 05 and change a bit ago, and now back up to 7. 07. Ecb president mario draghi spoke after the rate and policy decision today. Here are some of his thoughts from the news conference. Mr. Draghi the risks surrounding the euro area Growth Outlook remain tilted to the downside. We still think the probability of recession for the euro area is small, but it has gone up in view of the weakening Economic Outlook and the continued prominence of downside risk. Governments with fiscal space should act in an effective and timely manner. We have a mandate. We pursue price stability, and we dont target exchange rates, period. Vonnie this was the big final one for mario draghi. He has another press conference in october, but this w
Available at cspan. Org. The new york city ceremony still under way, on cspan3. The house gaveling in next to take up two bills restricting oil and gas drilling in the u. S. Live coverage on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain, father croix conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray, god of heaven and earth we give you thanks for giving us another day. Today we remember a day 18 years ago, the terror and violence ended in heroic effort and courage. We mourn those whose lives were snatched from them and wish to comfort those left behind who still strive to cope with their loss. May you, god, give them peace and healing. We thank you again for the almost universal International Response to a Great American tragedy which all the world recognized as theirs as well. All your children of goodwill could see the horror of actions by men who were presumed to act in your name causing so much death and destruction. May your spirit of peace an
and the white house is sending troops to the southern border with the deadline for new migrant oigrules fast approachi. i m chris ttine romans. the man accused of killing five neighbors will go before the magistrate. francisco oropeza was captured without incident last night just miles from the house where authorities say he shot five people including a 9-year-old and his mother. tip for the suspect s location came in through the fbi tip line. and we just want to thank the person who had the courage and bravery to call in the location. bottom line is that we have this man in custody. he was caught hiding in a closet underneath some laundry. officials say or pizza will be charged with five counts of murder and held on a $5 million bond . and of title 42 will make it harder to turn away migrants requesting asylum. made natasha bertrand has more. reporter: secretary of defense approved an additional 1500 troops to the southern border in anticipation of the expiration o
That he will allow a vote on daca to help the 800,000 immigrants who were brought here illegally as children before protections run out on march 5. But the white house had laid out three more issues for the president to support daca. Funding for Border Security and ending chain immigration. Reporter the government is open until february 8. Continuing resolutions for states that will operate on last years budget, but that doesnt reflect this years priorities. Reporter congress voted as many government officials were forced to stay home while agitation among the American Public group. I think republicans think that the republicans are winning and democrats are thinking the democrats are winning. Everybody else in america is wonder how some people appear made it through the birth canal. Reporter so who are americans blaming . In a poll just before the shutdown but released today, 41 say they are blaming republicans and 36 say they are blaming democrats. I am just curious what is the mood