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and i came very close to taking my own life at that point. i didn t really see a way out. if you re a student and you gamble do get in touch with us this morning. some say it s to supplement their income. and more mixed messages on whether or not it s safe to drink when you re pregnant. researchers say the government advice to totally abstain is based on weak evidence, but they then stress it doesn t mean it s safe to drink. we ll try and find out what it means. get in touch with us this morning with your thoughts. hello. welcome to the programme we re live until 11. throughout the programme the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always we re really keen to hear from you. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today: one of the government s key pieces of legislation on brexit has passed its first test in t ....
and instead decide to scrutinize and snap up the stocks that have been left behind that defined the action today, a session where the dow inched up to an all-time high. s&p 1.9% the nasdaq climbed also. let s start with retail. down and out bricks and mortar merchants were able to score some buyers at last. why? because target turned out to be too negative early in the year when it forecasted negative same-store sales today when target announced it had positive same-store sales after all, gave you something to cheer about. buyers actually circled back to the entire group i m going to have more on target s turn later tonight and whether it s real or not what really matters is this group has fallen so far behind the market, that people are finally at last willing to consider some buys newthat amazon prime day, the day that will live in brick and mortar infamy, is finally in the rear-view mirror in a bad market these stocks would never have any takers. markets led only by ....
you had one set of facts that you wanted to stick to, even as that narrative has changed for the worse or for the better. yesterday the facts changed for american express and the stock roared 9% higher today, helping to prop up the dow jones industrial average. dow ultimately dippingรง 40 points. s&p declining 0.14%, nasdaq slipping 0.09%. i ll have more to say about the debate s impact on the market later in the show. for now, i want to talk about how stock picking is the opposite of politics. if you change your mind in politics, you get eviscerated. but if you don t periodically change your mind in the stock market, your fort folio gets eviscerated. i m hardly the person to point out this need for flexibility. keynes asked why he flip-flopped on a issue allegedly responded, when the facts change, i change my mind. what do you do, sir? i say allegedly because the story is aprosthetic riffle. american express had been a serial guide downer, almost every quarter produce ....
roared 9% higher today, helping to prop up the dow jones industrial average although not enough to keep it in the black. the dow ultimately dipping 40 points, s&p declining 0.14%, nasdaq slipping 0.09% partially because of the rancor of last night s debate. i ll have more to say about the debate s impact on the market later in the show. for now, i want to talk about how stock picking is the opposite of politics. if you change your mind in politics, you get eviscerated. but if you don t periodically change your mind in the stock market, your portfolio gets eviscerated. i m hardly the first person to point out this need for flexibility. i m taking my cue from the late, great economist john maynard keynes, who when asked why he flip-flopped on a issue allegedly responded, when the facts change, i change my mind. what do you do, sir? i say allegedly because the story is apocryphal, but the sentiment certainly rings true. for example, until last night s been a serial guide d ....
nightclub massacre. hello i m andrea roane. from the chinese president and the former afghan president, to the pope and the queen of england, the world is standing in solidarity, with the victims of the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. kenneth craig is in orlando with the latest developments. reporter: fbi agents searched for evidence monday morning, outside the post nightclub. police say the last of the victims have been removed. authorities are now working to notify all the next of kin. gunfire erupted in the crowded gay club, just after last call sunday morning. police say an officer working at the club exchanged fire with 29-year-old omar mateen. additional officers entered the club sparking another gun battle. the attacker then retreated to a bathroom with a number of hostages. police say that s when mateen called 911, pledging his allegiance to isis, and claimed to have a bomb. around 5:00 a.m., a s.w.a.t. team punched several holes through a wall d club. ....