the week. the financials helped lead the way and the market may have been even higher if not for health care stocks. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but first here s a look at the record cloe. the dow jones industrial ave gained 85 points to 22,956. the nasdaq added 18, s&p 500 was up with the dow on the verge of 23,000, the next big test for stocks is earnings. sema mody is at the new york stock exchange. reporter: investors rally for earnings. earnings season is about to kick into high gear with 55 s&p 500 companies reporting this week. that s 11% of the index. expectations are high. wall street is estimating an average 4% jump in profits from companie financials, the likely stealing the spotlight with goldman sachs and morgan stanley reporting on tuesday with interest rates on the rise, banking analysts are predicting a pickup in lending activity. other important names on the earnings calendar is ibm which reports on tuesday, and general elec on friday. investo
the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. quigley, for five minutes. mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this body has attempted to repeal the health care law 41 times. e this is this is being leveraged in the current budget fight. i want to take a few minutes to remind people why we passed the health reform law in the first place. let s remember the situation before obamacare became law. clearly, the status quo was not sustainable. the number one cause of personal bankruptcy in the united states was med
sentencing. every word they utter in court can make a difference so says chicago defense attorney michael monico. you want definitely to say something thats natural and speaks from the heart. will he say his bipolarity played a role? will he say that he made a mistake? hes sorry. i assume hes going to say that. monico, has represented 2 high profile clients who know the weight of a guilty plea before a judge. chris kellycaught up in the governor blagojevich scandal ended his own life before a judge could send him away. former alderman and political powerhouse ed vrodlyak spent 10 months in a federal prison for his role in a real estate scheme. in the jacksons case, the government recommends 4 years for the ex- congressman. 18 months for his wife the ex-alderman. monico says the jackson name, status, and celebrity may actually help on sentencing day. hes given up quite a bit. hes already suffered. hes lost his job, hes lost his position as congressman, been embarrassed a
this march began and moved it north to king high school. this group was made up of mostly african-americans of various ages. it seemed to grow in size as it moved through the streets. this is about the george zimmerman verdict after being found not guilty in the death of trayvon martin. this march past five blocks away from president obama is home everybody feels the same way right now. by marching for my people by a margin for everybody. we want the violence to end. this is a time to think about what it is we can do with our brains. not with our fists think about the history that has brought you this far. and this demonstration is one of many that happened across the country. there is another rally that is happening tomorrow night. we would like to hear from you. give us a text message and we will have the results later on. johnny borizov is going to prison forever. three life sentences handed down to the man who plotted to murder his former girlfriend s family b
The Rondout train heist was the largest looted amount the United States had ever seen, and it still remains the largest, according to local historians, likely due to a number of security changes made to postal trains after the robbery.