to mark the 150 anniversary of the surrender of general lee to the u.s. grant will go to appomattox courthouse. we visited the park to find out i lack find out a blacksmith force. the blacksmith would just starting a fire. no, no. that s good. my name is john baronich. i live in spring hill, new york. this is a replica of the traveling forges that the artillery and the cavalry would have them. would have with them. our basic purpose is to repair items that would break, such as handles and chains. also the farriers would use the forged to re-shoe the horses. i left to tell people our job back here is very similar to a nascar pit crew i like to tell people our job back here is very similar to a nascar pit crew. we were the nascar pit crew of the 1860 s. we would take care of the canon wheels cannon wheels, wagon wheels. the coopers, the ones who would work on barrels, fixing and repairing barrels. we also had a harness makers. and of course, the blacksmith, whose p
flee the chaos of muslim north america. meanwhile, stocks up. china says it s going to stimulate with lots of cash. you know investors like that. and furious 7, more than a billion dollars made worldwide. $250 million from china. varney & company is about to begin. ashley: well, check out the big board and thank china that s stimulating its economy by, well, what else? printing more money. what a great idea. certainly boosting stocks here, the dow up 2k5 9 points 259 points, pretty much erasing the losses from friday. meanwhile, hasbro is a winner. it makes its money these days not from toys so much as licensing movie characters. it has frozennen, that s a winner right there, but it also will have the star wars characters from the upcoming movie series. need we say more? oil, meantime, has been moving higher. you know what that means it s up $1.15 at 56.89 that means gas prices going up overnight to $2.45. well, to your daily terror update. six arrested in minnesota
high? party and company stores right now. tom: the amtrak service resumes today traveling from philadelphia slowly rounded the corner where the dead the derailment took place spending the weekend installing a new speed controllers on that section of track. although the engineers says he still doesn t remember anything about the crash and investigators say he is cooperating meanwhile the investigators are saying the trade was struck by an object shirley before the crash. asking for with a $50,000 in damages there is only a to madrid million-dollar cap on the settlements is that enough? judge napolitano will be here in 30 minutes. checks the big board at the all time lifetime high. just below that now. popping up added a new record. the dow component also hits a new high of 105. we will pull back on both of those. gas is up over night to dollars just under $60. $2.70. the cheapest gas in the nation in $1.90 in louisiana. dead broke? not so much. the clintons have pulled i
is always about money. you re making money today. it is a record day on wall street. dow and s&p 500 hitting new lifetime highs. both currently on track for record closes. uncle carl writing an open letter to tim cook. icahn holding strong that apple remains undervalued saying the stock is worth $240 a share. that is almost double the current price. the letter also calling for apple to increase its share buyback program. oil prices dipping as crude exports, from saudi arabia hit a nine-year high. traders worried about a glut of supplies flooding market there. bad news for motorists heading into memorial day weekend. gas prices are up 11% from a month ago. the national average for unleaded is now $271 a gallon. airplanes could be vulnerable to hackers. the fbi is investigating claims made by a computer expert, chris roberts. he says he has compromised up to 20 commericals flights. roberts recently appeared on varney & company discussing danger posed to flyers and if airlin
on twitter doesn t make the flight safer, and in fact it makes airline security worse in general. reporter: unites airlines give us this response. quote. given mr. robert claim he has manipulated aircraft systems while in flying, a clear violation of united policy we decide it s in the best interests of our customers and crew members that the not be allowed to fly united. not withstanding his attempts we are confident our flight control systems could not be accessed through techniques he described. and we ll have much more of our interview with roberts in our 11:00 newscast. a man whose voice was heard on the air with as in the east bay for years is dead. wesley burton was kit by a hit-and-run driver. cornell has more. reporter: that police search continues tonight. it is a shock to everyone here at kpfa radio. they can t believe they re beloved coworker is gone. a voice on the radio, silenced. i was going to say something profound about this, but the fact is it s ju