Inauguration late last week. Im very proud of that. Very proud of that. The Business Community and the labor community, you saw that with the labor leaders that came out. One said it was the single greatest meeting i ever had with anybody. Its the highlight of my life. The dow on top of it just hit 20, first time in history. Im very proud of that. Now we have to go up, up, up. We dont want it to stay there. Vice president mike pence tweeting the dow closes above 20,000 for the first time in history. U. S. Economy is being unleashed under President Trump. Lets get you caught up on whats going on. We have a 30 billion pharma deal. Johnson johnson buying actelion for 280 per share in cash after weeks of exclusive talks. We talked about this transaction before. A 23 premium to its Closing Price yesterday. Both companys boards have aprefapref approved that deal. Today is the busiest day of earnings season, 38 companies in the s p 500 reporting results along with three dow components. Before
50. 99. Of course it was the rise in rates, the rise in the dollar yesterday that really took stocks down. It did. You know, the fed tell you what im looking up right now. Are you on facebook . No, looking up a quick nate silver. Theres different places to look. You can look at the betting markets on the election. But the now cast nate silver is almost 90 for a Hillary Clinton win. Above 80 in the polls. That whole narrative that the market goes up when it looks like Hillary Clinton is going to win. Weve done it here on cnbc. People saying theyve seen this trend. I dont know what happened yesterday. I think it also, if you start to believe the senate and the house could both go because of the rifts in the gop, im not sure any of this has to do with the 200 points. I didnt think it does. If youre looking to tie anything to the election, theres something in it for everyone. You could say now if it was undivided government, you had a Hillary Clinton presidency in both houses of congress,
Than the ipad. And about 48 hours to go until cnbc hosts the next republican president ial debate live in colorado. Where do the candidates stand on the legalization of marijuana . And what does the booming industry want to hear from them . Well speak with the ceo of one of the biggest pot dispensaries in the nation. We do begin though with the crisis engulfing one of the Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies around. Yes, were talking about valeant and top brass is meteding with analysts today to discuss its about practices after questions were raised by a short selling Research Firm. The stock recovering from big losses earlier. Its only down by half a percent. Lets get more with meg terrell with the latest. It was really valeants moment of truth this morning. Feedback from analysts at least initially has been cautiously positive. The stock recovering from being down 14 premarket to actually briefly turning green today after the Conference Call, now just down a little less than 1 . The mai
Better performing housing sector . We well, it really feels like a santa claus rally is getting under way. Stocks are up for a third day. As we stand, lets take a look at the numbers. The dow is currently sitting at 17,559. It is not break even get for the year but it is up. The s p 500 is one point in the green for the year. Its crossed over that break even line so many times. Were rich, were rich, were rich. I never thought santa was going to come, and i still believe in santa. Oil soaring. New data showing a big drop in inventories. Crude up more than 4 , about 3. 9 for west texas. Highest levels in more than a week. Gasoline up 5 tracking for its biggest oneday gain since last november. Well, as for chipotle, those shares are edging higher this hour by 0. 2 , but the embattled mexican fast food chain has been taking drastic steps as the restaurants try to contain the e. Coli crisis. Morgan brennan has more details on this. What are they doing . On the heels of the outbreak that sic
trading lower, and in europe, largely red on the board when you look at the various forces on the continent. our road map this morning? well, it starts where you would expect. the fed investors are jockeying for the position, and they are preparing to parse wording by the fed later this afternoon in the statement. we will help you the prepare, t too. and fed results are exceeding expectations, and see what that could mean for commerce and economy. and now a backing off of a bid for sprint by dish, and they will concentrate on clearwire. and also, a look at icahn stepping up dell bid. and now the fed is wrapping up the two-day policy meeting this afternoon. investors hoping that fed will provide clarity about how and when the fed will wind down the bond buying program. make sure to watch the statement, and ben bernanke s news conference which is i perhaps more important, and it starts at 2:00 p.m., and one way or another, it is going to be nice to get something out of