about three points going lower here, and the nasdaq we re keeping an eye on that one. it s going to be all about the nasdaq this week. eerily similar to the exact same time of near 15 years ago the nasdaq closed at all-time highs. it s closing in on 5,000. it just turned negative on the session. we re off five points. 4,963 is the level. we re talking about 35 points away from crossing 5,000. we ll have lots of numbers coming up on this. obviously on an inflation adjusted basis you would have to of that index at 6,800 to have it equivalent you could argue. you have that number just right at your fingertips. we were just looking at it but a lot fewer companies as well. in the nasdaq this time around you have something like 2,500 companies versus 4,700 last time. janet yellen getting grilled by the house on the fed s independence. they were pretty feisty. we ll get reaction from house financial services committee chair jeb hensarling coming up later today. they were rea
of the force. starting today you can watch all six films in digital hd through itunes amazon and google play. we ll talk about all the media stories with legendary tv producer tom werner is going to join us at the top of the next hour but in the meantime let s get you you to speed. here s how the markets look. dow up about 17 points higher. nasdaq up about 3 points and the s&p 500 a little over two points. what are you looking at me like that for? i mean do i sound this is how people felt with me here last week. do you know what you look like? do you remember pig pen when he would walk all the stuff it was dirt. with you it s like i feel fine. you have mucus. a little froggy in the throat. that s how it sounds to you? how does it sound to you. like i want to lean way over here. is this a drug resistant you brought this from the other side of the world. it s a cold. that s all it is. and i m supposed to sit here and not be scared. how did you
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collective show we have here. nicole starts us off. good morning. nicole: the dow jones industrial average of 88 points right now. up a half of a percent. you can say thank you to at least visa which is worth 29 positive dow points. disney, united, burke, united healthcare are some of the positives today. we have been watching facebook at new highs. that has been news. more jobs added for the jobless claims which is not great news. overall, the market with up arrows. connell: thank you. dagen: big names in the oil business beard it is almost a 40 year ban on exporting crude oil. connell: ridge edson is live on capitol hill with more on that. rich: producing more oil than it imported. proponents in the oil beyond, they say it is relevant to the 1970s and the energy panic then. there is varied opinions. we are witnessing an energy revolution in the country today. producing more energy at home here than we have in decades. on my watch, the consumer is not going to get short
morning. they said this is not about paying the japanese, not about paying the chinese, you re not going to get your social security check, doctors aren t going to get paid. i ve been waiting for them to do this. that is devastating from even the most rock solid right-wing politician. but you can t go against soc-sack. the interest rate can go up and the japanese may not be paid. boy, they got rid of that. that s the jpmorgan argument, the bankers. no, it s now retailers. ling congressmen are going to be targeted. you can t get against social security. it s sacrosanct. and secretary lew said do you want to pay veterans or social security? you decide. this is expected to go for maybe another half an hour. let s go back to capitol hill and secretary lew. the fact is that we have not dealt and in that compromise we dealt with discretionary spending almost entirely. we have not dealt with entitlements, which the administration seems to say are off the table and now we ve go