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we are halfway into the u.s. trading session now. abigail doolittle has been watching the markets as we get earnings today. indeed. right now investors appear to be wishy-washy. we have the major averages unchanged. mixed trading action. we have the dow and the s&p 500 slightly lower. we have the nasdaq, though, on pace forjet another record high. putting in another interday record high on the day with lots of tech earnings. overall, after the big gains, the s&p 500 into yesterday had gained more than 2% since last week. looking at consolidation. let s hop into the bloomberg and take a look at the i map. this is a great way to get a quick snapshot of what s happening sector-wise. we re seeing it divided pretty evenly between red and green. up top, consumer discretionary being helped by amazon ahead of that company s report tonight after the bell. and then on bottom, energy, the worst. down 1.9%. not surprisingly in sympathy with oil. we take a look at an interday char ....
first. from the middle east to europe as leader of the free world, president trump reaffirmed historic alliances and forged new relationships and called on the wider world to confront the threat of terrorism in new and renewed ways. and by the action the president will announce today the american people and the wider world will see once again our president is choosing to put american jobs and american consumers first. our president is choosing to put american energy and american industry first. and by his action today, president donald trump is choosing to put the forgotten men and women of america first. so with gratitude for his and admiration for his unwavering commitment to the american people, it is now my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to all of you the president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. thank you. i would like to begin by addressing the terrorist attack in manila. we ....
protests began. the associated press reports more than 90 dead and at least 1500 injured during those 100 days. former president obama said to make a rare political appearance this week, expected to attend the democratic fundraiser in washington on thursday. mr. obama has mostly stayed away from politics since leaving the white house, working on causes for his foundation and on his presidential library. more americans are spending their golden years on the job. older 90% of people 65 or are working at least part-time the second quarter of this year. the employment population ratio having been higher in 55 years. global news 24 hours a day powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. julia: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york. joe: scarlet fu is off today. and we are 30 minutes from the close of trading in the u.s.. julia: u.s. stocks following europe higher. joe: the question is, what did you miss? julia: congress is ....
begging for rahm emanuel begging for her address. her advice to wear warm socks to bed. also today, the campaign made it known that it raised $45 million during its first quarter. when it comes to her chances of being president, which will be more significant? e-mail problems or fund-raising? al: the money is impressive but before we talk about that, i think the steady stream of e-mails will embarrass her every time sidney blumenthal is out there. it s going to be draining. i don t think that the benghazi hearings are going to be a big deal. i think trey is on a search and destroy mission. it is not going to really work. in 1983, marines were blown out of their barracks and they were not holding congressional hearings three years later. john: we do not know what will come of the e-mail inquiry and there could be a significant problem that will arise. we see occasions in which e-mails have been asked for by the committee. they had asked for all of them to be sent over. ....
terminator. arnold schwarzenegger grilled mark zuckerberg. we will have their questions later in the show. but first, the beard is back. it was his first day as the interim ceo for twitter. dick costolo s run as chief came to an and yesterday. how strong can the twitter business become and what has jack got the addict didn t? what do you think twitter needs to do? guest: thanks for having me. it will be a little weird advice wise. that is why i am on, so i appreciate that you like weird. i think what they need to do that everyone else doesn t is they made they need to avoid this. people do not understand twitter. the other thing they need to do is get a really good on boarding process, because right now twitter is alienating. it is hard to use, and it is a place that if you are not familiar with it, it is easy to make a mistake and embarrass yourself, and they need to change that. they need a great self-serve ad platform. if they do those two things they are not faceb ....