Bouncing back a little. Remember, please, this is how we started out monday. It ended badly. All right, walk into a super market just about anywhere in the world and several aisles will be dominated by proctor gamble. Here is the news. They are doing very well. Profit is up, revenue is up, outlook outbeat and p j, one more example of companies turning in Strong Financial results and the stock is up. On the campaign trail, joe biden stays home. No media appearances for 4 days. How convenient. Hes safe from pesty reporter questions and gaffes and fatigue. Hes preparing for thursdays debate and for the rules for that debate have changed. Theyll be a mute button to kill mike mic of candidate if he he running over time. So keeping it out of the debate is in my opinion a form of bias against trump. Another development, in pennsylvania, the Supreme Court says they can keep counting mailin ballots for 3 days after election day. That means the delayed result in a swing state, dispute guarantied
Enclave of Eastern Ghouta. The damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta has endured one of heaviest bombardments of the Syrian Civil War, hundreds of people have been killed in the last eight days. Russia says the ceasefire will be in place from 9am to 2pm, every day, across Eastern Ghouta, starting on tuesday and a humanitarian corridor will be created to allow civilians to leave. The us, Rights Groups and syrian media have said russian planes have carried out the air strikes on Eastern Ghouta, including on hospitals. What medical clinics are left in the area have been overwhelmed by wounded civilians and have very few supplies left. Lets hear a little from some of the injured on the ground and the doctors treating them. My my brother in law came in, and in the missile from the plane hit. I didnt feel anything, my son, the missile from the plane hit. I didnt feelanything, my son, nine yea rs didnt feelanything, my son, nine years old, gone. We want this ordeal to end. Our people are simple p
The street. Hopes on greece fueling another big up day, not to mention another up day in china overnight. Bob pisani is at the nyse. Right now theyre holding, 21 advancing to declining stocks. The s p 500, really all the gains were frankly overnight around 3 00 when we got word that a deal was in the making. At that time s p futures moved 15 points. We have held most of the gains from the open. Tech Consumer Discretionary materials and industry good day for techs. Facebook set a new high. Buvlg bunch of tech stocks hitting 52 week highs. The greek etf everybody watches was positive and moved into negative territory. Largely the belief that it is going to be a tough sell for tsipras and this deal is a long long way from being done. More on that in a moment. Metals and mining have been strong. This is a separate story because china rallying in the last several doors has put a floor under these stocks. The steel stocks all the mining stocks are up again today. Whats not participating is s
Morning . The president obama is defending this deal saying the sanctions would snap back into place if iran violates any part. President obama says a deal with iran over Nuclear Weapons outweighs the alternative. Why we are taking the steps, because an iran armed with a Nuclear Weapon would be far more destabilizing and far more dangerous to our friends and the world. The u. S. Worked with five other superpowers to abandon its Nuclear Program, in exchange for lifting crippling economic sanctions. The nation is still on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, and had ignored agreements over its Nuclear Program in the past. This deal is not built on trust. Its built on verification. Critics in congress along with leaders of israel saudi arabia and other middle east allies wasted no time condemning the deal. This is the most dangerous irresponsible step ive seen in the history of watching the middle east. This does not guarantee that iran will not achieve a Nuclear Weapon in the future.
Limit the Nuclear Program. After on and off again talks an iran deal may be in sight or not. Optimism in vienna where talks with dragged on for more than two weeks has given way to familiar uncertainty. Negotiators looking grim as they sat down for their morning meeting. Secretary of state john kerry said they are inching closer. Were beginning to feel optimistic. Reporter a deal is expected to include unprecedented inspections of Irans Nuclear facilities and the reduction of the existing supply of Nuclear Fuels in exchange economic sanctions that have crippled the company have been lifted. Irans minister hopes to move forward. But key sticking points remain including how to limit and monitor the Nuclear Program and the pace at which the sanctions on iran should be rolled back. A deal would be a huge victory for president obama but republicans are skeptical. This is going to be a hard sell for the administration. Now if a deal is reached thats a big if, lawmaker insist washington would