Higher. Plus, were going to have more opposition it appears to the border tax. The ceo of jc penney says it makes profitability virtually impossible. The Corporate Tax myth, a new report showing many of the american Largest American Companies pay no taxes at all. Within that headline number of course the better than expected jobs report shows private sector payrolls up by 227, construction up 58,000, thats the most in nearly a decade. Average Hourly Earnings up, numbers coming ahead of next weeks fed meeting in which policymakers are expected to raise rates. That construction number driven perhaps by trump rhetoric or policy. Perhaps by a warm weather in february and very little snow across the country. Well, ive got to tell you, i always like to look at where the jobs are created. And ive been waiting for construction. I love construction jobs because theyre such a great ripple effect. Construction punches way above its weight in the u. S. Economy and increase by 58,000. I also like t
Donald trump still has a narrow path to 270. It is really a narrow one. She wins florida and blue wall, shes president of the United States. Florida is the must win state for donald trump in order to stay alive. You believe it is america ending, their identity is ending. That is why trump is going to win this election. Wall to wall prognostication, do journalists have a clue who will win on tuesday . Was it a blunder for much of the press have written off trumps chances two weeks ago . As the fbi probe of hillarys emails fueled by lots of leaks been as big a bombshell as the pundits predicted and what role has media bias played in this endless election . Im howard kurtz, this is media buzz. Still to come, a blur for the media, donald trump and Hillary Clinton make their final sprint to the battleground states across the country and the rhetoric in this often Ugly Campaign has turned even harsher. She will get us into world war iii. She will get us into world war iii. Ill tell you that.
President elect donald trump begins a new political era with a visit to the white house. Ast comes a little later on the republican meets with president obama to discuss the transition. Washington, wall street, and investors watch. Republicans moved to claim a mandate for their agenda of deregulating the Financial Sector and replacing obamacare. As we break down the promises and policies of the Trump Presidency, my guests are Sharon Ohalloran, jim rickards, author of a forthcoming book, one of the few guests that actually called the election, and International Reaction from Michael Fuchs a little later on for what this election means for business as we bring you more interviews. All that is coming up. First lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra in the u. S. , thousands of demonstrators took to the streets overnight to protest Donald Trumps election as president. Demonstrations and vigils have taken place in urban areas as well as smaller cities. T
Michigan, and pennsylvania could have tipped it back a different way. And in some of those key states that we were being told were the key battlegrounds like pennsylvania 1 percentage point separated them. 2 more the other way for her, shed be president. So, the question was, did he surprise us and do something more . Or did she underperform and not do what she needed to do . What how should we look at this . You know, i look at the polling that came out, and then i look at the way trumps last two weeks, in time and schedule, were spent. And it seems to me that he had better information. Mm. I think his poll sampling was more precise. It was not dependent on 2012. The fact that he showed up in wisconsin and michigan and pennsylvania, and everybody saying, whats he doing . Mmhmm. They had a better plan because they had better information. And i think the Clinton Campaign was relying on traditional sampling. And this is, i know, in the weeds, but inside a political campaign, if you do no
Very special holiday. Today is National Unfriend day, ak a aka nud. We started back in 2010. We try to encourage those of you on facebook to decide which of your facebook friends are actually friends and eliminate those who dont make the cut. My mission is to simplify your life and to bring meaning back to the word friend, which has been cheapened. Also i like nud. In is the social media equivalent of cleaning out your fridge. That guy who sat behind you in freshman biology class who keeps posting about his 5k, hes a container of old beans. Throw him out today. That woman from accounting who posted 30 pictures the of her bird today, shes a tub of cream cheese that has green forming on from church who you dont know who has ever annoyed you. I wont be happy until you log into facebook and see a blank white screen, and thats the goal. Today is not the day to make friends. [ applause ] not only is today not the day to make friend, i dont even want you to watch the show friends today. Today