Lets kick it off with blake. On the eve of the impending vote in the house of representatives likely tomorrow night President Trump has just sent this fivepage scathing letter to the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. The president saying he is doing so to put the words on paper, quote, for the purpose of history. The president writing at one point, saying, of democrats, quote, you are the ones interfering in americas elections. You are the ones subverting americas democracy. You are the ones obstructing justice. He also writes of pelosi saying quote, even worse than offending the Founding Fathers you are offending americans of faith by continually saying i pray for the president when you know this statement is not true unless it is meant in a negative sense. Its a terrible thing you are doing but you will have to live with it, not i. That the president to the speak of the house. Speaking of the president , earlier today, here in the oval office he hosted his counterpart from guatemal
Brent at a threemonth high, gold at 15. 12. The year end rally, the s p biggest yearly return in seven and nearing its best gains in more than 20 years. Plus ecommerce sales hitting a record, amazon saying billions of items ordered world wide. Boeing still on watch, new documents revealing whats being called quote very disturbing revelations. As 2019 heads into the home stretch, all three major indies says are on track for a fourth straight month of gains. They have surged as last months selloff we remember december 26 when everything rallied 5 . We were bottoming that horrible Christmas Eve when we had first concerns about a tariff war increasing. Then we had the Federal Reserve raising rates on the 19th. That created a cascade, four down days in a row culminating in the down day on the 27th, on the 24th and turn around today. Meanwhile, the year, if you look at the percentage of up days, almost 54 , which is i think only the folks said only five years since 1928 have you had a more c
Care names among those moving higher, mckesson, amer source better again, centene, seen some of them on a tear following news theyre in talks for possible 50 billion or thereabouts settlement related to Opioid Lawsuits Health care versus technology and whats happening with other names, it is an interesting proving point as markets are near record high levels whether theres more momentum. In the past week or so, more trade headlines, not just between the u. S. And china, and brexit this morning, moves more sensitive sectors in the economy. Semiconductors, home builder Stocks Health care you want to keep an eye on, carl back to you at the New York Stock Exchange to everybody, good morning it is 8 00 a. M. At netflix headquarters in california, 11 00 a. M. On wall street. Squawk alley is live. I am Carl Quintanilla with Morgan Brennan and jon fortt at the post nine. We start with netflix, another miss on subs well off session highs mark mahaney joins us to talk about that with Julia Boors
S p off by almost five and nasdaq down by 24. You see President Trump calling out china and a little afternoon, word about nancy pelosi announcing an impeachment announcement, then President Trump saying hell release the full transcript. This is just the volatility we saw. Definitely wall street watching washington to see what news comes next weworks cofounder adam neumann is stepping down as ceo. The starrup once valued at 47 billion has shrunk in a matter of weeks he said, quote, i am so proud of this team and our company. Our business has never been stronger in the recent weeks, the scrutiny towards me has become a distraction. I have decided it is in the best interest of the company that i step down as executive each will have three votes down from 20. Weworks former copresident and vice chairman have been named coceos of the company the Parent Company, we, could layoff 4,000 to 5,000 in response to this there may be a search attempt for a new ceo. They named two and said they were
Were increasing our Sales Guidance in innovative medicines and santos and our bottom line guidance for the full year. Easyjet shares take off after backing the fullyear outlook and lands a new chief operating officer. And shares in asos sink after issuing their third profit warning in the last eight months all right. Very warm welcome to you all we are right in the middle of european earnings season things are beginning to ramp up. Annette and julianna will have the latest on s. A. P. And novartis first two stocks here in the uk. Asos is one weve been following closely. They have issued the third profit warning in eight months citing operational issues in europe and the u. S at one point asos you can see the stock is down 12. 7 , at one point they were down 20 another stock were looking at is easyjet First Half Results did meet expectations the budget airliner reiterated their fullyear guidance easyjet is up there at 3. 6 . One of the few green spots on the heat map today s. A. P. Says