Is the second week of gains for the dow and a third for the s p. Nasdac fighting for gains for the week as you can see higher right now for the week, eight points and the dow and the s p certainly hanging on as well. Well speak to steve forbes but we want to give with Edward Lawrence from washington with all the latest from the president. Edward . Reporter yeah, the president right now just landed in new york city. He is on his way to a hospital over in new york city. Hes going to see his brother whose said to be very very ill. We do have live pictures from outside the hospital waiting to see when the motorcade does come up in front of that hospital there. The president or Senior Administration official saying the president has a very special relationship with his brother there, you see the live pictures of them waiting on the president who literally is en route to the hospital. Later tonight the president will speak to the new York City Police Benevelent Association before leaving for
Are and who we want to be. As a federal judge upholds the nsa xfone collection Records Program exposed by Edward Snowden, new details emerge about a secretive nsa unit hacks into computers around the world. Sometimes the nsa even intercepts computers purchased online in order to place spyware on them before the customer receives them. We will speak to journalists Glenn Greenwald and Jameel Jaffer of the aclu. There is a broader pattern here in which the courts are advocating their role under our constitutional system. They are supposed to be ensuring the Governments National Security Policies are consistent with the constitution. Instead, what is happening as many of these challenges are being thrown out at the threshold. Despite longterm unemployment being at its highest level since world war ii, 1. 3 million americans have just lost their Unemployment Benefits. We will look at why. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im
Are and who we want to be. As a federal judge upholds the nsa xfone collection Records Program exposed by Edward Snowden, new details emerge about a secretive nsa unit hacks into computers around the world. Sometimes the nsa even intercepts computers purchased online in order to place spyware on them before the customer receives them. We will speak to journalists Glenn Greenwald and Jameel Jaffer of the aclu. There is a broader pattern here in which the courts are advocating their role under our constitutional system. They are supposed to be ensuring the Governments National Security Policies are consistent with the constitution. Instead, what is happening as many of these challenges are being thrown out at the threshold. Despite longterm unemployment being at its highest level since world war ii, 1. 3 million americans have just lost their Unemployment Benefits. We will look at why. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im
Private label business. Were going to discuss whether this is good or bad for its bottom line and how will they compete in the private label wars . My partner sue on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Hi, ty. Thanks. The dow and s p are hovering near their record levels. Caught up on where the market stands. The Dow Jones Industrial average up about 20 points on the trading session, the s p up 2. 30. The nasdaq is strongest in terms of the percentage side to the upside at 12. One Hedge Fund Manager says now is the perfect time to short stocks. Here you have a bubble that is largely driven without fundamentals in certain areas and this crazy by fur cated market where you have cheap and expensive stocks inside the same sector. And when this easy money period ends and maybe even before as we see some of these fundamentals starting to soften you will have an opportunity to make a lot of money op the short side. Where is all the action when it comes to shorting this market . Lets go
Despite the guilty plea. It assures shareholders that it has enough cash to pay the fine. Former french president Nicolas Sarkozy, is he paying for questions over allegations over misuse of power. The ukrainian president calls for a ceasefire against the pro russian rebels. Display youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. A warm welcome. We had european pmis out this morning. Weve now got the complete eurozone manufacturing pmi coming in at 51. 8. The forecast 51. 9, so pretty much in line with expectations. Giving you a brder picture there. So just a slight softening there as far as the pmi readings are concerned. A quick recap, german manufacturing growing at its weakest rates in six months. Weve had the french Manufacturing Activity shrinking this time at the fastest pace in six months. But the spanish activity was a stand out performer dproeg at the fastest pace in seven years. This is the broader picture that weve got. We were expecting