The dow up nearly 100 points. The s p closing at a record high above 2400 for the first time ever. The nasdaq hitting a record and the russell 2000 soaring. Amazon, 20 years after its initi initial market cap taking off a whopping 450 billion leaving traditional retailers in the dust as they struggle to stay afloat. The two names have been somewhat immune to amazons demolition. The two best performing dow stocks this year. They are getting ready to report this week. What do they tell us about the story of the consumer, guy. I think home depot absolutely is. Lowes is cheaper. We can make an argument it should be, shouldnt be. Home depot absolutely stands on its own. Reports tomorrow before the bell. 14 eps growth. I think it is immune. Walmart, different story. But i think the beauty of walmart is the downfall of target. 2015 was an awful year for walmart. 90 to 45. I think it got its footing back because target lost theirs. I think they got the footing back because they got back to wha
Well. But i like how you mentioned brazil. To john for air and 10 minutes in brazil but between brazil and the philippines, a lot of emergingmarket politics going on within the student of economics and finance. Of economics stew and finance. Francine now, lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra Bernie Sanders is not going away. He says he will fight for every last vote. Night, he defeated democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and the West Virginia primary. Lead inlinton has a big delegates, closing in on the number she needs for the nomination. Meanwhile, Presumptive Republican nominee donald trump won in both West Virginia and nebraska. He faced voters for the First Time Since rival ted cruz dropped out. British prime mr. David cameron may have an awkward time and ofrats when the leaders nigeria at afghanistan visit this week or he told Queen Elizabeth the two countries are extremely corrupt. Prime minister cameron nigerians, the leader is fantastically corrupt. Nigeria and
Today, a democracy now broadcast exclusive, we speak with alayne fleischmann, the whistleblower who helped the Justice Department forced the bank to pay one of the largest fines in american history. You might be surprised what she says about the bank as well as the obama white house. She is featured in a new Rolling Stone piece a recently returned matt taibbi. The significance of this story to me is that it talks a lot about the legacy of eric holder. We finally have somebody from the inside who is telling us what a lot of us expected all along, that the Obama Administration did have enough evidence to proceed against a lot of these banks, and they just did not do enough with that evidence and those witnesses. And we finally have someone like alayne fleischmann who can tell us all about that and all that went on. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal Appeals Court in ohio has dealt a blow to Marria
With alayne fleischmann, the whistleblower who helped the Justice Department forced the bank to pay one of the largest fines in american history. You might be surprised what she says about the bank as well as the obama white house. She is featured in a new Rolling Stone piece a recently returned matt taibbi. The significance of this story to me is that it talks a lot about the legacy of eric holder. We finally have somebody from the inside who is telling us what a lot of us expected all along, that the Obama Administration did have enough evidence to proceed against a lot of these banks, and they just did not do enough with that evidence and those witnesses. And we finally have someone like alayne fleischmann who can tell us all about that and all that went on. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal Appeals Court in ohio has dealt a blow to Marriage Equality in a move expected to bring the issue bef
Fleischmann, she forced the bank to pay one of the largest fines in American History. You might be surprised what she says about the bank, as well as the obama white house. She is featured in a new Rolling Stone hes peace. The significance of the story to me is that it talks a lot about the legacy of eric holder. We finally have someone from the inside who is telling us what a lot of people expected all along that the Obama Administration had enough evidence to proceed against these guilty banks and they just did not do enough of that evidence and those witnesses. We finally have someone like Elaine Fleischmann who can tell us all about that and what went on. All of that and more, coming up. This is democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Cliff Juan Gonzalez with Juan Gonzalez. Meet the woman Jpmorgan Chase one of the largest fines in American History to keep from talking. One year ago this month the Justice Department announced that Jpmorgan Chase wo