it could ve been brenda. got some quick business headlines for you this morning. more retailers are closing early to be homes for the holidays. staples and game stop businesses closed on thanksgiving so their employees can stay home with their families. good for them. the stores will make up for the lost sales on black friday and the rest of the year. general motors meanwhile warning of a brand new ignition switch problem. brand new suvs being over concerns engines can be turned off unexpectedly. smawferl cars blamed on close to 170 deaths. no injuries reported in this new recall. well, hasms calls on palestinians to carry out a day of rage against israelis. fire bombs, grenades, gunfire ripping through the
to see you, thanks for your time. coming up, republicans have a three pronged attack for immigration reform. send troops, send back refugees and send nothing to the froor of congress. i ll discuss when the national council joins me just ahead. but first, bertha coombs has the market wrap. dow up almost 63 points, the s&p hitting a new record, closing up 10 points while the nasdaq gained 31. this afternoon chrysler issuing a recall of some 800,000 jeep models both in the u.s. and canada. the brand cherokee and also the jeep commander model years between 2005 and 2007. they say they will be contacting those car owners, it has to do with an ignition switch problem that could make it difficult to steer. that s the situation here at cnbc, we re first in business worldwide. carpenters and even piano tuners
will explain how much gm is offering and who is eligible. he s the same man who handed out who handed out the money following the gulf oil spill. this settlement is a long time in coming since some gm employees say they first learned of the ignition switch problem in 2004. but first recalls as you know were not made until february. poppy harlow is live in washington with laura christian, whose daughter was the first known victim killed because of the ignition switch defect. good morning to both of you. good morning. good morning, carol. poppy what do you expect feinberg to lay out? i expect we ll find out finally who is counted, carol. general motors said 13 people died because of this faulty ignition switch. but they have also left the door open to that number going higher if this man, ken feinberg, decides it should. they used a narrow definition of
of padding or silicone. he did coax her into saying the b word. you said fame can have an up side, a down side and a backside. a commenter who thinks bigger is better, sniffed, i still don t know what all the fuss was about. she hasn t even got a backside. even if she does, it s not as if it has a skill like homer simpsons. homer can t shuffle cards. jeanne moos, cnn. new york. only jeanne moos. at least she wasn t twerking. and that would be interesting. so listen, i have breaking news i want to tell you about, before we get off the air, another major call recall tonight. chrysler recalling 696,000 vehicles for an ignition switch problem. it s similar to the one that forced general motors to recall
we don t have the ratings for this game yet. domestically, the u.s. soccer league, major league soccer had its lowest rated final it ever had back in 2013, last year. so maybe the sport of soccer is growing in the united states. and passion is growing for soccer in the u.s. but just every four years. back to you. rich edson, thanks for that. general motors is preparing for another recall as the ceo says the workers responsible for the deadly ignition switch problem are no longer with the company. mary barra made that statement in a broadcast interview today. gm recalled almost 3.5 million vehicles over the faulty ignition switch that has been blamed for at least 13 deaths. the company is expected to recall about 33,000 chevrolet cruz compact cars soon because of a problem with their air bags. stocks were off today. the dow lost 21, the s&p 500 dropped 2. nasdaq finished down about a