We have blake burman at the white house. We begin with gerri willis. We finished with the s p at new record highs for first time in six months. Above the prepandemic highs. Think about that. That is the 14th record close this year. Turn to the nasdaq as well, also at a record high today, second Straight Record close for that index. The 34th record close this year. 174th record close since election day. Good news there. Market keeping an eye as you said on two big earnings reports today. One was walmart. Shares down after the nations largest employer reported eps of 31 cents a share, blowing out estimates samestoresales up 9. 9 . Online sales up 97 . Even so the stock is down. Dont know what it takes to get walmart up today. Home depot that stock up as well. Blowout Second Quarter with the sales up 23. 4 . Americans are remaking their homes as they are forced to live there, stay there, work there all the time. Finally weve been watching apple shares closely. They are higher today as the
Americans and ongoing battle of stimulus this morning. Heavy haters, walmart, home depot and kohls reporting Quarterly Earnings, we have all the numbers and impact. Lets check numbers, we are looking at a firmer tone, futures indicating a gain at start of trading, about 55 points nasdaq with record close yesterday adding to it this morning with another gain of 35 points. S p 500 ending the day yesterday less than 5 points away from a new record high close when the dow was down 86 but the nasdaq was up 110, the race to acquire tiktok, stock is surging this morning after reportedly throwing its hat to the ring and what it means to microsoft and ongoing battle this morning. Oracle shares up 2 and a half percent. Men being told not to have one alcoholic drink a day. Whats behind the warning . Mornings with maria is live right now. Ftse 100 up 11, cac quarante up 17 and dax index in germany higher by 66 points. European Central Bank President warning banks arent likely to fullery recover fr
Ive been working with the program for two years, though this program has been around for 16 years now. Its an Amazing Program working with 200 interns at 60 organizations in new york and d. C. Were really excited to have a speaker with us today. Her name is lori wallach and she is the director of Public Citizens global trade watch. Public citizen was founded in 1971 and is a nonprofit research, lobbying and litigation organization based in washington, d. C. Global trade watch is the newest of Public Citizens five divisions. It was launched by mrs. Wallach in 1995 and global trade watch is the leader in the Global Citizen movement for fair trade and investment policy. Over the course of the past decade, wallach has helped create a new Public Awareness around globalization. The emerging issue of our time. Working closely with n. G. O. s, scholars and activists in developing countries and with u. S. Congressional environment, environmental, labor and other allies, wallach has played an Im
Into custody. Reporter Child Protective Services will work on reunited the child with family members. The little girl is safe. Thank god. Reporter that childs mother is in local hospital in critical but stable condition. Maiamazing. Good job. We sent out a breaking alert on this story including the one when the father and daughter were found. You can get up letters yoalerts smartphone. Our sky ranger was over head. One person is dead after these two suvs crashed. It happened near Blossom Hill Elementary School before noon. The person who died was a pedestrian. They can stay. Another reprieve from the homeless who took over an empty house in oakland. The women were set to be evicted tomorrow. A claim of right to possession was filed and accepted by the court. Now the moms have 15 days before a judge will decide if they can stay and work out a deal with the Property Management company. The mothers have been living at the home for the past month. Its getting worked on 101. More attacks on
Tamron remember the movie pay it forward with helen hunt and Haley Joel Osmond . It certainly about how you pay it forward, take on lifes challenges and see how it affects other people but you put their feelings before yours, pay it forward. Our next guest gives a fresh meaning to that phrase. Jon potter said he made it his mission to say yes to anyone desperate for help. Buying a car for a friend, to get work, to giving up half of his life savings to pay off someones debt and even donating, as i said before the commercial break, he donated one of his kidneys to save a life. He goes beyond simple acts of kindness, to say the least. This man is a superhero and the jon is of people magazines kindness award recipients. For their first ever kindness issue, on stands tomorrow. Please welcome jon and his wife. [applause] jon, this all started after meeting a woman in a gas station. Not just meeting, it was an encounter. I always said i wasnt a terrible person at that point in my life but i w