The nasdaq is the leading indices and oil hitting a threemonth highly after military strikes in the middle east energy is the bestperforming sector today joining us for the hour is josh brown, ceo of Ritholtz Wealth Management josh, obviously seeing a little profit taking here is this a tax situation scenario or is there more to read into about losing steam and sentiment . If you see profit taking on the what penultimate the penultimate is that not an american word as well . It is, we just dont use it as much. And it doesnt sound as good when i say it. It doesnt, sorry when youre seeing profit taking on the second to last day of the year, thats not tax related, but it could be front running what others suspect might be fax related, meaning look at a typical investment portfolio this year, if they own sector etfs, for example, they have a ton of Technology Large cap tech has done unbelievably well this year. Or if they own individual names. If you own apple, youre up almost double. Now
John kasich enters an already crowded field. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city, president obama is promoting new Consumer Protections for americas military and veterans he spoke a short time ago to the annual convection about stronger laws to protect current and former Service Members from financial fraud. To the annual convex of the veteran of foreign wars. He once again made his pitch for the deal that he has made a nuclear deal that p five plus one, he talked about Veterans Affairs the administration, all the problems they have had saying he is still not satisfied satisfied and he talked about these payday lenders what hay do is lend money. 100 200 , 600 , they are called payday lenders because then they just start to take a chunk out of the paycheck before it even goes into the bank account. If you get the loan for more than 91 days if the term is longer than that, the new rules dont apply. If it is for more than 2,000. And some individuals end up paying far more i
Threatening,ery beyond a normal statement. Senator john mccain cautioned on the importance of a president talking about things they werent willing to do. I take exception to the comments because you have to be able to do what you say youre going to do. I dont know what he is saying up i have long ago given trying to interpret what hes saying. We are joined by kevin cirilli. Reporting from hong kong is our colleague who leads our coverage of east asia. I want to talk about what the president is saying in new jersey yesterday. Do we know whether general kelly said at this in advance . Invented this in advance invented that vetted this in advance . Administration who say that with regard to military strategy the president is making good on his campaign prominence in the sense that he is not looking to broadcast or forecast what his military strategy would be and that is why you are seeing him embrace this level of unpredictability. Yous very different to say are going to be unpredictable
Warmer temperatures and our next chance for rain in the accuweather forecast. Thank you amy. That community in Westchester County is mourning the death of a teenager murdered in a park. Today even though it is a sun day, grief counselors will be on hand at Sleepy Hollow high school where the teen was once a student. Charges. Kristin thorne has more details on the story this morning. Kristin. Reporter good morning michelle. Police identified the victim as 17yearold taj robinson. Robinson was a former student of Sleepy Hollow high school. Robinson were told really a well loved student, a student a lot of people knew. It appears it was a fight with another teen which led to his death friday night. Police say the 16yearold Berinzon Moronta stabbed robinson multiple times and was i spoke with a reverend at a church. She told me she has no choice but to address the tragedy in her sermon later this morning. I was going to preach about something in terms of what is important in life and all of
Price of a drug appears before congress. Raising money for sarians trying to escape war, a pledge from countries around the world. And. The entire community has been evacuated. The total is easily a billion. A Health Emergency turning into a financial one. The impact of a gas leak in los angeles, what its having on the economy. Democratic candidates wrapped up their debate, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders squaring up on a variety of issues. At times it was heated. Lisa stark joins us. What were the most contentious moments, tangled over who is a progressive and who is running a cleaner campaign. This was a feisty debate, the first time the two candidates went toe to toe without a democratic contender on the stage. It showed. Who is a progressive . Hillary clinton said im a progressive that can get things done, and she accused Bernie Sanders of being a gatekeeper. Sanders fought back. Here is what he had to say. You forget it with your topic. One of the things we should do is not onl