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news from ukraine, where a series of explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv this morning. ukraine says, the russian missile attack is targeting critical infrastructure. we will go live to ukraine for the latest. plus, the house under republican rule. we will look at the chaos the gop has brought in congress in its first week in charge of the house, and the latest on the investigation into president biden s handling of classified documents, and what s behind the double standard in how the biden case is being treated compared to the case of a certain twice impeached ex president. then, the featured author for today s edition of the velshi banned book club is a story to herself, and author, yes, but also a filmmaker. folklorist and voodoo expert among many other things. we will dive into zora neal hearst in, their eyes were watching god, next hour. velshi starts now. and good morning. it s saturday, january the 14th. we are one week into hundreds 18th congress. i ....
Inaugurated on sunday next on the agenda, in france, two rounds of parliamentary elections in june. We should mention the jueuro jumping to sixmonth highs. Youre looking at european markets right now, across the board, they are down. In large part, they had risen, of course, on friday in expectation ever this news. In asia, japan rising 2. 3 overnight. The hang seng was slightly higher. U. S. Equity futures up right right now. Standing basically, marginally down about 23 points. S p 500 call it virtually on the nasdaq off by a point. In corporate news, sources telling cnbc that comcast and Charter Communications plan to announce a Wireless Partnership as soon as today. The partnership is aimed at cutting costs, as well as speeding up entry into the wireless market. As part of the agreement, Neither Company ....
Into the afternoon. The dow is remained the strongest performer. Rally remains is largely commodity. It you take a look at oil and gold, both trading higher. Theres not a lot of optimism on that. Were seeing crude get a lift. Gold also higher as the dollar turned lower. We seem to be seeing that inverse trade at play today. Take a look at at imax. Financials now in the top pot. Just in the past few moments. Technology also gaining there. Those are groups higher. Healthcare has been the big drag throughout the day. Of course, theres earnings. Dont ferc forget about earnings. Personal heres are some charts weve been looking at going into this earnings season. So called earnings recession. This is a trailing 12 month average change in earnings for the s p 500. This is turned negative. Its forecast earnings for s p 500 companies will fall by 10 in the season for the 1st quarter. Speaking of alcoa, those shares are strong going into that report. Up by more than 4 . We have a seen a lift in ....