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performance since april, reversing the losses that besieged the market last week. the mood on wall street improved on easing tensions with north korea thanks to an op-ped written by the secretaries of state and defense who said the administration would continue to pursue diplomatic resolutions with pyongyang. now, add to that a solid quarter of corporate earnings, and stronger than expected growth in japan, and stocks took off. the dow jones industrial average rose 135 points to 21,993. the nasdaq gained 83. and the s&p 500 advanced 24. dominic chu watched the rally from the floor of the new york stock exchange. reporter: it didn t last very long. what was shaping up to be a bigger scaled downturn in the stock market ended up fizzling out like it s done consistently over the past year. on a bigger picture basis, major indices posted declines of around a couple percent only to bounce back today with gains in tech stocks and bank stocks. the general consensus among many ....
good morning. welcome to worldwide exchange. i m sara eisen. i m wilfred frost. good morning to you from me as well. let s check the global markets after another solid day on wall street took the dow up not quite to 20,000. so close. above 19,900 for the first time. futures not doing a whole lot. the nasdaq yesterday stood out. technology finally caught up after weeks of underperformance with the nasdaq surging a percent. dow futures down 8. s&p futures up 1. nasdaq futures up 3. a lot going on today, including the fed decision. news conference from janet yellen, dot plot from the fed, economic forecasts as well. the ten-year treasury note yield is sitting at 2.44. we re sort of within the range, towards the higher end of the range of where we have been. bonds look like a sell. the stock market continues to be a buy. the dow 100 away from 20,000. it is slightly down at the open. the bank of japan s tanken survey showing an uptick in japan s biggest manufac ....
8:30 tonight. their at the 2100 block at east chelsea avenue. the men tried to get in the car but the other walked off. the arm suspect ran and pointed the gun at the officer and the uniform officer that just arrived. the other suspect is in custody. coming back right now, police say they were out here because this is a high violent crime area. we checked the website and found in the last three months, there were 37 violent crimes and 22 of deadly weapons and two sexually assaults. reporting live, i am brandon hudson. nbc 10 news. other big story, an officer on the wrong side of the law. police officer accused of beating up his girlfriend. this is not the first time the officer is faciing accusations f krog crossing the line. he is accused of putting his hands on his girlfriend and sending her to the er. drew smith reports from the jersey shore. reporter: tonight we learn officer brown is suspended without pay from this department as he prepares to answer ....
lord, preserve them, keeping them from stumbling or slipping. enable them to rejoice because your goodness and mercies endure forever. may our senators remember that you love righteousness and justice. may this knowledge motivate them to follow your precepts, earnestly striving to glorify your holy name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington d.c., february 12, 2016. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mike rounds, a senator from the state of south dakota, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: mr. pre ....
other countries in the region are not spending massive amounts on defense. although, australia and japan have committed to increase spending, particularly on maritime capability. generally, we re seeing a reduction in the resources of the u.s. and its potential coalition partners and an increase overall. so the task of managing this challenge and monitoring it is becoming greater. then as i said, we re seeing gaps in capability. notwithstanding the u.s. rebalance, there are limits to resources in terms of humanitarian assistance, in terms of amphibious capability, in terms of assets, undersea assets. the u.s. attack submarine fleet actually around the mid 2020s will start to get smaller, not larger, for example. and gaps in cyber, missile defense and maritime security more broadly. for that reason, i really chose to focus my paper on maritime security and how we can take the framework of federated defense and start to actualize it in terms of real capability. in the ....