Website went down again. Minimum age of 21 to 18, the measure is electronic vapor cigarettes. New yorks mayor bloomberg is expected to sign the measure, the minimum ache is 18. Stashz quarterly profits surged more than 30 , thanks to an up suspected visits to cafes, there were more than 680 store openings over the past year. Those are the headlines. Consider this is on Al Jazeera America. Can you always find us online at aljazeera. Com. An Al Jazeera America exclusive. Corruptions has reached is the higheshighest level of politics. How wide spread is this conduct . Well run it down across america. An important follow up on a story we brought you recently. Interpreters who risked their lives being kept in harms way by political red tape. And the hemingway curse. One of americas moist americas families has been rocked by suicides. Mariel hemingway will join us. We begin with corruption in california. In this report al jazeera Investigative Unit will look at a sting operation launched by
Great Balance Sheet. Mario, thank you. A lot of fun. We have to go. Well talk about hot dogs next time we see you. You bet. Make sure you join us tomorrow. Squawk on the street begins right now. Good thursday morning. Im melissa wlee wilee with jim and david faber. Lets get a check on u. S. Futures and how were setting up. Positive data out of china. China exports came in much stronger than expected. Jobless claims coming in 9,000 above consensus estimates. A higher open at this point, dow about 52 1 2, s p looking to open up 8. As for the picture in europe, of course all eyes are on the esc presser, ecb and bank of england leaving rates unchanged. The question is will draghi open the door for the possibility of a cut. So thats on our radar. Italy biggest gainer there up more than 1 . Our road map this morning starts in washington. Jack lew officially nominated as treasury chief. Lew is known for his role in the being acrimonious talks in 2011. What could it mean this time. Tiffany dis
Going to be buying gold. Gold is reacting nicely. Maria is going to pick up the ball in five seconds and run with closing bell at 4 00. And it is 4 00 on wall street. Do you know where your money is . Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the closing bell. Im Maria Bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. This market rallying again. The s p 500 getting set to close at a new fiveyear high. Were settling out with a rally on the street today as this market continues to want to go higher. Up 80 points on the industrial average tonight finishing at the high of the afternoon, 13,470. Volume picked up a bit today. The nasdaq composite also higher. Also closing at high, up about 16 points on the nasdaq, s p 500 up 11 points, threequarters of 1 . The rally back on. S p 500 closing at the highest level in five years once again. Can the momentum continue . Lets bring in ben pace from Deutsche Bank private Wealth Management and john from cfi group and let me kick this off with you, john. Wh
The house that once could still see through the dark know they really cant go on like this. Margaret is not alone. Down in baton rouge governor bobby jindal says we have to stop being the stupid party. Haley barbour warns this party to stop making stupid comments again, that word about rape. But dont lose heart. Like an old car that wont turn off even when you turn the key to off, some character out in new mexico wants to stick women who are raped with stiff prison sentences if they get an abortion. She calls it tampering with the evidence. But wait a minute, crazy guys. Didnt one of your republicans say you cant get pregnant in case of a rape . Anyway, tonight finding our way through the crazy even as we hear the first loud barks and meows from the backyard of american politics. I have with me joy reid and mother jones david corn. Anytime i can get you to giggle a little bit, joy, i consider myself a success. I owe some of this material to a lot of republicans today. Pegging noonan, a
Iran a temporary victory . I do not believe the congress of the United States will turn its back on this moment. If the vote were today it would probably be a no vote. At the end of the day congress will rise to the occasion. Congress says no. I dont think they will. I know well were weary of war. War sucks. I know that the country will be stronger if we take this course and our actions will be even more effective. The president has some tough fights over the next couple of weeks as for and domestic priorities will collide. On the world stage he faces assads key ally russian put vladamir putin when he heads to the g20 summit in russia this week. Back in washington in addition to key issues like Immigration Reform and the debt ceiling hes got to convince congress to support action in syria. Now, the president and his Foreign Policy team have between now and the week of september 9th when Congress Returns to make their case. They have already begun as house members are briefed this after