Averages nasdaq s p 500 and bit igher by. 5 or a more. 2000. Out russell the optimism is back about tax cuts and what it will economy and we have the earnings season getting under way tomorrow with some of the big banks. Those in a t moment. But first, lets look at a few of the stocks that are 2000 g the russell higher. These are small cap stocks. 17 . Ress software up they beat earnings and sales estimates. Same thing with k. B. Home. They beat earnings by more than 9 . Stands out in contrast to yesterdays lennar. S miss by company, the brinks up almost 9 . These are some small cap winners. The earning season overall, lets hop bloomberg and look at the yearoveryear Earnings Growth. In 2013 and 14, ecent growth, but then we see an earnings recession 16. Here to 2015, 2017, lots of growth. 20 last year. This is the estimate for the Fourth Quarter that well be at. Ing up 11. 8 . That according to mkm. Be more reason to think why the stock market is rallying on the day and to if ontinue c
Should two children born out of wedlock get 500,000 a month, from one of americas richest men . Its now in the hands of the jury. We go inside the court fight for a billionaires fortune. And good morning, everyone. George is off, still on vacation. Happy to have david muir back with us this morning. Happy to be back. Weve been tracking the protest just downtown from here. But when it turns to this, its really troubling. And there was concern that Something Like this could happen. The alleged hate crime comes amidst the very intense debate over the pro posed Muslim Center near ground zero. Police say he got in the cab, asked if he was muslim and stabbed him repeatedly. What made him do it . We have an interview with the cab driver this morning. Were following this dramatic election, still playing out in alaska, two mornings later. The senior senator in a tight race with a Tea Party Candidate. Shes saying its not over until its over. Senator Lisa Murkowski banking on absentee ballots. In
Ordinary. City police say that robberies like this are not common, but they do happen. They have good leads in this case. Roosevelt, abc2 news. All right, thanks. Police in Anne Arundel County are investigating a suspicious death. Officers were called to the unit lock of lexington road early this morning. Police found a 47yearold woman dead inside of her home. The cause of the death is not known at this time. Police do have a person of interest, but they are not releasing the name. Firefighters were on the scene of a deadly pedestrian accident this afternoon. Police say the unidentified victim was hit by a tractor trailer near exit 57. All northbound lanes of i95 were closed but have reopened tonight because of the crash is under investigation. And an mta bus crash in baltimore injures four people. It happened this morning on monroe street. Mta police say a minivan tried to make an illegal u turn in front of the bus. None of the injuries are serious. Police say the driver of the miniva
City. The incident took place during a cab ride on manhattans east side. Police say the cab driver was stabbed repeatedly, after confirming that hes a muslim. Aaron katersky has more on the attack and the young suspect. Reporter new york cabby ahmad sharif described house he was attacked. He had a knife. When i see the knife, it came right here. Reporter the father of four picked up a fare on tuesday evening. On the drive, Michael Enright asked, are you muslim . When sharif answered yes, enright pulled out a leatherman life and slashed him on the face, neck and arm. He began to stab the driver, sort of through the partition. He started yelling at, like, this is a checkpoint. This is checkpoint [ bleep ]. I have to push you down. Reporter sharif pointed to the controversy of a Muslim Community center planned at ground zero. And in 25 years in new york, he has never felt so insecure. No doubt in your mind, he wanted to kill you . I moved like this, he tried to get my throat. And im tryin
The peace here . To be honest, he said, no. We need a couple more years. But the iraqis wont get much more time. All american troops are scheduled to pull out of iraq by the end of next year. Dan harris, abc news, mosul. Southern californias metro link Commuter Rail system says it will pay 200 million to victims of a fatal crash. 25 people were killed when a passenger train ran a red light and collided he ed headon with freight train. Investigators believe the engineer was sending Text Messages before the crash two years ago. Under federal law 200 million is the maximum liability for a train accident. As part of its annual labor day crackdown on drunk driving the government has released some shocking figures. Millions of americans admit they have driven while drunk, despite the wellknown dangers. Lisa stark has details. Reporter who is todays drunk driver . It turns out many more of us than you might think. Cops everywhere are stepping up enforcement and cracking down like never before