positions. bullish new calls on a number of big retail names the stocks that should be on your shopping list the investment committee is ready to go. halftime report start right now. welcome our investment committee here today, joe terranova, jim laboren that will, and stephanie link we begin of coursewith the markets. best day since june. stocks staging a rebound i guess this is the markets saying the virus is a big story but maybe the worst has passed i think that s a logical conclusion i think it is also fair to say there will be repercussions and they will be transient, won t be that great disney after the close today i bought shares last week. what do they say about disney shanghai not just shanghai, but what are they saying about theme parks overall? i flew this weekend. one person s anecdotal report, i thought the airports and airplanes were really empty. do airlines come out and say something? all of this should be localized to the first quarter but we have to
Chairman. You talked about managing risk, mr. Chairman. Would removing our only airborne brigade, b. C. T. , in the arctic, or the only b. C. T. In the asia pacific, would that do to our credibility . Would that boles you are our credibility in the arctic or asia pacific with regard to the rebalance . And you talk about risk. It seems to me Vladimir Putin is militarizing this part of the world. If were actually removing force, removing forces, our own arctic trained forces, thats a way to increase risk because we know he views weakness as being provocative. Theyre making a move in the arctic. If we start withdrawing troops, the 425 in particular, i think that heightens risk. Would either of you care to comment on that . General dempsey yes. I think it increases risk but some of the decisions, and youre talking about the army in this case, but some of the choices that the Service Troops have to make in terms of resources, you know, the army is tasked going from 490,000 active where they
Its another instance where the Cartoon Version, why were, not yours, the Cartoon Version about the Founding Fathers wanted a skidding in the way of the real world stuff that we need to get done. I have people come see me every year from the air to say we need nih fully funded. These are not not bolsheviks are communists. These are republican business people. We have to find a way to overcome it. A strong sense that this can continue. Really helpful to see anything good coming out of this meeting. Im a scientist by background. I left the lab because i was frustrated with the way researchers being done. I equate nih should be fully funded but it should be fully funded in a smart way. A lot of new innovation out there for computational models to predict how pharmaceutical drugs affect the body trying to collect data and new treatments. Thats maybe a point of interest for me and for other patient. 9 of drugs in Clinical Trials for several reasons. Some of those are the fact the lack of def
All the latest details for you. After the bell, nike will report earnings. We got a debate on whether the stock is a buy ahead of that release. We begin with all of the news how ut of washington. Cnbcs john harwood is in d. C. With developments on the effort to repeal and replace obamacare. Ylan muil has the latest on the tax reform eamon javers, details on the press conference with the Prime Minister of jane Janet Yellens speech this afternoon. John, lets begin with you. Wilfred, today it became official what was obvious yesterday when Susan Collins became the third republican to oppose that Graham Cassidy block grant bill to repeal and replace obamacare. Turned tout be three republicans who caused them to pull the plug rand paul of kentucky, john mccain of arizona, Susan Collins of maine other opponents as well. Many states including the states of these three senators lost money under that plan. Remember, this is a plan in 2026 would have taken away 215 billion that the government is
Moisture in the air but as we head through the weekend, dewpoints will be dropping. Ill have all the details including the shore and the poconos coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Sharrie. Okay, cecily, thank you. We are now following some breaking news from the feltonville section of philadelphia. Chopper6 hd giving us a live view of this is what were being told appears to be a partial collapse of a house. This is the 100 block of east rockland street in feltonville. Emergency crews have been called out to this scene to respond to this partial collapse of a home. We also know that medics have also been requested for any possible injuries. Again, chopper6 flying live over what is said to be a partial collapse of a house in the 100 block of east rockland street in the feltonville section of philadelphia. As we get more information, as it involves any evacuations or any injuries, well update you in this newscast. Overseas it was another tense day in germany as protesters clashed