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saturday and sunday. i don t have that today. we better stay tuned, thank you, doug. you can download the nbc washington app and set weather at your home screen. developing now, the man responsible for killing two people outside of two different shopping centers in montgomery county last year, has pled guilty to those murders. chris gordon was in the courtroom today when prosecutors outlined a motive and played his confession for the first time. this was a man who knew there would be innocent lives lost, even wrote in his musings, he was apologizing to his potential victims before they were their victims. reporter: prosecutor john mccarthy laid out the evidence against 63-year-old eulalio tordil, who was arrested when police surrounded his rental car in aspen hill. the prosecutor said the gun police found inside the car matches the bullets and shell casings from all three shootings. tordil s shooting he shot his wife gladys and wounded a good samaritan. her daug ....
busiest earnings day of quarter. the treasury secretary on the tax rollout. and the ceo s of dow chemical and southwest airlines in the next 60 minutes. first up, the white house is pushing what it calls the largest tax cut and reform in history. this morning on the today show, the treasury secretary was grilled about how the plan will be paid for. and mr. secretary, would you be willing to raise your right hand and look at the american people and say, i steven mnuchin promise you that this will be revenue neutral and deficit neutral? so right now, we re working with the house and the senate. this is now about taking the president s principles and turning them into a bill that we can get passed and the president can sign this year so we can create economic growth. and we re going to work closely with congress to get this done. so matt, yes, our principles are, we want to pay for this with economic growth and with reducing lots and lots of special interest deduct ....
microsoft. they are all reporting their earnings after the bell today. joe, if you had to pick one name that could be the more important one, the market mover of those three, could you identify one? now the market mover? amazon and google have been the market mover all year. is it the donkey driving the market cart? for someone like myself and many out there right now, you re hoping for an earnings miss so you finally get the whoa, you re hoping for an earnings miss? yes. why? because you want to get into these names. cheaper. you want to get in cheaper. that s the opportunity. you re waiting for a pullback. a lot of people, myself included, have stepped out of some technology names. they have continued to appreciate. and you re happy with that? major money, moved on. now you look at these names reporting this evening and you re hoping for an earnings miss. you don t want them to keep going higher and higher unless you re long. i m going to qua ....
better sales, higher profits from our great american companies are why this market sometimes feels like you can buck anything. dow gaining and nasdaq advancing 6.9% to a new all time high even as the price of oil plummeted and the president s tax plan seems like it could be a real stretch to get through congress. first let me reiterate what i said all along about the markets doing really well. not about trump or the tax cuts or the fed or the overall economy. i m not saying washington is a sideshow, not when it s all over the front pages every day. it s certainly not the main event when it comes to stocks. after listening to all the president s men talking about their one page plan to reform the tax code yesterday i was a tiny bit hopeful something could get done even as i m generally skeptical of congress s ability to accomplish anything. then if you listen to the incredible squawkbox show at capitol hill my tiny bit of hope vanished. listening to the democrats and r ....
nasdaq futures up a and a half point. lauren: busy day for earnings. we are going to get results from amazon. united airlines want to avoid another bumped fiasco. offering up to $10,000. lauren: cell phone hrch afternoon-cell phone hrch imp inference grch. they close out that playoff series friday. one yankee celebrates his birthday at fenway park at the yankees beat the red sox, we will have highlights. nicole: welcome to fbn:am, first look at morning markets, breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. lauren: president trump says the u.s. will not pull out of the north american free trade agreement, surprising calls from leaders of méxico and canada. it is honor to deal with both peña nieto and prime minister and i believe the end result will end all three countries stronger and better. trump repeatedly criticized nafta on the campaign trail calling it disaster and blaming it for wiping out u.s. manufacturing jobs. nicole: repeal to replace obamacare is gai ....