Course, and also snapchat. Highlights from that interview and i did a little golfing, yes, golfing, nfl great joe montana, and he said i was standing on the wrong he said i was standing on the wrong side of the ball. Yes, we were trying to get it in the clowns mouth. Are you lefty how long have we been working together anyway, well see who won that putting contest. Who you betting there on there i know who my money is on well see, thats coming up we begin in washington, Janet Yellens testimony wrapped up a couple hours ago before the House Financial Services committee, we are joined with some of the highlights kelly, this could be yellens last two days of testimony on the hill her term ends early next year. And politico reporting that nec director gary cone is the front runner for her job when pressed by lawmakers on this question, yellen trying to deflect them. I absolutely intend to serve out my term. Im very focussed on trying to achieve our congressionally mandated objectives, and
Markets to be down like that sharply, then you start having rumors out there which are unsubstantiated. The dollar was very strong today. We either best currency out there, so the dollar will rally on that news. Gold had good action yesterday. Tick below 1,600 and rallied back in the afternoon and the equities followed. I thought it was a pretty good sign today. Turned out to be a head fake. Complete head fake. Now well approach 1,550 in gold, maybe a support level and maybe we get value because theres a lot of value in the gold play. Definitely one thats underowned and underappreciated. Matt cheslock, watching gold. Thank you, my friend. Down 100 points on the dow today and the nasdaq 47 points. Former fed governor will respond to the fed minutes and earnings from tesla in the second hour of the closing bell. And welcome back to the closing bell, everybody. Boy, what a last hour weve just had. Im mandy drury sitting in for maria bartiromo. Bill griff sit coming back in just any moment
This is incredibly significant. Looking at the World Leaders after this meeting with the president in europe last week said dont do this. Dont be hasty, wait. And ceos said dont do this. But a lot of there is a fair number of republican senators and republicans in this country who say absolutely this is the right call. Thats right. And some of his cabinet is also divided, too. You have pruit on one side, but rex tillerson, mattis, others that say there are National Security and Foreign Policy implications for this. I think this is really where you come down to what does America First mean . And, you know, over the months of the trump presidency, weve seen sometimes it needs one thing and sometimes it needs another thing. Right now, it means jobs, jobs, jobs. And i think President Trump has concluded that staying in the agreement would undermine the economy, undermine jobs. You know, the other argument is this could seriously hurt the u. S. Overseas. What exactly did the paris accord co
diplomat, rex tillerson, who used to run an emergency company, exxon mobile. exxon mobile in 2007 after a complicated history on climate change acknowledged that it came to the conclusion it is real and it needs to be dealt with. even today exxon mobile is having a shareholder meeting where there was a shareholder movement to try to get the company to game out, to stress test what climate change will mean for its business. so companies say they see this as a reality and are moving forward to try to figure out how to deal with a world in which climate change is a top priority. the white house moving in the opposition direction. six million jobs would be killed in the u.s. if we stay in the paris accords. but there are other economists who say, you know, you are talking about old industry jobs at a time we should be talking about building new industries.
slippery slope. what we ve seen with the biggest companies in the country, the biggest financial firms and tech firms have said we don t want to go down this road because we know the people we depend on to buy our products may not feel comfortable. our shareholders may not think this is the right action to take. you said the critical word there, shareholders. who owns these companies ultimately? well, look, this is where i think the shareholder movement is going to play a big role. some say citizens united, will things ever change again? it s still democracy. shareholder rights is one of the elements of this. shareholders want their companies to stay on a sound strategic path and they want to know what s going on. they don t want them venturing into reckless efforts. they want them to make the best products possible and doing well on the market. they don t want people gaining the system. you ll see this coming here more and more shareholder resolutions across companies, all across