hours, the governor saying that he now wants the puerto rico electric power authority, the board for prepa to cancel that contract. we re still awaiting comment from prepa officials. we understand there is supposed to be a news conference later this afternoon. still no immediate comment from whitefish energy on the governor s statements, but we did speak with the ceo yesterday and he seemed to have no clue that this was coming. he said that he would be in puerto rico as long as it takes. and what has been getting some attention is all of the questions, alex, about how they managed to get this contract. the ceo told me yesterday that he actually managed to do it by reaching out to prepa officials through the social networking site linkedin and did so after hurricane irma, stayed in touch with prepa officials and flew down to san juan on september 26th, six days after hurricane maria made landfall. still, many questions about how
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight we have breaking news. a surge of the day. stocks just jumped to the moon. dow and s&p had their single best day for the entire year. the dow jumps 287 points. so you can say why, the sheer excitement. the ebulliance. have we suddenly solved all of our economic problems? have we stumbled upon a machine gun of silver bullets? have we found our terminator? not so fast, arnold. today we got shot up with rubber bullets. it was an arsenal of talk but no concrete action. in europe, the central bank chief said officials stand ready to act and there were reports of talks of a possible deal to bail out banks in countries in crisis like spain. that s a lot of talk. being ready to stand by is different than standing by. here at home, the fed said it may be ready to take further action to help spur the economy, extending unprecedented efforts to ease credit. now, that s still talk and not action. is this what we have come to, so desperate, hanging on to
best day for the entire year. the dow jumps 287 points. so you can say why, the sheer excitement. the ebulliance. have we suddenly solved all of our economic problems? have we stumbled upon a machine gun of silver bullets? have we found our terminator? not so fast, arnold. today we got shot up with rubber bullets. it was an arsenal of talk but no concrete action. in europe, the central bank chief said officials stand ready to act and there were reports of talks of a possible deal to bail out banks in countries in crisis like spain. that s a lot of talk. being ready to stand by is different than standing by. here at home, the fed said it may be ready to take further action to help spur the economy, extending unprecedented efforts to ease credit. now, that s still talk and not action. is this what we have come to, so desperate, hanging on to the economic precipice that a little sweet talk sends stocks to the moon? outfront tonight, doug holtz-eakin, and robert reich, author of
outfront tonight we have breaking news. a surge of the day. stocks just jumped to the moon. dow and s&p had their single best day for the entire year. the dow jumps 287 points. so you can say why, the sheer excitement. have we suddenly solved all of our economic problems? have we stumbled upon a machine gun of silver bullets? have we found our terminator? not so fast, arnold. today we got shot up with rubber bullets. it was an arsenal of talk but no concrete action. in europe, the central bank chief said officials stand ready to act and there were reports of talks of a possible deal to bail out banks in countries in crisis like spain. that s a lot of talk. being ready to stand by is different than standing by. here at home, the fed said it may be ready to take further action to help spur the economy, extending unprecedented efforts to ease credit. now, that s still talk and not action. is this what we have come to, so desperate, hanging on to the economic precipice that a lit
the plot thickens in the arnold schwarzenegger secret child scandal and the social networking site linkedin is a big deal with investors and look for a busy hurricane season ahead. let s begin with thelma gutierrez in los angeles with what we are hearing about the house keeper in the the schwarzenegger scandal. reporter: tj, we are learning that mill dra byian nah purchased this home last september but didn t start living here until two and a half months ago. she talked openly about working for the schwarzen next and also about her desire to retire in bay, field with her son. she is 51, a native of guatemala and worked for the schwarzenegger family for 20 years. one of the pains in says her son is intelligent, well respected and well liked in neighbor hadhood and byian nah kept a low profile since moving in and the son has lived in this house full time with a man that everybody out here thought was his father.