Washington with a lot more. We are less than 24 hours into this stunning news of President Trump firing james comey, the fbi director, who is leading an investigation of the Trump Campaign and Trump Associates over ties with russia, which, of course, interfered with our election. We saw just a few minutes ago that the two leaders in the senate, republican Mitch Mcconnell and democrat, shuchuc schumer took their roles. What we have now is our democratic colleagues complaining about the removal of an fbi director, whom they themselves repeatedly and sharply criticized. That removal being done by a man, rod rosenstein, who they repeatedly and continually praised. Chuck schumer, the minority leader, had a different view, as you would expect. I will be requesting that the majority leader call a closed, and in necessary, all senators briefing with the attorney general and Deputy Attorney general separately at which they can be asked questions. But beneath those two familiar roles, we are see
Some extent. We are seeing some strength in stocks today, although the nasdaq is trading lower. We have the dow and the s p not currently s p touched a record. Dow is currently trading at record levels. Catching up with what we saw the nasdaq jew yesterday. Interesting what we saw the nasdaq do yesterday. Opec unexpectedly struck an agreement on production and whether they stick to the agreement is a question. We saw oil have its biggest singleday gain since february. 48. 35 a barrel. We have seen a surge in volume for oil trading. Whether there was an opec agreement or not, it seems the where oil is traded, cme group a winner here. In terms of daily volume, the green circle is an almost 2 million barrel in a single day in terms of Oil Contracts traded. That was on election day. That was, as you can see from the chart, pretty clearly a record. As you look at all of the oil opec surplus capacity in terms of number of barrels a day, this is a fiveyear chart. We have seen the surplus capa
The Company Announced wednesday that its keeping more than 1,000 jobs in indianapolis instead of moving them to mexico. Lets go to our columnists. Lets start with general mattis, good pick . Terrific. My joke about mattis is that he can scare the feathers off a chicken. You want a defense secretary whos going to inspire respect. A secretary of defense is going to inspire the respect of his generals and of american troops. I think mattis, he was the first general to go into afghanistan and into kandahar province in 2001 as a one star, this is a guy who is well known in the defense department, hes seen as sort of a scholar, a warrior, hes exactly the kind of guy, i dont think we have seen the likes since george matthews. Hes going to have to have a special dispensation from congress that, takes a lot for him to serve as the secretary. I think we have to support the civilian control of the military, but mattis has been out of the military for about three years, he has the confidence of jo
Keeping nearly 1,000 jobs in indianapolis instead of moving them to mexico. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist kim strausle. James freeman and mary ogrady and brett stevens. Brett, general mattis, good pick . Terrific. I mean, my joke about mattis is he can scare the feathers off a chicken just by looking at it. And putin too . You want a defense secretary who will inspire the respect of your adversaries and also, a secretary of defense who is going to inspire the respect of his generals and of american troops. I think mattis, he was the first general to go into afghanistan in 2001 as a one star. This is a guy who is well known in the defense department. Hes seen as a scholar warrior. I dont think were going to see the likes of this person since George Marshall was secretary of defense. Speaking of marshall, mattis having been as an officer is going to need a special dispensation from congress. They have to pass a law to have him serve as defense secretary. Do you have a probl
Seal off Public Safety buildings tonight. We are keeping an eye on it. America is getting ready to relax and party for the Labor Day Weekend but some folks are taking it too far. Hundreds of students packing bars in South Carolina caught on video with no social distancing and no masks and this is exactly what Health Experts are warning us about as the president says we are turning a corner with the pandemic the medical pros worried we might see another spike after a great weekend just like after memorial day. Another model projects 410,000 dead by new years day if folks dont follow the rules on masks and social distancing. The worst is yet to come according to researchers from the university of washington. Nevertheless coasttocoast folks are gearing up for the beaches. We can show love by masking them and sharing that. Mike doctor Anthony Fauci says north and south dakota, iowa, arkansas, missouri, indiana and illinois, particularly at risk. Lets get the latest on the vaccine. Reporter