[applause] mr. President , mr. Speaker, mr. President , mr. Speaker, madam chief justice, distinguished justices of the court, honored officials, members of the Washington State legislature, tribal leaders, local government officials, members of the consular corps and my fellow washingtonians. Good afternoon. I want to begin today by thanking oso chaplain joel johnson; the members of the Marysville Pilchuck high school choir; my family members especially trudi; the 13 newest members of the legislature who have stepped up to serve this state; and the people and communities of washington that over the past 125 years have given us the great state we celebrate today. I also want to mention a member i also want to mention a member of our legislative family, the late representative roger freeman. He was proud to represent his community. But most of all, roger was proud to be a father to his two children and a devoted husband to his wife, sonya. Our thoughts are with them today. The new repre
Its been the worst performing stock in the dow for the last two years and its underperforming the index so far in 2015. Well talk to an ibm analyst later this hour and dont miss the ceo on cnbc talking about everything that had gone on during the presentation. The senate is set to vote today on a 40 billion spending bill aimed at preventing a partial shutdown of the department of homeland securitys funding because it will expire at midnight on friday if congress doesnt take action. Take a look at a couple of stocks to watch this morning. Salesforce is raising its revenue forecast pointing to demand for its Cloud Based Software and services. Workday results were in line with estimates and theyre giving upbeat revenue guidance. Earnings in revenue beating the street but the Parent Company of victorias secret offer light Current Quarter Profit Guidance and as a result the stock is trading low they are mork. Lets get a check on the markets this morning. Yesterday the markets were essential
2014, let there be cramer jim, welcome. Happy new year. Happy new year to you, my friend. You have a new book to talk about. Well rejoin you, get thoughts about the year just ahead. Jim cramer, the wise man cramer is going to be here and tell us how to get rich carefully. Carefully. That is the title of the new book. First, sue, check in from the nyse. Hi, ty. Its kind of a tough session right here at the nyse. Jims going to weigh in on that in just a second. Lets set the stage for you. Right now the dow is off of its lows, but we still have a tri e tripledigit decline following last years 23 run to the upside. The s p starting 2014 on the down side as well by almost a full percent, or almost 16 points after a 25 jump last year. And after rising 33 in 2013, the nasdaq starts the new year under some pressure as well, down 34 points. The russell, the broaderbased index which a lot of people are watching, right now down better than a point, better than a percent, rather, and onethird. In