Shutdown soon . They are heartbreaking and real. The stoirs of those already affected by the Government Shutdown. Will any of this make Congress Move quicker . New information today on the motorcycle road rage incident in new york city. How might six cops be correct connected to that intercept . What happened to karen. Shes still going to hit the southeast coast. But will she pack any punch. A live report just ahead. Hello, everyone. Its high noon in the east, 9 00 in the west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Im mara sigh vo campo. St. Paul day five of the shutdown and two big developments this hour. First a new interview from president obama with his take on the shut down stalemate and that creep towards that october 17th debt ceiling deadline. Just as it true with the Government Shutdown, there are enough votes in the house of representatives to make sure that the government reopens today. And im pretty willing to bet that there are enough votes in the house right now to make sur
Im craig melvin. Youre watching msnbc. Day five of the Government Shutdown, the house has just passed another piecemeal bill to pay furloughed workers once the government reopens. While theres still no end in sight to the stalemate, the blame game seems to be intensifying. Were live on capitol hill. Do you feel responsible for whats been happening to people . Look, i think it is indefensible that president obama and harry reid have forced a Government Shutdown. They shouldnt have shutdown the government. I didnt go around courting the media. And i certainly didnt go around trying to shut down the government. Were not going to let a federal Government Shutdown have an impact on our preparedness in the state of florida. So theres no light between us and the federal government. I am strongly, strongly against common core. It has increased my ability to reach more students. Tropical storm karen, the system weakens as it closes in on the gulf coast. Were live with the latest advisory releas
And mortgage apps. Keep your eye on gold if youre looking for clues about the fed. We did dip below 1,300 this morning. Just hours away, is the taper finally upon us . Well break down what it means for the markets. And the reviews are in. Words such as gorgeous and game changer being used for apples new operating system and the new verse of the iphone. But will it help the stock . Fedex beating expectations. Up more than 3 in premarket trading. And starbucks asking customers to please leave your guns at home. The ceo saying firearms are not banned in the stores but theyre not welcome either. Apple unveils its new ios operating system today, included in the 5s and 5c. Those phones will become available on friday. The reviews are in. Walt of the wall street journal says the new 5s is a delight, its hardware and software make it the best smartphone on the market. And from the times, its genuinely awesome. The haters can go jump off a pier. And ed, who will join us later on, taken in total
The next week or something. You didnt say i want this to be for the next seven months. No, not seven months. Its only been two weeks. It has not been two weeks. Three weeks. 3 1 2. 2. 85 . I am so in the money. I couldnt have bought an option any shorter. You could have changed the terms of the deal after we got into the deal. You cant do that. You were right the idea that rates could go lower. Now we have to figure out the market. Yeah. Its concerning, though, i guess this is really the market sitting and taking a look at the jobs number that we got on friday which is well below what had been expected. And taking all this into account with are we ready for tapering and is the economy really there . Youve got goldman. Already were going to be talking about lets keep in mind oh, god, i sound like phil. At the enof the day, 257 is where the dow is. If we build up a lot of fear, and were still above 15,000, thats the way these markets move when theyre in a long when theyre going to keep a
Faith. If youre going to make big money in the stock market, something i believe is possible, or else you wouldnt be watching, you need to have some faith in the ability of companies and the people running them to deliver. Today, the dow climbed 116 points and the nasdaq rocketed 1. 69 . [ applause ] more than any moment in a long time i have seen a need to invoke George Michaels terrific investing advice. Thats because there were some winners at work that you would have missed out on if you didnt have faith. Lets start with Len Schleifer. We all know that big biotech is swooning of late. A lot said they were tapped out, but theres much more to regeneron than a eylea. And that eylea is doing far better than the analysts expected. Now, as i peruse the analyst reports, i was struck by variations of the same phrase over and over and over again. Little upside, not enough upside. However after regenerons magnificent move up today, stock at one point up 34 all i can say is if thats what bake