Theres no better place than to be in the u. S. To step back and ask what do we have achieved in the last. Years when i look back i see that in the last years europeans have begun to understand that they can in a european way that we must pave our own way to stay relevant in the 21st century for me is in the way europeans are changing the way they look at themselves and starting to see you are as capable of being strong and being sovereign. We europeans often do not see ourselves as being powerful when you look at europe you probably see facts you see 450 million citizens you see 27 countries united around a common political project. You see a quarter of the gdp. You see the bigger straining blood and probably we hope you see diplomatic power. When we europeans we look at ourselves we often do not see this power. We see we sold out divisions disagreements. Consensus on important decisions. And this is changing. It is changing because of my front president is putting a lot of energy the
Theres no better place than to be in the u. S. To step back and ask what do we have achieved in the last. Years when i look back i see that in the last years europeans have begun to understand that they can in a european way that we must pave our own way to stay relevant in the 21st century for me is in the way europeans are changing the way they look at themselves and starting to see you are as capable of being strong and being sovereign. We europeans often do not see ourselves as being powerful when you look at europe you probably see facts you see 450 million citizens you see 27 countries united around a common political project. You see a quarter of the gdp. You see the bigger straining blood and probably we hope you see diplomatic power. When we europeans we look at ourselves we often do not see this power. We see we sold out divisions disagreements. Consensus on important decisions. And this is changing. It is changing because of my front president is putting a lot of energy the
Higher. Slightly. Call it almost flat. France is higher by 2 points. Oil prices have been moving higher on a report suggesting that russia is in talks with saudi arabia. Others about achieving market stability. Crude had a strong were falling a developing story out jfk airport. Multiple agencies responding to the airport after a report that shots had been fired. After arriving on the scene, authorities said there was no gunfire. The nypd declaring on twitter that all terminals were searched and cleared and no shots fired. They believe the woman who reported it misinterpreted clapping and banging from people watching the Olympic Games. Incident in the mall where people had fireworks. They were watching usain bolt last night. It was amazing. I did get to see a lot of it last week. Its all been really great. The swimming. Katie ledecky, wasnt she amazing . Shes that solo swimmer. I tuned into the end of that. Golf turned out great. I think some of the guys that didnt go were like oh, man
Airlines. You have probably seen the incredible orion launch earlier this morning. Wait until you see the landing, the splash down, unbelievable. Takes you back to the apollo days. First to sue at the New York Stock Exchange. The dow closing in on the 18,000 mark. So lets get you up to date on all of the numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial is up about 80 points on the trading session, 17979. 18. We are not far away. Up 10 from the october 15 lows. Bob pisani joins me on the floor of the nyse for perspective. 321,000 everybody went whoa. You could hear the air out of the room. Upward revisions. And wage growth on top of that. Lets look at what is moving the market today. Might be surprised because my guess was industrials would lead the way, not quite here. It is actually financials as well as materials and health care modestly on the upside here. I want to point out we have a lot of new highs in financials today, regional banks are strong right across the board here. A lot might say why
Buck 47 a barrel. Energy co. Still getting hit because we went up and then we went down so exxon is taking a hit, same with chevron, Conoco Phillips a little bit. Now we have 21 states in the 1 gasoline club. That is where the state average for regular is below 2 a gallon. Most people in america pretty much have access to under 2 gasoline. How about that . The Interest Rate barometer we check every day, down again, 1. 81 is the interest on a ten year treasury bond, historically very low. President obama wants to give away, paternal leave for federal workers, six weeks of that fully paid. Stuart s to give that away, paid sick leave for everybody one weeks worth, a giveaway to everybody Washington Times on my opinion editor Monica Crowley is here. I dont think any of this is actually going to pass muster in congress, what the president is doing is my opinion, he is a we are going to give everybody all this good stuff republicans are going to say no you are not and they look like the bad