Have congressman duffy, and we have congressman grothman, as well as many other distinguished leaders. Thank you all for joining us today for this momentous occasion for us here at this Lockheed Martin facility. You know, Lockheed Martin is an american company, over 100 years old, and we are proud that for many, many years, we have worked with president s and elected officials to help protect our citizens and our nation in advancing scientific discovery and driving economic growth. Here at our derco facility, we have about 300 employees working on some very critical work. Theyre working on parts and Logistics Services and repairs for a lot of products that support aircraft and helicopters, for the United States and around the world, so that we can be ready to defend our nation and defend our allies. Lockheed martin is very proud also to report that we are growing, just like the american economy, and when you think about for us, last year, we hired 14,000 people. This year, we plan to h
Ed isly the president picked up what facebook is looking at. He has a proposal of his own coming up as well. First to the story that broke earlier today in washington, the embattled labor secretary alex acosta from stepping down from his position in President Trumps cabinet. Blake burman live at the white house with the latest on that. Reporter connell, the timeline fairly quick when you look how it unfolded last week. On saturday the feds took Jeffrey Epstein into authority. The Southern District of new york laid out its case, the newest charges they presented against epstein. That forced labor secretary alex acosta to go before cameras here in washington, d. C. , on wednesday to defend the 2018 nonprosecution agreement deal that he strong with epstein and epsteins attorneys back in florida more than a decade ago. Fast forward to this morning, friday morning, acosta submitted his letter of resignation to the president. The president was complimentary of acosta who said he is stepping
Andy biggs was there. He said stop blaming Law Enforcement for doing their best to help people. All that and more on making money. Charles President Trump is about to take the stage in wisconsin. He is pushing congress to pass the new trade deal between mexico and canada. Approving the usmca could be a boon for the country and wisconsin which is where we fly jeff flock. Jeff . Reporter he will be on the ground as we speak and here in dirko aerospace. A place that employs 250 people. It helps maintain military aircraft like the c130 transports and the f16 hornets. This is important state for the president. This is the sixth time sips he has been elected. Why . He won the state by a very small margin in 2016. About the smallest margin you could get. About 3 4 of a percentage point if you look at it, about 22,000 votes. In 2018 democrats swept this state in the statewide elections. So it is going to be a tough road. Charles, as you point out the president has a good case to make on the ec
The oil industry preparing for the worst. The president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association is about to tell you how barry could impact black gold and gasoline prices and you know what, you could even triangulate how it will affect stocks in the energy sector. On wall street, today the s p 3,000 is in sight for the third day in a row, but can we lock it in . Right now we are nine points above it. Got to stay tuned for my whole hour here. As for the dow, it locked in 27,000 yesterday. We are well above that right now at 27,274. The nasdaqs joining the party, on pace for a record close as consumer favorites like industrials and Technology Power todays run. Plus, President Trump joining forces with none other than the oracle of omaha . At least in his thinking, putting facebooks crypto ambitions under a harsh spotlight. Our top tech panel is here to tell us what it means for the Digital Currency world. Less than an hour to the closing bell on this friday. So glad youre with us. Could
Keeping track of todays top stories. Gerri willis standing by there on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Jeff flock is out in milwaukee. Gerri, with the records being set, we start with you. So hard to keep up with all the information, right . The market is on fire. The dow on pace for a second Straight Record close. This is the third of 2019, led by united health, home dethe. These are the weekly winners. J j big headline, johnson johnson, the stock diving after we learned that the department of justice is pursuing a criminal investigation into the company there. The biggest dragger on the dow, shaving more than 40 points off the blue chip index. Big headline there, originally reported by bloomberg. Intraday the s p on fire, closing out at 3013 as you just said. On pace for the record straight close. It is 10th record close of the year. The markets are on fire. Everybody down here amazed at the performance. You have to love it. Nasdaq on pace for a record close as well as we c