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We will see if it means good news on the future of the economy. Who would you cell to . The newest odd couple, if that is not odd enough, how high taxes are brought together. One of frances most notable actors and someone from russia. We begin with Nicole Petallides. Nicole we are not too far off the unchanged line. Right now we are down about 20 points on wall street. The Dow Jones Industrials get the nasdaq slightly lower. I also wanted to take a look at some of the automakers. We got in some numbers from them. Ford and gm, both of these names hitting 52 week highs. Sales are improving. Pickup truck demand has also picked up. No pun intended there. It is looking pretty good. You can see right now the u. S. Automakers are doing quite well with off aeros. Toyota is down about a half percent. Honda motor also under some pressure at the moment. Back to you. Connell will the new class offer more of the same relock . We have peter barnes now. Peter we should have a shot at the house floor
Around ukraine. The market does not like it. Russian troops lining up at the border, Vladimir Putin says there will be consequences if ukrainians go after perot Russian Forces inside the country. John kerry says if russia ignores the agreement to be escalate the crisis it would, i am quoting now, not just be a grave mistake but inexpensive mistake. He is threatening more sanctions. What is the financial response . The russian stock market is in freefall, standard and poors cuts russias debt, it is one notch above junk. Moscow hikes in Interest Rates. Look at that, the dow a big triple digit loss, nasdaq down big as well. Sandra smith, americas love with me. The market, americas market is down because of russia. It is on the rate of the nasdaq is leading the selloff stuart amazon is down. That is a special case, one of the leading things in the nasdaq. I am not going to eliminate the possibility ukraine is causing some selling. It is in the back of everybodys mind if youre going to buy
You know, Disaster Relief was something that you didnt play games with, but now in this current atmosphere everything is the subject of oneupsmanship. And for the political game and its why the American People hate congress. Its why they hate them. Stuart awe, the fight over sandy relief. Three sides to the outrage. Why hasnt congress acted . Why is the pibill so stuffed wi pork . And why is it loaded like a Christmas Tree . Thats the news, new york, new jersey and others will get money, the fight, thats laid bare americas fundamental problem. Even with trillion dollar deficits congress cant put limits on its spending so we may get another downgrade. Ratings agencies repeated the warning because we cant get a grip on spending and debt and then there is al gore. Hes selling his tv network to aljazee aljazeera, is that an Inconvenient Truth . Varney company is about to begin. [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal matters . Maybe you want to incorporate a business. Orrotect your
I am olivia sterns. Coming up on the program, the worlds greatest golfer gary player shares how to perfect your swing as the u. S. Open tees off today. Our top story. Bnps coo is stepping down. Pressuring theen worlds biggest bank to dismiss de courcell. This link to investigations over sentient violations . Bnp is letting him go of his own accord. It was his decision to step down. There has been a lot of indications in the media that u. S. Regulators were calling for his departure. We should be clear. He has not been accused of any wrongdoing. I want to ask you about your sense do you think bnp can afford this if they get cut off from the u. S. Dollar Payment System . It is a lot of money. I do not think it was their intent to force the bank out of business. Spiraling bigger and bigger. Every bank has to pay more than the last one so the regulators can show they are taking a very aggressive approach. Fair, it is not the reason that is up to 10 billion because of the sense that bnp was