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Coming the new bellwethers it could be argued that ge has not been a bellwether for a very long time. Meantime tesla shares also under pressure today over under certainty around whether the electric vehicle maker will be opening a new factory in china were going to separate fact from fiction on this one. And after the bell, soon youll be able to order takeout directly from the amazon app the head of amazon payments will be joining us exculusively to talk about the ecommerce giants latest announc...

Math and sue herera are off tonight, so its just you and me. The dow snapped its sixday win stream as shares of General Electric weighed on Investor Sentiment and saw their biggest decline in six year. Well have more on that story in a moment, but first the closing numbers. The dow did hit an intraday high today, but finally fell 54 points to 23,273. The nasdaq was down by 42 points, the s p fell by ten. The prospects of tax reform has long been a big driver for this stock market, but one tax pr...

Technology investors with these kinds of gains after stellar earnings last night . It was unbelievable. Weve got a story on that coming up in just a moment here. You guys had your hands full. It was a rollicking hour, i hear it was. Meantime, a rollicking deal through the health care space. Cvs is pursuing a major deal to buy aetna and former aetna ceo john rowe will join us in a cnbc exclusive to discuss what that bid could mean. What a fascinating story that is cant wait to talk to john about ...

Just in the last 30 minutes or so here as we see these stories unfold as the gang on power lunch talked about. You have not only conflicts brewing with north korea, triang gulated with china, but syria with russia. On the ground there in palm beach. Things growing by the hour here as we prepare for the summit between president xi and trump, yes . That is correct, and cannot be overstated, bill. We are watching as the first family descends the stairs at the airport nearby in west palm beach, arri...

Speaker, i had meetings this morning. Other than one meeting with her metastudent queen, the diary for the rest of my day is remarkably light. Other than one meeting with her majesty the queen. Thank you very much, mr. Speaker. The Prime Ministers congratulations to Andrew Murray and all the other winners. May we thank the Prime Minister for all his hard work and his leadership. And particularly his commitment to the union and to Northern Ireland visiting in auckland and swimming to working with...

Emotional farewell address. Ryan it was a 10 minute speech. He came out with his wife samantha and three children. And he said that you know, he took some time to talk about how he has improved the economy and remember, when he came into office in 2010, there was still a lot to do in terms of repairing the economy after the financial crisis. He thanked the country so much service and graciously the countrys Civil Servants and graciously welcomed recent may theresa may. There wasnt a lot of polic...

Our roadmap begins with shares of mcdonalds after reported earnings that mixed expectations. Well dig into the report. United technologies is up on earnings. Ceo Gregory Hayes is going to join us live for an interview. And the Democratic National convention kicked off with a bang. Well go live to philadelphia for the latest. But first up, mcdonalds with earnings. Sales in line, but earnings miss on the bottom line. 1. 25 a share, global comps up 31r3 31. Stocks are down 2. 5 . A year ago they we...

The markets. Jp morgan did not use brexit ate my homework as an excuse to imply lower numbers. Jp a lot of people were nervous, they did not take that bite. A great relief. Financials up right across the board. Earnings trends, only a few of them have been beat. And i want to show you whats going on here. Since these companies started reporting, this has been their stock prices. Alcoa, delta, jp morgan, every single one of them. Lets take a look at the banks. It is very traditional for banks to ...

Jim thompson discussing his new who is billy lee, George Washingtons mulatto man. Toward acquired, in his words, 1767. Atto man, in he was wellknown known to washingtons staff, including lafayette. Thompson presents an analysis of washingtons complex relationship with billy lee and discusses a deeper relationship between the two. Mr. Thompson is the author of a number of books on the arts and history, among them being the birth of virginias aristocracy and Thomas Jeffersons enlightenment. After ...

Youre watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. Follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history dues. History news. William lee, known as billy lee, was short washingtons personal slave. Washington granted billy lee land and freedom in his will. Next, author James Thompson discusses his theory explaining why washington may have taken this action. The daughters of the American Revolution hosted this onehour event. Today, we a...