To our viewers in the United States and to those of you joining us from around the world, welcome we have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines today. We have a special report on the drought in california and how Technology May be what the state is looking for. And peter cook is live in chicago. And it election it could shape the future of the democratic hardy. There is a developing story out of d. C. The white house, the capital, and other sites have been affected by widespread Power Outages across the district. The state department lost power during the Daily Press Briefing at around 12 42 washington time. You are looking at a live shot of the u. S. White house power was knocked out and cycled back on using generators. It is now back to normal. The u. S. Capital also experienced sporadic Power Outages according to capitol police. Pepco is reportedly investigating the report. There was an explosion at a Southern Maryland electric cooperative facility according to th
Anniversaries to celebrate tonight. First, theres the haines bottom, which the late great mark haines called six years ago today. Then theres the other anniversary. The tenth anniversary of what you see around you. The tenth anniversary week of when mad money started one week ago. The dow gaining 139 points. The s p climb inging and the nasdaq gaining 15 points. I had left my hedge fund. I had been doing a radio show called real money. I wanted to bring that show to television to teach you how to master the stock market. Can we have some noise . Thats crazy. Think about it. For starters mark was the first person to put me on cnbc. I watched mark at my hedge fund. First time i had a tv in my office. I did it throughout the 90s. I must have gotten under his skin. He wrote, come on already, if you want to argue so much. I said okay and our partnership was formed. I eventually gave up my Good Morning America slot. Mark was first and foremost a technician. He particularly liked what he call
Because politicians do what is politically expedient. I want to do what is right. Emily also announcing today former hewlettpackard ceo carly fiorina. Carly fiorina i think im the best person for the job because i understand how the economy works the world, who is in it, and how the economy has works works. Corrupt bureaucracy. Emily Afghan Security forces are suffering record casualties in the first clashes in the taliban. Nato says the number killed and wounded so far this year is about 70 higher than last year. The performer raises questions about the ability told off tell ban and the u. S. Plans to further scale back its role there. Bill gross says it is the beginning of the end for the market. It protects a super cycle for the stocks and bonds that will soon run out of steam. The forecast favorable for monitor policies. Investors are not loving mcdonalds turnaround plan, which includes the leadership shuffle, cost cuts, and return to shareholders. Promising to remove bureaucracy a
Turning to political strife in the ukraine. Cyber reports driven by mobile and holiday data continues to trickle in. An upgrade in acquisition and reports in china mobile all amounting to a rise in apple shares. And shipments expected to fall by double digits this year, the most severe contraction on record. And some food for thought as news from yum brands and krispy disappoint. Comscore says shoppers have already spent about 20 billion online this year, up 3 . Ibm also saying some pretty eye popping figures saying both mobile traffic and mobile sales came in at more than 40 higher from a year ago. The data just continues to add up regarding the strn of mobien mobile, jim. I reiterate this is an apple Holiday Season. Dont want to get too focused on apple. Thats the metaphor. Seems like people want to buy phones and buy tablets. The pc numbers are dreadful. On the Hewlett Packard Conference Call, they know they got to ramp up tablet. They know it but theyre more focused on the commerci
For what happens next. In corporate news, becky, apple hold ago product event in california today. The company is expected to unveil the latest event to the companys new line. Mavericks operating system. In other tech news, nokia launching its first tablet today along with two large screen smartphones. These are among the last products the company developed to compete with apple. And samsung. Before deciding to sell its hand set business to microsoft. Microsoft, service 2 and service 2 pro tablets go on sale in 22 initial markets today, including the United States. Both are updates of the first generation surface tablets released last october. Improvements include increased battery life and higher resolution screens and camera peps joe, get your geek glasses on today. You know what, steve . I am more interested in this jobs report than the next one. I dont why . Because im not interested in what the shutdown did. Im interested in the basul level of the next two will be a mess. The expe