David asman. He announced he was yes earlier melissa youre not doing anything . Go straight to Nicole Petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. Nicole what is the mood on the floor. Is it like 24k . Theyre dancing for the mccain rally, mcshane rally, whatever you want to call it. We broke through 24,000. The dow gained 331 points. We now have closed here well above that 24,000 mark. It has been quite a run. This is our fifth 1000 milestone of 2017, all on tax relief ideas and thinking that this is going through, and brings optimism it wall street. Take a look. We have 1000 points. What drove us to this point. Best performers since 23,000. That would be nike, walmart, cisco system, intel and 3m. Those are the best of the best. Names that came under pressure. Ge with a dividend cut and restructuring, that came under major pressure. That is down, merck, ibm were laggards. The night of the election we dropped over 800 points. We all reported on it. We were at 17,000 and change. We br
Lighting the National Christmas tree, the first time for the first family. Also another Tree Lighting on wall street. The president will make comments at this Tree Lighting in dez well bring you them live. And another historic day on wall street. Dow soaring past 24,000, up 331 points after john mccain shot it higher when he said yes to tax cuts. It is the fifth 1000 point milestone in 2017 but is the most ever in a calendar year. The dow ripping higher after senator john mccain said he would vote yes, making tax reform a reality. The countdown to tax overhaul. A vote may happen as early as tonight. Were all over it. Much more, the news is happening thick and fast. We have allstar guest line up for you. Senator michael lee. Gregg jarrett. And former congressman retired Lieutenant Colonel allen west. Cirrus host, david webb. Im liz macdonald. Risk and reward starts right now. Everybody is crying. Local investors expected and want ad Hillary Clinton presidency. Didnt get it. Well wake up
Could come as soon as tonight. Could come tomorrow. Regardless what happens, we are live this weekend on the fallout from all of this, pause what we love to be live. Just let you know, 10 00 a. M. , to noon, eastern time on saturday. The fallout from all of this. They could have a vote for a tax cut by then. Daily Caller News Foundation chris bedford, what he makes of this. Chris, very important obviously to get john mccain to be a yes. Beats a no. But doesnt mean that Susan Collins has any less reservations or host of other senators, have any fewer problems, right . I mean, how does this change things . There are still a couple holdouts. John mccain being on board backs up some of the bullish people. Ive been really surprised given the Republican Party failures that there are so many bullish people. White house is excited, senate is excited and outside groups are. Collins is coming out with announcement. Shy is leaning positive. Lankford said he would support it. Corker had same probl
Iran to terrorism our nation is facing new and increasing threats and talk about all of that today. A lot of news today as wall street is left scrambling for answers as a cloud of uncertainty is looming over the white house after general Michael Flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi agreeing to cooperate with special Counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation into the russian meddling. How is this going to impact the president s agenda . Well break it down straight ahead. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans appear to have the votes, to pass the tax reform bill despite the concerns from several lawmakers on impact over the federal deficit. Well bring you the very latest on that coming up. Plus democratic congressman john conyers is set to hold a press conference, as members of both parties call on him for his resignation over all those accusations of sexual misconduct. Well take you there live as soon as that happens. Lets get back to the breaking news now on Michael Flynn. Ashley webster i
Which it hit and closed at yesterday, specifically this headline was the trigger. Abc news breaking into regular programming to report that flynn will testify that President Donald Trump directed him to make contact with the russians on how to fight together against isis. But then news that senators who were maybes on the tax bill front shifted to yeses. The markets bounced back as Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell confirmed the senate locked up the 50 votes needed to pass the 1. 5 trillion tax reform bill. Wait until you see whats been added to the bill. No more gift card allowed . Senator john kennedy is getting to our Camera Position in washington, d. C. Right now to clarify that, and to tell us when the senate may vote on passage. Now you see on capitol hill, it is continuing. Were not quite there yet, but thats senator jim scott and were going to wait and see, got our eye on that. Plus all this as a Government Shutdown looms and threatens congressman blaine luke meyer, he rea