conversation continueded trying to come up with some alternative plan to keep the government lights on for an extended period of time. some republicans floated the alternative, three-week funding extension on allow time for no, on a budget agreement. and the status of those young people got illegally by their parents. also avoid more of a government shutdown, government funding drama before president trump gives his first state of the union adroes january 30. earlier that was hope, two new yorkers, president trump and the senate democratic leader would be able to cut a deal. we had a long and detailed meeting. we discussed all of the major outstanding issues, we made some progress but we still have good number of disagreements. discussions will continue. red state democrats donnely, jones, heitkamp, manchin, mckas kell voted in favor of the four-week extension. dilemma for republican leaders four republicans voted against it. flake, graham, lee, and rand paul of kentucky.
health. all three indexes finishing in the green. but one big dow component went in the other direction and that was general electric. g.e. hitting a 6-year low. a $6 billion charge related to their insurance operations. the company says it s considering all of its options including a possible breakup. g.e. stock losing 10%, and it s down 40% the last 12 months. the volatile ride known as bitcoin dropping more than 20% tuesday forcing the cboe to temporarily halt trading on its futures exchange. it dropped below $10,000 before rebounding. the news comes amid the announcement that governments will be cracking down. apple announced a $2,500 stock granted for most of its employees worldwide and are expected to contribute $350 billion to the economy the next 10 years. they will build a second corporate campus and paying a record $38 billion in taxes when it brings home a boatload of cash from overseas. amazon announcing it narrows its list of candidates down to 20 cities. it s ex
and welcome to. headquarters and. also ahead benjamin netanyahu welcomes the president. as liberia. as president of the challenges facing office. is about to begin in washington d.c. . to work. and rebel allies have stepped up their battle against kurdish fighters along the turkish syrian border to drive kurdish. district and northwest corner. plans to create a so-called safe zone. to protect its border stephanie decker has more from the turkish syrian border. we ve been hearing intense tank shelling and heavy artillery outgoing throughout the period of the morning it is an active campaign it is the third day of turkey s offensive the ground offensive also started on sunday we know there s been fighting back and forth in the northwest of syria is of course also a concern for the civilians it s been very difficult to speak to anyone over the last day or so it seems that the coal mines in that area are pretty much nil there are reports of civilian civilian casualties the white
a string of candidates who ve been forced to withdraw from the march poll as more. just days after year now nst his candidacy in his country s upcoming presidential elections egypt s military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami a man. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he s also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security interest so within the pollen institutions the second one is not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you told me see something account of the action on his part or on the part of his loyalists so it s still too early to tell i m an announced his intention to run hours after current president
governments relenting to the shut down with a short-term funding deal. mitch mcconnell praised the decision yesterday. after three days of an unnecessary lapse in funding, a bipartisan majority has brought the democratic leaders extraordinary filibuster to an end and pass the bipartisan deal to reopen the federal government. as i said repeatedly over the past week, shutting down the government isn t irresponsible way to do business. markets rally on deal. the dow, nasdaq, s&p 500 all closing record territories. half a percent of the dow up 143 points or 26,214. the nasdaq up 1% higher. now 74 weight. features a sporting show momentum continue. all the major indices in positive territory. though investors up 73 points. nasdaq up another 10 points. in europe across the board take a look at the european indices right now. dax or three quarters of 1% in germany up 132 points. the others in positive territory. same story in asia as the best performer they are hong kong hang se