Industrial average at levels in excess of 17,000 now. Here is zeb eckert. At stake a look at the numbers. It was a banner session on wall street. We saw gains for the dow as you said, pushing above 17,000. Initial indications across the asiapacific are that stocks are advancing. Certainly what we are seeing in markets that are now open including malaysia as well as singapore. Taiwan starting with a higher open. The trading day continues in australia and new zealand. Gains of about 0. 75 . Kospi index, a minor downside. Call it flat, really. We are watching that as well as the currencies. The japanese yen pretty much unchanged today. We did see the selling earlier. Investors take riskier bets in the equity market, not necessarily looking at safe havens. Lets take a look at what happened overnight on wall street. Dow jones industrial average moving above 17,000 for the first time. Also hovering 500 at records. Europe did especially well yesterday. The dax is about 10,000 as well. Give me
Next encore booknotes. Jill krementz was a guest on booknotes in 1997 to talk about her book the writers desk a collection of authors and photos photos. Cspan jill krementz, photographer, you have a book out called the writers desk. Whats it all about . Guest its a collection of my photographs over it period of 30 years of writers and i photographed over 1500 rider so of course its not all the writers. My favorite pictures of a lot of the writers at their desks but they are all writers that there had desks or near their desks or behind their desks. Somewhere theres a desk in the picture. Literally or figuratively. Cspan why did you pick this for the covert . Guest i suppose because its one of my favorite photographs. I think its pretty recognizable now so people would know it was my book and because i think that it is a picture about a writer. Its a picture about a writers place and i think you feel looking at that picture that of course this is where she would write. Its like her writ
Raised to bring his body home. Police arrested two men in the incident. Protests arent expected when Comedian Bill Cosby performs tonight. The event in the Central Valley its sold out. The management says there will be extra security. He is charged by a number of women, accuse id should say with drugging them and raping them. Today, secret service and fbi are investigating shots fired near Vice President joe bidens home in delaware. Police called to the scene, 8 30 last night. Secret Service Agents heard shots and a vehicle speeding away. Investigators have not found any damage to the bidens home or surrounding homes. The Vice President and his wife were not home. Police arrest aid person who attempted to pass officers securing the scene. Police say right now it is unclear if that person was involved in the shooting. Testing the walters. A senator from the deep south is thinging about running for president. South carolinas Lindsay Graham on meet the press he revealed he formed a commit
They planned for seven years then climbed the vertical face of al cap for 19 days with only their fingers and toes and those ropes only to keep them safe from falling to their deaths. Speaking to the today show this morning, yorgson said he hopes their feat inspires others. We have been thinking a lot about what is it about this climb that is capturing everyones attention. I think what the opportunity is for everyone to find their own dawn wall, if you will. We had our project that we saw through to the end. Whats yours . On the biggest bragging day of his life his partner Tommy Caldwell lost his voice all together, but previously has said that for him, dawn wall was about the values of optimism perseverance, dedication and the importance of dreaming big. After a little champagne celebration at the top, the duo climbs back down, which only took two to three hours and they celebrated with friends and family and got a hot shower. They said this morning the 19 days on the rocks, not all g
Asking, wheres mom. Thats the hardest part, what am i going to tell her . Shes just a little girl. I dont know. Only god knows. She cant see her kids grow. It sucks. Reporter marias 13yearold daughter has shown great strength today and shes been a strong big sister to her younger brother, and younger sister. A couple of times only has she broken down, in fact, one time i remember her screaming i cant believe shes gone. Ken, this is a tough one. Very, very, very sad. We talk about the victims, we forget the families and the friends and people left behind who have to go through such a tragedy. Ryan, thank you for that. Now this was the first of two deadly shootings in the bayview yesterday. Police dont know if the two are connected. No one has been arrested in either case. A memorial is going on right now for a young woman run over during what police think was a street race in san jose. It is taking place at a spot where 24yearold died monday. She was out on a job when two drivers came r