The same way we treat any other Significant National security threat. That is why we have all hands on deck approach. Melissa go to the panel. Charlie gasparino, senior fox business correspondent, jack hough you recognize him, barrons. And chris hayes. Thanks for all you guys joining us. What do you think about that all hands on deck . Do you buy it . Yes. I dont think this calms the nations fears. Im shared by it. Highly infectious disease. Not uncontagious. It could have a severe, and here is the, it could have a severe Economic Impact if this thing breaking out very few people infected. This is too skimpy on details. Here is what we know. The outbreak is just in west africa. You cant give people questionnaires. They will lie. They have a life or death incentive to get to the United States for treatment. Melissa thats a great point. We cant crack down on flights to west africa, that will restrict aid workers. No it wont. We can get aid workers. We need to restrict flights. Melissa se
This is a day when you think about it more than 15 years in the making. The nasdaq on track finally to end the day in uncharted territory. Trading above its march 2000 alltime high. That close was at 4,0548. Set back march 10th of 2000. Were a little less than 16 points above that level. The other number were watching this hour the s p 500 also flirting with new highs. The previous alltime high on the left, 2,117. Theres the current level. Were flirting with that one. See if we can do that in the next hour. The markets very next direction could be determined by a huge batch of earnings after the bell today. It is highlighted by google Amazon Microsoft and starbucks. Well hear exclusively from starbucks Ceo Howard Schultz right after his numbers are released, bill. We have a lot of ground to cover this hour. Markets trading right now though, interesting pop midday. Pushed the dow up. It was up more than 80 points for a time. I think it was a 90point gain for a time. Now up 65 points at
What, 263. Wow. Down from 3 not long ago. All right, europe looked pretty good at least last time i checked. That continues to be the case. Largely green, of course. You had the nikkei up after the 4. 2 drop the day previous. Kind of going back around the world the other way as in positively at least so far. Lets get to our roadmap this morning and it starts with those markets which are preparing for as you saw a decline at the open after private Sector Employment data comes in below forecast. Also weighing on investors s p downgrades puerto ricos general obligation yesterday they go to junk level status. Merck misses by a penny due to patent expirations and ralph rawrn beat lauren beats. And twitter set to report its First Quarter as a Public Company after the bell today. And big news from cvs caremark announcing it will stop selling cigarettes and other Tobacco Products at its 7,600 stores by october 1st of this year. Whoa. That is an interesting story. Futures extending their losses
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The anguish their parents are feeling right now. In london with all of the latest in rome including decision time. People in Eastern Ukraine get ready for a crucial and c controversial refer endsum. Medical records suggest an al jazeera journalist on Hunger Strike could die without urgent treatment. The African National congress has officially been declared the winner in south africas general election. The anc has fallen just short of a twothirds minority taking 62 of that vote. It secured 249 seats in the national assembly, losing 15 seats. Thats the lowest number its held in 20 years. Leading opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, picked up less than a quarter of the votes but it actually made the biggest gains in parliament, securing 89 seats, 22 more representatives than the last election. And thats the highest number it has ever held. President jacob zuma says terror. Tod today marks the 20th anniversary of the day on which president Nelson Mandel a a was the first. We dedicat