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Dominic chu is standing by at the new york stock exchange. Whats the word on the floor . The word on the floor, first of all, the s p 500 closed at a record high just about one out of every five trading days so far this year. Cnbc data crunchers look at the s p and said, hey, 17 of the times or 27 times this year, weve closed at a record high for the s p 500. So not too shabby. The odds are good. Now, if you take a look at the overall picture for where the markets are headed, weve seen a nice move higher, despite fed concerns out there. Look at the sectors leading the way, financials and techn...

Our Steve Leisman sat down with him live in jackson hole, wyoming. Stay tuned for this important interview. Was it a well deserved 17 billion fine . Or was it extortion . A former bank ceo says bank of america was extorted by the u. S. Government to the tune of 17 billion. Paying for the sins of Merrill Lynch and countrywide during the housing crisis. Even though it bought those firms to help stave off the economic catastrophe for the u. S. Were going to debate that state with our own friend, larry kudlow, among many others. Pretty impressive to watch the dow right now. Because it is up 93 poi...

Happened. There was an insulator fire on the track bed. Our units responded. When we arrived we found that metro personnel had already extinguished the fire with an extinguisher. We went down to confirm that confirm that power was shut down to the third rail. There was light smoke conditions in the station so we closed the station to pedestrian travg. Ffic. There were trains single tracking through the station but not letting people off. He just said that the station was closed right now and theyre rerouting people and theres a bus to take us to roslyn. Reporter now, that was closed, the stati...

Im thrilled you are here. A i think you look fantastic today. How was your easter . Brendan i tiedyed eggs. Stephanie we dont tiedyed eggs in my house. We have a proper easter hunt. Brendan week tiedyed them and looked for them. That is what we did in boston. We have breaking Economic News in nonegg related news. Scarlet fu is in the newsroom with the headlines. Scarlet here we have a read that is on key with what economists have been looking for. 56. 5 is the read. Anything above that signals expansion. It does signal a slowdown of 56. 9 but it was in line with what economists had anticipated...

Day and temperatures warm to the mid50s. Thats an improvement from yesterday with the help of some southeasterly winds. But tomorrow were talking mid 70s. Thats a 20degree jump. That will come with some rain. Well talk about that coming up. What have you got going on . Quiet . It is quiet. I think well take it. We certainly had our experience we should say. For those of you hopping on metro, going to let you know the trains and buses running on time. Certainly so far so good. A look at the beltway shows you everything is free and clear. No major issues right now. 295 clear. Bw parkway smooth a...