Guide our senators to live so honorably that they will bring glory to your name. Lord, inspire them to yield their allegiance to you, striving always to receive your approval. Thank you for hearing and answering their prayers, as they fervently seek your wisdom. Guide them through the challenges of these times. Lord, remind us all that we are mere sojourners in time, heading for the better land of eternity. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senat
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My chart of the morning has to be with carper copper. ,ou are looking at nineday run the longest winning streak since 2004. What it means for inflation, we will dissect that. David lets find out what is going on outside the business world. Emma some new Jersey Transit riders are facing decades of tax hikes to subsidize a new 12 billion into manhattan. Outgoing new Jersey Governor Chris Christie proposed a surcharge in his state until at least 2038. He canceled the hudson river rail tunnel in 2010, saying he did not want to burden taxpayers. The great lakes is dealing with recordbreaking snowfall. Yuri, pennsylvania was hit particularly hard with 63 inches of snow since christmas day. At least another five to 10 inches are expected. Chinas leading policymakers plan to discuss amending the National Constitution for the third time since 2004. The decision was made today at the meeting headed by the president. The party will convene in january. There are no details where possible changes c
In the market now. Julie very little changed after simultaneous records for the major averages. That is the first time all three have closed at a record its july 26. Taking upo upon is after a couple of games. That is the balancing act that we are seeing. Apple was lower in early trading and it remains lower as we get underway at half hour after the start of trading. In mind that apple shares have rallied about 40 this year. Sos the best rally far and analysts have been positive on introduction of products, including the iphone 10. One small caveat is the shipment date is a little bit later than some expected. That could push some of the sales into the following quarter so that could explain a little bit of the pullback here this morning. The other stories were watching stock wise are nordstrom on report that private equity firm Letter Agreement partners may help fund a buyout to take the company private. The Nordstrom Family said it was considering a buyback in june. The family is not
Power lunch starts right now thank you, michelle your money just keeps pushing higher and higher. The dow and s p hitting new alltime highs tech roaring back as a top performer. Energy lag a bit loyal prices falling today overall, though, a good day for your investments and your money. Straight to bob fisani with more on why theres a monday filled with optimism again. And we are at new highs for several reasons. Lets take a look at the new high s p 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial average new highs because the breadth of the market is widening out last week, tech stocks were losers many losers on the month not anymore. Apple, alphabet, microsoft, facebook when apple is up 2. 5 , thats a huge mover for the s p 500 also, broadening several banks have been moving up in the last couple of weeks even new highs comerica and many of the trust banks like state street, northern mellon. Then industrials a whole swath of the big, big names. Illinois tool works, honeywell, 3m, caterpillar, ingerso