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nasdaq up by 16. you have earnings, economic data and more fed speak. you have best buy, smuckers and gap all set to report erngs today. weekly jobless claims hitting the tape at 8:30 avm eastern time and the philly fed survey and leading indicators. after yesterday s market moving fomc minutes we ll hear from stanley fisher today. here on squawk box we ll hear from loretta mester. she s the cleveland fed president and she will be joining us at 8:30 eastern time. the bank of japan holding it s monetary policy steady. this despite data that showed the economy there slipped into recession. also the nikkei closing at a three month high today. square pricing it s ipo at $9 a share. it s not great news because it s below the range of 11 to $13 and well short of the stock in the private funding round. giving them a market cap of about $2.9 billion. that s half of the private market valuation just a year ago and could have a huge impact on other private market valuations whi ....
the debate over donald trump comments is spilling over beyond the u.s. and across the globe. some critic say trump plan isn t just controversial, it s dangerous by helping isis recruit new killers. here s tom. reporter: with just one sentence donald trump igniting an international fire storm. donald j trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states until our country s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. reporter: trump justifying the ban by paint ago apop apocalyptic future if the country doesn t change? a more world trade centers. it s going to get worse and worse folks. we can be politically correct or stupid but it s going to get worse and worse. reporter: now with even his own party condemning him, trump is invoking president roosevelt actions against german, italian and japanese people in america during world war two cover of the philadelphia daily news compares trump to a very different world w ....
and a bunch of other states are waking up to this morn. chilly start here today, danielle. none of the white flakes here fortunately. danielle: fortunately or unfortunately if you like snow. frank and antoinette, good morning. tweeted a picture from wisconsin and the chicago area. a lot of snow in that area. we are starting in the 20 s and 30 s this morning. a couple of 40 s on the map. that is the warmer side on nantucket right now, 48 degrees. the winds light but anywhere from 10 to 5 miles an hour out of the north and creating a bit of a windchill. feels more like 20 in orange. 33 degrees in boston and 30 in worcester. if you are head bundle up. and through the day, we will get near average highs which we should be around 50 degrees this time of year with a mix of sun it is a dry forecast. but that system we were talking about here it is. snow extending through parts of the ohio river valley back through michigan, wisconsin, chicago, rain showers to the south of it. ....
reuters news agency, the president also acknowledged substantial disagreement with the israeli government in the goal of keeping iran from getting nuclear weapons. steve handelsman on capitol hill has the latest on this. reporter: jim, thanks. here on the hill israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has addressed joint meetings of the house and senate for almost 20 years, but this time tomorrow about 30 democrats say they won t attend. thank you. reporter: cheered by american jewish leaders in washington israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned that israel s survival is threatened. we must not let that happen. reporter: iran said netanyahu, would build a nuclear weapon to use on israel. i have a moral obligation to speak up in the face of these dangers while they there s still time to avert them. reporter: the white house tried reassurance. the united states of america will not allow iran to obtain a nuclear weapon period. reporter: but john ....
yes thank you very much. thank you. [ applause ] thank you. thank you very much. welcome to the nightly show. we got the writing and the props all in order for tonight. we have discussed it all and it s all in good shape we re going to starts the show with a new segment: (singing) black people can t do nothin ! black people can t do nothin ! ok. today s thing black people can t do? ride bicycles. according to the tampa bay times, in the past three years tampa police have written more than 2500 bike tickets. and a new investigation shows that 8 out of 10 of those tickets were issued to wait. does anyone care to venture a guess who 8 our 10 of those tickets were issued to? keep in mind that this segment is called, black people can t do nothin ! blp. ahead out of 10 were issued to black members of the community. we have a winner. it was the negroes. and that s right. 8 out of 10 were black. that s an amazing number. white people haven t av ....