her name is stacey cunningham, and she took some time out of her very busy day to speak to dana jacobson>> reporter: is this like breathing life into you again being out here? >> yes, it always is. it never gets old walking onto the trading floor. >> reporter: stacey cunningham has called the new york stock exchange home since 1994. your first memory of the new york stock exchange is what? >> so i was an engineering student and i sort of through happenstance ended up with an internship on the trading floor. as soon as i heard all the sounds and the energy and the pace, i knew it was home for me. >> reporter: she climbed the ranks on wall street, starting as a floor clerk and specialist she worked her way up. ( bell rings ) now, 24 years after that nyse internship, stacey cunningham is its first female president >> it's a-- you know it's overwhelming. we have a very high profile role in global commerce, in the capital markets and so being the face of that is a little intimidating. >> reporter: when you first started you were one of few women. what was that like? >> i didn't notice it, and

stacey cunningham will be promoted to the role from her current position of chief operating officer.and the technology—focused nasdaq exchange will now be run by women. do you know the difference between your "best before" and "use by" dates? tesco says many don't — and it leads to people throwing away "perfectly edible food". so the supermarket is getting rid of "best before" labels from many fresh produce lines, including apples, potatoes, lemons, and onions. as we've been hearing, marks and spencer has announced today it will close more stores as part of its restructuring programme. so what do we know? in all, 100 stores are to close by 2022. of the 100 stores, 21 have already been shut and m&s has now revealed the location 01:14 further sites to close, and they include kettering, bayswater, and stockton. this is all part of a revamp that was started in november 2016. we've been asking customers at the holloway road store — which is closing after 105 years — for their response. i'm really shocked, i'm totally gutted. it is going to change the community completely. when the wood gr

stock exchange for the first time in its 226-year history, the nyse will have a female leader stacey cunninghamill be replacing tom farley come this friday farley is leaving the big board to head up a new special purpose acquisition company backed by third point hedge fund between today's news about tom farley leaving and stacey cunningham stepping in, gina haspel being confirmed, there's a long way to go, no doubt, but glass ceilings are being shattered in certain sectors >>> straight to the markets with the dow indicating a higher open by 48 points or so keep in mind yesterday was a big day for wall street with the dow gaining over a percent as news trickled through on hopes that a u.s./china trade deal will be averted. more details coming out in the last half hour look at the treasury market. the u.s. treasury yield at 3.06%. the two-year note yielding 2.5 oil, look at where brent is trading, below $80 a barrel at 79.51. joining us is gina sanchez i ask personally a ton of wall street strategists last week what they thought the biggest risk to the market was we would like to hear your take o

today - stacey cunningham took over as president of the new york stock exchange. it )s the first time in the exchange )s 226-year history, a woman has been in charge. her appointment comes as wall street faces increasing pressure to include more women. cunningham is now tasked with keeping the exchange relevant in an era of electronic trading. cunningham began her career on wall street more than two decades ago. most recently - she served as the exchange )s chief operating officer. the holiday weekend started early for a couple of big names, who hit the links early this morning. the owner of the "sacramento kings", "vivek ranadive" posted this selfie on twitter today. a spokesman for the "kings" confirms they played at the san francisco golf club. it was the former president )s second day in "the city". yesterday, we showed you this photo of him leaving a meeting with the c-e-o of air b-and-b. toss to wx toss to wx the rockets won game 5. but did they lose a key player? the rockets won game 5. but did they lose a key player? that and other questions answered about

it never gets old. >> stacey cunningham has called the new york stock exchange home since 1994. >> your stock exchange is what? >> so i was an engineering student. i sort of threw happenstance ended up with an internship on the trading floor. as soon as i heard all the sounds and the energy and the pace, i knew it was home for me. >> she climbed the ranks on wall street, starting as a floor clerk and specialist, working her way up. >> there it goes. >> now 24 years after that new york stock exchange internship, stacey cunningham is its first female president. >> it's -- you know, it's overwhelming. we have a very high-profile role in global commerce, in the capital markets, and so being the face of that is a little intimidating. >> when you first started, you were one of few women. >> yes. >> what was that like? >> i didn't notice it. >> really? >> i know that's a surprising answer. i know i was outnumbered. i can tell the difference between a man and a woman. but it was not -- it just wasn't top of mind for me. >> thanks in large part, cunningham says, to muriel siebert. back in 1967,

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. >> congratulations to david tepper meantime new york stock exchange operator stacey cunningham will president. she was on "squawk" saying sheaves optimistic. >> same level of great success they have had for so long. i think a lot of that comes down to making sure we have a regulatory environment that ensures the u.s. continues to be the source of capital for large companies. we do have a strong pipeline coming up in june, so i wouldn't make it sound too dire there are a lot of companies that are planning to access the markets. but we want to make sure we haven't gone too far to a market structure that has created an n that's good for big companies and big investors. we want to welcome companies of smaller sizes earlier in their life. >> an outgoing tom farley is going to lead far point, spac, plans to raise $400 million to go towards acquiring fintech companies, michael this is fascinating on so many levels farley has been a fixture, part of every banner ipo for the last five years. >> he has. he's been the face of this place for a while now and obviously courting companies, listed

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stacey cunningham started her career as a floor clerk. is now the 67th president of the big board. that means two of the world's most well known exchanges are now led by women adena freidman became ceo of nasdaq early last year. stocks were mixed. the dow lost 59. the s&p 500 was off 6. nasdaq gained 9. for the week the dow was up .02. the s&p 500 grew. 3. and the nasdaq was up over 1.1%. the abortion ban is being characterized by some as a fight for the very soul of the traditionally conservative roman catholic nation. correspondent benjamin hall has the latest tonight from london. >> people have traveled from across the world to have their say in referendum ha has divided a nation. the vote today will decide whether to repeal a part of the a irish constitution known as the eighth amendment which effectively bans abortions in the country. it's a controversial subject in this very catholic country. >> i think life is sacred and for that reason i have to vote no. >> prime minister center right government backs lifting the ban and allowing

stacey cunningham started her career there as an intern when she was just a teen. now she is the 67th president of the big board. you are watching msnbc. the sun comes up, the sun goes down. you run those miles, squeeze the toothpaste from the bottom and floss to set a good example. you fine tune the proposal, change the water jug so no one else has to, get home for dinner and feed the cat. you did a million things for your family today but speaking to pnc to help handle all your investments was a very important million and one. pnc. make today the day. >>> i hope that female detective felt proud because i was proud of her. and i think it's shotten freud. i think he deserves this, and he deserves more. no more tears, not because of you, not anymore. today -- today we rejoice. tomorrow will be hard again. but tony today we can have a moment for all of us. this is for all of us who have been told we are nothing. this is for all of us, because we are something. and we can be free. it is a beautiful thing. >> a moment denies an extraordinary moment today, rose mccowen

stacey cunningham is the new boss. joe miller is live from new york.ating officer at the new york exchange, and she started as an intern on the floor of the stock exchange itself, quite a few years ago, and work your way up and is now in the position for the topjob. it's way up and is now in the position for the top job. it's quite a significant role, not least because the new york stock exchange is obviously one of the most important stock exchanges in the world, but 226 years ago when the stock exchange was funded not very far away from where i am sitting, not only could women not vote, they couldn't own property, so the fact that this symbol of american business is now being led by a woman is very significant indeed. and what are her primary challenges? well, it's not really clear that the new york stock exchange really needs to exist. these days, much of the trading is done by computers, by algorithms, and yet the new york stock exchange is really a holdout where there are actually human brokers on the floor. it is where we broadcast from as the bb

. >> reporter: this week, 43-year-old stacey cunningham will take the helm as the big board's 67th presidentrs. >> reporter: times have changed. back then, the lady's room was a converted phone booth. cunningham is the current chief operating officer. cunningham started as an intern nearly 25 years ago. but her career hasn't been all-business. in 2005 she left wall street to become a chef. >> it never would have occurred to me that i would leave to take a break to go to culinary school. >> reporter: still, nothing in the kitchen could satisfy her appetite quite like finance. >> congratulations. her rise comes at society tackles issues like #metoo and women equality, especially in the male-dominated industries like finance. >> to have a woman at the top of the biggest exchange of the re7 yet, cunningham knows there's work to be dated environment. that hasn't changed quite as rapidly as other industries have changed. >> reporter: the latest fortune 500 rankings show a drop in women's ceos at the nation's largest corporations, something that cunningham hopes the new york stock exchange can help

the 43-year-old stacey cunningham will be chief operating officer will be the big board's 67th presidentfloor has had a special place in her heart, and i hear a crack in the glass ceiling. >> yes. >>> time reports on a study suggests eating an egg a day keeps heart disease away. there's an 11% lower risk of heart disease, and they added 26% lower risk of a bleeding stroke. this adds to a shift in thinking about the health benefits of eggs. eggs may be high in total cholesterol, most is good cholesterol that fights the buildup of fat in blood vessel walls. >>> usa today says the u.s. postal service announced its first ever scratch n' sniff stamp. it shows two ice pops on a stick, and they say there will be one scent for all the stamps. the secret smell revealed when the stamps are issued june 20th. do we care? >> can i tell you, it's the most poignant memories of a kid is the scratch n' sniff stickers. i loved them. >> but do you care if they smell? i don't get it? >> they are selling more stamps. >> getting people interested in the postal service. >> and write letters more. >> okay. all

did stacey cunningham get this job because she's a woman? >> absolutely not. it based on her experience and talent. she worked hard as a specialist. she worked hard at the nasdaq. she was smart enough to come back to the yankees and now, you know, having been chief operating officer, having shepherded the technological innovations that accommodate the new structure of markets as regulated by the s.e.c., i think she's done it all. and that's the kind of a person you want running the exchange. i will borrow from a phrase that was often used about me by my mentor, who said to me one day, when i was about to leave the exchange, because i was passed over for chairman, he looked at me and he said, you were born to run this place just stay right where you are. stacey was born to run the new york stock exchange and she's going to do a fabulous job >> dick, it's scott wapner it is nice to talk to you again. what do you think the exchange is going to look like in the future under miss cunningham she told us in our interview today, i certainly hope we're still here on th

stacey cunningham will be elevated to the leadership role from her current position of chief operatingbest before" labels from many of its fresh produce lines, which it says will help reduce waste. the supermarket will remove the advice from about 70 pre—packaged produce lines to avoid "perfectly edible food" being thrown away. the items that will lose the label include apples, potatoes, tomatoes, lemons, other citrus fruit, and onions. as we've been hearing, marks and spencer has announced today it's to close more stores. so what do we know? in all, 100 stores are to close by 2022. of the 100 stores, 21 have already been shut, and m&s has now revealed the location of 14 further sites to close. they include kettering, bayswater, and stockton. this is all part of a revamp that was started in november 2016. joining us now is maureen hinton, global research director at globaldata. why have they not been able to adapt toa why have they not been able to adapt to a digital age? because this is what it is all about, shrinking the shop floor and moving online.|j think it is notjust about movin

chrysler, and dodge models, built between the years 2014 and 2018 >>> and today's the day that stacey cunninghamhe new york stock exchange's 67th president. it is the first time in the exchange's 226-year history that a woman will have the role she started at the exchange as an intern. >>> and that is the news update. we wish her the very best of luck melissa, back to you >> thank you very much, sue herera let's get a check on the markets right now. stocks are trading in a narrow range but off session lows trying to avoid second straight day of losses right now. dow is down by 0.33% utilities and consumer staples, your sector leaders right now. but the big story here, energy that sector lower by 3%. speaking of energy, the oil market is closing for the day. let's get to dom at the cnbc commodity desk >> we are closing these prices around the lows of the day for both west texas intermediateuate, those u.s.-based prices around $67.88. as for the world benchmark brent crude price you're currently around $76.50. the big theme, obviously, is oil supply, what are the big oil producers like russia and

at new york stock exchange changing of guard ceo position president i should say that will be stacey cunninghamd and she has been here since 0's was bank -- 90s was bank sperth taking over here to lead exchange after 226 years first female back to you. >> two running exchanges, at nasdaq and cunningham thank you so much. >> coming up created by parents for parents details on new car service being called uber for kids. the cars come with booster seats would you use it for little ones we are going to check it out coming up smart heer way to save best way for parents to pay for kids' college tuition without sacrificing their nest egg. back in a moment. ♪ i just wanna ♪ ♪ into retirement. and market volatility isn't top of mind. that's because they have a shield annuity from brighthouse financial, which allows them to take advantage of growth opportunities in up markets, while maintaining a level of protection in down markets. so they're less concerned with market volatility and can focus more on the things they're passionate about. talk with your advisor about shield annuities from brighthouse fin