Donald trump now has 1057 delegates, that is roughly 11 for every criminal charge he is facing. He is now about 150 delegates away that is a better ratio i think than i expected. From the republican nomination. Vermont denied trump a sweep where nikki haley won with just over 50 of the votes. I love vermont. You got to be looking at vermont and American Samoa if you want to know where the race is going. And i dont understand it. Well be talking to John Heilemann later on. He will explain. On the democratic side, President Biden cruising toward his partys nomination with high stakes state of the Union Address taking place tomorrow on capitol hill. But biden did have his first 2024 loss last night with entrepreneur jay c. Palmer winning the Caucus In American A Me a. Fewer than 100 ballots were cast in that contest. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday march 6. Along with joe, willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire. And also John Heilemann is here. And also political
A new york gas station in custody what police are saying. The severe storms in the South Flood Evacuations and rescues, and more dangerous heat. Were tracking it all. Donald trump entering his second not guilty plea in 24 hours, this time to new charges in the classified documents case the dramatic video, a ukrainian sea drone striking a warship in the black sea. Our Richard Engel is standing by. Simone biles back in action for the First Time Since withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics and do you have your tickets more than A Billion Dollars up for grabs tonight. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome. We start tonight with Breaking News. Police in New York City restoring calm tonight after a riot broke out in manhattans union square neighborhood. A crowd estimated at 2,000 people descended into the area after popular social Media Influencer kai cenat advertised a video game giveaway. The crowd appearing to be mostly young people turned restless and
Traders were also encouraged by new Inflation Data forjanuary that showed the smallest increase in goods and Services Prices for three years. That has added to bets that the Federal Reserve is on track to start cutting Interest Rates injune. Our north America Business correspondent Erin Delmore Reports from new york. All three of the major us Stock Indexes closed out february with a bang. The Tech Heavy Nasdaq Hit an all time high and it is the first time we have been able to say that since november 2021. Another new high for the s p 500. Both indexers enjoyed their best february high for the s p 500. Both indexers enjoyed their best february since 2015. The Dowjones Industrial Average for its part was up as well. That makes february the fourth straight month in the green for wall street and the Leap Day Boost was helped by some new Inflation Data. Well, the market today is reacting to a favourable continuation of inflation coming down in a trend towards the Federal Reserve s target.
Us treasury secretary janet yellen called the downgrade arbitrary and said Economic Conditions had improved under the biden administration. The news of the downgrade came after the close of trade on wall street but in asia investors have been pulling out of equities in reaction. Lets look at markets now in asia. Japan is currently down by over 2 . Hong kong not that far behind. This was off the back of yesterday, and most of this week we have seen the sharemarket, certainly wall street and asia having a strong session but this is certainly spooked sentiment. Lets discuss this with tom stevenson, whos an Investment Director at fidelity. Good morning. Janet woody allen saying this is arbitrary. I have her statement janet yellen and she said she strongly disagrees and says it is based on outdated data. That is based on outdated data. That is riuht. Is based on outdated data. That is right it is based on outdated data. That is right. It seems is based on outdated data. That is right. It s
The streets, Throwing Objects, climbing into cars, food trucks, even the roof of a major subway station. The nypd activating its highest Mobilization Level to restore order. Tonight, the social Media Influencer and playstation giveaway said to have started it all. Also tonight, a victim tied to the Gilgo Beach Murders Investigation identified 27 years after her remains were discovered. Why did it take so long . And is Rex Heuermann a suspect . The suspect in the fatal stabbing of a professional dancing at a gas station in custody. What police are saying. The severe storms in the south. Flood evacuations and rescues and more dangerous heat. Were tracking it all. Donald trump entering his second not guilty plea in 24 hours, this time to new charges in the classified documents case. The dramatic video, a ukrainian sea drone striking a warship in the black sea. Our Richard Engel is standing by. Simone biles back in action for the First Time Since withdrawing from the tokyo olympics. And do