Controversy coming up. Another rate cut to tell you about, mornings with maria begins right now. Maria wig but this morning, joining the conversation, dagen mcdowell, founder and ceo, liz peek, great to see everybody this morning. Good morning. Maria lots to talk about, also on deck, ihs, we are talking oil, entered a bear market. Assistant to President Trump for trading Manufacturing Policy pete navarro to talk china and the fed, check out the oped and the journal about that today. 3time mlb, mvp and 14time allstar Alex Rodriguez, arod, they discuss the sports business and podcast and all things baseball, dont miss a moment of it. A lot to talk about, another rate cut overnight this morning from the philippines, look at the markets of 67, nasdaq up 40 points. Investors shaking off the trade tensions and growth worries when all said and done yesterday with dow industrials down 22 at the lose, s p in positive territory and nasdaq up almost 30 points, Fourth Central Bank in 2 days cuttin
Money. They are bringing in, um,folks from other countries and not paying the workers, you know, us, who live in the community not paying us a sustaining wage to be on the project. Reporter the eb5 visa is almost 30 years old. It was designed to spur Foreign Investment in rural depressed or high unemployment regions and it does offer Foreign Investors u. S. Residency for them and their families. The congresswoman zoe lofgren says the program has been abused. The way the investment for disadvantaged localities has been administered is outrageous. Reporter the program got headlines recently when the sister of President Trumps son inlaw and adviser Jared Kushner used eb5 to attract chinese investors to a high rise in new jersey with views of manhattan. Its been a flaw that needs to be stopped. Reporter lofgren says previous reform bills have gone nowhere. He is not aware of the silvery towerss use the ew fire to lure investors but e b5 to lure investors but she said san jose would probabl
Theaters, tom. How are the fans in the bay area reacting . Reporter well, they are saddened as you might imagine but not shocked because all of these folks knew about the massive heart attack that she had on that plane from london to l. A. Just last week. Carrie fisher has been at Ucla Medical Center since she had the heart attack. A medic on the plane tried to revive her but said fisher was unresponsive for 15 minutes. The iconic actress who portrayed Princess Leia in the star wars series died this morning about 8 55. She had been on a ventilator at the hospital with her daughter and her mother, actor debby reynolds, by her side. I was breaking the news here in Pleasant Hill. I had to tell fans that she had passed away. Oh, my gosh. I was hoping i heard she was in stable condition. I was hoping she would recover. Thats sad. Yeah. Thats incredibly sad. I hope that that her family can find some comfort in i am sure there are a lot of people that will support them. She was supposed to be
Smart seeker as a virtual witness in a murder trial . Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im tamron hall, in for lester. She was a force all her own. Actress and writer Carrie Fisher who are rose to fame as Princess Leia in one of the biggest blockbuster series of all times, star wars, has died at age 60. The iconic star passed away days after suffering a massive heart attack on board a flight from london to l. A. From birth, she was part of hollywood royalty, and tonight, her legions of fans reflect on the legacy she created all over own. Nbcs harry smith with more. Reporter in star wars, Carrie Fisher was going to save her people from the evil darth vader. What the hell are you doing somebody needs to save our skin. Reporter star wars is not just a film franchise, it is perhaps the film franchise. She was the dominant force of those first few movies. You think im going to leave without g
And game, set, match for Sports Direct as it agrees to sell its tennis brand dunlap for 140 million. Good morning. Welcome to street signs. Lets get you a check on how the european equities are trading an hour into the trading day. Were hoping for a little bit more action now that the uk is joining the post christmas party. A rather mixed picture. Again, we are seeing the uk outperform, but that market is playing catch up from what we saw. Gains in the neighborhood shy of 2 yesterday. Thats in line with the ftse 100 at the moment. The xetra dax in negative territory, same story for the french cac 40, and the ftse mib lower by 0. 2 . Just shy of that mark. Lets give you a closer look at the sector breakdown. Weve been following the outperformance in basic resources. Higher by 0. 2 . Similar to asian session. Strength in the australian miners spilling over to the uk market. Crude prices have ticked up again. On the down side, watching real estate, telecoms, food and beverage, travel and