Republicans as he rallies support for the Senate Tax Bill ahead of a floor vote later this week. Its going to be a tremendous tax cut, the biggest in the history of our country. You have to pay a lot less tax. People have great receptivity. Weve have great spirit. I think that number will be substantially higher, but at these 4 trillion, which will immediately be put to work in this country. I think the tax bill is doing very well and i think republicans will be very proud. Maria the latest as the white house pulls all the stops to get this done by the end of the year. Marcus look like this. Dow industrial to a been a better than 30 points. Fractional move as the s p and nasdaq also in positive territory. In europe, look at the indices up again across the board. Ft 100 up one half of 1 as is the cac in paris at the third of a percent in germany. Meanwhile, in asia overnight, markets were mixed at the close reaching hack about that as is the cost in korea. Japan and hang seng flat on th
Decisions on how to handle the epidemic. What every family needs to know. Those stories, plus asleep at the wheel. Shocking new numbers on the growing dangers of drowsy driving. Philly fanatics. Millions of eagles fans set to flood the streets in a super bowl victory parade for the ages. And let the games begin. The Winter Olympics get under way overnight as the flag bearer for team usa is revealed. To actually be that person is insane. From the Opening Ceremony to the athletes to watch, weve got it all covered for you, today, thursday, february 8, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today. Thank you for joining us this thursday morning. The olympics. Todays the day. Today is the day. You know when you have a date circled on your calendar for years, this is it. February 8, the olympics start. Well be heading there later. We will. Well catch up on all of it in a bit. Lets start with th
Boko haram. A homecoming for pope francis arriving in ecuador as part of a south american tour. The u. S. A. Have become the first country to win the womens world cup for a third time, japan on the receiving end of five goals chosing a hat trick from u. S. Captain carley lloyd. A referendum win for greeces government has done little to ease the sense of crise over the state of its economic future. The stillserious concern about the health of the banks which are supposed to reopen on tuesday. Mr. Tsipras wants to credible solution to his countrys debt crisis. He has to pick a new finance minister to replace Yanis Varoufakis resigning admitting that his presence at the bailout talks have not been welcome. We have more from athens. On this day, there is one sentiment above others on the streets. Im proud of my people. Yes, i feel proud for my people, but also confused, because we say no to the proposal of europe. We want a better proposal. Defiance isnt enough to avoid the fall. The bangs
Haram. Pope francis is back in south america. A Million People are expected to watch the first mass of his tour. And in sport the usa become the first country to women the womens world cup a third time. Japan on the receiving end of five goals including a hat trick from u. S. Captain carly lloyd. The leading figures in the greek debt negotiations are trying to figure out their next move as voters rejected the proposal in terms for bail out cash. European figures say theyre expecting new proposals from greece. Now greece urgently needs a deal. There are concerns that the banks could be just days away from collapse. If the emergency funding is not greed, theyre supposed to reopen on tuesday after being closed for more than a week. Jonah hull reports from athens. On this day there is one sentiment above others on the street. Im proud of my people. Also confused because we say no to the proposal of europe. We want a better proposal. But pride in greeces leaders leaders, the banks are still
America. Venus eclipse. Fears that greek banks could be days away from collapse if a new package of emergency funding is not agreed on. Meaning restriction, will continue until then. In the past hour the bailouts euclid also in the past hour, the leaders of germany and france finished a meeting in paris. We are going to have to live with the decision. The question is now what is going to be the reaction of the other 18 countries and how they will react to this vote. I would like to thank you for inviting me here today so we can find a solution. We say that the door is going to stay open and this is the reason why the leaders of the members of the euro zone are going to meet again tomorrow. From. Translator time is running out and there is an emergence emergency for the people of greece. Emergency credibility and would i say dignity as well. Is europe is confronted by this responsibility, it is not just a monetary construction, europe is an he ensemble that are formulated on a construct