Day three of their siege in oregon vowing to stay put until their needs are met. Were here to defend the people. End to the standoff. Boiling point. Saudi arabia severs ties with iran, giving its diplomats just hours to leave the country as tensions rise over the saudis execution of an iranian cleric. And deepwater discovery, the first images of the cargo ship that sank after the captain sailed it right into a category 4 hurricane it was built to survive. No sign of the 33 crew on board or the black box that could solve the months old mystery today,mond monday, january 4th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning. Weve advanced a year, and, i mean that literally. Happy birthday belatedly. Thank you, to you as well. Yeah. Do you believe it . Were so much older. Did you celebrate . I did. Thats why im on a tensecond delay. My new years is extending to monday, january 4th. Well catch up in a while.
Were here to defend the people. The fbi hoping a peaceful end to the standoff. Were live at the scene. Boiling point. Saudi arabia severs ties with iran giving its diplomats just hours to leave the country. As tensions rise over the saudis execution of an iranian cleric. And deepwater discovery, the first images of the cargo ship that sank after the captain sailed it right into a category 4 hurricane it was built to survive. No sign of the 33 crew on board or the black box that could solve the months old mystery today, monday, january 4, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Weve advanced a year, and, i happy birthday belatedly. Thank you, to you as well. Yeah. Do you believe it. Were so much older. Did you celebrate. I did. Thats why im on a tensecond delay. My new years is extending to monday, january 4th. Well catch up in a while. We
Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Weve advanced a year, and, i mean that literally. Happy birthday belatedly. Thank you, to you as well. Yeah. Do you believe it . Were so much older. Did you celebrate . I did. Thats why im on a tensecond delay. My new years is extending to monday, january 4th. Well catch up in a while. Well start with our top story. New fireworks in the president ial race to begin the new year, including Donald Trumps very First Television ad. We have it all covered beginning with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter matt, happy new year to you. Donald trump ringing in the new year with what is in effect his campaigns closing argument. This long awaited first tv ad is provocative, a lot like his candidacy, focusing on illegal immigration and the threat from face of his critics. This message. Reporter overnight donald trump released his first tv ad of the campaign
Wife and the candidates hope their messages with the caucuses a month away. And. Were here to defend the people. The fbi hoping a peaceful end to the standoff. Were live at the scene. Boiling point. Saudi arabia selevers ties with iran giving its diplomats just hours to leave the country. As tensions rise over the saudis execution of an iranian cleric. And deepwater discovery, the first images of the cargo ship that sank after the captain sailed it right into a category 4 hurricane it was built to survive. No sign of the 33 crew on board or the black box that could solve the months old mystery today, monday, january 4, 16. Announcer from nbc news, and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Weve advanced a year, and, i mean that literally. Happy birthday belatedly. Thank you, to you as well. Yeah. Ab do you believe it. Were so much older. Did you celebrate. I did. Thats why im on a tensecond delay. My
World. We will take you inside. Tyler is off today. My partner Bill Griffith is here at cnbc headquarters with me. The major averages trading in a narrow range, light volume. You would expect this for the last trading week of the year. We have seen several new records. The s p, the russell 2000 closed in a new high on friday. Here is how we stand at the moment moment. The s p is up a fraction. Now 53. 30. Brent is back below 60 with conviction down 2. 8 now or 1. 66. That is taking a toll on blue chips. Back to the New York Stock Exchange. Bob pisani, happy monday. Lets take a look at the s p 500. We are lower as oil moved to the new lows. Not that much lower. I think the market is holding up fairly well here. You see us off of our highs. S p still positive. Dow went negative a short while ago. We did see oil stocks move down. Look at the exploration and production index. Oil started moving south a little before noon when we started moving into negative territory. Energy stocks mixed t