What a big change, because at one point the dow, remember, was down 628 points. So this is really a different story. The nasdaq right now down 96 and the s p is down 11 points. The twoday selloff, by the way, in the nasdaq so severe this morning, it was actually within 25 points of correction territory. Since wednesdays record high of 12,056, the techheavy index is now down, as you can see right now, 103 points. Both snapping a fiveweek winning streak, the s p and the nasdaq. Were going to have our floor show trade thers ready with instant reaction for all of you. Now, the record selloff completely discounting a pretty positive august jobs report that showed an increase in 1. 37 million jobs with the Unemployment Rate dropping to 8. 4 . One company is helping to fill all those vacancies left behind by the coronavirus pandemic. Were going to introduce you to the ceo of shift pixie, helping big business find qualified workers in the gig economy. Plus, colleges struggling with infection r
What was his demeanor . He was calm. Did he say anything . Nothing that i can reveal right now. What happened to him now . He was booked into Juvenile Hall and suspended from the university. He made no threats against anyone at san jose state or property of san jose state. So, his social media threats were unrelated to san jose state. Certainly we wanted to talk to some of the students who may have been more directly affected because they have a closer relationship and we talked to them about the resources that are available. We talked to them about give them some specifics on what has occurred so theyre not just wonderings happened. Reporter now, we have been told that Public Safety officers will be a presence at Homestead High School to give students there reassurance about their safety and to a lesser degree thats what officers are doing here at san jose state. Robert, thank you. B. A. R. T. Is still recovering after a lengthy closure of the powell street station this afternoon. A p
Extremely dangerous, and we need to find him. The victims family with the direct message for the killer. Youre not going to get away with this. You will be found. How authorities are trying to track the man just ahead those stories, plus, crackdown. Hundreds of families looking for their loved ones after a massive immigration roundup in mississippi. Coffee talk. The Surprising New warning about caffeine for millions of migraine sufferers and let the sun shine in als picture perfect weekend forecast that just about everyone is in on. Today, friday, august 9th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a friday morning nice to hear there is going to be a great weekend almost everyone in the country is going to see it. Yeah. Al roker has a beautiful map hes going to show you in a minute we have a beautiful concert planned on the plaza this morn
following the story. the protest happened one week ago and three democratic state representatives got in the well and held things up for about 50 minutes and used a bull horn, led chants from the crowd. that really enraged and angered a lot of republican members. they have a super majority. one week later they have voted to expel one of the three. voting pretty much on party lines about 72-25. they have the two-thirds majority. it s likely they re going to do the same thing to the other two. many voices in the house argued for moderation saying expulsion for a rules violation was too extreme. they call it had a nuclear option. but basically the argument was made by the speaker it was a mutiny and dishonor and it was an insurrection and one democrat is out and it s likely two more will be out by the end of the night. angry crowd around that state house and really lawmaker haves needed help from state troopers to get in and out of the building today and tensions continue to r
at local high schools to aid residents. still no word on what started the fire. but thankfully nobody has been hurt. for the latest on the jersey wildfire, head to the fox weather app. or stream fox weather on any tv or connected device. should point out that april is peak wildfire season in new jersey, the garden state. ainsley: very rare. we think of wildfires out in california and not new jersey. steve: you do. look at that this is literally 90 miles south of where we are sitting. not too far from the jersey shore inland a little bit. but, a lot of people waking up this morning along the jersey shore where it smells like smoke. ainsley: you will probably be able to smell that from several towns over. steve: it s a big mess. be careful down there. ainsley: no fatalities. steve: none so far. it looks like they are getting a handle on it. meanwhile the u.s. defense department is still scrambling to try to plug that leak of classified documents that poses a very se