Hey, edward. Reporter we do have some reduction in tariffs so 25 on 250 billion worth of tariffs and then 7. 5 on 120 billion worth of tariffs and those december 15 tariffs do not go forward. The president just speaking about this china trade deal saying that hes using those tariffs as negotiating points for the phase ii agreement to make sure china still comes to the table and the phase ii talks china wanted them to start immediately. The man who led the negotiating team here, u. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer released this statement today. He says, President Trump is focused on concluding a phase i agreement that achieves meaningful, fullyenforceable structural changes and begins rebalancing the u. S. China trade relationship. The chinese say that the phase i deal is in nine chapters, and those chapters include these are some of the big points here, protections for intellectual property, ending the forced transfer of technology, expanding access to financial markets, buyin
Gymnast demanding answers this morning after an explosive report, usa gymnastics told about allegations by team dr. Nassar but kept her in the dark. About allegations by team dr. Nassar but kept her in all that plus fire in the sky, dramatic video of flames shooting from a planes engine that forced a landing. The report that Prince Charles was behind his brothers stunning resignation and keep on trucking elon musk hits a snag unveiling husband futuristic new pickup with shatter proof windows but still predicts a smashing success. Today, friday, november 22nd, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning. Glad to have you with us, glad to have you with us. Hodas got the day off weve got lester. Always a pleasure to be with you. How about that door smashing, well get the cameras, the smoke, well throw something it all went wrong. We have breaking news this
Youre looking at the moment a traffic stop for a deputy near austin turned into a violent get away attempt. The driver took off dragging the deputy for about a half mile before she was able to use a taser on the suspect and stop the car. Amazingly, the deputy suffered no injuries. The 22yearold suspect was intoxicated and in possession of marijuana and prescription cough syrup. Were just hours away from philadelphias first super bowl victory parade. Local and federal law if had the mayor is not expecting to see the kind of rioting like when the eagles won. Officers will be looking for any suspicious activity. Theres a baby even more famous than Kylie Jenners new born. Hes just 1yearold, but already a trail blazer. Reporter since 1928 this is the gerber baby everybody has known. The drawing is still getting help. At 91 anns getting a little help these days representing the brand. Meet lucas warren, gerbers 2018 spokes baby. His mom says hes out going, loves to play and loves to make peo
Good morning welcome to squawk alley. I am john ford with holly evans. After a series of wild swings in the market, major indexes are higher but not across the board. Dow up 240 the next guest says the fed is partly behind the mayhem the past couple days as the president tweeted about market volatility in the old days when good news was reported, stock market would go up, today when good news is reported, stock market goes down big mistake and we have great news about the economy Tom Mcclellan joins me start with the fed, you think theyre in the middle of this . Good morning. Yes, the president is right. But the link between that and the economy is not as strong as people think what most dont understand, there are two fundamentals that govern movements of stock market first is how much money is there, the second is how much does the money want to be invested the fed is in charge of mostly the first one. I brought a chart. Whats not reported, the fed is selling assets last week they dro
Producer. Tmz reporting that wine seens contract allowed for him to get sued for Sexual Harassment without being fired as long as he paid the victims. Jackpacked three hours for you. Varney company is about to begin. Charles first to the california wild fires, ashley, whats the latest . Ashley its surreal, really. We have 31 confirmed deaths. We have 21 wild fires burning at this hour covering an area of 300 square miles. Most of these fires less than 10 contained. The good news is there are going to be lighter winds today. The bad news is they are going to pick right up tomorrow. Tough weekend. We talk about wineries, of course, a human story. The wineries, five destroyed. Nine badly damaged but it could be a lot worse than that, the problem, charles, you cant get to a lot of the areas because they are covered by fire and the authorities are not letting anyone in. But this is a story that goes on and on and again when gusts up to 50 miles an hour expected this weekend. Flames will con