Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe. We are a great bunch. We like to think we are. Ahead, we have live in gaza, another intense night of fighting. Israel launching a full scale of bombardment as they search for a missing soldier. Also ahead, we are talking heart health. How to keep your heart healthy with an easy swap with your favorite meals. This is part of our shine a lot city. The American Heart Association is working there to help keep people healthier. S this video has everyone talking this week. She is crying over the fact her baby brother will eventually grow up. Cherish lifes smallest moments. That will be great. We begin with the top story. That is effective of two first aid workers affected with ebola will return to the u. S. Today. Itis not clear if it will be brantly or Nancy Write
A bit chilly, im afraid, wouldnt you say . And it Stephanie Ruhle is not a bit chilly, it is bloody freezing outside. You might the canadian and used to this, i cannot stand how cold it is. But if anyone is going to talk grand theft auto, it is this girl. Really . Just kidding. [laughter] starting this mornings show with japan. The Prime Minister is trying to hisue his economy and economic policy. He is dissolving parliament this week and calling for early elections, also delaying a second sales hike. The first tax increase is being blamed for sending japan into his economic policy. He is dissolving parliament this week and callingrecession. He wants his plans debated during the election. I want to make it clear for the debates during the general election whether our economic policies are right or wrong or if there are no other choices available for us. Be ont to make japans imagel trial. Eike batista is also on trial, at one point he was the richest man in brazil, the seventh wealthie
Alix steel is in the newsroom. The philly fed index. This came in below estimates coming in at 5. 2. Almost cut in half. It is also lower than read for january which came in at 6. 3. We have seen a pretty genetic two months in the philly fed index. The reason why this important is that they get new. The new orders at the index did come in light at about 5. 4. The slide is continuing, new orders. Weve seen more jobs and falling oil prices. Lets turn to the biggest corporate story of the day. Theres abuses and that they live on their starvation wages. Starting in april, workers will be able to dollars an hour. This will affect half an hour people. The company says that it will be raising wages. 10 an hour starting next february. It is moving this further increasing. It has pushed for higher wages. That has been working problem. Walmart saying that two and a half weeks, they will know what the schedules are. The currency headwinds. This started in the 1980s. Worked its way through the com
The president said the riots in ferguson exposed a deeprooted frustration with local police. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about the Public Affairs committee in washington. He will deliver a speech to a joint session of Congress Tomorrow about the Iran Nuclear Deal and a direct challenge to president obama. What is not the purpose of that speech . My speech is not intended to show any disrespect to president obama or the esteemed office that he holds. I have Great Respect for both. Netanyahu accepted the invitation by Speaker John Boehner despite objections by the white house. Networks with 2. 7 billion dollars in cash to bolster the networking business. Hotels, universities, shopping malls and the like. Investors will get 2467 a share. A record day on wall street, breaking 5000 for the First Time Since march of 2000. Chief markets correspondent scarlet fu joins us. I remember the last one. I remember the last one ending. It tell us about this one. March 2000 and the followin
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