we re also following breaking news from wall street. look at this number. the dow down something like 3.5% as we speak. with an hour until close. it s the worst day of the year so far for the markets. why? tech stocks, they re dropping. we re going to talk with labor secretary, marty walsh, about this, inflation, and about tomorrow s big jobs report. i m hallie jackson in washington. good to be with you. we re with our nbc news team, too. carol lee covering the white house. cal perry is in ukraine. we re joined by helene cooper, an msnbc political contributor. also with us, the former ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. carol, let me start with you and these new details we re learning about the first lady s trip to the border in eastern europe here. a significant trip for her. a real step on to the international stage. it really is, hallie. and so if first lady s going to spend four days in eastern europe and she ll start in romania where she ll meet with u.s. troops at a
against sending weapons to russia for the war in ukraine. plus, a newly disputed intelligence report. did a lab accident in wuhan cause the covid pandemic? as house republicans are about to launch a new prime time investigation. and toxic fears. safety concerns spreading far beyond ohio after contaminated waste from that train derailment was shipped out of state without warning. the environmental activist erin brockovich is back with us today. plus, curveball. major league baseball s new rules already changing the outcome of the game. the mlb s dramatic changes to america s favorite past time. good day. tensions with china escalating a beijing accusing the u.s. of quote, fanning the flames in ukraine. china saying the u.s. is using a double standard. arming ukraine while warning china against doing the same. secretary of state blinken and vice president harris had told the world about the possible change in china s policy not to provide lethal aid to putin. national sec
by 24 places. and they bought a region that rate by 17 positions in this ranking. i would like to things them and i would like to congratulate our colleagues from base regions for a word, but they have done you can use a school. but anyway, we should be a special attention and federal government and regional municipal themes. we should support business initiatives by our citizens in small towns you and remote areas. you know, we have such example that says the stories of success, but what i m talking about in the speech and you creating because you get used to soft word about creating room, environmentally friendly foot stops. and now it s starting to mean production was all across the country. like internet platforms. so they were just moving and we need to create new opportunities. we need to introduce new ways of trade, including a platform. like i said before, we need you to bring down all kinds of code zip codes. and we also need to modernize the post on the country and
. this is nightly business report with tyler mathisen and sue herera. surprise rise. stocks took off despite rising tensions overseas. but how long will the buying mood last? unexpected rejection. eli lilly s arthritis medicine was supposed to be a blockbuster, but the fda said not so fast. mountain of debt. americans owe a lot of money. $1 trillion on their credit cards to be exact. and that is raising some concern. those stories, and tomorrow, tonight on nightly business report for monday, april 17th. welcome. i m sue herera. tyler mathisen is off tonight. given the increase in geopolitical tensions and soft economic data, not many thoughts the dow would rise by triple digits, but it did, and the bulls remained in control until the closing bell. the dow jones industrial average gained 183 points to 20,636, snapping a three-day losing streak. the nasdaq added 51, and the s&p 500 was up 20. given all the negative factors swirling around, why were investors in
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