Case. Red october, the brutal heat wave blanketing the map. The hot temps move east. Schools forced to close for second day in a row, and al will tell us when relief is coming. All that plus defending the duchess, prince harry sues a british tabloid for bullying Meghan Markle. Into the lions den, wild video of a woman who jumped into an exhibit at the bronx zoo. And capital comeback. The Washington Nationals have the lead. The nationals stage an epic rally to defeat the milwaukee brewers. And the Washington Nationals are l. A. Bound. As the Major League Playoffs get off to a thrilling start, today, wednesday, october 2nd, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with savannah guthrie, and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning, its october. Might feel like july to a lot of folks out there, getting really hot today. I actually broke out the shorts one more time this morning but als going to update us on
Truck plunging onto boats below. Several people reported missing. The controversial study claiming red meat isnt that bad for you. Nutritionists fight back. And from this pornography prank on a highway billboard to this problem spinning out of control at the airport, to this garbage bin that takes itself to the curb, all of the trending stories to jump start your tuesday morning. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Im Elizabeth Hur in for janai. And im kenneth moton. We begin with new details overnight from the impeachment investigation as President Trump pushes to learn the name of the whistleblower in the ukraine scandal. Abc news has now confirmed secretary of state mike pompeo was on the phone call when President Trump urged the leader of ukraine to investigate joe biden. Meanwhile, House Democrats have now subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, the president s personal attorney. Live abcs Serena Marshall has the latest from washington. Serena, good morning. Reporter kenneth, elizabeth, good mornin
Als forecast just ahead. Those stories, plus verdict watch, the face of a former Dallas Police officer accused of murdering her neighbor in his apartment, now in the hands of the jury breaking overnight, the terrifying moment a massive bridge suddenly collapses on to boats below. And pink power today, we are kicking off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a special live event on the plaza as we join the fight with a group of inspirational survivors, today, 2019 tuesday, october 1st, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody, welcome to today. Thank you for joining us this Tuesday Morning. Oh, my gosh, were both wearing pink. I know. It must mean one thing, it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We want to be on the same team as all these Breast Cancer survivors, many of which are on r plaza right now. Were going to have a really inspirational morning with them, and we are literally going to give Breast Ca
Shares of nordstrom down about 15 in the premarket, penne yerkss taking a hit. Well break down whats really happening in the sector. Donald trump launching another attack on amazon and jeff bezos. Trump saying when it comes to taxes, amazon is, quote, getting away with murder. Apple ceo tim cook told cnbc hes very optimistic about china and putting his money where his mouth is in a big way. Well look at the Chinese Company apple just invested 1 billion in. But first up, Government Data shows retail sales up 1. 3, surge led by autos, gasoline and Online Retail. But theres more Department Store pain on the earnings front. Both penney and nordstrom tumbling. At least eight firms cutting their price targets on nordstrom, which misses by a large margin 26 versus 45. Revenue was light. Comps down 1. 7, but the lesson here is that even retailers of that income demographic are not immune. Everybody at the mall was out of position, no way to put it otherwise. If you think of the three drivers o
Is that he has a lot of interest in one of these companies, like he has a lot of at stake here and this is an unusual way to bring these two companies together and im not sure that it makes sense. I think he would like to have us look at it as becoming the leader of clean energy but its still, theres still a lot of questions about this deal and im not sure that it makes sense for investors for the company at all. Its not a done deal. Theres still a 45 day go shop period where any other suitors can make themselves known and musk is the largest shareholder in these two companies but it will be interesting to see how shareholders feel and how they vote about it and im wondering if you think that either of those hurdles will not be overcome by this deal. Yeah, i think its possible that the deal wont go through. It does seem though that they have kind of, you know, they have barrelled against kind of all opposition so far. So it does seem likely that the deal will go through. What will be t