Will the storm be as bad as first thought . Dylan will let us know. And upset nation. March madness busting brackets coast to coast. Northern iowa with a buzzer beater. And that shot is not the only one. Middle tennessee shocking Michigan State in possibly the biggest upset in tournament history. Steven f. Austin crushing West Virginia and millions of fans tossing brackets in the trash today. Saturday, march 19th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today from rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Im craig melvin. The top story is the deadly plane crash in russia. The fiery scene caught on camera. All on board are dead according to officials. Nbcs chatman bell has the latest from london. Good morning. Reporter good morning, craig. Explosion caught on camera as the plane attempted to land in strong winds. Airline is contacting relatives of all on board and an investigation is already under way to find the cause of the crash. The final moments of flydubai. You can see wha
On wall street. Squawk alley is live. Good morning, and welcome to squawk alley on this new years eve. Im kayla. With me simon hobbs. Good morning. Joining us from one market in San Francisco, founder and editor in chief at the information, also a cnbc contributor, jessica lessin. Good friday to you. Or good thursday to you, rather. Its not quite new years yet, but soon. Its a short week, so its easy to get a little bit confused. First, jessica, microsoft says it will now inform customers if Government Agencies are trying to hack into their accounts. It comes after a reuters report that the company chose not to tell thousands of hot mail users that their accounts were hacked by the chinese government. Reports say microsoft found evidence of these attacks back in 2011, but, rather than informing users, it simply asked them to change their password. It was reuters that reported this originally and reached out to the company for comment. Is there precedent for Something Like this . How do
Nasdaq futures under pressure as well. London and paris have wrapped up abbreviated sessions. Germany, among the abbreviated markets that are closed on this new years eve. The client is in europe following a pretty brutal month for european stocks. We have seen some selling of treasuries lately. Yields higher today. A bit of a different story. Crude oil, arguably the story of the year. Down again under pressure. Both wti and brent above 30,000 a barrel. Will the s p finish in the green for the year . New years eve celebrations already kicking off around the world. Some cities canceling plans over security concerns. George lucas opening up about his breakup with star wars saying he sold out to the white slaves. Disney down 10 since november. Can the s p finish the year in positive territory . Thats a question that will be answer in the final day of 2015. Nasdaq leading with a year to date gabe of 7 . 0. 2 . Just 4. 5 points positive for the year. The dow jones, nearly, 1. 25 . Mike with
Dealing with what is a very wet and potentially dangerous winter. Reporter yeah, timing is important here, sam and laura. Thats how you got that announcement here in the Mayors Office just wrapping up and mayor ed lee saying the attitude at city hall is theyre always planning for a disaster for the rain. Planning for this apparently last fall coordinating among many agencies. 1,100 beds additionally open with more set aside for overflow in seven dedicated areas in the city where there are more homeless. Setting up in phases of 200 to 300 beds. Theyre working with Salvation Army and providing food. Public works passing out sandbags to Property Owners while several preparing for heavy rains, high winds, power outages, mudslides and landslides and trying to get to as many people as they can. Its about doing the right thing and making sure they take care of communications, their family, their businesses and their neighbors. Reporter and this is happening as federal Disaster Relief workers
Nevada Highway Patrol says two people were killed in a single car rollover. This on i15 near craig just before the new year. Witnesses say a car was speeding down the interstate when it hit the middle of when it hit the middle barrier and continued to roll. You can see there, the damage just devastating. Nhp says this is now the 67th fatality of that year. Reid while one family will be mourning that terrible tragedy we can tell you another family early this morning got word from the universe so to speak the world will go on. The new years baby for our valley has been born. The baby born after midnight. When the parents went to the hospital they were told its not time for baby to come. Turns out that wasnt the case. Reporter in clark county hernandez holds the first baby of the new year. He was born at 12 03 a. M. This morning, january 1, 2016. Jasmine and marco say becoming new parents was surprisingly easy. Reporter ramons parents knew theas a cha butast evening the doctors werent sur