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Begin. Ice cold in the snow. How could it be so . It came without thanks. It came without packages, boxes or bags. It look like the grinch stole christmas. Retail sales down 1 . Not having a positive impact on the stock market. Down 183 points. How about the price of oil. Where are we now . That is within shouting distance of a six year low. Here is the story. Commodity prices are falling. Copper is leading the way. The price of gas continues to fall. Down another penny overnight. 338 year ago. Down 128 gallons. Here is the key indicator. Interest rates. It bounced back. Historically, a very low level. Our go to guy on commodities. Eric, i want to stay away from technical details. What is your evidence that prices are falling . I am not claiming deflation is in play. Prices fall too hard, too fast. Hearing people talk about deflation. Leading in some air out of the bubble. That is a good thing. The grinch as the analogy. I look at it this way. The grinch comes around at the end of the
States takes very seriously the safety and security of our allies. 4 believe is has been critical to our success. Well obviously evaluate these two other proposals moving forward and obviously, you know weve been in direct touch with russia to make sure they understand, and they do, about the potential concerns we have. Reporter and building off darlenes question, you cant get into specifics with the Prime Minister and how obama would respond. What can you tell us about the deliverables, expectations, whats the goal of this meeting . Secretary earnest well, the goal is to continue the deep coordination that exists between the United States and iraq. This is a partnership that the United States has obviously deeply invested in, and our success in working with an inclusive Iraqi Government has been important to some of the security gains that iraq has realized against isil in the last few months. There obviously is a a lot more work that needs to get done and we need to work closely with
We begin this morning with the murders of three american doctors in afghanistan. At least one of them killed was taking care of young afghani children. Investigators say the suspect is an Afghan Security force tasked with protecting the hospital. He apparently went rogue. Nbcs duncan glenski has more. Reporter those where the attack happened have described it as brutal and inhumane. Pointing out those killed have only come to serve the people of afghanistan. This happened at a kabul hospital funded by an american charity. The national remains committee to serve the people of afghanistan. Please join us in praying for the families of the victims and those affected by the shooting, as well as the peace in afghanistan. Reporter its understood the attacker was a policeman, employed by the hospital as a security guard. But he opened fire on the very people he was supposed to be protecting. Three american doctors were killed, officials say, and an american was wounded. Investigate to find ou