Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill. Even if lebron is not his new best friend, im sure there are plenty of people after learning about that 75,000 payout who would love to be his friend. I love this. He didnt take a traditional shot. He wound up making the hook shot. Which you have to do if you have that opportunity. Theres no way youre making it with a traditional shot. You have to go all in. Then he got lebron james hanging out with you. Great shot. Not bad. Weve got a lot to get to. Well show you more of that. Including, well talk about the cold snap that wont go away. But there is something heating up the markets. Thats a good thing. Making a lot of people happy. Yeah. The dow getting close to a record high. The nasdaq and the s p are soaring, as well. This amid positive signs about the economy, housing rebounding, and companies hiring. So is it too late if you want to jump into the stock
Good morning to you. Im richard lui. Great britain remains in a frenzy this morning after the birth of the royal baby. Now the world is anxiously awaiting the first glimpse of mom, dad and baby. Heres nbcs danielle leigh. Reporter good morning. And there are crowds outside of Buckingham Palace, despite the rain right now. That is because people want to see a special changing of the guard ceremony today. Scotland guard is playing congratulations for the new prince. Also that medical bulletin still on display and Everyone Wants to get a picture. When we last checked, the wait was more than two hours long. Excitement here is on high. Well wishers crammed around the gates at Buckingham Palace into the morning. Many raised their glasses to the new prince. Oh, yeah, just in time to burst the bubbles. I could not be more excited if i tried. Reporter for hours, a golden easel held the image everyone was coming to see. An official bulletin delivered from st. Marys hospital announcing the prince
In doubt. The hedge fund heads to court today after being charged by the u. S. Government of systematic Insider Trading. All right. Were into the last Worldwide Exchange of the week. One hour into the trading day here in europe. Pretty even stevens really on the dow jones 600. Yesterday, the ftse was down, what, half a percent, 32 points lower. It tried to crawl a little higher this morning. Mit mixed earnings session yesterday. Xetra dax down 15 points. Ibex continuing outperformance from yesterday, up another third today. And cac reasquarante up twothi. Number of stocks to focus in on. Renault lifting core profit despite slumping sales. A rise in first half earnings after reducing costs. The stock up 2 . Lvmh is battling a slowdown in markets including china. Results are still posted, though. Amazon shares in frankfurt are down about a percent. It posted an expected 7 million loss in the Second Quarter. Sales particularly weak in europe. And it looks like investors approved of anglo
Protest by fastfood worker, they want 15 an hour, but these thing Margin Companies will be forced to lay off workers and drive up the unemployment rate. By the way, that is all especially true with obama care calls coming in, too. All those stories and many more on the kudlow report beginning right now. Good even, everyone. This is the kudlow report. U. N. Inspectors conducted their third day of investigations into last weeks alleged chemical weapons attack, this as International Support for the military strikes against the Syrian Regime appears to be waning. Nbcs ayman missou mo hell m joins us. Reporter in the last 24 to 36 hours thats a spike given over the last several weeks theyve been seeing that reflects a growing anxiety among syrians of what many people are saying is an impending military strike against the Syrian Government. However, there are growing concerns today beyond a humanitarian crisis. There are also concerns that this conflict could spread beyond syrias borders to
Anthony weiners bombshell admissions keep oncoming. Anthony weiner now says he sexted up to three women after similar behavior forced him to apologize and resign from congress in 2011. It is not dozens and dozens. It is 6 to 10, i suppose. But i cant tell you absolutely what someone else is going to consider inappropriate or not. Were they sexual . How many conversations did you have with women after you resigned that were sexual in nature . I dont believe i had any more than three. Well, this new admission comes on the heels of tuesdays press conference when weiner, with wife by his side, said he sexted a woman as recently as last year. All of this has taken a toll on his popularity. Weiner has fallen behind City Council Speaker christine quinn. She leads weiner 25 to 16 right now. Just a month ago, weiner edged quinn by 5 Percentage Points in the crowded democratic field. The new poll finds a dramatic shift of registered democrats impressions of weiner. 55 now have a negative impress