Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The initial news a few days back that a man had made it across the north lawn of the white house and inside the front door was bad enough, but we now know the intruder went well beyond the front door and deep into the white house itself not far from the stairway and the elevator that take passengers up to the private family residence. The head of the secret service goes before a congressional hearing tomorrow. And she will again have a whole lot of explaining to do while veterans of the secret service say its never been the same since it was pulled out of the Treasury Department and lumped in with Homeland Security after 9 11. This brings more unwelcome attention to the people who protect the president and the peoples house. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs kristen welker. Kristen, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening. When Omar Gonzalez forced his way into the white house earlier this month, even though the first family
Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The initial news a few days back that a man had made it across the north lawn of the white house and inside the front door was bad enough, but we now know the intruder went well beyond the front door and deep into the white house itself not far from the stairway and the elevator that take passengers up to the private family residence. The head of the secret service goes before a congressional hearing tomorrow. And she will again have a whole lot of explaining to do while veterans of the secret service say its never been the same since it was pulled out of the Treasury Department and lumped in with Homeland Security after 9 11. This brings more unwelcome attention to the people who protect the president and the peoples house. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs kristen welker. Kristen, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening. When Omar Gonzalez forced hi
Well see what happens as we get closer to the opening bell. Three big stories were watching this morning. Eu finance ministers are meeting in brussels in just a couple hours from now discussing greeces request for a six ismonth loan extension. Michelle will join us in a minute. Also in Corporate News this morning, deere will post Quarterly Results before the bell. Earlier this week we learned Berkshire Hathaway bought a stake in the company. In political news the nations current and former governors are going to be gathering in washington today for an annual meeting also taking part in the conversation administrative and legislative officials along with business and academic leaders. Here are some of the stocks were watching. Intuit posted a stronger than expected loss, Strong Demand for its turbo tax. Tax season. Hurry up. The clock is tick inging. Sneaks up on you. Nordstroms earnings falling short of estimates. The company says margins fell as it worked to clear inventories and used
Story. After 21 hours on the senate floor, texas senator ted cruz wrapped up his brave and courageous obama care filibuster today. That said, the debate and the political standoffs are far from over. The real voting is about to begin. Cnbcs chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us now with all the details. Good evening, john. Good evening, larry. We had an unusual end to that filibuster which you called brave and courageous. 100 people voted against it, including ted cruz himself. It became so unpopular by the end, that ted cruz decided to go with everyone else, seeing which way the wind was blowing. What were going to have now is a debate in the senate over stripping out the defund obama care provision. Not sure exactly when thats going to happen. But cruz has indicated he may shorten the time and not drag it out all the way to sunday. Many republicans wanted him to shorten it so that the house will have more time to send a counterplay back to the senate. But it does appea
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The initial news a few days back that a man had made it across the north lawn of the white house and inside the front door was bad enough, but we now know the intruder went well beyond the front door and deep into the white house itself, not far from the stairway and the elevator that take passengers up to the private family residence. The head of the secret service goes before a congressional hearing tomorrow. And she will again have a whole lot of explaining to do, while veterans of the secret service say its never been the same since it was pulled out of the Treasury Department and lumped in with Homeland Security after 9 11. This brings more unwelcome attention to the people who protect the president and the peoples house. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs kristen welker. Kristen, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening. When Omar Gonzalez forced his way into the white ho