We have a beautiful woman a beautiful young actress who was with us once before ana obregon is here. [ applause ] and a lovely little girl. I think shes only five years old. I have not met her. I have seen her on the bill cosby show. Her name is Keshia Knight pulliam. She will be out with us. [ applause ] and some other things, so thank you for coming, and well be back in just one minute. [ music ] [ music ] [ applause ] oh, i like that. Thank you. We have [ applause ] ana obregon. A little young lady. Keshia knight pulliam. Interesting name. Isnt it . They say shes adorable. Shes ive not seen here. Shes on the bill cosby show. From time to time the American Library association. They ask librarians across the country for the most unusual questions asked by those visiting, or phoning the library. Did you know that very often they have in many towns. Your local library has a service. If you phone them, and you have a question or something. Theyll do everything they can to look it up, and
About six points and the dow futures are down by 43. Overnight in area, the nikkei was down by 1. 6 the lesser gains for the hang seng and the shanghai composite which finished almost flat. If you want to take a look at early trading in european markets, across the board, you see some red arrows. The dax in germany down by. 7 . 75 decline for the cac in france and the ftse is down by 1. 3 . Take a look at crude oil ahead of tomorrows opec meeting. Oil was up 20r9 month, but you can see the wti this morning is down by 1. 5 to 48. 36. ] p e much more on that opec meeting in just a moment. Here are the big stories we are watching today. In corporate news, softbank selling at least 7. 9 billion in shares of alibaba. Softbank is softbanks largest shareholder. Its staples dropped now from 30 to 28 . Shari redstone says she has no interest in managing viacom. Red deny stone says on todays economic agenda, april Construction Spending out at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time as followed by the feds beig
Ford, all of these basically weaker than expected although slightly better than expected for fiat and chrysler. The real concern is when you look at car sales. Were not talking about suvs and pickups. Were talking about car sales. The numbers, thats not a mistake there. That is accurate. Fiat chrysler cars down 39 . Gm down 25 . Same with ford. Toyota, down 15. 9 . What is happening here . A couple things. Moderate gas prices are having an impact. People are saying if i have gas at, what, 2. 32 a gallon on average in this country, hey, its still relatively cleep to where it was a few years ago. As a result, you see people rotating to crossovers, suvs. So when you take a look at the japanese automakers sh the reason were showing you the stocks is because these guys have more exposure to the car market in north america relative to gm, ford, fiat chrysler. Keep in mind, those guys have much greater exposure to trucks and suvs relative to the japanese automakers. Any way you slice it, they
Fighting back, bill cosbys attorney defiant as his client is ordered to stand trial on sex assault charges. This case should end immediately. But could the evidence and cosbys own words put the disgraced behind bars for the next ten years. In the hot seat, the tsa chief heads back to capitol hill to face a grilling over those long screening lines. Today, may 25th, 2016. Good morning, everyone. We start today talking billion politics and protests. Absolutely. Breaking news overnight out of new mexico. It is our top story. A chaotic scene outside of one of Donald Trumps rallies in albuquerque, new mexico. Demonstrator clashing with police even as the presumptive nominee inches even closer to the magic delegate number. We have complete coverage beginning with Hallie Jackson who is in albuquerque. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. New this morning, police in albuquerque say several officers are receiving treatment for injuries after being hit by rocks. One protester was arrested
Arrive. Fighting back. Cosbys attorney defiant as his client is ordered to stand trial on sex assault charges. But could the evidence and cosbys own words put the disgraced star behind bars for the next ten years . In the hot seat. The tsa chief heads back to capitol hill to face a grilling over the long screening lines. Today, wednesday, may 25th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. We start today talking about politics and protests. Absolutely. Its breaking news overnight out of new mexico. It is our top story. A chaotic scene outside one of Donald Trumps rallies in albuquerque, new mexico. Demonstrators clashing with police, even as the Presumptive Republican nominee inches even closer to the magic delegate number. We have complete coverage beginning with nbcs Hallie Jackson. She is in albuquerque. Hallie, good morning to you. Hi,