143. 7 billion to be spent online alone. Thats an amazing number. 4. 4 billion is how much money we spent on thanksgiving day online alone, including our very own susan lee. What a way to kick start this Holiday Spending season. All right. So with that said, lets get straight to it. It is black friday, and our Lauren Simonetti is at some luxury e outlets in bergin county, new jersey. Lauren, whats going on . Reporter ashley, the big question is, is black friday dead . Got here this morning at four a. M. A long line started to form because folks were waiting for gift cards to the mall, between 50 500. Its an experience, go with our family, friends and show up. Steady traffic, as you can see, all morning long. And a lot of the stores, im in front of the kay jewelers outlet right now, take a look, ash, save 2580 on the entire store. Theres nobody in the store. The store is completely empty. On black friday. Follow me now. Were going to make it to a store where i spent a good chunk of my t
Were innocent and they did not deserve this. Just ahead, the search for the killer and the heroic actions of a 13yearold boy who walked more than a dozen miles to save his siblings. About face, a crucial witness changes his testimony in the impeachment investigation. One of the president s biggest supporters now saying there was a quid pro quo with ukraine over military aid. All that plus the big chill, als got the latest on the seasons first blast of brutal cold and snow with millions of us in the cross hairs. Outrage, a Florida Deputy arrested for body slamming a student to the ground. The local sheriff furious. Its embarrassing, okay. Im tired of it. And move over black friday, hello cash back day. The new Consumer Holiday that begins in just a few hours thats supposed to put money into your wallet. Today, wednesday, november 6th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody, welcome to
S p, also slightly down but the nasdaq showing essentially flat to slightly higher. Remember, were just about 15 points away, by the way, on the s ps alltime closing record. We will keep an eye on that. How about this. One of the largest malls in the world opens today in new jersey. Its called the American Dream mall. It will have hundreds of stores, restaurants and indoor Amusement Park with roller coasters, and a 16story ski slope. All sorts of experiences. But it comes at a 1 billion cost to taxpayers. It will likely be a traffic nightmare. Wait until you hear how much it will cost to park there. Yikes meanwhile, President Trump heads to South Carolina later this morning. Hes going to an event on criminal Justice Reform. If the president speaks to reporters, which he likes to do before leaving the white house, you will of course see it right here. Got a lot of news to go at this morning, including those rapidly spreading wildfires in california, and Charles Barkley going after Vice
Stock. Its our call of the day the Investment Committee is ready to go. Halftime report starts right now. Welcome. Good to have you with us on this thursday our Investment Committee at the table. Josh brown, steve weiss and director of market strategy. Well begin with the selloff stocks rebounded and down again. Another volatile session all three major averages were down half a per at the lows. You have your special suit on today. You get the ball first s p coming off backtoback declines and today you got what you didnt want. A read on the Services Sector which suggests that were slowing there, too well, it was telegraph 48 hours ago when you saw the Employment Index and warranted at the time to give consideration of the strength to not only domestic economy but the Global Economy being the u. S. Consumer and were they in a position where they weto weaken. As it relates to the market, absolutely the selloff is warranted if youre going to see the consumer weaken i think it also gives yo
Big meeting happening on octobe. Futures this morning pointing to a sapointing ahigher opening. This is the phi fall da final de Third Quarter. Well tell you how markets did this quarter. Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy protection and is Closing Stores across the world. Macys closing down an iconic store as well. The state of the industry later this hour. Mornings with maria begins right now. Lets get it started. Lets get it started in here. Lets get it started. Lets get it started in here. Lets he get i get it started. Maria weve got a packed show this morning. Joining the conversation, dagen mcdowell, National Security corporation chief market vast strategist art hogan and lee carter. How do you like the refresh . Dagen i love it. I love the website. I love what were doing there. And its just fresh and fresh and fresh. Maria its a big refresh. Dagen i was paying close attention this morning. Its so easy to look at the screen and know whats going on. Maria weve got the headlines in cl