Futures at start of trading as businesses reopen this morning, dow industrials up 350 points, 1 and a half percent. S p is up 41 and the nasdaq higher by 114, this after the dow, nasdaq and s p 50 finished down in the week despite fridays days as you can see, dow industrials were down 2 , 2 and twothirds percent, the nasdaq down better than 1 , tensions between the United States and china continue to rise, lawmakers looking to offer big incentives to move supply chains from china to america. President trump versus president obama. President trump calling predecessor incompetent as president obama says they leaders pretend to be in charge. Sports is coming back, the roar of the engines returned this weekend as checker flags dropped on nasdaq, caused drivers to hit the brakes, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria Global Markets this morning look like this, major areas of the world are reopening for business leading to gains across the world, as you can see in europe theres a stro
A medical examiner reveals what killed promising Young Los Angeles angels pitcher tyler skaggs. The husband and father just the latest victim of the nations Opioid Epidemic. We miss tyler every day. Nothing we learned today changes those feelings. All that plus sweet freedom. An alabama man sentenced to life in prison for stealing 50 is finally released after 36 years behind bars. Back in the drivers seat. Dale earnhardt jr. Coming out of retirement to race today just weeks after a plane crash nearly killed him and his family. Valerie harper. Im engaged. No. Youre right. The most beloved Television Side kicks passing away after a brave battle with cancer. Well look back at her remarkable life and career saturday august 31st, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with sheinelle jones, peter alexander, and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. A busy one with Hurricane Dorian churning in
Hundreds turn out to remember an el paso shooting victim who died with no family other than her heartbroken husband, a plea of social media leading people from far and wide to come together to honor her memory. All that, plus, dale jr. s miracle survival. There was fire all over the place. Newly released 911 call shows how close the nascar legend and his family came to losing their lives in that terrifying plane crash. A bolt of lightning strikes just next to a High School Guidance counselor in south carolina. And remembering hollywood royalty, fans everywhere honoring the life and career of easy rider star peter fonda, today august 17th, 2019. From nbc news this is today from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, and welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. The loss of a hollywood legend part of hollywood royalty. Peter fonda, a lot of people thinking about him and that famous fonda family today. A major new twist in the investigation into the death
Help from their best friends. Announcer from abc news in new york, this is america this morning. Good friday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with the aftermath of that fiery plane crash involving nascar legend Dale Earnhardt jr. And his family. And investigators are getting to work at the crash scene in northeastern tennessee today. This is what theyll be working with. Look at this image of that burnedout remains of the private jet, which rolled off the runway and burst into flames. Earnhardt, his wife, their daughter and the two pilots all made it out alive. This morning the investigation just beginning into why this jet carrying Dale Earnhardt jr. And his family erupted into flames just after landing in tennessee. Its a private jet. They just pulled a baby out of there. Reporter that baby was the earnhardts 15monthold daughter. With everyone safely out it took just moments for the plane carrying 1,000 gallons of fuel to be fully engulfed. The first thing when yo
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