How we get there and the speed and trajectory, that is where the confusion is now. Officials are talking about the possibility of a rate hike. Richard clarida will be here to help us break it all down. After a dramatic week, the dollar index is still slightly higher but a threeweek low. Own, and nomc job one knows what they are talking about, futures negative the dax is down 6 10 of 1 . The ftse 100 down one third of 1 . The bloomberg dollar index up about one half of 1 . You are seeing this more acutely against the commodity commodities currencies. Far, week for crude so potentially on wti the biggest and smart as we reenter a bull market. On the back of dollar strength, some crude weakness, the dollar index down by 6 10 of 1 . Yields creeping higher on the belly of the curve of treasuries , up 2 10 of 1 . A lot to discuss so far this week, a Big Conversation over the fomc pivoting forward to the speech that friday. Alix who is going to want to take big positions ahead of Janet Yellen
Right now. Announcer from nbc world news headquarters in new york, this is nbcnbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. The death toll has risen even higher today from the Violent Storm system that tore through the south and its on the move tonight. As we start here, cities from eastern nng, up in philadelphia, including the d. C. Area, are under the threat of tornadoes. At least four more people were killed this afternoon. Some in waverly, virginia, where there has been significant damage from an apparent tornado. At least seven people have died since this time yesterday. Right now, at least ten states are at risk from the Severe Weather with the highest tornado risk this evening. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer reports from the storm zone. Reporter tonight this is what they feared. Funnel clouds, possible tornadoes, a weather system still packing pounding rain and whipping wind with at least four dead today. Theres another night of dangerous weather still ahead. Oh, my god reporter the 7
Reagan who has died age of 94. Reporter may tonne manning is set to retire after 18 seasons at the stop of the support sport we begin in iraq where at least 60 people were killed in a suicide bombing on sunday. Dozens of people were wounded in the blast which happened near hilla south of the capital. I. S. I. L. Says it carried out the attack. Reporter the tanker drugging blew up one of the busiest checkpoints on a main road. It was carrying explosives. There was almost nothing left here. I. S. I. L. Took responsibility for the blast north of hilla. This is almost 90 kilometers south of baghdad. On the main road leading to the shia shrines and the coastal city of basra. Iraqi soldiers and police manned the check point. Many of the other casualties were believed to be civilians. Translation the blast mass completely destroyed the check point and its builds. More than 10 buildings. More than 100 cars have been damaged. We have strongly condemned the attack. Reporter Iraqi Security forces
Developing right now a mess in northeast washington. Some of the cars from that csx train that derailed are still lying under the rhode island avenue metro. The crash spilled chemicals all over the track. The metro station is back open, but mark trains are restricted. Crews have a lot of work to do today to get the rails back to normal again. News 4 is live in northeast washington now with how theyre making progress on the repairs. Derek joins us now live with the latest. Derrick. Reporter good morning. Well, they are doing a pretty good job and doing a fast job. You see that area over there where that yellow piece of equipment is . There was a tanker there just a few minutes ago, one of the last ones to be removed from the scene. But if you look in the foreground, this parking lot where we are, most of these cars that you see in fact all of those cars belong to the responders now. All of this heavy response was out of an abundance of caution because if the problem, if the threat had b
International criminal court, first to do so. I. S. I. L, there are reports of i. S. I. L. Entering kobani. 43 missing students for the first time, promising to go after the perpetrators. A spanish nurse who helped treat an ebola victim in madrid is now tested positive for the disease. The first case of one person transmitting the disease to another person outside of west africa. A spanish priest died of the disease in august, the five u. S. Citizen diagnosed with the disease has arrived in nebraska. Ashoka mukpo had been working in liberia, hired by the network nbc he fell in. Mukpo was able to board the plane on monday and will be treated at a specialized medical unit in nebraska. An ebola clinic in liberia, doctors in the center of the capital monrovia, have been working in this specialized center, filled up be within 24 hours of its opening. So far the virus has killed more than 3400 people in west africa and infected about 7500. Just to report, we are expecting a press conference