The world, but now police are investigating the theft of a precious piece by picasso, today, september, december 6th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this busy saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. We start with the breaking news. Devastating news from overnight, that american hostage luke somers has been killed in yemen. His death coming as u. S. Forces tried to rescue him from the clutches of al qaeda. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is here with more. Richard, good morning. Good morning. There is always a terrible that the president faces that the u. S. Military faces in a hostage situation, do you attempt to rescue the hostage, knowing the risks. In this case, the president , the military decided to make the risky operation, to make an attempt, but it didnt work out. A desperate attempt to save an american
S p and 2 approximate want 5 for the dow. The next move is toews. Housing stocks sharply hitting prerecession levels. What is behind the skbruchl which push higher on the back of that. The natural government announces a Major Investigation into dance cancer charities. We start with stocks. Bob pisani is tracking the action there. He is in the nasdaq before a key interview 30 minutes. Run us through the markets. Its a good news bad news day. The Housing Starts numbers had a very Strong Influence on housingrelated stocks. Look at the Home Builders up 2 to 3 . Also the Building Products companies. Masco has a good day. Mohawk and all the Companies Involved in the building industry. Helping this is home depots terrific numbers. Not only did they beat, but raised go guidance. That is a good sign near a historic high. A stronger than expected start. Comps up 6. 1 . Bottom line this was a great stock and a great run. Im not surprised its flat today. The downside is walmart. They are costing u
The colonists were sending ships ever where to get muskets and cant after the british had sent more troops to boston after the Boston Tea Party and the so called coercive acts and it is clear that the colonists were pulling together ammunition. Maybe they did not intend to use it but that was a big debate. The king prohibited british ships from taking ammunition and everything to the colonies are less it was officially sanctioned. They were very alert to this. As soon as the colonys found out about the order prohibiting ammunition and munitions from being sent to the colonies, in New Hampshire and then rhode island, colonist patriots over the monitions so everyone knew what was coming in the winter of 70741775. This brighter suggests that 1775 was a critical launching point of the revolutionary war and american independence. That is sunday night at 8 00 on cspans q7a. Next a discussion with the all women delegation to congress from New Hampshire. For the first time in u. S. History, th
They are not purposely hiding kids and putting them back in with concussions. Sometimes it is hard to recognize when Young Athletes do not tell you how they are feeling. We brought up the importance of teammates being involved in diagnosing players. How close are we to a better design for helmets . I think we are at the beginning. We have been using a standard that has not changed for 40 years that was designed for skull fractures. Many investigators are working to improve standards to include acceleration as well as other important aspects of impact. Just as the Automotive Industry did with safety ratings, the market can be relied upon for manufacturers to improve designs to improve sales. I think standards are important part of the equation. Thank you. Dr. Gay, you discussed the fact there is a numerical Rating System for helmet impact. It is designed at virginia tech, the star system. You called it the best tool we have for analyzing the merits of helmet systems. Can you describe ho
Top stories we are following on this thursday. As relief aid continues to pour in for typhoon victims in the philippines. The bay area ramps up its efforts to help the tens of thousands in need. And telsa back in the news again. This time for an industrial accident involving workers at its fremont plant. Ifstate investigators are now involved. Well hear from ceo elon musk. Lets begin, though, with whats happening right now on this thursday, november 14th. Police in walnut creek are preparing to clear out what remains of three small homeless encampments in the citys downtown area. The encampments are located in the areas of south california boulevard and newell avenue. And near south main street and lilac drive. Theyve grown in size in recent months and so have the number of Police Complaints about thefts. Assaults. And aggressive panhandling. The people who live in those camps will be connected with shelters and other support services. Also happening today. The first team of nurses fro