Worth of wine a year. Record after record in till no pullback for stocks. In fact, the dow may move up a little when trading begins today. All the indicators at or near record highs. Investors ignoring politics, focusing instead on the growing economy and growing corporate profits. Dfm process, money talks on espn jemele hill told her fans to boycott advertisers, corporate disney. She suspended two weeks. Call the president a white supremacist and nothing happens. If you go after ad revenue and she did, youve got trouble. Joe namath coming up on that story next. The threehour shifts ahead. Varney company about to begin. Tree and to write to this big in developing story. Dudley fires in California Wine country. Look at that. Hillary von on the phone with us from napa with the impact on the Wine Industry. Tell us please, hillary. Stuart, californias wildfires have cost the state an estimated 2 billion with the expensive wildfire season on record. This fire ripped through californias valu
Stepped in front of Television Cameras and reporters here in new york today for a rare press conference. In a statement that was probably intended to help clear the air perhaps in hopes that a scandal could begin to go away, his statement, his first appearance in days, was long on apology but short on specifics. And it didnt take long for some of those who cover sports to wonder if hed done more damage by breaking his silence. Goodell has 32 bosses, the nfl owners. But he has millions of customers, those of us who are football fans. That remains the problem, this tricky balance for goodell and the nfl. Its where we begin tonight. Bob costas is standing by for us. First to Peter Alexander who was at the press conference. We will get our house in order first. Reporter after a tenday public absence, nfl commissioner Roger Goodell stepped back int a glaring spotlight with an apology. I got it wrong in the handling of the ray rice matter. And im sorry for that. But now i will get it right a
This is nbc nightly news with brian williams. We begin with men and women in the u. S. Military being sent off to serve overseas on two big fronts. Today the president said hes sending up to 3,000 americans into africa to join in the fight against ebola, an enemy they cannot see. But first to an enemy operating out in the open. This fight against isis and the debate that broke out again today was whether or not the u. S. Can truly avoid putting troops on the ground. Its where we begin tonight with our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. Reporter is this the beginning of Mission Creep . The president s top general today opening the door to requesting american boots on the ground against isis. If we reach the point where i believe our advisers should accompany iraq troops on attacks against specific isil targets, ill recommend that to the president. Reporter and this. If there are threats to the United States, then i, of course, would go back to the president and make a
Brian williams. Good evening and once again here tonight we begin with men and women in the u. S. Military being sent off to serve overseas on two big fronts. Today the president said hes sending up to 3,000 americans into africa to join in the fight against ebola, an enemy they cannot see. But first to an enemy operating out in the open. This fight against isis and the debate that broke out again today was whether or not the u. S. Can truly avoid putting troops on the ground. Its where we begin tonight with our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. Reporter is this the beginning of Mission Creep . The president s top general today opening the door to requesting american boots on the ground against isis. If we reach the point where i believe our advisers should accompany iraq troops on attacks against specific isil targets, ill recommend that to the president. Reporter and this. If there are threats to the United States, then i, of course, would go back to the president
New york today for a rare press conference. In a statement that was probably intended to help clear the air perhaps in hopes that a scandal could begin to go away, his statement, his first appearance in days, was long on apology but short on specifics. And it didnt take long for some of those who cover sports to wonder if hed done more damage by breaking his silence. Goodell has 32 bosses, the nfl owners. But he has millions of customers, those of us who are football fans. That remains the problem, this tricky balance for goodell and the nfl. Its where we begin tonight. Bob costas is standing by for us. First to Peter Alexander who was at the press conference. We will get our house in order first. Reporter after a tenday public absence, nfl commissioner Roger Goodell stepped back into a glaring spotlight with an apology. I got it wrong in the handling of the ray rice matter. And im sorry for that. But now i will get it right and do whatever is necessary to accomplish that. Domestic vio