Us. I am maria bartiromo, thursday march 21. Your top stories, 6 00 a. M. On the east coast markets extending the gains after the Federal Reserve left ray unchanged. Markets higher across the board after jay powell said to expect three rate cuts this year and three more over the next two years all three major nbc closed in record territory since the First Time Since november 2021, what a performance with the dow industrial 401 and the nasdaq 202 at the close yesterday. Everything investors are watching. Initial jobless claims in the Philadelphia Fed and ducks at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. European markets are mixed, the eurozone factually higher. The bank of england making this decision we will have that news. In asia overnight markets finished higher with the exception of the shanghai composite, the cosby in korea to win 3 . The biden family influence peddling catching up as a former business associate of hunter biden testifies on capitol hill giving a list of crimes that he said they are gu
Another record. Bitcoin reaching a new high above 71,000 this morning. Look at the move. It has been a staggering move. 71,758 as we speak and climbing. Crypto adjacent names, coinbase, et cetera, seeing gains. There is three days after ethereum breached the 4,000 mark. Look at the crypto stocks. Trading higher this morning. Early this morning, i should say. Coinbase and robinhood. We will talk to Michael Saylor at 8 30 a. M. Today. We will ask why invest in the proxy when you can invest easily in the etf now . Thats one of the big shifts. Hes a brave man. He is a brave man. Buying more bitcoin. That would be his argument. He is a levered bet on crypto. The stock is a leveraged bet on crypto and bitcoin in a way that you could go leverage. Aside from the Software Business. That is not part of the deal. Have you heard about coinbase and what goes on there . The zero balances on the high volume base . I have been looking at it. Whats going on . I have seen it. That number is nice. It goe
Chris jansing reports. At this hour, joe biden said watch me, and they did. Can the president keep the momentum going after a inyourface State Of The Union. Georgia split screen, biden and trump preparing for dueling events in one of the years critical swing states. What were hearing from voters there. Plus, even as hes facing trial for keeping classified documents in his bathroom and other places, donald trump could soon be getting intelligence briefings. Well tell you why. And the Ticking Clock on tiktok. Angry users Flood Congress with calls as a bill that could ban the app gains steam. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. Well, we see a split screen in georgia tomorrow, and President Biden and former President Trump hold dueling campaign events. Nbcs Blayne Alexander is in gwinett county, one of seven counties our nbc News Politics team believe will help determine the election in novel. What are you hearing from the voters youre talking to today . Re
Hearts to you. Lord, please shower your mercy on our nation, as we seek to deal with the las vegas mass shooting. Please show mercy to the victims and their families. Lord, in spite of this horrific act, give us faith to believe that evil will not ultimately prevail in our world. May this tragedy motivate us to plant and water seeds of peace, as we cultivate a greater respect for the laws of seed time and harvest. Cut in pieces the cords of wickedness that seek to bind us. Today, guide our senators and use them as ambassadors of reconciliation in our nation and world. Eternal god, though we walk in the midst of trouble, stretch forth your hands and revive us with your might. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell
Objection. Mr. Udall thank you, madam president. Madam president , i rise in opposition to the renomination of mr. Ajit pai to the federal Communications Commission. Mr. Pai both as f. C. C. Commissioner and now as chairman has not been a vigorous watchdog for free speech. He has not put the peoples right to information first. In fact, he has put corporate interest first. And he has opposed policies outright that ensure underserved communities have access to essential technology. I strongly oppose his renomination to the commission. Lets begin with his responsibility to guard First Amendment rights. President trump has relentlessly attacked nbc, cbs, abc, cnn, the new york times, and the washington post. He called these established and esteemed news outlets fake news. He even called them the enemy of the people. Earlier this year in february during a Senate Commerce hearing, this was an oversight hearing, i asked chairman pai point blank whether he agreed with the president that these