343 million. The jackpot for tonights powerball is worth 384 million. Meanwhile, the stock market ended the year on a down note. Three major indexes reported the best year since 2013. The dow gained 25 this year. The s p, 19 . And the nasdaq, a staggering 28 . Now back to that cold weather that is gripping much of this country. Nbcs Anne Thompson is in times square. Has it gotten any better since we last talked to you last hour . Reporter phillip, its actually gotten colder. The wind has picked up. We are seeing the occasional snow flurry. All in all, people are getting through it. Revellers have one more day to get ready to ring in 2018. Usually down here it is all about party hats, horns and champagne. This year it has to be about parkas, scarves and hot chocolate. We are expecting what could be one of the coldest new years eves on record. This will not be for the faint of heart. The mercury will drop along with the famous ball high above times square, giving a frigid welcome to 2018
Sensation. In 2017 it seemed like he was at the center of every single news cycle. When it comes to the economy, this president has taken bold and brash moves in equal measures meant to score a victory on taxes, change the immigration system and Rework Health care, so thats where we start. Most of 2017 was consumed by Donald Trumps drive to repeal obamacare, even though that effort failed. The president has vowed to try again in 2018. Both democrats and republicans agree that something needs to be done to improve costs and coverage in our Health System, but nobody is talking about the quality of care that americans receive. So for facts sake, this is why we should. Despite the current debate over Health Insurance in the United States, the countrys Health System is considered the envy of the world. Thats the company line anyway. But closer scrutiny says otherwise. Figures crunched by the commonwealth fund, a medical research group, compared u. S. Health care to ten other peer countries,
Separate scoops including an intelligence memo that wasnt published by buzz feed because it was produced later after the election. That memo reportedly sites a russian government source basically bragging about the fact that the russian government was given veto power over who the new american secretary of state would be in the Trump Administration. There has been a lot of very good reporting in the last couple years how clhillary clintons tenure as secretary of state so exercised and upset russian president Vladimir Putin their ultimate efforts to interfere in the u. S. President ial election was steered by putins animosity towards clinton. After russia did what they can do to keep hillary clinton, former secretary of state from becoming president , jane mayors reporting today suggest russia then felt empowered. They reportedly were somehow empowered to choice mer ose ame next secretary of state. They did not want mitt romney. That of course, in turn, implies that russia did want Rex
Busy day today after a busy weekend of news, as well. Jane mayor posted a huge story at the new yorker thats about Christopher Steele, the author of the trump russia dossier that led to so much controversy in the year or so since it was First Published by buzz feed news. Jane mayor has like a gazillion separate scoops including an intelligence memo that wasnt published by buzz feed because it was produced later after the election. That memo reportedly sites a russian government source basically bragging about the fact that the russian government was given veto power over who the new american secretary of state would be in the Trump Administration. There has been a lot of very good reporting in the last couple years how Hillary Clintons tenure as secretary of state so exercised and upset russian president Vladimir Putin their ultimate efforts to interfere in the u. S. President ial election was steered by putins animosity towards clinton. After russia did what they can do to keep hillar
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