sean penn. let s bring in clint van zandt. what a twist to the story now, clint. nbc news has learned from a trusted source that authorities were aware that sean penn and the actress that was reportedly in this meeting, kate del castillo were in mexico to meet with el chapo and elchappo s desire to make a movie about himself was one of the leads that eventually led to his arrest. when you try to put together what we know today, how likely the authorities were able to eventually track and catch guzman because of these contacts, as has been said. we look at vanity, vanity, vanity. you think of over the decades and centuries how many people has that brought down? now i m sure sean penn may have delusions that he s actually
the first week of 2016 has been a decidedly mixed bag with regard to the economy. the dow, the nasdaq, and the s&p 500 all down as of friday s close as unemployment went the other way, hit a seven-year low. in this january roller coaster ride, a sneak peek of what s to come. joining us is katherine rampell. it s something you watch very closely. this is an interesting factoid i want to share with our viewers first. it s said january can predict the rest of the year. you have heard it before. with the accuracy of 87%. we don t really know what the mechanism is. okay it might just be correlation sure. and in the same way that like who wins the super bowl is said to correlate with whether the market goes up or down. we ve had the first week, and it s the worst week first week we ve ever had. yes, that s true. why? i would say in short china, but otherwise more generally
paying those bills from your generous shopping spree. cardhub.com saying americans rang in the new year with $900 billion on their credit cards. the average household carries an $8,000 balance. beverly hills, california, is a city with the highest average credit card debt with more than $13,500. the lowest balance to clarkston, georgia, just over $2,700. those are the only smiles as they were looking at the opening bell there. at the close of friday s trading on wall street, the markets capping their worst ever first week ever. it s not doom and gloom for all. 24/7 wall street.com points out walmart was the only stock to finish higher by gaining more than 3.5%. there s my ticket. my kids are going to be smiling. whoever wins that, it s going to be a game changer. try, try again for all you
sean penn secretly met with joaquin el chapo guzman. he interviewed him just a few months before guzman s friday night arrest. the article written by penn was published on rolling stone s website just last night. the druglord in that interview answered questions on video that had been given to him ahead of time. rolling stone saying the final story was subject to approval by chapp io who did not ask for an changes. chapo said he went into the drug trade as a teenager because there was no other way to make a living. all of that just in part. gabe gutierrez is outside the mexican prison where guzman is being held and has the complete story on this. gabe, good day to you. richard, good afternoon. this is truly a remarkable story as you mentioned. this is believed to be el chapo s first public interview in several decades. mexican authorities are now investigating this trip.
face charges in the u.s. chapo guzman is going to be fighting extradition with every resource that he possibly has. the question right now is how much did penn s interview either help or hurt the overall operation? on friday, the mexican attorney general said that it was chapo s overall desire to make a movie about himself that was one of the lead, as well as his interaction with producers and actors. one of the leads that helped track him down and lead to his arrest. richard, back to you. gabe gutierrez in mexico, outside the prison where guzman is being held. let s bring in the author of the last narco.