Because Dennett Nokia have a banana phone that was a little curved because didnt nokia have the banana phone that was curved . Willdont know, hopefully be different. The olympics will air on tape delay. We have figure skating, ski jump and speedskating. We go to the major question of the day. It is not jobs, apples Share Buyback, are we going to spoil . Do we have a Company Policy . Are we going to be breathless at 1 00 p. M. And say scarlet fu won the luge tournament . If you want to avoid it, you now know how to do it. Big debate 10 years ago, now it is not, twitter and all that. Ons not have any suspense our data check. It is a prejobs data check which means it is dead. 10 year yield goes to 260 to 270 in a matter of days. 2. 60 to 2. 70. Lets go onto currency markets. The vix, 21 was the worst, we have a more complacent market, 17. 23, yen backs up, weaker yen, 102. 10. Stronger,peso is down to 7. 88. Papers andthe friday the web this morning, here is scarlet fu with our front page
Rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside Natalie Morales, diylan as well. I love that music. Its kind of catchy. Weve been doing the drum beat for a long time. Welcome to the Alpine Village about 30 miles up in the caucacus mountains. Thats not some kind of a movie backdrop. Thats the real thing behind us. The mountains along the river, got some nice people Milling Around here. You mentioned that some of the games have gotten under way. Well be talking to some of the athletes fresh from their qualifying rounds in just a couple of minutes. And also unfortunately well have more on that security alert coming from the u. S. Government, ladies. Well, we look forward to catching up on all of that. The olympics are under way, the figure skating tonight, one of the favorite events. As you said, that top issue is this terror warning. Its a scary one. Yes, it really is. Im joined here by kyra simmons of nbc. He has more
The reasonable standard that you have nothing to indicate the area. Just a mile and a half from here in november, the director of transportation, he was also shot and killed in his home one morning as police are looking at the possibility that the same person did it. Im peggy fox reporting live, back to you. All right, peggy, thank you. We continue to follow two developing stories this morning. And where a man wanted for murder is on the loose. Police say that the city officers were chasing the 20 yearold when he bailed out of the car and ran off. Still a heavy Police Presence on out there looking for him. And residents are being warned that you should be considered possibly armed and dangerous. And northwest of richmond where investigators believe they have found the body of the reserve captain kevin quick whose body, it may have been discovered in the remote area near the county line. He disappeared last friday night after leaving his mothers home in virginia. First responders have h
Macfarlane with the latest. Yes, that is happening in manassas around tattersol drive. School activities were d disrupted. Police are looking for earl Patrick Mitchell wanted for a homicide that happened last month in pennsylvania. Johnstown, pennsylvania. Mitchell ran away after he allegedly shot and killed a man the there. Police believe he is in manassas and on foot. You can see the chopper 4 in the area, and we are told that mitchell is considered armed an dangerous. And again, the search for homicide suspect earl Patrick Mitchell is still under way. Thank you, and here in d. C. , outrage of the family of the man who collapsed an died steps from a d. C. Fire house. They say that the Fire Department employees who refused to help should be fired. Mark segraves has been following the story from the start, and he is outside of engine 26 on rhode island avenue in northeast where the family held the News Conference today. Martin . Yis, the family today spoke for the first time, and we he
We start with the final countdown to the olympics and those lingering concerns about security. Give you a live look now at sochi. Todays Opening Ceremony takes place in the stadium there on the left. It starts at about 11 00 a. M. Eastern time. Thousands of americans are in sochi, and more will be arriving in the coming days following the warning about terrorists smuggling explosives onto planes in toothpaste tubes. Homeland security is now banning liquids in carryon luggage and direct flights from the u. S. To russia. Now, these are the most expensive olympics staged, an estimated 51 billion, and as abcs Hamish Mcdonald tells us, theres a lot at stake. Reporter and for vladimir putin, the president of russia, he has staked everything on being able to carry out these games successfully, but with just a few hours to go before the big event, as it were, the Opening Ceremony, a lot of lastminute work being done, a lot of those final bits of preparation at the venues and some of the accomm