Oh, baby, want to get with you and take your picture good morning. Im dara brown. We begin with breaking news. Meteorologists are calling it the historic image that will be studied for years to come. Twin tornadoes sidebyside creating a massive path of destruction. Two people are confirmed dead, and at least 16 people critically injured. Pilgrim, nebraskas residents are now digging out of the rubble. Really incredibly strong tornado with another secondary tornado, like i said, wrapping around it. Theres two of them. One back over here and one coming right at us. One county commissioner says more than half the town is gone. Absolutely gone. That is where we find Nbcs Jay Gray this morning. Jay, can you tell us what the latest is . Good morning, dara. The sun coming up and really revealing the overwhelming devastation. A snapped phone and power poles like this one scattered about. Look behind you. You can see some of the debris here. Whats left of an suv there. We step over one of the ut
9 45, comfort index. 10 00, Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook as well as the Economic Indicators. Could be up for the 14 month in a row. Does that get in with attention . Makefinitely, as we try to sense of what the fed is going to do in 2015 and 2016. I am alighting on lead indicators. Do need another cup of coffee . Blackberry at 7 00 earnings. This is a big deal . They been trying to turn the company around. It is more of a niche player. We will see how it turns out. On the heels of the new amazon smartphone. And kroger before the bell. After the bell, oracle and smith wesson. Major Market Movement yesterday afternoon. S p 500, can we Start Talking about 2000 . Eurodollar stronger. Nymex crude elevated. On to the second screen, please. The vix well under 11. Does that show that complacency, the punch bowl, there is the dow, truly on the 17,000. Brent crude gets my attention. 170. Ing, finally through that speaks to the actions of the last summer of days. We have scoured the newspape
Told the Armed Services committee that the basic the most important fact in this strategy of defeating isis is to give some moderate sunni tribes to join the coalition against isis. On october 53 new plants in iraq in syria pledged allegiance to isis, which tells us that the tribes so far do not seem to be betting on the United States or its allies. Then, so many reports and criticism against the Syrian Opposition, the tribes, we call them cops. Theyre not up to the fight. So the question is, how come all of the tribes who fight on our side are the losers and the tribes to fight on the side of iran and has block are the winners . Here you have it iraqbacked fighting and winning. The air power to take them down. The answer to this question is that we do not pick the tribes. They picked us. This is important because this goes back to how the tribes behave. Their is a tribal code, and a tribal structure. A tribe is usually known by name and by genealogy, and even the horses have a genealo
13 years of war since 9 11. The decision by the president to take on a new fight against this enemy was not an easy one. But the president recognizes the serious threat posed by isil. As the president will explain tonight, the United States is resolute in our effort to degrade and ultimately destroyer isil as part of a broad, international coalition, including nato allies and partners in the region, reflecting the global communities condemnation of isil and its tactics. As part of this, we are pleased to see the formation of the new government in iraq. With whom we intend to work closely. We look forward to this new government addressing the rights and concerns of all of iraqs diverse communities, and its leaders from across the political spectrum, coming together to take unitedstance against unite it stance against isil. From a Homeland Security perspective heres what we are doing. First, to address the threats generally emanating from terrorist groups overseas, we have in recent week
Happening in venezuela and they are financing and that there is also a move to move in this direction. Is there any is there any outside pressure or suggestions from abroad to maybe move a little bit more . I mean, i think that, you know, from the perspective of the brazilians that primarily are concerned with being repaid for their investments, so, you know, reforms that, you know, facilitate repayment, you know, green light those. They like. They like those. Green light those right away. In the case of the cubans, i think youre primarily concerned about the oil shipments. So i think have they stayed low . Yeah. No change . Not that im aware of. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So okay. I mean, i think that i could see from a certain perspective the cubans arguing for more a more flexible economy, considering the recent reforms they have made to their own system. I think that would be i think thats plausible in some ways. And i also think that the cubans may have an interest in wanting to reduce som