The arrest made in the murder of a key witness of former Dallas Police officer amber guyger. Nothing to sneeze at, a warning as flu season gets underway, why it could be one of the worst in years. And solid gold, simone biles leads the u. S. To its fifth team title in the World Championships and makes more history for herself in the process, today, wednesday, october 9th, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. We want to get right to our breaking news from overseas, that buildup of turkish troops at the border with syria poised for a major offensive against a key u. S. Ally, and it comes in the wake of the president s decision to pull troops out of that area. That decision drawing fierce criticism here and abroad from republicans and democrats. Nbc chief correspondent Richard Engel is in istanbul with the latest. Whats the situation the
Global threats keeping haven bulls happy and the yen expected to outperform the g10 years. Peers. Petrol bombs, tear gas and rubber bullets fly as Chinas National Day approaches. We want to get you to breaking news on the terminal now. Industrial production from south korea for the month of august, something of a miss, 1. 4 contraction for the month. The survey expected a 1 contraction for the year on year figure. 2. 9 contraction of the market had been expected, a contraction of. 2 . Decline in expected Industrial Production for south korea in the month of august. Get you started with a quick check of where markets are trading your u. S. Futures gaining. 1 , paring back earlier gains but in the green. We are coming off the s p 500 losing half a percent friday. We had it at one point falling below its 50 Day Moving Average. It managed to bounce back, but still finished in the red. We have trade tensions, concerns across the past week which last which led the s p 500 to lose more than 1
Schiff who presented her a pandoras box that may threaten more than just democratic control of the house in the upcoming elections. The chair of the House Intelligence Committee delivered pelosi a grossly inaccurate account of the phone call between President Trump and ukrainian president zelensky. It fictional narrative became the basis of her decision to proceed with impeachment. She underestimated the support of republicans for President Trump. And the rickety case of what has turned into a failure of almost comic proportions. Many in the Republican Party are coming to the defense of donald trump. They are taking particular issue with a recent rule change that gives whistleblowers more influence. Catherine in letters to the Intelligence Community watchdog House Republicans zeros in on this whistleblower complaint form and the recent change that appeared to lower the standard for information. The timeline and who apparently signed off. The timing of the removal of the firsthand infor
And transportation secretary elaine chao held a News Conference to announce their effort to block california from setting its own fuel economy standards. California reached agreements with several automakers that were stricter than federal regulations. This is 30 minutes. Thank you also much for being here. Administrator Andrew Wheeler and i are so pleased to announce a major step forward in President Trumps plan to help ensure that more americans have access to safer, more affordable, cleaner new cars that meet their families needs. Two and a half years ago, President Trump spoke with autoworkers in michigan and said that we would review and revise the last administrations unattainable fuel economy regulations. Making cars more expensive and impeding safety because consumers were being priced out of newer, safer vehicles. Our team of experts has been jointly working together, conducting a long, thoughtful, detailed review of these rules, and todays action is an important down payment
Committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair reserves the right to recess the hearing at any time. The president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do two things, faithfully execute his or her office and protect and defend the constitution. That oath cannot be honored if the president does not first defend the country. If our National Security is jeopardized, if our country is left undefended, the necessity to faithfully execute the office becomes moot. Where there is no country, there is no office to execute. And so the duty to defend the nation is foundational to the president s responsibilities. But the second responsibility to defend the constitution, what does that really mean . The founders were not speaking, of course, of a piece of parchment, they were speaking of the president to defend our system of checks and balances that the constitution enshrines, to defend the rule of law, a principle on which the idea of america was born that