Lifeline. We will hear from the Morgan Stanley ceo on the big 13 billion acquisition of e trade. Paul. Paul thanks, emily. Lets check on how futures are looking in asia. Looking like a much quieter day than yesterday. Sydney futures looking fairly flat right now. U. K. Futures looking weaker by 0. 4 . A bit of a move down in costly futures. We saw u. S. Markets ending modestly low. Concerns about earnings downgrade. More on that later. New zealand also trading right now. Currently flat. Emily thanks. Lets get a check of where the u. S. Markets closed today. Taylor riggs is in the newsroom. What were the highlights . Taylor sort of a risk off day. Really 500 Big Companies leading the losses. Bonds rallying five basis points after the crucial 1. 51, and the yield curve is inverted by the most since october, six basis points. Take a look at the chart in my terminal that put the selloff into perspective. The chip performance relative to s p 500 performance is still near an 18 year high. On
Safety. On the ground. Britains prince harry joins crisis talks with the queen saying that he and his american wife. Want to step down from royal duty. Im still welcome to the program. Iranian leaders are denying that they lied about last weeks downing of a ukrainian passenger jet killing all 176 people on board demonstrators accuse the government of tried to conceal the fact that the plane was mistakenly shot down by the countrys elite revolutionary guard but the government says it admitted the air as soon as it was informed processed a supreme taking to the streets demanding that someone be punished for the tragedy. Shouting and chaos as onlookers helped people shot and bleeding on the streets of tehran. The video was taken near a saudi square where crowds have gathered out right at the perceived cover up after iran shot down a ukrainian passenger plane. Video shows tear gas being fired into the crowd they disperse leaving a trail of blood as they flee. In signs of increasing defianc
Government trying to cover up its role in the accident of a ukrainian passenger jet plus a volcano in the philippines on the verge of a major rupture of the to iowa volcano near the capital manila is spewing gas and waldo forcing thousands to flee to safety and joker a dark look at a comic book villain leaves the Oscar Nominations with a love and nods including best picture have a look at that and some of the other films on this years short list. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world well tonight a royal crisis meeting ending with a declaration of support to Britains Queen elizabeth has a. Reed to grant prince harry and his wife meghan their wish for a more independent life in a statement following talks at her sandringham estate the queen said that the couple will embark on a transition period dividing their time between britain and canada but the issues arising from their shocking els meant that they are stepping back as senior royals well those iss
Africa. They are 262 49. All of the good afternoon. Hard graft for coming up on afternoon englands cricketers on day one of the second test against south live, all the sport details at 4 30pm. Africa. The batsmen have struggled to kick on in cape town. They are its live, all the sport been another mixed day for doing 0k, 172 fought for and we will englands its been another mixed day for englands cricketers in south africa tell you why they have banned after choosing to bat in the second darren bett has all the weather. Football at 2 30pm. Test, they have reached 227 for six thanks, ben, and darren bett weve seen more sunshine but it has with 30 minutes left on day one. Been colder. It will turn milder has all the weather. Ill tell you why they are not using over the weekend with more cloud and its been colder but sunnier through football in the warm any more. There is more energy in the thats at 3 30pm. Atmosphere as we move into next today. Mild weather is set to week. More details la
President s infamous phone call were live with the latest. Breaking overnight, a saudi court finds eight people guilty in the killing of Washington Post journalist jamal khashoggi. Five of them sentenced to death. So did the u. S. Play any role in helping bring them to justice. All that plus murder mystery, more questions in the killing of that texas mother and the kidnapping of her baby as the victims friend remains in jail. Cruise ship collision, new details on what caused those Carnival Cruise liners to slam into each other injuring passengers both ships returning to u. S. Ports overnight. And triumphant return, eddie murphy delivers huge ratings in his snl return after 35 long years. The classic characters he brought back and the one person who wasnt thrilled about being the target of eddies jokes. Today, monday, december 23rd, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this monday morning,