Its good to be with you, im ana cabrera in for katy tur, and we are covering two major stories unfolding right now. Hamas says it has agreed to a cease fire and Hostage Deal Proposal from egypt and qatar. Though an israeli official tells nbc news that the framework is not what they had agreed upon with mediators. Well lay out what we know so far and what the white house is saying. But we begin this hour at the courthouse in manhattan, from a crime witness on the stand last week to Balance Sheets and ledger reports this afternoon, and Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial has taken a clear pivot today. Right now, Deborah Tarasoff is on the stand, the first Current Trump Organization Employee to testify. This morning, former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey Mcconney testified before the court and his crossexamination on the stand just wrapped a short time ago. What he revealed about the strange paper trail that followed the alleged Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels, and how much of it,
I had somebody message me. Here we go. By 7 00 a. M. , in the 40s. Keep in mind, napa, San Francisco, all those areas are some spots in the 30s. A chilly start. It will be cloudy by the brunch lunch hour or they call it recess time. I dont have kids. Recess time, right laura. Brunch. By the time they get out of school, the temperatures will be in the 60s. Then it will be sunny and parents with enjoy a nice afternoon at the park. Right . If you go to a fancy school, brunch and tea later on. We havent hit the peak of the commute by any means. We are just getting started. This crash nbds highway 101 did cause slowing. It was blocking the fast lane. I just saw the speeds recover a bit. That should mean they are off to the shoulder. Ill double check with chp and let you know if there are problems there. A crash south 880 around first. That will be an issue with a distraction. A fire on the side of the road with a structure. We are not sure what is doing that. University has slowing in that
Intelligence Community Delivered a report on publicly and privately to the president , the president elect last week, and also to the allegations that surfaced last night about the notion that russia might, according to a former British Intelligence official, have compromising information on the president elect. All of that of course is a cloud over the onset of his administration and has the potential, if this mushrooms into a major congressional investigation, to crowd out a lot of the political space for movement on republican priorities like tax cuts and repealing obamacare. Robert frank, youre also joining us outside of trump tower. This comes about a month after the original News Conference that donald trump was supposed to hold detailing how he would deal with his businesses once hes inaugurated about nine days away. What are you expecting on that front . Hows he going to avoid this conflict of interest question . Reporter yeah, the important Business News of the morning will be
Good afternoon. We have the best reporters in the business tackling this massive news day for you. Bob pisani is live at the new york stock exchange. Eamon javers is standing by on capitol hill. Lets start with john harwood live outside of trump tower. John . The president elect, donald trump, had his first News Conference in months since july, actually. And he addressed a wide range of controversies that have been dogging him over the last several weeks. Lets start with a bit of policy news. You heard about the or you eluded to the farmna npharma ne. On obamacare, he wants a virtually simultaneous replace and repeal process, so that within even the same hour or the same day or couple of days that they would offer an obamacare replacement plan to a company, the repeal process. He said he would announce a new Supreme Court justice, his choice for that position within two weeks of his inauguration. So, that is something to watch. The most interesting things he discussed were, first of al
Prepared is the market for a hike . Financials are the only sector still in the red so far this year. Were going to talk to barclays banking analyst about where theres some opportunity. And our new Digital Series binge launches today. We talk to marquee names in the world of media for an inside look at whats driving our binge culture. Well give you an inside look at what to expect. First up investors focused on speech today set for fed chair janet yell. How the future impact Interest Rate decisions if you listen to some today maybe the chop in the data doesnt necessarily dissuade them from a june move. No, not one month at least doesnt dissuade them. I think the question has to arise exactly how much more data are we going to get before the july meeting that would actually give you assurance that it isnt the beginning of a trend. The fact that markets took it in stride relatively speaking, at least the stock market really just held in there, buying panic and treasuries of course. They