still prefer online shopping in the time of covid. aus, facebook, historically staunch free speech supporter, they have cracked down on holocaust deniers and and have asked ads. is it part of a trend? recent gains have outpaced prospects for a quick end to the stalemate over fresh economic stimulus. let s bring in abigail doolittle, following all the back and forth. not good news for future stimulus. also, bad news about some of the vaccine trials. abigail: there was a lot of back and forth. a topsy-turvy day for stocks. especially the nasdaq 100, down half a percent, up half a percent. to break a four-day winning streak, for the nasdaq, that was true for the s and p also s s&p 500 that index also. disappointment that we don t have news on stimulus. pfizer not continuing right now. a temporary pause for their covid-19 vaccine study, as somebody fell unexpectedly sick. the story we have seen all year on a microlevel, uncertainty causing some really choppy trading. wass&p 500
invent inventor, somebody that made a blood testing machine or something without checking it out first. when i first invited blake schull in 2016, i had doubts about his ability to build a super sonic airliner. after all, his previous job was at groupon and he thought he could build a 21st century concord. i talked to those in the know and he said he could do it because he assembled a dream team. so at the end of a 2016 segment i m about to show you, i said to blake, come back when you have an actual airplane. blake schull come back when you have an airplane. i believe in you. goodness knows, elon musk did it and so many others. blake is black. i m guessing the fact you re here almost exactly four years later, you built an airplane. we did. the xb 1. in 2016 we unveiled it in mockup form and today it s a real airplane. it hasn t flown yet, though, right? you will fly it later? we ll fly it next year. the rollout we had marks the hand off from building the aircraft to
the latest on the series of quakes in recent days. heavy damages and massive power outages reported. live reports just ahead. ready to talk. a bombshell reversal, from the president s former national security adviser. why john bolton says he s prepared to testify at the impeachment trial. those stories, plus, the new charges against harvey weinstein in los angeles, as his criminal trial begins in new york. race against time, a race to save the animals in the wild of that are ravaging that country. it hurts. it hurts. and big changes for youtube. the major overhaul rolled out for videos made for children. what your kids won t see when they log in. today, tuesday, january 7th, 2020. from nbc news, this is today, with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today. thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. a busy news morning it is. we re going to get right to our top story. huge crowds in iran for the funer
time to get cozy and enjoy some great holiday viral videos right this minute. is it sad when you don t get to see her that much? yeah. his mom s a nurse who s worked christmas, so he had a idea. wow surprise! hi. the sweet kid thanking other nurses for their sacrifice. he s like a little christmas elf. three, two, one santa s trading ho, ho, ho for how he s going full speed ahead with some holiday r&r. he doesn t work all year long! it s a classic on a cold winter s night. that was so dear the a cappella performance hitting all the right notes. noel and a couple s day-after thanksgiving prank that fooled the kids into thinking it was christmas day. how confusion turns to excitement for a time they ll never forget. everything is weird! [ laughter ] this little boy was excited for christmas to come because he was thinking about other people. this is duran, and he loves his mom. but he knows his mom has to work a lot becaus
you can talk about what the limits ought to be and you get the sense in their brain, as tough as that may be for them, that, you know, this is a privilege, not a right. reporter: but for many families that s not enough. i fired up the gaming consoles with common sense parent s editor, sierra filucci. i think they finally figured out that parents really want more control over what their kids are doing. reporter: next tip, use those parental controls. create a separate user profile for your kid and do it today. final tip, do not try to set all this up on the console itself. this is not easy. reporter: instead for both the xbox and ps4, go to their websites, create a family group and add your child. from there it s pretty easy to create time and content limits and think about the interactive elements, too. you can also change whether they can have voice chat so they can talk to people, whether it s friends or strangers. reporter: now for another popular gaming sy