Today. What went wrong . Investigators poring over the black boxes from that doomed flight carrying a Brazilian Soccer Team. A surviving crew member claiming the plane ran out of fuel, as emotional tributes to the 71 victims are held around the world. And splitting the jackpot. A group of 20 coworkers comes forward with the Winning Ticket in that nearly half a billion dollar powerball drawing. I had to look again because i thought im in a dream. Their big plans for all that money today, wednesday, november 30th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. You have to feel good for these 20 people. They banded together. They have been playing the lottery for eight years now. Doesnt make you any less jealous but it does make you feel good for them. Think about everybody who joins the office pool wishing it would happen, but its nice to see it happen
Today. What went wrong . Investigators poring over the black boxes from that doomed flight carrying a Brazilian Soccer Team. A surviving crew member claiming the plane ran out of fuel, as emotional tributes to the 71 victims are held around the world. And splitting the jackpot. A group of 20 coworkers comes forward with the Winning Ticket in that nearly half a billion dollar powerball drawing. I had to look again because i thought im in a dream. Their big plans for all that money today, wednesday, november 30th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. You have to feel good for these 20 people. They banded together. They have been playing the lottery for eight years now. Doesnt make you any less jealous but it does make you feel good for them. Think about everybody who joins the office pool wishing it would happen, but its nice to see it happen
We kick about the days were Financial Companies take massive ricks risk. We cannot afford that. The country cant afford it. The middle class cannot afford it. We need to ensure that the executive compensation does not go back to encourage executive risktaking and shortterm is him. I talked about stock buybacks with publicly traded companies, how ceos dont have the incentive to go for the future, but rather swing for the fences today. Theyre not bad guys are women. The process incentivize action. This tended in 1980 when president reagan made it easier for company to buy back stock close to share prices. We need to change this as well. Need the rules created by. Frank by dodd frank. We also need to continue to address the threat posed by bottomless shortterm debt. As evidenced by recent concerns steptail banks, we have to up our monitoring and enforcement activities. Look at wells fargo. The justice department, i cannot speak to it because i dont talk to them. They are reviewing whether
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Ladies and gentlemen, please songwriterger Country Joe Mcdonald. [applause] [background chatter] [indiscernible] Country Joe Mcdonald look out yonder in the skies what is that, i pray a bird, a plane, a man in the same it is lbj he is flying high way up in the sky ust like superman i got a little piece of kryptonite back toa bring him land come out linden with your hands held high reach for the sky got you surrounded and you aint got a chance, dennis and you back to texas, make you work on your ranch yeah mmm, yeah yeah superwoman andll super duck it shows him no good i found out why from a russian spy he ate ate nothing but a commie book. Land, have us the brandnew day what is more, i got the fantastic work and spiderman to help him on his way. Ly y, mouth come out ndon with your hands held high got you surrounded and you a got a chance gonna take you back to texas, take you work on your ranch oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah gonna make him an agricultural worker part of his own Property Pro