We begin right now with breaking news. An explosion at a launch pad in florida. The latest now from molette green at the live desk. Weve been following this breaking news for about an hour now, just getting some new details on this explosion that rocked the spacex launch site. The force of the blast could be felt miles away, shaking buildings. Were hearing there were multiple explosions for several minutes and a cloud of dark smoke filled the overcast sky. We just heard from spacex, a spokesman there confirming there was a, quote, anomaly on the pad resulting in the loss of a rocket and its satellite. There were no injuries, the vehicle was unmanned. This test fire is considered routine. Its done in advance and was done in advance of a planned saturday launch from cape canavarel air force base. That is the latest. Back to you. Right now people in florida are bng and flooding as Tropical Storm hermine barrels toward the gulf coast. People are being told to take the warnings seriously. S
Three major averages is down sharply. The worst selloff for u. S. Stocks since the brexit selloff in june. The nasdaq is leading losses on the overweighting of technology, but losses have put the three major averages on pace for weekly declines. The worst weekly declines since june 24. Take a look at how the selling has accelerated in the session by looking at the intraday chart of the doubt. Selling has gone straight through the day. We are at session lows right now, breaking through support, suggesting the selling could accelerate to the close. One stop dragging on all three averages, apple shares are sharply lower. On pace for the worst twoday decline since april 28. That followed the company disappointing march quarter report. What we have going on here could be disappointment, reports that the iphone seven preorders are coming in less than estimated. We will know what those are actually made. Theper numbers suggest that number could be disappointing. We also have the commodity com
The emergency workers speaking out this morning. You cant stop me no and the battle at bristol. The famous motor speedway transformed into a massive College Football stadium ready to host a record crowd. Its tennessee versus Virginia Tech. Were live at the track for a great gridiron pit stop. And good saturday morning, everyone. We want to thank you for joining us this weekend as there is our own rob marciano hey, rob surrounded by fans at the Bristol Motor Speedway in bristol, tennessee. Theyre expecting the largest College Football crowd ever, and can i say maybe a record in beer consumption. They have purchased over 500,000 a half million beers for this particular game. A half million beers . A half million beers. Im not sure that should be legal. Well, you know, its tennessee, everybody, but the raceway is going to be transformed into a football field as tennessee takes on Virginia Tech. Its going to be an epic game in more ways than one, as we just mentioned. And we can guarantee
Spin on it. . Just who is this clown . And katie couric sits down with joe biden and asking about the state of the race. Surely there have been moments in recent weeks, months, even, where you thought, hmmm, maybe maybe. Controversial release. The man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan becoming a free man today. Should John Hinckley jr really be set put down your phone. The feds urging people who have the galaxy note 7 to put down your phone. And on the edge. A heart stopping moment in austin, texas when the driver of this car drives off the edge of the parking garage. The miracle survival story today. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from rockefeller center. Good morning. Welcome to today. Im Sheinelle Jones alongside craig melvin and Stephanie Ruhle and dylan dreyer. That video is extraordinary. I wasnt sure it was aie we will have more on that story coming up. Also, we are following breaking news overseas to what many are hoping is the turning point in syria. News ove
And katie couric sits down with joe biden and asking about the state of the race. Surely there have been moments in recent weeks, months, even, where you thought, hmmm, maybe maybe. Controversial release. The man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan becoming a free man today. Should John Hinckley jr really be set free . Put down your phone. The feds urging people who have the galaxy note 7 to put down your phone. And on the edge. A heart stopping moment in austin, texas when the driver of this car drives off the edge of the parking garage. The miracle survival story today. Saturday, september 10th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from rockefeller center. Good morning. Welcome to today. Im Sheinelle Jones alongside craig melvin and Stephanie Ruhle and dylan dreyer. That video is extraordinary. I wasnt sure it was a movie or real life. We will have more on that story coming up. Also, we are following breaking news overseas to what many are hoping is the turning point