Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. First the deal now the sell. With todays historic agreement to curb Irans Nuclear program the Obama White House tonight is trying to convince nervous mideast neighbors and the American Congress that there is no better alternative. The u. S. And five other nations struck the deal with iran overnight, offering iran relief from economic sanctions in exchange for limits on Nuclear Production. But questions over compliance and verification along with irans history of provoking instability in the middle east are planting seeds of doubt in high places. We have full coverage tonight. We begin with our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell from vienna. Andrea . Good evening, lester. Well after years and decades in fact of calling each another great satan and the axis of evil iran and the u. S. Are now entering uncharted territory. A diplomatic agreement to reduce irans suspected nucle
Welcome to countdown. Im anna edwards. 6 00 in the morning this tuesday. Lets start with the oil story. Two things to talk about we are back in a bear market once again and we will come to that chart in just a moment. Statoil is the other thing major oil is reporting numbers. Secondquarter adjusted net income is coming in at 7. 2 billion norwegian krone, ahead of the estimate. The net income bottom line number looks much better than markets were looking for. We will get further into the dividend story as we go through the morning because that could be some interesting stories. Q2 sales once again above the estimate. They are talking about how much of an impact the Maintenance Cost are having on the business in the 2015 number they talk about maintenance being 45 Million Barrels per day. It is in line with the overall 2015 trend, what they expect to see in the Third Quarter. They also say they will declare a Quarterly Dividend in u. S. Dollars from the Second Quarter. Plots to talk abou
Will he be charged . Survivor story. One of the hero teachers from that Movie Theater shooting speaking out overnight. Ive never told so many people, my family and friends that ive loved them as i have in the past five days. The woman credited with saving so many lives revealing what happened inside that theater for the first time. How she found the strength to get out alive. And good morning, america. Lets get right to that huge break in the search for missing malaysian flight 370. One of the biggest mysteries in aviation history vanished without a trace more than 500 days ago. Now the first clues, a brandnew one coming in just moments ago. Reports this suitcase was found near the wing fragment that washed ashore. Flight 370 disappeared over the night sky back in march of last year. The search has covered more than 46,000 square miles. This is the last known location of the plane and the 239 people on board it. Abcs bob woodruff has been covering the story from the very beginning and
Minnesota dentist who killed cecil the lion as he tried to explain himself to his patients. And there is crying in baseball. A new york mets player crying on the field after he was told he was traded. Why it was all an emotional mixup. Today, july 30th. 2015. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. I dont usually bring a box of tissues when watching a baseball game. There is crying in baseball. A reference to tom hanks famous line in a league of their own. There is no crying in baseball. This is a touching story. First, lets get to the top story. What appears to be a piece of wreckage from Malaysian Airlines flight 370 washed ashore on a Remote Island off the coast of madagascar. Thats 4,000 miles from the planes last known position. Nbcs tom costello has been covering this from the very beginning. What can you tell us . Good morning. The australian command center thats been leading the search for mh370 says its not surprised debris has washed ashore so far from the searc
European equities are going to be more profitable than the United States for the First Time Since 2008. Earnings will rise just under 7 . That is up from just under 5 . U. S. Wages rose at this lowest pace since 1982. What does that do for the debate about whether you get a september lift off from the fed in terms of raising rates or december . Harris is opening flat. London is down by an eighth. Youve got billy real and intercontinental. Iron ore as retreated back to 50 from its peak. China storyng that play out on rio and billy in terms of the reality of the slowdown in china. What happens next in terms of stimulus . Hsbc up 1. 64 . Pretax profit rising. They are selling the brazilian asset. They took a little bit of a hit. A couple individual names. Nokia, heineken, ill just show you those, hsbc up 1. 3 . Heineken up 1. 9 . Not a bad report from heineken. Anna spoke to the worlds number three brewer. They will see a moderate level of growth in their volumes relative to 2014. Up 2 .