We should note were spending today with our families, actually, so weve taped this show so we can also start the new year with all of you. Yes. Yeah, we do have a packed morning ahead, including a guide to the year ahead in politics, your money and your health. And then the movies, the music and tv shows were all looking forward to in 2018. But let us begin with a check of the mornings top stories. Nbcs Peter Alexander is in washington this morning with them. Hi, peter, good morning. Reporter hey, savannah, good morning to you. Sadly, we begin today with a deadly plane crash in costa rica. Ten americans were on board a small private plane that went down shortly after takeoff. Nbcs Tammy Lightner has the latest. Reporter aviation officials will be back at the crash site to determine what happened. All of this comes as the first victims are being identified. Burning debris from the wreckage was discovered soon after the single engine plane went down in an area near costa ricas pacific co
Roadmap, eight years since the haines bottom. And aig ceo is out, what is next for the giant insurer . Ceos headed back to the white house. We dig into the return on a west wing meeting. The s p and dow looking to snap three session losing streaks which hasnt happened since january. We got that pull back in energy yesterday resulting in those losses. And as we said its been eight years since the stock market had bottomed. That of course was when mark haines made a very big call right here on this show. However, im going to step out on a limb here. This is the big hold on everyone. Weve been waiting for this. I think were at a bottom. I really do. Ever since what we call the haines bottom, the s p has surged more than 250 , the dow also more than tripling its gains. The nasdaq outperforming both indices up 360 . On that morning, which is actually the tenth when mark made that call, dow and s p closed up 6 that day. Well, mark was someone we all work with mark. I used to talk with mark a
Enough, dow dipping 22 points, s p rising 0. 04 , nasdaq advancing 0. 24 , lets face some facts here. We are fraught with expectations that may or may not pan out on the side of the bulls this week. First lets just deal with what i call the setup. For weeks now weve seen group after group move up. You know that. The health cares, the barnks, te insurers, the Home Builders, the industrials, the techies, so much others. Look, it has been quite a bull market. But last week, last week stalled out, and there are myriad stocks that look like theyre topping or cant get much further without some sort of good news happening, which is certainly possible. But worse, i see contradictions. I see historic moves that are based on false preconceptions 0er an atmosphere that maybe lets call it a tad too bullish for my taste. Lets start with my biggest worry, the feds meeting on wednesday. Now, last week i said bring them on. Bring on the rate hikes. We need them. We need the fed to stop talking about g
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Theaters sherlock holmes, on his latest big screen role mathematician alan turing, who broke the nazi enigma code during world war two. Woodruff plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze a full week of news. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a flurried frenzy of shoppers lined up at Stores Across the country, as retailers competed for holiday business in a year thats seen lackluster sales so far. Woodruff the annual black friday shopping blitz got underway early. Many Big Box Stores opened on thanksgiving da