Wall street is looking for any clarity on stimulus following President Trumps tweets, suspending further negotiations until after the election yesterday but calling for targeted relief since then for airlines, Small Business and a new round of 1200 checks. Eli lily saying its seeking emergency use authorization for antibody treatment dr. Gottlieb says its a major step forward got a bit of reversal from yesterday. Quite so. On todays show, restauranteur danny meyer putting out a plea for lawmakers to come up with a stimulus plan. He will discuss what it would mean for the Hospitality Industry if help doesnt come through soon plus kara swisher on whether any of that will mean real change Steve Liesman has the fed update for us, and joining us to break it all down is jeff sherman from double line capital. Steve, lets start with you. Wilf, thanks. Fed officials in their meeting from september had begun to have concerns about the possibility additional stimulus would fail in congress. They
With the dividend although it will be far lower than last years. Hong kong media tycoon released on bail. His broken National Security laws beijing has branded him guilty. Breaking news out of south korea. We are getting Unemployment Rate numbers, and again, surprising to the upside. They fell to 4. 2 in the month of july, this after surprising to the upside the previous month, falling to 4. 3 in june. Of course, we have seen more job creation efforts. In fact, we just heard from south koreas Ruling Party Leader saying south korea will actively consider a fourth extra budget if needed. South korea has already pledged more than 225 billion in stimulus measures or roughly 14 of gdp to help put a floor on the jobs market, and right now, the july Unemployment Rate falling to 4. 2 . Lets turn to the markets and bring in Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. What are you watching . Korean alongside the jobless numbers, we are waiting on Australian Consumer confidence, due out later this morning, a
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Girl. Girl, girl, boy, boy and boy. A couple celebrates the births of sextuplets. The mysterious object that just zoomed by earth. Why some believe its an alien spaceship. And in force. Fans rushing to theaters overnight. The new star wars officially opened today, friday, december 15th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So nice to have you with us on a friday morning. What a beautiful shot of rockefeller plaza. More importantly, are you busting for star wars . Those are my people. Lets see you at the theater tonight, guys. We start with politics and the new hurdles that suddenly have the republican tax bill back on morning. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the very latest. Kristen, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. The high stakes fight for tax reform will enter a new phase today with republicans set to unveil their final version of the bill in just a
Girl. Girl girl boy, boy and boy. A couple celebrates the births of sextuplets. The mysterious object that just zoomed by earth. Why some believe its an alien spaceship. And in force. Fans rushing to theaters overnight. The new star wars officially opened today, friday december 15th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So nice to have you with us on a friday morning. What a beautiful shot of rockefeller plaza. More importantly, are you busting for star wars . Those are my people. Lets see you at the theater tonight, guys. We start with politics and the new hurdles that suddenly have the republican tax bill back on shaky ground this morning. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the very latest. Kristen, good morning. Reporter savannah good morning to you. The high stakes fight for tax reform will enter a new phase today with republicans set to unveil their final version of the b