Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a Tuesday Morning of today. Im savannah guthrie. Im carson daly alongside willie geist and dylan dreyer. Matt and al have the morning off. Anybody stay up for the blood moon last night . I did, and i took some fabulous pictures. Let me show you. Wow yeah, thats some i took that with my iphone. Slept in the orange room last night . Exactly. No, i didnt stay up. Did any of you . Well, we couldnt see it here anyway. And wake up in time for it. And youre saying were still here. Some people saw this as a sign of the apocalypse. The world did not end, so everything you ate yesterday is going right on the hips. And if you missed that, its happening like three more times in the next year, so drk. Yes, in the next 18 months. Three more chances. Exactly. Well, we want to get to todays top story, and as we mentioned, natalies in boston this
Benefits to all military including those serving in the coast guard, reserves, National Guard during by permitting travelers to provide information about themselves ahead of time, we expedite the process for them in airports. With better focus resources to the pool of people we know less about. This advances Aviation Security and should be popular with the republic. Lastly, i am mindful of surveys withinflect the morale various components of dhs. Our greatest asset is our people. Each and every day the men and women work hard to fulfill our critical and noble mission. They dedicate themselves to the security and advancement of our nation. I will be a champion for those men and women of dhs and will advocate on their behalf. Morale also depends on good leaders in place of each of our components. We must inject any energy. Arts withrship sto recruiting new leaders to help run the organization. With the help of the white house and congress, were bringing in some terrific people to bring i
We want to hear from you throughout this morning. We are going to put the numbers up on the screen. Republicans, 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. Make a comment about some of the politics and history, terrorist threats and other issues surrounding the olympics, you can do it via social media. Is our twitter handle. You can make a comment on , or send us cspan an email at journal cspan. Org. Vlad the headline and abler. You think sochi looks bad now. Dead dogs, broken toilets. User usually what you find in cities after they host the olympics. Amidst tales of construction nightmares, toxic sludge and the stray dogs hiding in fear for their lives in the wake of the citys campaign to seek and exterminate the animals. Has anyone seen any homeless yet in sochi . Just asking. I come not to bury sochi, but to praise it. They may be the greatest host city ever for the games, place that embodies the olympic ideals graft, corruption and scandal. They should hold the
Spirit, we are strong. People are strong. I love that. Tributes and tears on a solemn anniversary in boston. One year since the bombing destroyed the calm of the Boston Marathon shattering lives, leaving three dead and 260 injured. Extreme weather tore through the mississippi gulf coast. Straight line winds overturned 20 to 30. Meanwhile freeze warnings posted from texas to illinois. President barack obama in a phone call urged Vladimir Putin to urge separatists to stand down. A russian fighter jet made 12 passes over the uss donald in the black sea. The crossexamination of Oscar Pistorius ended in his murder trial. Your version is so improbable it cant be reasonably possibly true. An unmanned underwater vehicle turned up nothing of interest. Night owls got a treat overnight. The total eclipse of the year, known as the blood moon. Possibility of phelps retiring. It can be bored unless youre on a flight with this sassy lady. All that matters. First Lady Michelle obama may have started a
Technology mixed on the day and that put a cap on the gains for the standard poors. We have nathan from Financial Network group with me, Keith Fitzgerald and jeff lehman. Jeff, you want to buy into this rally . Whats your take on this strong september were seeing . I think this year has been led by multiple expansion. Now expectation with recent improvement in the Economic Data that the earning season coming up might be better than expected. Were still feeling good and dont think the multiple today is still that demanding. Talking about 16 times earnings for the horizon. Fed chairman debashgts tapering which could begin in a week and a half. Whats your take on this market as we see dow close to record highs right here. The dow is going to a record high. As we all know, wall street is not main street. I think all the things you mentioned, its likely to be congress, who we havent heard from all year. Now you want to know if your Financial Adviser has a degree in political science. I beli