Emotional vigil. I once was lost those stories, plus royal release, Prince Phillip leaving a London Hospital this morning just in time for christmas with the queen while baby archie Takes Center Stage on his parents holiday card. Still shopping . Your best options today for finding those very lastminute gifts. And holiday singalong. There is just one thing i need savannah and hoda joining a starstudded tribute celebrating 25 years of Mariah Careys all i want for christmas is you. Is you, you baby today, tuesday, december 24th, 2019. From nbc news, this is and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today, thank you so much for joining us on this Christmas Eve morning. Kristen welker in for savannah and hoda all week. Merry Christmas Eve to you, and how about that video with savannah and hoda. Theyre having so much fun. I love that. I could watch that all morning long. If you know anything about either of them, you know thats just like a random wednesday nigh
Second straight quarter. It flames Week International demand and investment in ecommerce. Shery this hour brings another snapshot of the japanese economy. Trade data may show the deficit balloon in november. First, lets get you to the market action. Australia has come online. Sophie aussie shares opening, a little change to the upside with the benchmark twopoint shot of a fresh record. The aussie dollar Holding Losses after the rba reinforced the inw for its rba rate cut february. Pricing at a 59 chance. Thailand rates decision. Expect it to stay steady as it is stabilizing. We also waiting on japans november trade data later this morning. Nikkei futures pointing lower ahead of that. Overall, looking like a soft start of the session after asian shares closed at a high, with fresh eyes across the region including india. Right. L ll lets check in with the first word news with jessica summers. Jessica sterling slumped the most since january as fx traders gave a thumbs down to Boris Johnso
We will talk you through whats at sta ke. Also in the Programme Politics off the pitch arsenal distance themselves from comments made by one of its players over chinas persecution of the uighur population. And what do you do with millions of tonnes of plastic . Australias answer to a recycling crisis make green bikinis. Naturally talk about recycling. And coffee conundrum its not as easy to recycle your Takeaway Coffee cup as you may have thought. We will find out why and what can be done about that. As instagram rolls out its new anti bullying and abuse warnings, are you doing the 30 day Digital Detox to stop social media affecting your mental heath . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Let us know via social media yes, indeed, we look forward to hearing from you but a snail mail wont work for all this programme, get in touch and we shall discuss your comments a little later. A very warm welcome. We start in the uk, where the mantra, lets get brexit done was the Main Campaig
It is a mixed picture in asia at the moment. Moment. Lets get brexit done was the mantra of conservative leader and british Prime Minister Boris Johnson going into last weeks election, and many argue it was a key part of the partys winning campaign. However, now the talking is over, and the party has to deliver on that pledge. The brexit date when the uk leaves the European Union is set for 31 january 2020. Prime minister Boris Johnson agreed a deal with the eu, but it still needs to go through parliament. A vote could take place as soon as friday. Assuming its a yes, the next priority will be to negotiate a post brexit trade deal with the eu. Talks are expected to begin in march after all 27 eu nations agree to a formal negotiating mandate. These negotiations arguably need to produce a final agreement by the end ofjune. That is the point at which the uk has to decide whether or not to extend the transition period. But mrjohnson has ruled out any form of extension. If no trade deal has
Down on the central and eastern u. S. The same storm system pounded missouri yesterday. Slick roads caused hazardous conditions, and interstates on both sides of kansas and missouri were forced to close. The snow follow hard as the Kansas City Chiefs took on the Denver Broncos yesterday. At one point, chiefs Tyron Matthew dropped to the ground and made a snow angel. Our chicago station, wbbm shows where the storm is headed. The storm will connect with deep moisture from the gulf of mexico, and its going to create wintry weather from missouri all the way to maine. As it pushes closer to the eastern seaboard monday night into Tuesday Morning, we could see problems with some Ice Accumulation as cold air rushes in behind the system. We see a second front that will be a reinforcing shot of cold air. The snow, yes, it will line up ape good one to four inches possible with some isolated five or sixinch totals as low pressure travels to the east. Cold air rushes in north of that system. But ou