Likely to hit around 15 . This morning, the private sector reports the loss of 20,236,000 jobs just in april. Reopening the economy is designed to try to bring back some or most of those jobs. So here we are. With all the bad Economic News breaking around us, what does the market do . Well, it rallies. For the third day in a row, the market opens higher. This is a bet on the recovery and a bet on the federal reserve, which is putting at least 4 trillion into the economy, and the treasury which is putting in over 3 trillion. Thats called stimulus. Investors appear to like it. The dow is going to be up about 140 points. Nice gain there. The s p up 15, nasdaq up about, what, 58, 60. Look at this. Oil, 23 a barrel. Thats where it is now. Earlier, it had been at 25. There has been a dramatic fall in supply and a hopedfor pickup in demand as some states start opening up their economies. So thats why we are in the mid 20s for the price of oil. But you can say goodbye to the gas price decline.
It was being called the christmas protest. Three big hours for you. Buckle in. Merry christmas. Varney company about to start right now. Charles huge gains for the markets this year. The calendar year, in fact, has wall street looking extraordinarily well. Want to bring in market watcher Rebecca Walser on these gains and of course, at this point in time, we always look ahead. What do you make overall of this market, considering all the negative headlines, all the negative speculation . First to have this kind of market is really remarkable. Charles, it is. Merry christmas. Im having such a great retail season high. I dont care what the retail experts, you know, were expecting. We got 3. 4 growth and Super Saturday, charles, the biggest shopping day ever. 3. 4 billion on Super Saturday. Thats what happens when you have a short Christmas Shopping season, right, from thanksgiving to christmas. Charles yeah, no doubt about it. And i got to tell you, its anecdotal but as i looked around at
I cant wait. I cannot wait. My oldest josh when he was a baby used to put that on he would just be mesmerized. I cant wait. Ellen degeneres dory. Diane keaton her mom. Eugene levy at her dad. In theaters june 17th. Mark the calendar. My kids werent born yet when it came out and have gone back. So that is coming up in june. Coming up right now a big surprise for a florida family. Visitor in the Swimming Pool on tuesday. Look what kind of visitor it was. Skrag and laura craig and laura live near a golf course. Craig saw bubbles in the pool and assumed it was from a stray golf ball but instead this guy, a nine foot alligator. The alligator made a hole in the patio screen, got through the screen and into the pool. A trapper used a lasso to remove the gator. You think you are okay with the screen. The trapper has bear feet. The gator is like dont it is like a tropical paradise. I have snacks. Hold on. I had a hat. My gosh. Nine footer. Look at that. Thats pretty crazy. We talk about m ms. D
Smashandgrab. Dramatic video from a gun shop in houston. Thieves storm inside and steal more than 50 weapons. Several arrests overnight. And launching a desperate search for more suspects and those weapons. Pressure . What pressure . An 11yearold boy tests a new golf course designed by tiger woods in the most perfect way possible. And even tiger is in awe. Today, thursday, march 3, 2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everybody and welcome to today. A lot going on in politics. If you are a certain front runner on the gop side you are and a lot is negative. Our top story is about mitt romney set to launch an all out assault on donald trump. The 2012 republican president ial nominee is planning to unload on the current frontrunner. We will talk about that with donald trump live in a moment. Lets start with Peter Alexander in salt lake this morning. Reporter we just got our hands on excerpts from that
Cause. Blowout . The new England Patriots are saying they intentionally let air out of the footballs on sunday night that sent them to the super bowl. A League Investigation is under way. What patriots Quarterback Tom Brady is saying about deflategate tuesday, january 20, 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning to today. Are you ready for some football controversy . Well get to the bottom of this because that was such a close game. It could have gone either way. It all came down to the air and the balls. Well be hearing more about this, no question. Well get to the top story and the new threat from isis overnight to kill two japanese hostages. Japans Prime Minister calling that threat and their abduction unforgivable. Richard engel has the latest for us. Good morning. Good morning, savannah. First it was american journalists and then british aide workers. Now two japanese hostages being held in the f