You are talking about, sir. Lets hear from cheryl in florida, the independent line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Very glad to be here. I would like to ask the guests this morning if he thinks the United States of america is too dependant on chinas money . Go ahead. Its true that the largest external creditor for the government is china. If china had not been able and willing to lend a lot of money to the United States, who would have . Somehow the u. S. External deficits had to be financed . Its just so happened china had large surpluses and the credit to invest in the u. S. Treasuries so thats an uncomfortable situation where china is the largest creditor. How much debt does china hold now . Of the federal treasuries, its according to the latest treasury information that i have seen, about 1. 3 trillion worth of treasuries, but thats not the sum total. Chinese hold significant interests in freddie may and freddie mac, and and they hold significant amounts of Municipal Bonds and
There is a way things are going today in the United States. Were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied if you are asked the same question, how would you respond . We want to hear from you. If you are satisfied from with the way the country is going, tell us. If not, tell us why. 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. And for independents, 202 7488002. 250 people so far post and on our facebook page. If you want to send an email, go to journal cspan. Org. Some of the respondents on the pole, asked about satisfaction with the way the nations today. Only 2 of respondents said they are very satisfied with the direction of the country. 26 said they were somewhat satisfied. Were somewhat dissatisfied, and 41 responded very dissatisfied. 1 ofitical party, republicans very satisfied as opposed to 3 of democrats. 61 of republicans said they were very dissatisfied and 15 of democrats registered. They asked independents as well, around 2 saying they were very satisfied and iraq 15 of
Clinton over the email and taking aim at her top adviser. So shes getting classified secrets. Shes married to Anthony Weiner, whos a perv. And cowabunga groom. He convinces his girlfriend he should dress as one of them for their wedding. How did he get her to say yes . We will ask them, today saturday, august 29th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today im erica hill. Im carson daly alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. It must be love. Interesting to see those wedding pictures. Maybe she is a big teenage ninja turtle fan. Looking forward to some of those answers. On a serious note, the top story is the deadly shooting in texas where a Sheriffs Office was gunned down in houston. The trooper is a married father of two, shot filling up his patrol car. Sheinelle is following the latest for us. These developments are changing quickly. There is a person of interest voluntarily questioned at this hour. This less than 12 h
Right now. Announcer katrina, 10 years later. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from new orleans. Good evening. Exactly ten years ago the streets behind me were virtually empty. Landfall of Hurricane Katrina was just over 12 hours away. A monster storm that would slam the gulf coast and knock this city to its knees. We will look back at katrina a bit later in this newscast. But its another storm named erika we want to lead off with tonight. Right now hitting the Dominican Republic with high winds and heavy rain and beating a path toward florida, which is under a state of emergency at this hour. Tropical storm erika has already killed at least 12 people in the caribbean before barreling into puerto rico. Nbcs Janet Shamlian is in san juan. She starts us off tonight. Reporter devastation on the tiny island of dominika. 12 daerksd as many as 20 missing after more than a foot of rain from Tropical Storm erika triggered mudslides and flooding, turning roads into r
Ah mama mia. Track star usain bolt mowed down by a segue while celebrating a big win. The smooth recovery today, august 28, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning. You will see that video of bolt being toppled by the segue all morning long. In some cases you are happy to see him smile. That could have ended differently. It could have. Boy, he was smooth in the recovery. Does the old usain bolt sign there. Weather is the top story. I have no segue to that. That was good. Thank you. It will be a long weekend for folks in florida as erika makes an approach to the u. S. The storm leaving a path of devastation in the caribbean. Al will tell us where erika is headed in a moment. First janet shyamalan is in puerto rico where the effects are being felt. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Puerto rico bracing for as much as 8 inches of rain. Th