For one line of unlimited. Come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. You can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. Stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. Hello, and welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Youre watching cnn newsroom, and im rosemary church. Leaving another in limbo and pardoning a slew of loyalists, all of this as the country suffers. More americans are in the hospital with covid19 than ever before, and officials have bleak predictions for the holiday week. Its one of the most Important International negotiations in a generation. The post brexit trade talks might finally have a resolution. What you need to know about the deal the United Kingdom and the European Union are trying to strike. Good to have you with us. We well, it is now Christmas Eve for much of the world, but the usual good cheer has been tempere
The geneva agreement to bring peace to ukraine is in danger. Vice President Joe Biden is kyiv to meet with leaders of that country. This comes after a deadly attack in the east. As Jacky Rowland reports, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The Vice President arrives in the region when peace efforts are faltering. Tries to deal with a rebellion in the east by prorussian activists. The deal reached in geneva last week calls on these activists to come out from behind their barricades in the exchange for a promise of greater autonomy. A little bit more violence on sunday have heightened tensions and mistrust between the two sides. Prorussian activists have called on moscow for help and russia is hinting it could do nothing but help to intervene. We are being put in a very difficult position. But those who are deliberately leading towards the start of a civil war are engaged in criminal policies. We are not just going to condemn them, were also
Soontobe late show home. Im going to do whatever you have done. Oh, no, no, no. Im going to do whatever you have done here. You dont want to do that. His late night chat with the man hes set to replace today, wednesday, april 23rd, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer alongside Natalie Morales. And im Natalie Morales along with al roker and tamron hall. Savannah has the morning off. We showed you the shot of Wrigley Field there. Absolutely beautiful there. Its cold there. The reason we show this, a special celebration under way. Willard scott should be in attendance. 100th birthday. Thats right. What a beautiful ballpark. If you havent been there, put it on your bucket list because its a great place to see a baseball game. 100 years ago, the chicago federals. Well have more on that a little later on the show. But we want to get to our t
Rhythm and blues. You are not going to do that on the oboe. Sax. Tched over to lots of good tenors, but nobody played bari. I learned to play the baritone sax, selftaught. I was ready to go, i met emilio at the pleasant county fair. 4 weekend, 1968. Not just being proficient, but a lot of soul. Where did that come from . It is one thing to make the switch to the instrument. That is not just practice. Berkeley is a very integrated town. I was fortunate. I hired the musical training to be a good musician. Trained and found the doctor. Soul music in the bay area, it the most popular disc jockey in the bay area. Tavis this argument cuts both ways. Given that it was such a soulful town, you got sly and everyone else out there doing their thing. What gave you the courage to think that you and this band could cut into that . Because we are a white manba . Tavis i wasnt going to go there, but some of the most soulful white folk i know are in oakland. You had to have hutzpah to believe that you
Good evening, everyone, and welcome back from the long weekend. We begin tonight with a history lesson. 81 years ago today stocks hit rock bottom, on july 8, 1932, the dow sat at 4122. Not 4,000 but 4122. A nyse low. Today stocks turned in their third winning session in a row. The dow closed at 15,2 4. Share volume, 3. 5 billion shares. There wasnt much news to propel stocks today. Members conjured members of fridays jobs report. And the dow off its high for the session shot up 89 points, the nasdaq added 5, the s p 500 was up 8. The russell 2000 index of smaller stocks closed at a record today of 1009. Excluding special items, alcoa beat analysts estimates. The edged forecasts by a penny, it saw a slight beat on revenue two. Even though sales were down a little bit compared with last year. Despite a weak aluminum prices, alcoa benefited from increased demand from its metals. How do things look for the aluminum giant for the rest of the year . That was my first question to alcoas ceo w