Shiller and auto sales. The nikkei closed up 56 . The best performance in 41 years. This final shortened trading week, all the major indices coming off big gains last week. As we look back on this great year for the equity markets, did 2003 end up stealing gains from 2014. Well take a closer look. But this year was not a good one for gold. The precious metal having its worst year in more than three decades breaking a 12year winning streak. Google and apple are expanding their fight for tech supremacy to a new front behind the wheel of your car. I want to welcome dan joining us for the entire hour. The reason we did play fish at the top of the show. It is great to have you this morning. You have actually written a lot over the weekend about the rally that we are seeing and whether or not it is pulling forward some momentum from 2014. This is one of the biggest concerns that Market Participants have now, the end of year rally has been stronger than normal. As such, you are borrowing from
Its raising questions about whether she will be ready for the 2014 winter olympics. Today is saturday, december 21st, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday morning, im lester holt. Im Natalie Morales. Im procrastinating a little bit longer. People who are organized and have travel plans now they are facing this whole Weather Threat thing. That is right. That is our top story. The weather is set to wreak havoc across much of the states today. 68 million in the storms path. 13 states under flood watches or warnings and in the south, there is a very strong possibility of several december tornadoes. Yes, thats very rare. But it could happen at some point today. Absolutely. The weather system, everyone is watching it very closely this morning to make sure their Holiday Travels go safely but its affecting some people out there and its affecting some people
Associated with the hospital. Now well have more at 6 00 but right now she is being kept alive by a judge. Reporting live in oakland, jr stone. There is more breaking news. Ac transit and Union Leaders have reach ed a tentative deal, this is as a cooling period ends on sunday. The possibility of a strike had been looming. The agreement will next be voted on by the more than 1500 Bus Operators and mechanics who make up the local. And worth noting, the unions have already turned down two other proposed deals. The Holiday Shopping season is in full swing and some retailers are pulling out all the stops to make sure they get your business. We explain. Reporter here in Pleasant Hill the kohls is open 4 hours a day until next week. Christmas. And that is so that everyone can get their Christmas Shopping completed. Throughout the day people have been coming in and racing in to finish up the shopping. Customers say they appreciate these extended hours. What it you think about having a store op
Temperatures to be really cool. We may have a record low. High temperature 14 degrees below average which is still improvement since we are finally coming out of the Single Digits today. Its eight degrees at the lakefront. We are five degrees at ohare. Currently 2 in joliet and 1 in dekalb. We do have Cool Temperatures as a travel away from the center. Wind chill is quite low. 13 in dekalb. Satellite rare composite choose its dry. Lake effect clouds and snow are on the flip side of lake michigan. But the chance of snow tonight is light snow. More snow saturday and then as the heavier snow comes it will be sunday. Two years to the mid20s. Tonight we go down to 17. Snow showers develop saturday the snow continues into sunday. Your main roads are still nice unclear but we do have street closures to tell you about. Overnight fire near 126 and 159. Heavy smoke coming out of that home. They still have closures on 126. Both leans down to one lane through that stretch. We are hearing that 59 i
Drivers across the Golden Gate Bridge. And urgent rescue will get underway to try and help a very sick baby who is stranded on a boat. The new insight were getting into what the crew is going through. Mornings on 2 starts now. Complete bay area News Coverage starts right now. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Youre looking live at a damaged building owned by oaklands Childrens Hospital where investigators say an Early Morning fire may have been set on purpose. Coming up in two minutes, ktvus Tara Moriarty will reveal what firefighters told her was really odd about this fire. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. And good morning. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve, tell them to take an umbrella, please. For a while, here. I mean, theres not a lot left. Already break in the clouds. Lets give the system credit. Definitely moved through and okay totals. And a couple reports around 4 10 of an inch of rain. Aroundalameda, 1 4 inch. Sfo17. Thats a pretty