34 days out now until the Iowa Caucuses who will emerge from a crowded group of candidates . A lot of people asking that. Were also of course following the developing news out of baghdad. Hundreds of protesters storming the u. S. Embassy there and they are protesting recent air strike against an iranbacked malitia were following that story. Were also expecting more protests out of hang kong, they are now just two hours away from ringing in the new year, and mass demonstrations are planned as well. Well take you there. Im Ashley Webster in today for stuart, Varney Company about to begin. Ashley and on this last day of 2019 why not start with breaking Economic News for you right now, were getting the latest numbers on home prices. Especially when its positive right to end this decade this year, so were up monthovermonth 1 for the year for the last year were up over 2 and weve been talking all year long about slow down taking places in housing especially with existing home sales which rep
Impeachment with Speaker Pelosis commemorative goldembossed signing pens, the solemn march as the articles are walked over to the senate, that whole charade breathlessly covered by the trumphating media, wall to wall coverage for all of that but very little for this. The china trade deal, historic event, redefining the way trade deals are negotiated and structured. That was a big plus for america. And thursday, virtually no coverage for usmca, another trade deal that helps our economy. In fact, none of the three broadcast Networks Even mentioned it. And politicos first headline, major win for trump, that really changed fast to Senate Passes usmca, much work remains. Can you believe this . We are very glad that you are watching us. So look at this. More stock market records are acoming. Big Companies Reporting solid profits and we appear to be in a meltup mode again. The dow is up, what, 270 yesterday, closing just shy of 29,300. Any gain at the opening bell today means another record.
Because of the hong kong elections. Record turnouts sunday, big loss for scombrabeijing. I think its heartening to see the people stand firm. For xi jinping, its a setback. What will he do now . Investors round the world cheered. Its part of our rally on wall street today. No cheering for uber. The authorities in london will not renew ubers license to do business there. Ouch. London was its best European Market. Uber takes the hit because of passenger safety concerns . Gee, i wonder if londons famous black cabs had a hand in this. Ubers stock is down 4 premarket. Seconds from now, frozen 2 big box office, tesla, dare i say a smashing success, and a little blue box, tiffany, now worth 16 billion. Varney company is about to begin. Has elsa seemed weird to you . She seems like elsa. Theres voice. Voice, what does that mean . Head for the cliffs ive got you. Stuart there you have it. Frozen 2 debuted this weekend. 350 Million Worldwide. That was the opening Worldwide Box Office globally, t
And the woman who decided to foot the bill paying it forward by buying up a whole store full of shoes. It all began with a simple question from her daughter. This is nbc nightly news with jose diaz balart. Good evening. It was a night of celebration, american athletes and others out late on a friday night in south korea whee floor literally gave out from under this is video from just seconds after the collapse, patrons struggling to hold it up. Two people were killed, more than a doz injured including u. S. Athletes there for the water polo worldio chahip. Nbcs matt bradley is in hong kong tonight with the very latest. Matt . Reporter jose, a night out became a nightmare for hundreds of patrons at a popular south korean nightclub earlier this morning when a balcony inside the club collapsed right under them. Cell phone videos captured the terrifying moment when a balcony inside this nightcoub apsed, killing two South Koreans and injuring 16 more. Among the injured, four American Water
Most of us looking dry for the evening and morning commute. Hot and humid as well and each day we get more humidity out ere. Outdoor lunch not looking too ouabby. Temperatures ard 90. A warm day out there. Plus we have got rain on the way. Nothing out there right now. A frontal system will sweep this weather pattern away and we down at the end of this week. Lets talk about the roads with melissa. Good morning. Good morning. Springfield outer loop left lane by that work zone. A tiny bit of delay on the map. 66, 95, no complaints on either of those. 270 looking good from frederick. Aaron . Melissa, thank you. Breaking news this morning innorthern california. Overnight we learned four people were killed, including one suspect following a shooting at a i garlic festival gilroy, californe. Th one suspect is hurt and search is on for a second suspect. Jummy olabanji is here with more. The festival rned into a deadly shooting that sent people running for their lives. Police say a gunman opene