Breaking sales, get ready for a new round of bargains. What you need to know to make the process as painless as possible. All that, plus a holiday fireworks display gone wrong. Meghan markle turns heads with the royal family. And a surprise proposal on the rock center ring. That doesnt go as planned. Giving new meaning to taking the plunge. Today, de kwt tuesday, decem, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today. Thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. Savannah and hoda have the morning off. That guy, swept her off her feet. She was lost in the moment. Right there, she goes for a kiss. And then weak in the knees. Were going to come up with all sorts of phrases to use. We will. How was your christmas . Very, very nice. It was very nice, as well. Well get to more of that in a moment. Lets get to our top story. Christmas wishes of snow came true for millions, from the northwest to new england. Thats the good news. The bad news
Wearing black and calling for gender and Racial Justice in the post Harvey Weinstein era. Harvey weinstein isnt here tonight because, well, i have heard rumors that he is crazy and difficult to work with. The dont worry, he will be back in 20 years when he becomes the first person ever booed during the in memoriam. In a actresses brought social justice activist within this year. We will speak with two of them, puerto rican activist reported by the president ial candidate Rosa Clemente, who joined susan ,arandon, and Saru Jayaraman president and cofounder of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers united who walked the red carpet with amy poehler. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump is demanding a slew of antiimmigrant measures, including 18 billion for his border wall in exchange for Legal Protections for young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers. In total, trump is demanding 33 bill
To come from. Cook as he with stakes out New Territory for the companys future, from t. V. To first newpples product category in years, a Smart Speaker called homepod. A direct challenge to amazon and google. On this edition of Bloomberg Apple c. E. O. Tim cook. Tim, thank you so much for joining us. Its really a pleasure to be here. Again. T to see you unbelievable to be here obviously. Newets start with the smart smeerk. Smeerk Smart Speaker. Should people buy it, over amazon echo or google home, at price . Weve tried to build something that is a breakthrough speaker first. D. N. A. , deep in our dating back from itunes and ipods, so we wanted something one, sounded unbelievable. Of of course it does a lot other things, right . And all those are important as well. Reallywanted a highquality audio experience as well. You are very focused on how this could reinvent music in the home. What about these other things . Phone be able to make a call, call a car, order groceries . Theres a lo
Potentially selling treasuries but more about inflation showing up in the u. S. , the risk that keeps most Market Participants awake at night. I think for the treasury market, it is far more important what the actions are coming out of europe and japan. You have not only the fed unwinding its balance sheet, we have the ecb slowing purchases, we have seen from the boj that they are making changes, which we extrapolate, slow purchases as well. The fed is poised to take its off the scale, and poised to stop manipulating the 10year treasury. 14 trillion worth of bonds bought by Central Banks in the past four to five years that appears to be close to an end. The bond market is not dead, it is just dealing in a bearish trend that a lot of people in the market havent seen before. They have to learn how to do it. We have put in a structure, secular low in yields, 130, 140 on the 10year. But i think to say we are in a bond bear market is still premature. Jonathan joining me is Matthew Hornbach,
The risk that keeps most Market Participants awake at night. I think for the treasury market, it is far more important what the actions are coming out of europe and japan. You have not only the fed unwinding its balance sheet, we have the ecb slowing purchases, we have seen from the boj that they are making changes, which we extrapolate, slow purchases as well. The fed is poised to take its thumb off the scale, and poised to stop manipulating the 10year treasury. 14 trillion worth of bonds bought by Central Banks in the past four to five years that appears to be close to an end. The bond market is not dead, it is just dealing in a bearish trend that a lot of people in the market havent seen before. They have to learn how to do it. We have put in a structure, secular low in yields, 130, 140 on the 10year. But i think to say we are in a bond bear market is still premature. Jonathan joining me is Matthew Hornbach, priya misra, and michael buchanan. The bond bull, were you shaking this wee