Stake. Polls open in the iranian elections where Hassan Rouhani is seeking a second term, but challenger Ebrahim Raisi has gained momentum with his close ties to the Supreme Leader. Good morning, everyone. Yes, its friday, finally tried. Tgif is what most of you must be thinking, and on capitol hill given the drama unfolding there. The stoxx 600 is recovering slightly from the big selloff we saw this week. Up by a third of one percent roughly one hour into the trading session. For the wreak we are on course for a 1. 5 loss. That is the worst week for the stoxx 600 in six months since november. Given all the concerns about whether donald trump can still enact many of his policies, like tax reform and infrastructure spending. Want to show you what the sectors are doing this morning. We have most trading in positive territory. Basic resources, autos doing well. Rebounding from yesterdays weaknesses. Retail, telecoms showing slight underperformance. Lets remind you what happened in the u.
Times square. And an incredible weather day that saw over 300 Severe Weather reports and at least 20 reports of tornados in multiple states. And take a look at what 110 million buys today. Early today starts right now. So good being with you on this friday morning. Im frances rivera. In hours the president will depart on his first overseas excursion. It is a whirlwind trip and complex itinerary that starts with a visit to saudi arabia, then israel, the vatican, nato, brussels and a g7 summit in italy. But multiple crises at home will serve as mr. Trumps baggage with an almost constant string of revelations coming each and every day. This morning is no different. The daily beast reporting the president had to persuade mike flynn to take the nsa job in the first place. The online news outlet claims mr. Trump remains hopeful flynn will return to the white house. Yahoo is reporting that flynn received a message from the president telling him to ask the stay strong. That as new questions sw
Least 20 reports of tornados in multiple states. And take a look at what 110 million buys today. Early today starts right now. Happy friday. Good to be with you. Im frances rivera. In hours the president will depart on his first overseas excursion. It is a whirl wind trip and complex itinerary that starts with a visit to saudi arabia, israel, the vatican, nato and brussels and g7 summit in italy. Crisis at home, an almost constant stream of revelations each day. This morning is no different. The daily beast reporting the president had to persuade mike flynn to take the nsa job in the first place. The news outlet claims mr. Trump hopes flynn ril return. That as new questions swirl how much Vice President mike pence who ran the transition knew about flynns controversies. One source tells nbc news the veep knew nothing about the issues. A pattern has emerged in which staffers failed to inform pence of necessary information. Those develop 789s as the new york iams times publishes new detai
Make larry thank you for that. Good luck, mr. Speaker. President trump started the day adding to the drama with the tweet calling the appointment of the special prosecutor the single greatest witch hunt of politician in american history. The situation changing by the minute. This is what happened. Hours after saying that Michael Flynn wouldnt comply with the subpoena the chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee correcting himself saying that the panel hadnt gotten a response from flynns lawyers yet. We learned that the former c. I. A. Director john brennan will appear before the house Intelligence Committee next week to talk about the allegations that russia meddled in the u. S. President ial election. Earlier in the day, utah congressman Jason Chaffetz announced he will leave congress june not but it is unclear what the early departure of the head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee means for the investigation. Alison in the midst of all the madness with the in
Lesson in friendship playing out at recess, nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We heard directly from President Trump late today about the on slot of headlineslot of headline slot of headlines battering the white house this week. In a brief news conference, the president saying yesterdays appointment with special counsel to take over the russia investigation is a witch hunt that divides the country. And he offered an emphatic no when asked whether the former fbi director comey knew about National Security advisor Michael Flynn. We get details from chief White House Correspondent hallie jackson. Reporter tonight, new reaction to the special counsel taking over the russia investigation. I respect the move but the entire thing is a witch hunt and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can [000 01 59;00] russians, zero. I think it divides the country.