Atta come by a new window is opening. The polls are closed in lugansk and donetsk. Residents voting on a referendum for selfrule. Final results are not spected until tuesday. Jonah hull has more from donetsk. Hastily arranged, low budget. The referendum drew large numbers of voters to a small number of polling stations in Eastern Ukraine. At issue the question of whether the region should split from the rest of ukraine. The government in kiev denounced the vote. I would like to underline that it is not a referendum, its an attempt by terrorists, and citizens to cover up. Kievs word doesnt carry much weight in the socalled peoples republic of donetsk. How much autonomy they should have is vague. Reporter big crowds turned out to vote. Just one question of yes or no. Theres multiple interpretations of wh it means what it means. Translation we want to live in russia. This woman is not sure what shes voting for. Translation i voted for our national rub luck lick republic. I want peace in t
Clippers in the family. And grand reopening. The Washington Monument welcoming back visitors for the First Time Since the iconic symbol was damaged by an earthquake. Al is there live today, monday, may 12th, 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 monday morning. Good day to be a tourist in the Nations Capital. Thats right. Al roker is there. Oh wait, theres an even more exciting thing. The Washington Monument is reopening, as you see. Al is there to cover it live and take us inside. Lets start, though, with this mornings top story. Weve got breaking news tied to the kidnappings of hundreds of schoolgirls in nigeria. The terror group behind those kidnappings making new demands in a new video. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has the latest on this. Steph, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Well, this is essentially a hostage video with prove of life for the hostage tak
For lease. Indian inflation shoots up in july thanks to higher food costs and the softer rupee making the job a stimulating for growth all that much harder. And 120 people are dead and 5,000 injured as police crack down on supporters of the post president Mohamed Morsi turns violent. Welcome to a brandnew edition of worldwide exchange. Very busy day for these european markets. We get Second Quarter gdp, but also the boe mpc minutes and uk jobless numbers. The eurozone economy is expected to emerge from recession in the Second Quarter. Thats according to estimates of the flash gdp figure to just about an hour from now. The 17 asian bloc is forecast to grow by 0. 2 , ending six straight quarters of contractions. Now, the gains have really been driven by europes largest economy, germany, which posted this very robust 0. 7 jump in gdp from the previous quarter. This is the largest expansion in more than a year, which came in just above forecasts of 0. 6 . I also want to show you, just a co
My apologies. We seem to have some technical issues. Lets recap this morning some of the headlines. Desktop computers are not dead. A rallying call from meg whit man as the hpcoe tells cnbc exclusively a turn around plan is on track but admits there is still work to do. We have to continue to innovate and you can discover the innovation engine is alive and well at hp. A lot of heavy lifting ahead. The eurozone finance ministers outline a political bargain to wind down troubled banks that fail to agree on the crucial issues of sharing costs. Hes confident that a deal can be done before christmas. We can now see the outline uls of a compromise and im quite optimistic that next week we can finalize it. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. All right. We have the latest data coming out from the iea, their report just coming out. Highlights of this, theyre talking about the wti spread, which we have looked at. It was around 17. 55 a b
Followed. It will amount to a declaration of complication war and it will warn a response with economic means, political means and, if necessary, other means. Our american friends should understanding that now, that threat follows this weeks announced u. S. Sanctions on moscow for its use of a nerve agent to target a former russian spy on british soil. Those sanctions, by the way, which could ratchet up even more in 90 days just the latest blow to the russian economy and, in particular, its currency. I dont have to tell you this, you know. This but for the folks at home who are unaware, the president s Dollar Diplomacy sent the ruble plummeting. Their currency is down 7 for the week. Its worst week in over three years. It is absolutely cratering. As for the state department. Here is what Heather Nauert had to say. She said Secretary Pompeo spoke with russian counter part sergey lavrov. Secretary pompeo reiterated the u. S. Seeks an improved
the 10year Treasury Yield settled lowest leve