Watching apple. Again. The stock has not closed above 500 a share since january. It has a real shot today. Take a look. It is the why the stock that is surging that has our attention. Carl icahns tweet yesterday has so far netted him about 70 billion on his apple investment. So should we expect more of the highly publicized social media announcements . Is that good or fair for the free market . 70 billion, bill he bought a ton of apple, and is making a lot of money right now on that. Also, awaiting another briefing on the air tragedy involving the u. P. S. Cargo plane outside of birmingham, alabama, crashed first thing this morning. Sadly, both crew members died in that accident. And now were awaiting news on why it happened. Well have the very latest on that. Phil is monitoring that for us, coming up in a few minutes here. A tough story there. Lets look at the market as we approach the final hour. As the bell sounds in about an hour. The dow is down 105 point, just shy really of the l
Why hes now fighting to protect his babies. And good morning, america. To all of our viewers in the west. Youre looking at new pictures at the crash site in alabama where the u. P. S. Cargo plane went down. Abcs Pierre Thomas has the latest. Reporter great concern for the pilot and copilot. The u. P. S. Officials just released a statement they havent confirmed the status of their pilots. The massive cargo plane smoldering, broken into pieces, scattered about an alabama field. The cargo flight, en route from louisville, kentucky, crashed on approach. North of Birmingham International airport. Firefighters were quickly on the scene, battling a huge fire that erupted shortly after the 6 00 a. M. Crash. Hazmat units were also dispatched. Actually we were in bed and we heard something go over the house and it sounded like a plane out of fuel. Few minutes later we heard this loud boom. Reporter team of investigators from the National Transportation safety board prepare to race to the scene t
And good morning, america. Boy, is it heating up in egypt right now. State of emergency in that country as the death toll continues to climb from the clashes between protesters and the military. The u. S. Has condemned the crackdown, but theres a real fear now that the violence is going to spread. Well have a report live from the scene this morning. And also this morning, we have new details breaking on the abduction of hannah anderson. We have the justreleased search warrant. They reveal what was happening before she was kidnapped. Very disturbing. Very disturbing stuff. But right now, lets get to the big rains and those Tropical Storms developing right now. Ginger zee, in for sam. Good morning, guys. We have our eyes are on the tropics because we have tropical depression five that could become Tropical Storm erin. That low coming from most of them taking it over mexico. If it goes up into the gulf could hit somewhere in the gulf states. Okay, it could, it would. I doesnt matter, beca
A key u. S. Ally, seemingly in chaos this morning. Right now, a violent crackdown on protesters is taking place in egypt. Egypt has been the scene of Political Tension for months. And overnight, things boiled over. Abcs Tahman Bradley joins us with the details. Good morning, tahman. Reporter diana and john, good morning. The crackdown came from Egyptian Security forces against supporters of egypts ousted president mohamed morsi. When those Security Forces moved in, they did so with volleys of teargas, along with armored cars and bulldozers. The intention was to clear two sites where morsi supporters had been holding protests. Their sitin had entered its seventh week. A statement from morsis Muslim Brotherhood party says at least 200 people have been killed. Hospital estimates put the number of those injured in the thousands. Government tv reports put those numbers significantly lower. And sources tell us that at least 200 morsi supporters have been arrested so far. Initially it was tho
2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today at 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on this wednesday. Im matt lauer. Morning everyone im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. A lot happening in the news today. A lot of breaking news overnight including an intense bank. More on that story in a few minutes. First, right to that deadly cargo plane crash in alabama. Tom costello is at Reagan International airport. Tom, good morning. What is the latest . Reporter good morning. This happened at about 6 00 a. M. Eastern time, 5 00 a. M. Central time this morning. This was u. P. S. Cargo flight 1354 coming into birmingham, alabama, from louisville, kentucky, where upss base is with a major cargo operation. The plane never made it to the runway, coming in and crashing in a field just short of the airport. Were told no structures nearby were involved. Local authorities on