area of road i m standing on right now, usually a heavily trafficked intersection and street in the city of charleston. water up to ankles now. you can see that s receded, but the problem back here still remains. those cars have been there all morning long, finally getting towed out, since the water has receded to where it s safe for the tow truck drivers to get in here, but it has been a storm that s coupled with hurricane joaquin to present life threatening dangers. four people have lost their lives in the states of north carolina and south carolina combined, three traffic related fatalities, another losing their life after a tree fell on top of them. just a short time ago i spoke to the fire ems, let s show viewers what we re dealing with, just a while ago i was talking with fire ems. they say they ve had to rescue, physically rescue, 25 of them outside of their homes because of the flood waters. and the issue, of course, is the high tides. there s about eight and a half feet of wat
like don quixote and fighting the headwinds of the rest of washington as we move into 2014. nor positive gains on the dow jones right now. let s show viewers. up almost 93 points. the dow jones now at 16,271. so this is pretty encouraging for wall street investors and those who have money invested in 401(k)s. it is. and it s also important because housing prices are still appreciating. that affects the bulk of households. we re seeing those two things move together. the issue too with the pickup in job gains, not enough to bring the long-term unemployed out. if you just lost a job or a new college grad, i think in 2014, you ll have an easier time getting a job. it is a morning transitional year from what we ve seen so far in the recovery. you have some economic thoughts about 2014. some advice for some viewers out there? well, you know, it s going to be a little bit better year.
correspondent savannah guthrie. welcome to all of you. savannah, congratulations. ? thank you so much. hear, hear. we re so happy for you, and i know the today show viewers will embrace you warmly. great for nbc news. ? thank you. you ve got to be excited about it. i m very excited and excited to talk about the supreme court this morning. no, we re not going to move on. enough, enough. so proud. when is the next concert? that s really it means free tickets for us. we are wasting precious time. let s frame this by going to our train tracker this morning, what s moving online, what people are paying attention to. you guessed it, the future of health care, whether there s a boost for president obama and the legacy of the chief justice. so that s really where we start. you know, i thought it was funny, a lot of talk about what this means politically. jaly leno had a little fun imagining what president obama s real reaction was when he got the supreme court ruling. w
? thank you so much. hear, hear. we re so happy for you, and i know the today show viewers will embrace you warmly. great for nbc news. ? thank you. you ve got to be excited about it. i m very excited and excited to talk about the supreme court this morning. no, we re not going to move on. enough, enough. so proud. when is the next concert? that s really it means free tickets for us. we are wasting precious time. let s frame this by going to our train tracker this morning, what s moving online, what people are paying attention to. you guessed it, the future of health care, whether there s a boost for president obama and the legacy of the chief justice. so that s really where we start. you know, i thought it was funny, a lot of talk about what this means politically. jaly leno had a little fun imagining what president obama s real reaction was when he got the supreme court ruling. watch. you know, it s interesting. he didn t want to gloat, but if you watch his
welcome to all of you. savannah, congratulations. thank you so much. hear, hear. we re so happy for you, and i know the today show viewers will embrace you warmly. great for nbc news. thank you. you ve got to be excited about it. i m very excited and excited to talk about the supreme court this morning. no, we re not going to move on. enough, enough. so proud. when is the next concert? that s really it means free tickets for us. we are wasting precious time. let s frame this by going to our train tracker this morning, what s moving online, what people are paying attention to. you guessed it, the future of health care, whether there s a boost for president obama and the legacy of the chief justice. so that s really where we start. you know, i thought it was funny, a lot of talk about what this means politically. jay leno had a little fun imagining what president obama s real reaction was when he got the supreme court ruling. watch. you know, it s interestin