Across the board with the exception of the italian ftse. A quick look at wti crude right now, wti if youre buying it buy the barrel, you can do it for 48. 91. Hurricane irma one of the most powerful atlantic storms in a century. Its churning its way across the caribbean towards florida. Kalee dionne joins us live from cnbc headquarters. Whats the path . Reporter the path is westnorthwest at this point the question still lies when will it turn to the north . Thats something well be watching throughout the day. The latest update from the National Hurricane center, it maintained its 185mileperhour winds. Its just to the eastsoutheast of st. Marteen, and conditions are deteriorating there. This will continue to move at 16 Miles Per Hour that pressure continues to drop. As that pressure drops, the winds will maintain that speed or continue to increase. Everyone is wanting to know where is the track i dont want a lot of people to focus on where it will go as it moves closer to the u. S. At t
A film focusing on recent atrocities in china is screened at the glamorous Film Festival. China whereegin in 50 years have passed since the start of the cultural revolution. The campaign unleashed by chairman mao is widely recognized as one of the darkest times in modern chinese history. Millions were humiliated, tortured, and killed during the people which the government officially labeled a catastrophe in 1981. Half a century later, there are still not official commemorations. China, a a rarity in Museum Dedicated to the countrys cultural revolution. It is private memorabilia commemorating the red era, regarded as one of chinas most divisive and deadly periods. Ideahave long followed the of not to speak but to let the Cultural Relics talk. What is important is to hand down the experience and lessons learned. Onorter half a century ago may 16, 1966, he launched a political and Ideological Movement to purify the country of old customs and ideas. It was also a means to discredit politic
Times. I found i admired raymond a great deal. Greely called him the little villain, a nickname that stuck. Cartoonists portrayed him as a very little fellow with a big beard. But he stuck to and it made the New York Times he committed the New York Times to the same idea of all the news that is fit to print that it still practices today, albeit under a different ownership. How does he fit into this scenario. Bennett was the first on the scene and was the oldest and born in scotland, before the turn of the 19th century, fell in love with newspapers, had a facility for language so he got jobs as a translator of foreign news, and then ultimately wrote so many good things about the Andrew Jackson administration that he expected that jackson and jacksons successor, martin van buren, would find a way to get him money to start his own newspaper. The administration didnt like it. Vaguely foreign, a little smarmy and from that day on, bennett is more independent than practically any newspaper e
But a new warning from the government about what youre really wrapping up. I dont need it in my stocking and good morning, america. That song is already happily stuck in all of our heads this morning. Now its going to be stuck in yours as well. A little gift for you all on this tuesday morning. You know, theres been no breakout Christmas Song since mariah carey. So were finally about to get a new holiday hit. 20 years ago. 1994. We want to get to the weather right now. So much snow out west. Look whos taking a break from christmas prep. Its not us. There it is right there. I was just about to reenact it for you. Rob, thats santa claus. That is santa claus. So with technology today, hes able to take a quick break. Ahead of schedule, happy to report. He will be busy, and he will have a strong jet stream to ride in on in some cases. That jet stream is bringing on a couple of storms. Actually three of them that are going to come together. One, two, and three. And those things will collide
Sony hack . And road rage. Oh, my god she just hit our car. Shes pushing us off the road. A frightening incident in Northern California all caught on tape. The driver of a pickup truck relentlessly pursuing two women in another car until they safely reach police leaving us wonder where is the holiday spirit today, tuesday, december 23rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from study joe owe studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. That scene out of Northern California on a highway reminds you while the holidays are supposed to be a joyous time, not for everybody. To hear the screams and the panic in the voices of those passengers, well have more details of what went down there. Exactly. Lets get right to our top story, though. Huge storm is coming at the worst possible time, on Christmas Eve. It could be a nightmare for millions of travelers. So if you can get to where youre going today, you might want t