Hes accused of trying to extort 6 million worth of bitcoin for the content. So lets begin. With me is jane foley, senior fx strategist at rabobank. Lets start with zimbabwe and the herald, we have seen the pictures and it is about celebrations. Or is it. Quite remarkable that different tones of these stories. If you look at the guardian, we see it is about excitement, jubilation, but if you look at the zimbabwean paper, tried to suggest that while mugabe overstepped his welcome, people of zimbabwe should respect his head illustrious leadership and that his wife was the cause of the problems. The point about grace mugabe is a very strong cultural reference. You do not behave like that as a woman toa man do not behave like that as a woman to a man in zimbabwe. There is a lot more to that. gucci grace to a man in zimbabwe. There is a lot more to that. gucci grace was one of the ways they described her. Why would a president s wife naturally be the next leader and it is a real issue. The o
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from washington. Good evening. The white house just behind us on this rainy evening in washington as we come on the air with an nbc news exclusive. My oneonone interview with President Trump in the west wing earlier today where he made several headlines in discussing for the first time his firing of fbi director james comey. The man who was leading the investigation into possible ties between the Trump Campaign and russia. The president offering a new timeline if and when he made the decision to fire him and raising eyebrows as he described to me three separate conversations with comey about whether he, the president , was under investigation. The president says the firing had everything to do with comeys poor handling of the clinton email case. The conversation began with the stinging rebuke of the ex fbi boss. Look, hes a hes a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil, you know that. I know that. Everybody knows
Investigators search for a cause in that massive london Apartment Fire as the death toll rises to 17 with many more still missing. Horrendous, horrendous. It was just completely engulfed. Why some are saying that building was an accident just waiting to happen. We have all that plus the father of the american student freed from a north korean prison speaking out. The wrongway crash that could have been much worse. And queGwyneth Paltrow gets ready to host a special hour of today, thursday, june 15, 2017. This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Glad to have you with us. Suffice it to say, we have a lot going on in your world. Let us get started. The president is meeting with Steve Scalise who remains in Critical Condition this morning. We have the investigation into that shooting covered from all angles. And were going to speak with congressman Roger Williams and his st
Inventories are today. 11 00 a. M. This morning. Hillary Clinton Holding a News Conference in the next few moments. We will take that live. When it begins. Road map with apple unveiling the iphone 7, will the new features boost the companys product cycle. Getting a downgrade from wells this morning. Hp enterprise shares falling despite what was an earnings beat, servers numbers perhaps a concern. Ceo meg whitman right next to us here at post nine. And b of a Ceo Brian Moynihan said more cost cutting is coming. First up apple hoping the newly launched iphone 7 and 7 plus will revive slowing sales. The features include longer battery life, higher resolution cameras, Water Resistance and, of course, the lack of that headphone jack. Meantime wells downgrading it to market perform expects shares to be range bound since positives surrounding apple largely unknown. The journal today, though, says enough new fiereatures people w be tempted to upgrade rather than next year. Age is ignorance. I
At this point firefighters are say it has been an active investigation. They had to cut through the garage. The mom said she operated an in Home Day Care out of the house she no longer does and only her family was home at that time. Heavy smoke and flames led to wake up you never want to get. I was woken up by my mother. She barged in, yelling. And saying there is fire, house on fire, you need to get out. Eric thought his mom was joking. Then, i knew my mom is not a great alaska they walk their dog and its unfortunate. Tree trimmers spotted the fire and started to bang on doors. Afterwa2y, the east wall of this home started to collapse they were treated and battled the flames from the ground and air. This video shows Joseph Moreno with a garden hose. I wasnt thinking straight. I had to protect my property. I was scared. I was afraid my home was going to burn up. It was hot. Firefighters poured water on my house. Its my house, and i should have the right to water it down if i want. Its