Friday. That to reach a deal to break the impasse over the debt ceiling and get the federal government to reopen once again. The government will run out of money this thursday if no new deal is reached. The dow skyrocketed more than 300 points on thursday. The second best day of the year. The nasdaq jumped as well. The markets continued to climb on friday. President obama announced his choice to run the Federal Reserve this week. It was no big surprise, janet yellen. She was born and raised in brooklyn, new york and a professor at harvard. She would be the first democrat to head the fed in 30 years and the first woman to head the fed ever. Yellen must still be approved by the senate. Earning season kicked off this week with two big financials reporting. Jpmorgan posted a loss. Wells fargo came ahead. Both companies were short on revenue. Weve been watching washington dysfunction for weeks now. Even though theres some hope for signs today its been having an effect on the market and the
Lets see. Wow. Yeah. How was your Super Bowl Weekend . It was a fun weekend. Yes. You went down to palm beach. I did go to palm beach. Oh, what a surprise. I go to palm beach for a book signing. Im signing books outside of jennifer millers jewelry store, a friend of ours. Right there. Love it. Who walks up screaming where is kathie lee over and over and over again but regis. He showed up, and he said i heard she was coming. Hoda, what are you doing here . So, anyway, he lathered this crowd he was in the middle of it. Oh, so sweet of them to come by. Oh, my god. He kept going i know shes here. Everybody said is she here . Such a troublemaker. Thats the crowd. We get together for dinner as often as we can. Usually its every six weeks or so. We pick up where we were before. Every time we would walk into a restaurant regis, i like to quietly get into a booth. He goes thats right, its regis. Look who is here. I cant get rid of her. Its kathie lee. She wants her old job back. I said ill try.
Flips and slams into a truck. Eight people are dead and dozens others injured. What the driver said moments before the crash. And search for answers. What happened to the new york city mother found murdered in turkey . Well talk to her mother today, monday, february 4th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im willie geist in this morning for matt. We have the backup generators all gassed up just in case. Super bowl xlvii will be remembered for a long time. Yes, for the games dramatic finish but perhaps more so for that power outage. If the ravens had not held on to win that game we would be talking conspiracy theories. Apparently the game got very exciting toward the end of it. When the lights went out etook it as a personal hint and went straight to bed. Ive been briefing uhuh on the outcome of the game all m
Its supposedly spicy. Lets see. Wow. Yeah. How was your Super Bowl Weekend . It was a fun weekend. Yes. You went down to palm beach. I did go to palm beach. Oh, what a surprise. I go to palm beach for a book signing. Im signing books outside of jennifer millers jewelry store, a friend of ours. Right there. Love it. Who walks up screaming where is kathie lee over and over and over again but regis. He showed up, and he said i heard she was coming. Hoda, what are you doing here . So, anyway, he lathered this crowd he was in the middle of it. Oh, so sweet of them to come by. Oh, my god. He kept going i know shes here. Everybody said is she here . Such a troublemaker. Thats the crowd. We get together for dinner as often as we can. Usually its every six weeks or so. We pick up where we were before. Every time we would walk into a restaurant regis, i like to quietly get into a booth. He goes thats right, its regis. Look who is here. I cant get rid of her. Its kathie lee. She wants her old job
Dramatic images of a 40 million gas platform, sinking into the sea. The crew was forced to hang on for dear life. Were going to have the story behind that accident. And on a much lighter note, were starting our yearlong countdown to the winter Olympic Games in sochi, russia. Check out whats going out on the plaza this morning. We have explaining to do, that is freestyle skiing. Some of the guys practicing wild aerials on trampolines. Hope you brought your trampoline shoes, willie. Start with the wild night at the super bowl. Jenna wolffe is in new orleans for us this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. What a game last night, complete tale of two halves. The guys in back of me were diehard ravens fans. They couldnt stop screaming the whole first half. The guys in front of me, diehard 49er fans. They couldnt stop screaming the whole second half. Me, in the middle, i enjoyed a little beyonce, a little blackout and a little football. It will forever be kn