Im seema mody in for sara eisen. Good morning. The big story that has everyone buzzing, alabamas dramatic overtile win ovove overtime win in georgia. More on that story coming up but congratulations to them. Commiserations to the losing side first, lets get back to the market picture we did have plenty of record highs intraday yesterday but not all record closes. The dow did close slightly lower for the day. The s p and the nasdaq were slightly higher. The nasdaq led the charge, up 0. 3 gains were slight but they were broad, 9 out of 11 s p sectors were higher. Utilities were the best performing of them and that highlights the boring fle ing n the outperformance tenyear treasury note for you, yields rose yesterday as they were towards the end of last week we have crossed 2. 5 the elusive barrier out of the 2. 4s 2. 5 bangon this morning the shorter end of the curve has been rising fast yields up which supported the dollar but the shorter end leading the charge higher. In asia, mostly p
Taser to get a person into handcuffs. Soon after the man became unresponsive. The victim was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. No word on the identity of the victim. New details. The suspected drugging of as many as seven stanford students at a Fraternity Party last weekend is triggering an investigation by police and the university. It s a story we ve been following sine this morning on today in the bay. Nbc bay area s kris sanchez has been on the phone and sending emails, asking questions all morning. She s live at stanford with wht the University Just told her. I can tell you that the university isnt saying a lot. Stanford police are directing us to the stanford press office and all theyre saying at this point is that there is an investigation underway. However in the last hour i talked to the student news source and this is what she told me about breaking the story. This is the house where the editor who wants to remain anonymous told me the alleged drugging happe
The somersville road exit at a high rate of speed and thats when the deputy the lights went on and pursuit began. But it ended quickly when police say that the drive ran a red light and slammed into that silver f150 pickup. Three people in the f150 were injured including two children who we heard earlier tonight were in critical condition. We are still waiting for confirmation from the Sheriffs Office, who hasnt returned our phone calls yet. Earlier though we spoke with a witness who described what she saw and what she heard moment after that crash. Heres what she had to say. I didnt hear the sirens, just when they were coming down the freeway it looked like just his lights were on and you didnt hearing screeching or anything. All you heard was an atomic boom. And obviously, the white truck hit the gray truck. And my husband was on our motorhome and said the whole gray truck just went up on its side and debris exploded all over the place. Reporter the driver in the white pickup truck a
Growth in overall business conditions. Higherthanexpected retail sales, and Online Shopping actually increased more than expected. That underscores the rosie manufacturing data we have been seeing. We are still seeing the conundrum of anemic wage growth, despite the tight job market. We have one company in boston reporting anecdotally that 20 out of a remained open factory with 100 positions, and they were struggling to find highly skilled labor. The Silver Lining though, increased wages are generally seen i a lot of districts Going Forward, and some firms are raising wages across a broader set of industries from the last report. So potentially some Silver Linings goers forward Going Forward into 2018. Overall a positive reading, underscoring what we have been hearing so far, with the fed penciling in these three expected rate hikes. Julia wage increases there, but modest pricing pressures mix. We will wait and see if they go through. Lets get a check on where stocks are and how they a
We shall carry this is al jazeera life and also coming up. Celebrations in ethiopia after the release of an Opposition Leader and hundreds of other prisoners as part of a government amnesty. A rare unity by the koreas ahead of the Winter Olympics but not everyone is happy in the south. Mexicans in the us a record amounts of money homeless fears of deportation rise under President Trump. Americas top diplomat as denying the United States has plans to help create an army of thirty thousand mainly kurdish fighters on the border between syria and turkey tanks have gathered on the turkish side of the border further west threatening to attack kurdish why peachey forces in a frame ankara strongly criticize. Is the u. S. For arming and funding the y. P. Chain which has played a significant role and the battle against eisel ankara links the syrian y. P. Chain kurdish fighters to turkeys outlawed pick a party the us secretary of state says reports of the forces being created have been mis portra