Neighbors homes toogive himself a little more space. It is all about privacy. Those stories this hour on markets now. Connell there we go. How is it going . It is friday. Dagen why are you being so friendly . Because you do not have to see me for the next two days. That is why. Lets get to the markets. Nicole petallides is at the new york stock exchange. Nicole taking a little bit of a breather after yesterday. It was a great day on wall street yesterday. Today will be a little bit more of a quiet type day. Yesterday we ran up pretty fast. You do not normally see that. We are seeing the dow up. We know that in washington they continue to try with the negotiations. The october 17 date is still something they are keeping in mind. Connell thank you. Dagen president obama will meet with the last of the four congressional caucuses over the debt ceiling. Connell Republican Leaders met with the president last night. They still do not have a deal. We have a Harvard Business School Professor jo
Dagen very big overseas. Connell we will talk to jo ling kent in a minute. Good morning. Volatility has been what we have seen recently. We are still in nonvolatile time. Right now we are seeing a pattern with lots of green arrows across the board. The Dow Jones Industrials up. Almost a half of 1 . Just like the tech heavy nasdaq. The s p is getting walmart with some tough numbers out. Back to you. Dagen whats app. That is how you are supposed to say it. Connell some mixed reviews from the analysts. 19 billion is what facebook is paying for what app. According to early investors whats app adds 1 million users every single day. The stock is actually down 2. 2 . They see a higher costs and delivering engagement. Theyre taking a more positive stance. The strategic rationale is sound. Here is something i loved researching. He tweets hear all about it. It is amazing how things change. It is. Tac is something a lot of people are talking about. We bring Michael Bloch in. Good to see you. What
She puts lights in them. Pretty amazing. And shes doing it quickly. By the end of the chat, shes going to have our hats prepared. Lets hope they fit. By the way, its so funny to look at people outside. Some people are wearing sweatshirts because its the weirdest weather week. It was almost 70 degrees yesterday in greenwich. Last week, i had a crazy weekend. Lets talk about yours. Right before the weekend, i had gotten a call to go and do a cameo. Im here, a cameo appearance on michael j. Foxs sitcom called the michael j. Fox show. And there i am, ready to go. What was your role . What were you doing there . Its very difficult. I play myself, and that is anne heche and michael j. Fox and justin long. I got to do a scene with those incredibly talented people. So much fun, and thank you so much. I cant wait to see this. Ann had to make an exit on the scene, and then we follow each other out, and we stood there for five takes watching justin and michael j. Fox. Just two masters go at it an
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Happy monday. Welcome to today. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist with Natalie Morales and dylan dreyer. Matt and al have the morning off. Weather outside is frightful here. Warm and rainy. Warm and rainy is the key. I cant believe how long it was. I said i put the jorts up on a shelf and could bring them down. I know. Guys. Its insane. We have ryan oneal live in our los angeles studio this morning. He just won a huge verdict and that Farrah Fawcett portrait is in his hands now legally. But the weather is the top story this morning. The impact it is having on the holiday rush. At least nine deaths blamed on storms that produced everything from tornadoes to a dangerous ice storm. Half a Million People without power nationwide. By late last night, more than 700 flights had been cancelled. Another 11,000 delayed. Just in time for the Christmas H
Big gains, green arrows. Triple digit gains in the dow jones industrial. We have not had an up day where at the closing bell we had i anp arrow for the dow. Since before thanksgiving, since last wednesday. It is welcome especially for the bulls, but for right now it looks like we will be snapping our winning streak we have seen. Up 8 of the last straight weeks, but last friday the dow closed 16,086, so some way to go with that. Some alltime highs worth noting. You are hot on these names. 1064. Back to you. Dagen im smiling because two of my favorite people on the planet are here. Two of my favorite people. Here to talk about this, the newest news on employers. 243,000 jobs in november beat estimate by more than 20,000 people. A five year low of ninth round. Labor Participation Rate, the number of people in the workforce looking for work up slightly. What to make of all those. Global chief investment officer. You guys combined manage a trillion dollars. Something thereabout. I am not pi