Federal investigation now setting sights on a powerful democratic lobbiest. Who he is and why. What happened to those four american soldiers killed in an ambush in niger. Were expecting a News Conference from chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general Joseph Dunford from the pentagon. Any moment well take you there live. Look at markets. Nicole on floor of new york stock exchange. Well it is almost like we need a little bit of a breather, right, nicole . What are traders saying. They think it is quite okay we have a little bit of a breather. They are impressed we tested thresholds and moved higher. Scott ressler on us last hour said exactly that we pull back hold levels on bottom, only moving higher to the up side. You saw every sector to the downside, energy, materials, telecom, utilities, those dividendpaying stocks those did okay. Were trying to hold on to the green. Everything finished to the downside. The dow down 53 points after the 70th record close on friday under, since el
Department of defense has not been forth coming and it would be helpful for me to collar file for you and what we hope to find out in the ongoing investigation. Secretary mattis is in asia. Our soldiers are operating in niger to build the capacity of local forces to defeat violent extremism. As we have seen many times groups like isis and al qaeda pose a threat to the American People and their allies, they are a global threat to fighters and resources and seek to operate where they can exploit weaknesses in local government. If you think of those enablers as connective tissues, or strategy is to cut that tissue and deal with the challenges within the countries and region. We can be proud of our progress today, our work is not done even with the fall of mosul and raqqa and tonight im going to welcome representatives from 75 Different Countries to improve the effectiveness of our network to defeat terrorism. Well focus on improving information sharing between to detect between nations to
Coming up from the carolinas. It cut a wide swath of destruction damaging buildings even knocking out big rigs. The winds were so powerful they toppled over a plane and flipped vehicles while tearing apart a North Carolina airport. Elsewhere in the state a massive tree fell crushing a house below. Fortunately nobody was inside at the time. The owner has two small children. Lets turn now to nbc meteorologist bill karins and, bill, where are these dangerous storms headed . Unfortunately over densely populated areas. Wind damage will be the concern with isolated tornadoes. Were currently watching what is left of the strong storms yesterday. Now moving through eastern nickell robeycoleman North Carolina, a line of showers and d. C. Heading to portions of maryland and delaware. The storms will regenerate. They get stronger along the cold front and this slight risk goes north of albany to glenz falls to the Hudson Valley south wards including new york city, including philadelphia, Atlantic C
System rolls into the northeast. Coming up from the carolinas. It cut a wide swath of destruction damaging buildings even knocking out big rigs. The winds were so powerful they toppled over a plane and flipped vehicles while tearing apart a North Carolina airport. Elsewhere in the state a massive tree fell crushing a house below. Fortunately nobody was inside at the time. The owner has two small children. Lets turn now to nbc meteorologist bill karins and, bill, where are these dangerous storms headed . Unfortunately over densely populated areas. Wind damage will be the concern with isolated tornadoes. Were currently watching what is left of the strong storms yesterday. Now moving through eastern nickell robeycoleman North Carolina, a line of showers and d. C. Heading to portions of maryland and delaware. The storms will regenerate. They get stronger along the cold front and this slight risk goes north of albany to glenz falls to the Hudson Valley south wards including new york city, i
It runs 45 minutes. Today is the anniversary of the 1983 beirut bombing. After speaking to secretary mattis this morning, i decided to address you because theres been a lot of speculation about the operation in niger. Theres a perception that the department of defense has not been forthcoming. I thought it would be helpful for me to personally clarify to and whatwe know today, we hope to find out in the ongoing investigation. Retary mattis will be here would be here, but as many of you know, he is in asia. Up locals are building forces to defeat extremism in west africa. Times,ave seen many groups like isis and al qaeda pose a threat to the United States, the American People, and our allies. They are a global threat able by the flow of foreign fighters, resources, and their narrative. They seek to operate were they can exploit weaknesses in local government and Security Forces. If you think of those enablers as connective tissue between ups across the globe, is our strategy is to cut t