Today september 14th. This is today with lester holt and erica hill, live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill. Thomas roberts is here this morning in for jenna and dylan dreyer is out in boulder covering the floods. You are back and nice to have you back. Back for a full weekend while i was on vacation last weekend. A welldeserved vacation. Thank you. Filling in and topsyturvy and things are back to normal. All is right with the world. Im back to sleep deprived something i know well. Lot to cover on this saturday morning. We beginning in colorado. Devastating scene out there where some neighborhoods are under water and others simply cut off from the rest of the area because the roads are impassible. Or washed out. In some cases, just gone. Here is the latest for you this morning. At least four people are confirmed dead. Now, there is concern that number could rise. 181 people still unaccounted for in Boulder County
Exhibiting the kind of profound indifference to the racial contours of the jeff session nomination that i wouldnt have expected from somebody as savvy as mitch mcconnell. If they did that on purpose to be racially provocative, to stir you racial currents here, i think thats scary and gross. If they did it accidentally, i think its political malpractice. But i think theyve just turned this issue and Elizabeth Warren and the Jeff Sessions nomination into a much hotter, more hotly contested and sort of scarier thing that its been up until now. It was remarkable. Do you think it changes any votes . Thats my last question. I dont know. Weve seen a lot of republicans say they were willing to support Jeff Sessions, joe mancion. An extraordinary legal battle over the fate of the travel ban. A threejudge panel is considering an argument on whether to keep a hold on the order. Is there any reason for to us think theres a real risk . The president determined that there was a real risk. I cant bel
The level. I think well probably see that sooner than that. I know you guys on the floor and a lot of traders out there follow the s p more than the dow. Yes. Its a tradeable index. Its what youre watching. But the dow itself has just been hovering around this 14,000 level and just cant get anything going beyond that point. At what time do you say maybe we arent going to all time highs soon . Im not going to say that yet. I think we will see alltime highs. I think well see it this week. And if we have a close above the alltime high, thats also a good sign. And i think well probably see that this week also. Im still very bullish. But it is like waiting in the meantime. Absolutely. But it is what it is. You know . Yes, it is. Thank you, peter costa. And we are going out with a gain of 35plus points on the Dow Jones Industrial average. This will be the secondest highest close ever for the dow. And were now about 40 points away from an alltime high. Could we do it tomorrow . Lets talk abou
Partnership and leadership of your chancellor anglo merkel. The president just mentioned, and what Vladimir Putin is doing. He was dropped for his support of russia back in a separatist movement in ukraine. It has been raging for well over a year. Vladimir putin is not stopping as there are new fears russia is moving in yet again. We have a Fox News Contributor with us. 18 more dead and fighting in ukraine. Russia reportedly moving in more tanks. The Washington Post this morning saying obama needs to confront putin. Mr. Putin wont be there. How does the president do that with the other World Leaders and is it possible if. I dont think even if putin were there, youd see a confrontation. The problem with the american and west response to russian activity is its been weak. While its caused some economic troubles in russia it certainly has not undercut Political Support for putin. And it has not deterred him from continuing his military activity and trouble making basically inside ukraine.
Whose life changed forever because of a disturbed young man with a gun. Her 6yearold daughter died in the massacre at sandy hook. She tells me what she went through what went through her mind when she heard about the Navy Yard Shootings and how we can try and ensure it doesnt happen to other families. Plus, escape from polygamy. A beautiful teenager forced to marry the 85yearold head of a religious sect. How she broke free and her fears of the others she left behind. I knew there were other young girls who were still and are still being violated. He is still running that place from prison through phone calls. Its quite extraordinary interview. Thats coming up on the show. Well begin with our big story, the investigation of the Navy Yard Shootings. Heres what we now know, aaron alexis made mysterious etchings into the shotgun used in the attack. They read, better off this way and my elf weapon. Tactical officers and police were told by watch command to stand down, even though they were