injured in a car accident as his vehicle is crushed in a crash. on the economic front, the new china tariffs may end up hitting new the wallet to the tune of $1,000 a year. and warren buffet reveals the ultimate test of how you ve lived your live. early today starts right now good morning, i m phillip mena. and i m frances rivera. hurricane dorian delivers a catastrophic blow to the bahamas. some homes are submerged on abaco eye lan. parts of paradise already completely devastated as the slow-moving storm threatens communities. the national hurricane center in miami says it ties with a 1935 labor day hurricane as the strongest in the atlantic. and it s looking like florida s fate lies in a handful of miles as dorian dances off the coast. at least 1 million people in the carolinas and georgia have been ordered to evacuate because of the category five storm. meanwhile, president trump made this surprising remark i m not sure that i ve ever even heard of a category
it s a holiday movie or n . early todarts right now. good rning and merry christmas. i m marlie hall. and i m phillip mena. investors hing for a christmas miracle this morning after another brutal day on wall et st stocks plunged in their worst day of christmas eve tradinghe ever as s&p 500 officially slipped into bear market territory. theo dow a tanked, plummeting 653 points while the nasdaq didn t fare much better. the market meltdown coming in response to the turbulence in d.c. the shutdown showdown now entering day four with no end in sight. nbc s garrett haake has the latest as the administration tries to steady the ship. reporter: christmas eve, the stock market delivering instors a lump of coal. the market down more than 20% from its recent highs. experts say the turmoil in washington isn t helping. this has been something that the president has got to own because he has started a fight. he s basically continuing a trade war. he s getting into it with congre
that age old debate over whether it s a holiday movie or not. early today starts right now. good morning and merry christmas. i m marlie hall. and i m phillip mena. investors hoping for a christmas miracle this morning after another brutal day on wall street. stocks plunged in their worst day of christmas eve trading ever as the s&p 500 officially slipped into bear market territory. the dow also tanked, plummeting 653 points while the nasdaq didn t fare much better. the market meltdown coming in response to the turbulence in d.c. the shutdown showdown now entering day four with no end in sight. nbc s garrett haake has the latest as the administration tries to steady the ship. reporter: christmas eve, the stock market delivering investors a lump of coal. the market down more than 20% from its recent highs. experts say the turmoil in washington isn t helping. this has been something that the president has got toed a fi. he s basically continuing a trade war. he s gett
good morning. i m marlie hall. and i m phillip mena. more drama in d.c. this morning as the cabinet shake-up continues. defense secretary james mattis is heading out the door sooner than expected. president trump announced on twitter that mattis will lea on the first of the new year, two months earlier than previously announnd. the decis possibly prompted by the defense chief s highly critical resignationletter. nbc s susan mcguinness joining us from d.c. with the very latest on this. susan, good morning. i hear the president h named a replacement for mattis this weekend. that s right. that hapned pretty quickly as well, phillip. but yeah, the president announcing in a tweet on sunday fense secretary james mattis will be departing his post much earlier than expected, two months earlier. this follows mattis s resignation last weehat was in protest over the president s decision to withdraw troops froa sy and later from afghanistan as well against the advice of the pentagon
good morning. i m marlie hall. and i m phillip mena. the death toll continues to rise from a disastrous tsunami in indonesia. at least 281 people are dead, and more than 1,000 injured as rescuers search for the missing. the islands decimated after under-sea landslides from the anak krakatau volcano triggered historic waves. and now the disaster management agency is warning of the possibility of another tsunami. we know the krakatoa tsunami struck indonesia at about 9:30 p.m. local time on saturday. it hit several coastal cities on the islands of java and sumatra during the peak of a local holiday there and sent waves crashing onto popular tourist resort not far from the capital. nbc s lucy kafanov has the very latest. reporter: this indonesian pop band was performing on the beach in western java when the tsunami wave suddenly hit without warning. sweeping away the stage and audience. in an emotional video message the lead singer says the bassist and manager both died. thr