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stress test on march 20th. that is breaking news we re getting right now. we ll hear more from banks on the stress tests on march 20th. that is the past dodd-frank. let s get more from the pits of cme. andrew, do you think we ll have any surprises there. absolutely not. one thing i keep an eye on cboe volatility index, known as the vix. the fear gauge saying there is not much fear in the market. there is always we have some concern. the fact of the matter the stock market wants to go one direction and that is higher. i m very close to selling a lot of positions but iicontinue to be long and continue to make money. dodd-frank, stress stress, were think that will do anything. i will watch activity in the bank stocks before that. we ve seen a lot of call activity in dfs, discover financial, in march. i don t think it will matter. the stock market continues higher. andrew, more breaking news on bottom of your screen. three fed bank presidents voted to increase the disco ....
gefs us a chance to swim, stay cool and have fun. hot weather brings people in. people bring in money. weather laps or a little bit of both with temperatures like these, being in the water can seem like the only place to make sense. and according to the director, the pool has seen attendance to date spike by 14%. we just hope this weather, this hot weather stays with us for as long as it can. it s been hot. on and off the field. fans today could feel temperatures climb while the team try tz owe keep their hot streak going. no matter where you stand, finding relief wasn t easy but they re not complaining. i did sneak in a water. i love this place. i kiss the concrete for you, if you want. fans knew it would be a hot one. they were ready. some slathered sun screen. hat, a lot of water. take break asks come back to my seat. temperatures fell just shy of the triple digits. crews kept water within reach, and at the gardens, finding a shady shot spot was lik ....
belmont, between him and horse biggest prize. today, sunday, may 18, 2014. ay, sunday, may 18th, 2014. from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in and welcome to today on a sunday morning. i m erica hill. and i m lester holt. if you have a ticket to the belmont stakes you are sitting pretty because we may get a triple crown. you said your father-in-law got tickets? he fought four tickets right before the race just in case and it actually worked? it was so much fun to watch yesterday. it was exciting. my kids and i went into the bar area of the restaurant. my eight-month-old is like is california chrome going to win this race? that s how excited everybody was. at least your eight-month-old wasn t racing to the bar. [ laughter ] you ve got to train them early. i m just impressed that harper knows house to say california chrome. she enunciated it perfectly. she knew. we begin with our top story which is ....
and president obama is asking congress to authorize military training of foreign troops to combat isis, also known as isil. and on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary, the president spoke to the nation about syria s president assad. now, there s a more urgent threat. well, it s an entirely different story today. 91% see isis as a threat to vital u.s. interests. and now, overwhelming support for air strikes and iraq and syria. so, he s addressing an audience looking for decisive action. now, president obama. my fellow americans, tonight i want to speak to you about what we will do to degrade and ultimately destroy the group known as isis. my highest priority is to defend america s interests. we took out al qaida, and their affiliate in yemen. and we ve done so while bring more than 140,000 troops home from iraq, and drawing down our forces in afghanistan. thanks to our military and counterterrorism professionals, america is safer. still, we face a terrorist threat, and ....
world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. now more than three weeks in, and with a battery life on those critical black boxes now measured in days, the search for that malaysia airlines 777 is only intensifying tonight. as the sun breaks on what is now a monday morning in australia, a second u.s. navy plane is poised to join the international hunt for the wreckage of flight 370. this, after they took advantage of better flying weather today. families publicly directed their anger at malaysian government officials, a determined group of aviators pressed on over the indian ocean in a risky top-wave search that today i.d. d more potential clues to this tragic mystery. our bill kneale was on board. reporter: early morning and hopes rise again with the search planes. they fly 1,000 miles and then begin another long day of scouring the ocean for anything. it s week four, and so far, not a single object they ve seen can be l ....