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productivity washington helping drive stocks lower. bitcoin boom, the cryptocurrency surging past $12,000 for the first time ever. and the buyback trade, home depot announces a $15 billion repurchase plan as congress looks on track to pass major corporate tax reform mute you futures moving lower three day losing street for first time since august. data from adp, the private sector added exactly 190,000 jobs that was the estimate in fact. the year to date average now, 209, which is better than last year s 181 we ll see what friday brings. look, i think we re in one of those moments when i used to trade professionally where you would come in and say it wants to go down i was watching will and morgan this morning japan is down. i said to you on cross talk, copper had a bad day you know, there s a belief that maybe tech is slowing down, which i can t find i ask everybody there isn t a big firm where is tech slowing down, can t come up with it. but the market want ....
travel times of the entiti year. but with a winter storm m rning for the e tire state of iowa.local lawenforcement is urging people to stay off the roads. reporter jacob peklo has more on what you should keep in mind if you do get behind the wheel. michael clyde has worked a lot of holiday weekends, in his 11 years with the iowa state patrol. trooper michael clyde, iowa state patrol: every year, it seems like people get in more and more of a hurry to get where they re going, ananthat always seses to be a factor right around the holidays i ithe speed. on sunday, he s performing his usual checks of the roadways, making sure all the cars or trucks that have skidded off the roadways are accounted for. nats with the potential for the whole state to be under a winter storm warning on monday, this flowing scene of traffic could look far different. trooper michael clyde, iowa state patrol: if you are stranded, it s important to remember to stay calm, don t get out of your v ....
th would have been his first court appearance since being brought back to virginia. nbc s david koehler. repor a packed courtroom at the general district court this morning right here in charlott matthew and hisinside both were supposed to be here to be part ofn two reckless driving charg. instead, those have been continue e were the very first charges fileded in co ed conneh hannah graham s disappearance. he walked into the police station, walked out, after asking for an attorney, and a short time later, police pulled him over for reckless driving. those have been pushed off to december. hearing, along with the more serious abduction with intent to defile charge. police deploying some new tactics, including flying a drone above certain parts of the search areas. we re going to look more into that. wel bring you updates on air of coue for news 4:00, and at 5:00, at 6:00, and online at nbcwashi > a man once cleared off a technica of child abuse charges now faces a new ....
forecasters predict the economy grew at a rate of 3.1%. on the economic calendar today, we ve got weakly jobless claims coming out. and we ll hear lots of names before the bell including conco philips, mastercard. the bulls looking to bounce back today. you can see this morning, there are some modest declines at this point. dow futures down by about 6.5 points below fair value. s&p futures off by over 8 points and the nasdaq down by over 8 points. if you ve been watching early trade in europe, you will see some biggest declines there, as well. and the major markets in asia ending mixed. the nikkei was up by just over 0.6%. hang seng down by 0.5%. shanghai higher about 0.735%. while we re talking markets, a number of stocks that are on the move this morning, visa posting better than expected results. they re saying mobile payments will be a great driver for the business. so they re not worried about walmart and the other folks starting up their own. the company announc ....
expected 195,000 jobs were added, and the unemployment rate will tick down to 7.7%. january joy: the first month of the year was a good one for the stock market. the dow s top performers gained nearly 6%, and among the commodities oil had its best start of a new year since 2006, which pumped up prices at the gas station. the average cost of gallon of unleaded jumped 13 cents this month. and in legal action, peregrine ceo russell wasendorf will get 50 years in prison - the max - for cheating investors out of $215 million. todd horwitz of the adam mesh group joins us now. he has a closer look at the jobs trade. what are you expecting in trading off the jobs number today? > > good morning. all signs the whole week pointed to this one number. the expected number for the forecast is 195. the expected number is 215. if we re not north of 215, i think the market is going to be in for a little bit of a rocky ride today. > todd, as you know, they often say, as goes january goes ....