Making it all the way to california before being captured, tells his story. I had to do something pretty risky and gutsy to prove that these guys that i can handle myself in the community. This morning, the one burning question he wouldnt answer. Those stories, plus growing outrage over a new policy that allowing elephant trophies into the u. S. Ben affleck talks scandals and superheros here in studio 1a. And Country Musics king and queen, tim mcgraw and faith hill, are taking over our plaza for a special live concert. Today, friday, november 17th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Country musics king and queen. I know. Sounds pretty good. I thought we were that at halloween. Exactly. We felt that way. This is the real deal. We cant wait to hear tim and faith on our plaza. Well get to that later on. Lets start with our top story. The waves of scandal reaching capitol hill. Al franking now apologizing in t
We are live in springfield, missouri, with all the details. Meanwhile Tropical Storm harvey making landfall again. This time slamming parts of louisiana. Well speak with a states lieutenant governor, Billy Nungesser about the situations there. Talking about harvey, the town of port arthur, texas, now underwater after being hit hard by heavy rains overnight. Were live on the ground there where rescue efforts are now underway. Cheryl well get back to texas of course in a moment but these markets, taking a look at the dow climbing for a second straight day, driven higher by shares of cisco. Goldman sachs and caterpillar helping all of this. Nicole petallides watch being action from the floor of the new york stock exchange. Nicole, we got good news on the economy. Is that part of the reason were seeing these numbers . Overall looking pretty good. We die guessed a lot of harvey and north korea. We got a little blip late in the day talks between lavrov and tillerson, not do anything with nor
News of more pipeline and refinery disruptions are all in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey now reports of more storms brewing. Well break down the impact on energy prices. And explosion and fire at a Chemical Plant in texas. Were live on the scene with the impact. Scary stuff trying to figure out if its toxic or not we bring with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin picking up President Trumps baton who spoke to our Steve Liesman earlier with hoy lights of that conversation. Thank you very much u. S. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin sitting down exclusively with cnbc saying the detailed plan cometh despite criticism that President Trump was promoting a plan without detail. Mnuchin says there is a plan, and it will be released within the next few weeks. Originally our goal had been august unfortunately, things got delayed a bit, but were on a track to get this done by the end of the year, so youre going to see the details come out later this month its going to go through a committee proces
Lauren widening scandal on wells fargo after warren buffet said the bank is on the right track. Fbn am starts right now. Lauren 5 01 a. M. In new york. Good morning, everyone, im cheryl casone. Lauren im lauren simonetti, dead toll from harvey to 39, officials warning there could be more explosions at the Chemical Plant in crosby, texas, the plant was hit by two explosions yesterday and one lost power. Cheryl this as daunting time of cleanup, jeff flock is live in houston with all of the latest, jeff, good morning. Good morning, cheryl, good morning to you. I do sense a corner being turned this morning. Take a look at the scene behind me. No more water, but this is what harvey and the flooding has left behind. You know, there are different neighborhoods in houston, 40,000 homes impacted, many of them as you look at the debris here flooded quickly and the flood waters are already down and people are already attacking it, pulling out their damaged goods, pulling out the drywall, getting
Please evacuate your homes. The fire fueled by recordbreaking heat and the desperate fight going on right now to keep it contained. And this morning, the penn state hazing case, a judge dismissing the most serious charges against the frat members indicted in the death of a fellow student. His mother speaking to gma this morning. Nobody should go through this. And the district attorneys next move here. Hey, good morning, and lets get right to the new developments in the wake of harvey. Look at these new aerial images showing parts of texas before and after the storm went on its rampage causing all that flooding. President trump is headed back to the state of texas this morning, as well as louisiana. Now, overnight the white house asked congress for nearly 8 billion in aid for Recovery Efforts there and this is just the first ask. Harvey is predicted to be at least the second costliest Natural Disaster in american history, the number of homes damaged or destroyed, that number now stands