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we also hear from starbucks. the results that could change your fortunes in a flash coming out in just moments. plus republican leaders are scrambling to shore up support from both conservatives and moderates for a new health care bill. could we see another vote in the next 36 hours. helping your heroes, president trump signing an executive order for our veterans. we ll bring it to you live. among our guests mashable s lance ulanoff, congressman andy biggss, zane tankel, lieutenant colonel oliver north. taya kyle all coming up in the hour. melissa: companies with combined worth of $2 trillion reporting in the next few minutes. the results have a major impact on markets tomorrow and your wallet. here is how they re ending the day today. amazon, microsoft, alphabet already closing at new record highs ahead of their results. we ll see if they can hang on to that. david: as we await word from the tech giants, i want to bring in our pannell, lance ulanoff, mashable s edito ....
east peace is in jeopardy and a fiery speech, he defended the obama administration s policies for israel and the palestinians. backlash from the jewish state and america s incoming president seemingly boiling over with the white house. mr. trump calling out president obama and the u.n. in a new series of tweets promising change after january 20th. we ll talk about it. in jerusalem, you may have seen, this prime minister benjamin netanyahu issuing his own televised statement condemning mr. kerry s comments as anti-israel. a lot of back and forth between ourselves and israel today. back on the home front, though, amazon facing off against law enforcement and bentonville, arkansas. the online shopping giant echo device and alexa feature seen as the key to solving a murder. why isn t amazon going to help the police out? the right to privacy versus public safety debate. i m cheryl casone in for liz claman on the floor of the new york stock exchange. let s start our coun ....
the key to cracking the case? and drifting away. it s doing it! whoo! we ll take you behind the scenes and behind the wheel of the new technology designed to keep you and your family safe like never before. today, wednesday, december 28, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m tamron hall alongside carson daly. matt has the morning off and savannah of course is on maternity leave. we ve been talking before the show started about carrie fisher and some memories of her being here just last month. 2016 seems to be a year we re getting robbed of people we ve lost too soon. we begin with the loss of a true force in hollywood. actress and best-selling author carrie fisher. her career took off with her role in star wars but her legacy stretches well beyond that legendary franchise. stephanie gosk has the latest. good morn ....
we ll have rain most of the day tomorrow. the only part of tomorrow that i m concerned with. they are very early morning hours tomorrow in the colder numbers. we ll show you the timing on the rain drops and the potential for iciness coming up as well as potential travel delays for the holidays. speaking of travel delays, here s jack taylor. you will find everything open on the beltway, inner loop, virginia, 95, you are looking good. no trouble spots. chopper 4 is flying over the topside of the top look from 95 to georgia avenue. we have a little bit of volume, but no delay which is fabulous to see. everything will change after the new year, but for now, enjoy the holiday light volume. if you re headed out, you should be okay. back over to you. 6:02 and freands and family grieve over the death of a local yo yoga instructor. justin finch is live with more on the ongoing investigation. justin? reporter: angie, mccauley s friends and family held a vigil for her ho ....