the latest on the series of quakes in recent days. heavy damages and massive power outages reported. live reports just ahead. ready to talk. a bombshell reversal, from the president s former national security adviser. why john bolton says he s prepared to testify at the impeachment trial. those stories, plus, the new charges against harvey weinstein in los angeles, as his criminal trial begins in new york. race against time, a race to save the animals in the wild of that are ravaging that country. it hurts. it hurts. and big changes for youtube. the major overhaul rolled out for videos made for children. what your kids won t see when they log in. today, tuesday, january 7th, 2020. from nbc news, this is today, with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today. thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. a busy news morning it is. we re going to get right to our top story. huge crowds in iran for the funer
water. early today starts right now good monday morning i m phillip mena and i m dara brown. we begin with wild weather that has been sweeping across the country. dangerous storms tore through the midwest and northeast. at least nine people were injured after a lightning strike sent a tree crashing down on a tent for more on the latest round of severe weather here s nbc s kathy park reporter: bursts of lieening lit up parts of kansas while two hours away 80 mile per hour winds toppled trains dozens of railcars had to be turned up right with the help of y chery. those severe s tormthroug dumping heavy rain and snapping tree limbs onto cars and homes just sleeping and woke up to this mess. that tree came down, went through the tc the garage. water pouring in the house reporter: dangerous weather stranded passengers at both airports in chicago, with hundreds of flight cancellations and delays and just outside the city, a jolt for golfer phil mickelson forced out of h
by .7% the hang sang was up by 2.1% the shanghai composite up by 2.1% in europe right now where there is active trading taking place, green arrows across the board. the biggest gainer is the footsy up by .8%. quick check on treasury yields which was so closely watched last week when you saw the temporary inversion in the middle of the day between the 10s and the 2s this morning, 1.618% the two year is 1.15% so showing more room than we have seen over the last several sessions. we have a huge week ahead for wall street. kicking off today, big tech executives testifying at ustr hearings then tomorrow, quarterry lults from home depot, kohl s and t.j. maxx wednesday, fed reports on existing home sales plus reports from lowe s target and l. brands and thursday jackson hole symposium kicks off where, of course, steve liesman will be. all leading up to fed chair jay powell s big speech which will take place on friday but meanwhile, we want to pivot right now to an update on the bi
house announcing it will send another $360 million in humanitarian assistance to ukraine, as well as 400 million more in military equipment to help slow the russian onslaught in the eastern donbas region. and, to support the people affected by russia s war. while on capitol hill, the january six committee is gearing up for another hearing this tuesday. after securing testimony from a key witness. yesterday, former trump white house counsel pat cipollone, sat down for a marathon seven and a half hour interview before that panel. so joining us right now, nbc s laura barrick in delaware, liz mclaughlin and highland park illinois, and janice mackie flare from tokyo. welcome to you all, more we re gonna start with you here. talk about the abortion protests, but first, what do we know about the january 6th committee s hours long interview with former white house counsel pat cipollone? well, this is something very generous its committee has been waiting months for, to hear that te
francisco, and the judge there gave no indication as far as when he ll make his final decision on that injunction to that executive order that would de-fund sanctuary cities but the trump administration had a new interpretation of the order saying the so-called sanctuary cities wouldn t be stripped of all federal funding, the grants be stripped of would only come from the department of homeland security and department of justice. at one point during the arguments even claiming that santa clara county would stand to lose only $1 is million in funding and san francisco wouldn t see any federal funding stripped at all. the judge seemed a bit skeptical asking at one point then what s the purpose of the executive order then? the council for santa clara county and san francisco said this would cause irreparable for cities that are tnot cooperatin. here s the deputy attorney for san francisco speaking after today s hearing. we are not confident that that is going to stick, and we