unwavering commitment to make sure that the special counsel cannot be fired, that this investigation cannot be a victim of political interference. the president has indicated that he is averse to hearing about russia or considering its threat to this country. that aversion certainly sets back his ability to defend this country against the russian threat through sanctions and other means and deterrence that will assure that russia is made to pay a price so they do not do it again. in conclusion, let me just say that aversion must be overcome. we need to send a signal, as we did by passing sanctions, that we will take action against russia to stop it from interfering again in this election, that we will make sure that russia is made to pay a price, and that our constituents know that we will insist on a fair and independent investigation without political interference, passing legislation that is bipartisan. it has been offered by republicans as well as democrats, including
yesterday, they were off the highs of the session this morning green arrows are indicated once again, but modest advances the doi ww was up by 10 1/2 poi, the nasdaq up by 3, the s&p up by 3 the gains have been significant this year. have we seen 71 days for the dow? 71 records. but 22,000 on the point 2,000 p before we got to the new year. i think i heard president trump say 85 that could have been from the election to the first of the year that s probably what it was. bitcoin today, did you see it? yes we should probably show that we show it every time. we will show it after the ten-year ten-year is back under 2.50 but it was above 2.50 at one point yesterday. the highest we ve seen since june or earlier. maybe april. you look at the ten-year note, yielding 2.486%. looking at bitcoin actually it s coming up a bit. some of the dbig stories there s bitcoin okay. it s not so we got our first christmas vacation vignette out of the way on the opening there
and maybe we aren t supposed to understand it. but i do know this we are supposed to recognize men and women like officers benner and webster. we are supposed to hold them up, to honor them, to encourage their exceptionalism in others. to tell our kids to be like them. and serve like them. julie and michelle, your husbands showed each of us the highest and purest form of love. there is no greater expression of love for your neighbor than to be willing to lay down your life for them. and i know that their sacrifice was and remains your sacrifice as well. as a state we pray for you and your families, and we recognize you for the courage and poise you ve shown through unthinkable tragedy. may your husbands rest in god s true peace. thank you for being with us today. as we start this session, this is not the backdrop we asked for. but it s the reality we fales. call them boomerang thugs or turnstile thugs, whatever. we had vicious, heinous criminals among us who are willing to
our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i m nicole wallace in for brian williams. day 348 of the trump administration and tonight there s breaking news in the russia investigation. the founders of fusion gps, the firm behind that explosive trump/russia dossier are speaking out tonight about what they learned about trump s ties to russians. glen simpson and peter frich writing an op-ed in the new york times that details their investigation and the process by which the results of that investigation were shared with american government officials. all of this is information they have testified to before three congressional committees. simpson and frich confirm in their piece that they hired former british intelligence officer christopher steele and write, quote, yes, we hired mr. steele, a highly respected russia expert. but we did so without informing him whom we were working for and gave him no specific marching orders beyond this basic question. why did mr. trump repeate
i m nicole wallace in for brian williams. day 348 of the trump administration and tonight there s breaking news in the russia investigation. the founders of fusion gps, the firm behind that explosive trump/russia dossier are speaking out tonight about what they learned about trump s ties to russians. glen simpson and peter frich wrielting an oped in the new york times that details their investigation and the process by which the results of that investigation were shared with american government officials. all of this is information they have testified to before three congressional committees. simpson and frich confirm in their piece that they hired former british intelligence officer christopher steele and write, quote, yes, we hired mr. steele, a high will he respected russia expert. but we did so without informing him whom we were working for and gave him no specific marching orders beyond this basic question. why did mr. trump repeatedly seek to do deals in a notoriously