The firm, however, sticking to target. Luxury stocks are one of the bright spots as they reap a week of euros after Solid Earnings. All right. And to our top story. Another volatile earning. Its largest liquidity injection since the month of july. Meanwhile China Securities regulator is looking at what it calls, quote, share dumping, its biggest oneday drop since 2007. Lets check in on markets. Live in singapore. The dust seems to be collapsing on the collapse in the chinese equities markets after the rough morn sessions. We were down by 3 earlier today. Almost one and a half thousand. A daily downward limb it. So there will be a composure returning to the market if you can call a 1. 1 settlement composure. Remember where we were this time at close yesterday. Off by 8. 5 . So the governments pledging and affirming its commitment once again to buy stocks. The pboc pumping liquidity into the markets as well. Thats helping to settle dust to a further degree. I wouldnt write off any volati
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Wildfires are exploding coast to coast right now, an early and destructive start to the fire season due in part to a blistering heat wave, gripping much of the country. One of the biggest fires burning right now is in southern kra, near santa barbara, where drivers on a major freeway had a close call, coming face to face with a virtual wall of flame. Nearly a dozen states from california to florida are battling wildfires. Nbcs Gadi Schwartz is on the front lines and has late developments. Reporter an orange glow over californias Pacific Coast highway. Plumes of smoke darken the sky. That fires moving really, really quick. Reporter forcing that major artery to shut down as flames moved closer. You see this wall of flame coming down the hill. When people saw that on the 101 freeway, they stopped. Up ahead, nobody can go any further because theres
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. The intrigue over the death of music superstar prince only deepened today as authorities near minneapolis declined to reveal preliminary autopsy results. The 57yearold purple rain artist was found in his home and studio complex yesterday morning, and declared dead a short time later. As fans continue to memorialize prince and gather outside his home in tribute, the local sheriff has publicly pledged to respect princes privacy, and told reporters there were some things he would not be able to talk about. Sure to fuel speculation about the possible cause of his death. Nbcs ron mott has the latest details. Reporter tonight there are no official conclusions about how and why music legend prince died, but lots mystery much like his mystique. There were no obvious signs of trauma on his body at all. We have no reason to believe at this point this was a suicide. Reporter today the singers body moved to the medical Examiners Of
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Im lester holt tonight sitting in for brian. Anxious months and months of hope and worry has turned to unimaginable grief today for family and friends of hostage Kayla Mueller. Kayla is in fact dead. Her isis captors first reported her death last week claiming she died in a Jordanian Air raid. But offered no proof at the time. Leaving her family back in arizona a glimmer of hope. Today president obama said about the young aid worker how she lived her life she epitomized all that is good in our world. It is the written words of kayla herself that tells us who she is and defines her remarkable courage. The report from her hometown, prescott, arizona. Reporter emotions are strong tonight a year and a half after kayla was taken captive by isis. They received a message from her captors confirming her death. Kayla has touched the heart of the world. The world grieves with us. The world mourns
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening, im lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. Anxious months and months of hope and worry has turned to unimaginable grief today for family and friends of hostage Kayla Mueller. They received the confirmation they had been dreading that kayla is in fact dead. Her isis captors first reported her death last week, claiming she died in a Jordanian Air raid. But offered no proof at the time leaving her family back in arizona a glimmer of hope. Today president obama said about the young aid worker, how she lived her life, she epitomized all that is good in our world. But it is the written words of kayla herself tonight that tell us who she was and define her remarkable courage. Joe fryer fryer reports from her hometown, prescott, arizona. Reporter emotions are strong tonight in Kayla Muellers hometown a year and a half after she was taken captive by isis. They received a message