Should we . Steve forbes joins us with his take on that. Also, fighting to save a new york landmark. Well be speaking with a man who started out as a dishwasher at the famous Carnegie Deli making three bucks an hour. He is offering to pay millions of dollars to keep it open. Well ask him why. Cheryl lets get back to our markets. This is it for 2016, everybody. The dow ending the day down nearly 50 points but the bluechips are seeing the best year since 2013. Oil surging big this year as well. Phil flynn with all details from cme in chicago for his final report for the year. Nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Nicole, all the major averages ending in the green after the election. What are the numbers . Financials, energy, telecom, industrials really give us a boost here in this last month 1 2 since the election. The dow finished up over 13 . S p 500 up 9 . More than that the nasdaq 7 and the russell 2000 and the transports up about almost 20 . That is stellar.
Ninan good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im reena ninan. Vladimir putin had a surprise for the u. S. Today. Not long after his foreign minister recommended that russia expel dozens of u. S. Diplomats, putin went a different way. There will be no immediate retaliation for american sanctions over the hacking scandal. Putin said hell wait to see what happens when donald trump becomes president. Mr. Trump tweeted his approval, and yet again, praised the russian leader. Jan crawford begins our coverage. Reporter within hours of Vladimir Putins announcement that u. S. Diplomats would not be expelled, a convoy of russians from one of the compounds closed by the administration arrived at the Russian Embassy in washington. As part of sanctions, the administration closedly the compound in maryland and another in new york, and ordered 35 officials from the embassy and the russian consulate in San Francisco to leave the country. The only thing i can say is that i think its quite scandalous that t
Is the consulates chef, who apparently prepared one last party buffet for the diplomats today. Petrov tells us timing is upsetting. Unfortunately theyll have to leave us without celebrating new years eve, which is a biggest, one of the biggest holidays in russia. Its just not human, frankly. Not human. Sky 7 was above the consulate with fewer staff. Business will be impacted. Katia parker came for a passport today, hoping for the best with this diplomatic flap. Sometimes, sometimes, it happens. In San Francisco, abc7 news. In february of 2014, he visited abc7 news and sat down with our cheryl jennings. Petrov spoke about the significance of the games to his country. Now, weather, get ready for a big blast of winter temperatures. Drew . The storm system will arrive next week. Good news for new years eve. By noon there is a slight chance of sprinkles and tomorrow night, well do it under clear skies and chilly temperatures, upper 30s to mid40s. The storm system is a light storm system. Ar
Rope. Speaking about their harrowing experience right here this morning. Crushing defeat. Ronda rouseys failed comeback attempt. A bruising knockout in just 48 seconds. I know the girls cant take my punches. I know that. Whats ahead for rousey now . Hey, good morning, happy new years eve. Paula is off today. Excited as always to have cecilia vega right on the desk here. Great to be here this last saturday of 2016. Thank you. Good morning to everybody. We are just hours away from 2017. A look right now at times square completely empty, you can see it there, security at an all time high ahead of the millions expected to pour in for the big celebration. And at the center of that party, there it is, a live look at the ball which, of course, drops promptly at midnight. And rob is right there. Hes going to have your new years eve forecast coming up. But were going to start here with the latest twists and turns in the russian hacking scandal. President elect donald trump making the extraordin
To terror attacks. We are live in new york city where hundreds of thousands are expected to celebrate and watch the iconic crystal ball drop into 2017. Return of rousey. Tagged her again. The ufc champion back in the cage for the comeback fight. Did herself imposed media blackout help her regain title . Well break down the shocking results. And a look back at the fun we had this year on weekend today from babies to our fun team. Today, saturday, december 31st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Im Sheinelle Jones along craig melvin. Can you believe it is the last day of 2016 . I woke up this morning and thought this is the last day. Lets stick the landing. Were not there yet. You have a theme for 2017 . Be clean in 2017. Clean eating and mind set. We will look back at the year that was through the next hour and a half. Lets get to the top story. Tensions with the United States and ru