Thematic global team if you were looking for big tech to come to the rescue today, youre going to have to look somewhere else that is your picture right now with the nasdaq getting hit the hardest, down more than 300 points, 2 3 4 look, this is not what we wanted people like me have been talking about the broadening of the rally. You were getting that but this week youve had the down side, which we didnt want to see of tech giving up gains its been the whole week, right. Microsoft had a bad reaction to earnings having said all that, i dont think at all that youre supposed to throw in the towel on these big tech nailmes. I think their value iations arer the most part defendable and theyre trading on lack of fiscal stimulus and the virus surging as it is on the earnings number if you want to take apple, theres a reason why they underperformed on iphone sales people are saving you for the iphone 12. And amazon, they have a quarter every now and then where they say were going to spend a lo
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
Local russians we spoke to say this doesnt feel like the beginning of another cold war. Just posturing. It came out just now, when they knew about this six months ago. And i dont think russians have anything to do with the election. Reporter now the russians traditionally celebrate new years for the first week of january. Orthodox christmas celebrated on january 7th. The consulate said it will reopen for business on the 9th. Reporting live in San Francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Thank you, scott. The San Francisco consulate is continuing the war of words on facebook. Posting, it is so difficult to remain diplomatic but we will. If you check our facebook post, tweets, our public statements, the message is always the same. Our nations can and should be friends, for the sake of well being of our people, for security and stability in the world. President elect donald trump sent out a flattering tweet about putin today. Praisiing him for not retaliating. Great move on delay by pu