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for votes. kevin pmccarthy huddling with those to become speaker of the house. one doubling down on his opposition just moments ago. plus new details of the idaho murder. how the spektrct was tracked do and putin suffer ing on the battlefield. losses growing inside russia. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. house leader kevin mccarthy still on the hill at this hour, still meeting with members of his party with just hours to go for that critical vote of speaker of the house. dozens of republicans seen going in and out of mccarthy s office. among them congressman matt gaetz. significant, one of the republicans who s been a hard no on his gavel. moments ago leaving mccarthy s office, gaetz offered this update. give in to your demands? might vote for him tomorrow? i don t know. i m a no. i m a no. tomorrow the entire conference gathers to hear mccarthy make his final case for the speakership. shortly after that, if he doesn t ....
assembly tomorrow. after slamming the u.n. for years when do yu see the u.n. solving problems? they don t. they cause problems. how will he be perceived by world leaders? and another fraternity pledge killed. suspected hazing. what needs to change. a ferris wheel worker survives a terrifying fall. and must-see tv. all the highlights from the emmys. big winners, the hottest fashions and a spicy surprise. today, monday, september 18th, 2017. from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a monday morning. we appreciate you joining us this morning. the expression, it s al s world, we re just living in it. the weather is incredible. al is all over our top story this morning, three powerful storms churning in the atlantic, including hurricane jose. its impact will be felt up and down the east coast. and hurricane maria is taking aim at the ....
stock exchange. we await for a fed meeting to begin tomorrow. china slips 3.5% overnight. japan leaves policy unchanged. back here, retail sales okay. july revised up. good auto sales offset by lower spending at the gas stations. ahead of the rate decision, former central bankers are out today with more pronouncement force the fed. asia continues to suffer. shanghai down 3% as the bank of japan holds on a rate move. an upgrade forfe fitbit. more data for the fed to digest ahead of the two-day policy meeting set to get underway tomorrow. retail sales up 0.2%. last month stripped out auto sales up 0.1, that marks six consecuticon seco consecutive months without a decline. how does this get digested at the table tomorrow? the areas that are strong in the economy are rate sensitive. autos, housing. i know a lot of people say bring on the rate increase. but you just mentioned where the strength is. that strength can be taken away. it can be taken away by a belief tha ....
he was going to traffic, and luckily was able to catch him as he started to fall i just went on him and held him down. reporter: these pictures show the tears from the chiefs shirt. fortunately no other officers were injured. this man hector arius was arrested sunday in mexico wanted for the murder of a 22- year-old man six years ago. his mug shot shows marks not from the scuffle with the chief, but police say he bit to officers and attacked another one in mexico. police say him in handcuffs was able to flip his hands around in front of him escape a lot holding cell and scale a 15- foot high barbed wire fence. i specifically asked the chief how he was able to choose escape cheap custody. we are looking into the incident. in terms of his ability to get out of that secure temporary holding facility. we are looking at that at how that happened. how the door was able to be open. reporter: police aren t conducting an internal investigation. the independent police is lo ....
been asked to join the disney board. can his perspective bring tech magic to the magic kingdom? and iac had to fire an employee over a racially insensitive tweet over a twitter account that is barely followed. how is social media created the potential risk for modern businesses? we will explore new corporate management over social media. apple s iphone is finally coming. after six years of negotiation, apple and china mobile have announced a deal that will bring the two newest versions of the iphone to china starting next month. china mobile is the country s dominant carrier and apple will gain a subscriber base more than twice the size of the entire u.s. population. but how will this help apple in china as they battle lenovo and samsung? my guest helps google set up chinese operations. good to see both of you. how big a deal is this? good to see you. it is a great deal for apple. finally, they will be able to get access to china mobile s 759 million subscribers. the ....