investors await hichbt it hintsr hawkish play apple reportedly moving to buy cobalt directly from miners. and amazon gets healthy in a potential challenge to pharmacy retailers. they are launching their own line of over-the-counter health products the dow and the s&p ended a six-secon si six-session win streak on tuesday. this afternoon, the fed minute . will be released these are the minutes from yellen s last meeting. may be hard to know from the last minutes, they were before the selloff, before the spike in yields so you don t get a real assessment so also before the big spending plan, the 300 billion. but it is after the tax cut. the first time we see the minutes after the tax cut to see how they think that will ripple through the economy. multiples pretty much peaked around the time of the passage of that bill yes around 18. now 16.8 right in the middle of a 16 to 18 range of what s normal we re back into the debate of whether the second quarter will bring
less than 24 hours after resigning her naacp post, rachel dolezal is ready to talk. did she lie about being black, and if so, why? she s here for an exclusive live interview today, tuesday, june 16th, 2015. good morning, everyone. 7:00 a.m. on a tuesday morning on the west coast. can you imagine being the center of this speculation, a lot of criticism. rachel dolezal hasn t had her side of the story out. we have not heard her in her own words and we ll get that in a little while. i want to start with today s top story, a deadly balcony collapse in berkeley, california. 13 people were on the fourth floor balcony. five were killed when it fell to the ground. nbc s jacob ras cone is following what is a developing story for us. jacob, good morning to you. good morning to you. nbc news has learned the five people who were killed were irish students in town for the summer, likely on exchange visas and may have been simply celebrating a birthday party. emergency responders rac
resigning her naacp post, rachel dolezal is ready to talk. did she lie about being black. if so why? she s here for an exclusive live interview today, tuesday, june 16, 2015. announcer: from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. imagine being the sent of a story, everybody talk about you but rachel dolezal hasn t had a chance to say her side of the story. people weighed if on both sides. some are supportive. others are highly critical. for the first time we ll hear what rachel has to say in a little while. first our top story, a deadly balcony collapse if berkeley california fear the university there. at least five were killed many others have been injured. jacob rascon is following the developing story for us. good morning. reporter: matt good morning to you. startling pictures from berkeley california just a block away from a luxury apartment building that cate
mediacom, along with these television companies, supports c-span2 as a public service. host: i m very excited to be here to interview today for your new book, amazon bound. before we start i just want to tell you when i first started coming amazon about five years ago the first thing i did was read your previous book about amazon, the everything store. so for me it s a true honor to get this opportunity and i m looking forward to it. guest: thanks, eugene. people probably don t know this but the fraternity of reporters who cover amazon is a small one and all kind of know each other, and you just done tremendous work covering amazon. so it s great to talk to someone who is steeped in this secretive, bizarre, you know, highly productive company like amazon. host: thanks. so i think the first thing i would like to ask is just the timing of the book. it ended up becoming incredibly precedent, the perfect time to publish a new book about amazon, just given jeff bezos ste
helped break out of prison. plus, was this trio plotting to murder mitchell s current husband? and the donald ups the ante. the people thousands, for president of the united states and we are going to make our country great again. does the entrance of the $9 billion man officially make the 2016 presidential race a circus. welcome to msnbc live. great to have you with me. i m thomas roberts reporting today from washington. we start with rachel dolezal breaking her silence for the first time since the scandal surfaced surrounding her claims that she is black. the interview coming less than 24 hours after spokane s con controversycon tro verse shul naacp leader resigned her post. dolezal has been under fire since her estranged parents said she is white by birth. just hours ago the 37-year-old sat down with msnbc s melissa harris-perry. i ve heard a lot of people ask you the question are you african-american or caucasian. i m not going to ask it that way. all right.