Im wilfred frost along with Morgan Brennan in for sara today. Good morning. Good morning. Great to be here. Great to have you with us. Not just any friday, new music friday. Were kicking off the show with lo lordes brandnew song. The e is silent, much to the amusement. This is very peppy for lorde. Im digging it. Its called green light. Lets get to the Market Action. Lets look at what your money is doing this morning. Starting with u. S. Equity futures. We have got red today. We have the dow jones indicated to open lower by 35 points. The s p poised to open 6 points lower. The nasdaq down 15 points. This after stocks took a pause yesterday given the record rally we have seen in recent days. 9 of 11 s p sectors yesterday finished lower. Led down by financials. Caterpillar was the biggest negative after federal agents searched their offices, something i reported on throughout the day yesterday. Even so, we are on track for all three of these indexes to close the week in the green. Turnin
A total witch hunt. Thats how the president of the United States is describing it this morning. Attorney general Jeff Sessions recusing himself of any federal probe of the Trump Campaign which could include an investigation of russian meddling. There was a conversation with the Russian Ambassador in july. While speaking to a group of ambassadors at the Republican Convention and again in september, a oneonone conversation in Sessions Senate office, at a time when allegations of russian influence were in the headlines. Overnight, questions of another discussion with russias ambassador during an interview with fox news. I dont recall any discussion of the campaign in any significant way. It was in no way some sort of coordinating of an effort or doing anything improper. According to a news report, you met twice with the Russian Ambassador in person and one phone conversation. Is that the extent of the contact . I dont remember whether i had a phone call conversation or not. We just receiv
Why the white house is calling it a glovesoff approach to defeating al qaeda. Oh, snap. An even betterthanexpected debut on wall street, for snapchats Parent Company, making its founder 5 billion in a single day. This morning, real tips on how you can cash in on the markets record run. And soaked. You guys had anything to drink tonight . A trooper making a traffic stop for speeding and potential dui, when suddenly, this happens. Yes, thats beer. Oh, the irony. Today, friday, march 3rd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning. End of the week. Is it just me or did the political news cycle get a lot faster when i was gone . It is cruising. Hard to keep up with. We have a story that involves it today. Our top story. President trump coming to defense of attorney general Jeff Sessions, amid a legal and political firestorm over his meetings with russias am
Killed in a raid there. But the white house is calling it a gloves off approach to defeating al qaeda. Oh, snap, an even better than expected debut on wall street for snapchats Parent Company making the 26yearold founder 5 billion in a single day. Real tips on how you can cash in on the record run. And soaked. Did you have a drink tonight . A trooper making a traffic stop for speeding and a potential dui when suddenly this happens. Yes, thats beer. Oh, the irony today, today, friday, march 3, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning and end of the week. Is it just me or did the political news cycle get a lot faster while i was gone . Its cruising. We have a story that involves it today. Its our top story. President trump coming to the defense of attorney general sessions amid a legal and political firestorm over his meetings with russias ambassador
Joining us now from washington. Good morning, brad. Good morning. Nicole how does the latest Missile Launch fact President Trump and also president of china, xi jinping . I put it right there at the top of their discussions. There is no doubt that north korea has done this, knowing the president of china would be meeting with the president of the United States. It gives the opportunity for president trying to tell the president of china that north korea is your responsibility. It is your neighborhood. You would have the ability to control north korea. Or if korea couldnt exist without you and therefore we are holding you responsible. Its time to get tough with china and north korea. Lauren will that work . The trunk be able to rein in north korea . China has been given a free pass with regard to a handsoff policy on north korea acts badly. Nobody has held china to account. If anybody will do it, President Trump oil. He sees things for what they are not the way you wish them to be. Chin