path of destruction across three states. 80 million under wind alerts. hundreds of thousands without power. we re tracking it. the white house revealing president biden had skin cancer removed at walter reed. what his doctor is saying about the procedure. the infant death linked to a common device used by so many moms, the cdc s warning to parents. chris rock ready to break his silence in a first of its kind live special. what he s expected to say about will smith s infamous oscar slap. and my conversation with the vietnam war hero who received a long overdue honor today at the white house. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for being with us. in barely 15 hours, alex murdaugh went from disgraced attorney to convicted killer to a man who tonight is condemned to life in prison. the wheels of justice moving rapidly in south carolina where the jury began its deliberations only midafternoon yesterday. three hours later
volatility in shares of big health insurers. could one be left without a suitor? it s like musical chairs. four chairs, five players, one will be left out unless you get a three-way deal. i don t know. can t rule anything out in these markets. goldman sachs looking to enter the consumer loan business. is this the beginning of a strategic shift for that long-time financial giant? we ve got a top wall street analyst to give us his take. look out ups and fedex. amazon is working on a new way to deliver packages. i love what is unique about this. they are becoming nuanced in the packaging part of the delivery system for online shopping. it s fascinating to watch that. i ve said fascinating twice in this program and it s only a minute and a half old. we have peter anderson chief investment officer with congress wealth management. jonathan corpena. good to have you with us today. and rick santelli from chicago. the last few times the fed has met, we ve seen a rally for th
pricing scandal intensifies. good morning, quick look at u.s. futures and we re expecting a bounce back in today s trading session. s&p 500. seen up by 12 points, could add 104 points even. up triple digits and the nasdaq higher by 26 points. this is after we closed lower in yesterday s trading session and one of the biggest factors was walmart taking 44 points off the dow. i want to talk about another company first. netflix. third quarter earnings disappointed missing on the top and the bottom lines. the company cites low subscriber growth in north america adding 880,000 new users versus 1.1 million. for more on the numbers she filed this report. earnings came in a penny lighter than wall street projections. total subscriber numbers grew better than expected to 69.17 million around the world but that was driven largely by international growth while u.s. subscriber growth fell a bit short. the company says that was in part because of the transition to u.s. chip cards maki
his facebook share holding to charity to mark the arrival of his daughter. vw declines to comment suggesting it reached an agreement to 13 banks to provide a bridge loan after suffering an s&p downgrade. hi, everybody, welcome back. yes, you are watching worldwide exchange. let me talk to you about the euro zone inflation. consumer pricing growing at a mere 0.1% in the month of november. that s according to the euro stats so inflation still very, very low. that of course being one of the issues that the ecb is dealing with. it came in a little bit shy of expectations. we re looking at a euro dollar a bit. that s pushed quite substantially in the last couple of sessions and just to mention as well, the yield reversing a slightly early rise that we were seeing after this week and anticipated euro zone inflation print. evi want to show you what u. futures look like early on this morning. we re a couple of hours away but we re looking at green across the charts. s&p 500 see
growth in household spending declined. household real incomes rose strongly partly deflecting earlier declines in energy prices an consumer sentiment remains high. business fixed investment softened and the recovery in the housing sector remains slow. exports declined. inflation continues to run below the committee s longer run objective with decreasing energy prices and decreasing prices of non-energy imports. survey based measures of longer term inflation expectations have remained stable. skipping ahead. although growth in output employment and slowed during the first quarter the committees continues to expect that with appropriate policy accommodation, economic activity will expand at a moderate pace with labor market indicators continuing to move toward levels the committee judges consistent with its dual mandate. the fed did keep the target federal funds short-term interest rate at zero to 1/4% obviously. the statement goes on to say the committee will assess progress r