Good morning. Im paige hopkins. We begin with breaking news in california. A powerful 6. 9 magnitude earthquake struck about 50 miles off the coast near the border with oregon. It happened just after 9 00 p. M. Local time. There are no reports of damage and no threat of a tsunami. The u. S. Geological survey says more than 300 people reported feeling that jolt. This is the same area hit by a damaging 6. 5 magnitude quake back in 2010. Three days later and still no word on what happened to that missing malaysian jet. A senior u. S. Official tells nbc news that no terror group has claimed responsibility. And that no electronic chatter has been detected. Just a short while ago, officials dismissed reports that one of the planes yellow lifer rafts had been spotted in the ocean. Nbcs kur simmons is in kuala lumpur. Keir, what is the latest . Reporter there is real tension here with journalists and we believe some of the families of those who are missing staying at this hotel, all waiting fo
Good morning to you. Im richard lui. We start with fast moving developments in ukraine. U. S. Fighter jets now in the region after crimeas parliament votes to join russia. A move that did not sit well with the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry is growing visibly irritated at the lack of progress and diplomatic talks and just hours ago, more countries including the Baltic States condemning russias actions. Adding to regional tensions. Nbcs jim maceda is in moscow watching the story for us. President s obama and putin have that one hour long phone call, that happened thursday. Some asking whats next now. Hi, richard. Thats right. President obama reached out this time to president putin at the end of that thursday day, a busy one it was, that saw the Crimean Peninsula voting to secede from the from ukraine. That was followed by obamas executive order to slap sanctions on all those who threatened ukraines sovereignty, at least in theory. Potentially, by the way, including putin himself.
Good morning to you. Im frances rivera. Breaking news overnight on the vanished Malaysian Airlines jet. Just this past hour, interpol released an image two of iranians who were traveling with stolen passports on a missing jetliner. The image shows the two iranian men boarding the plane at the same time. Authorities say the two men traveled from malaysia on their iranian passports, then switched to their stolen austrian and italian documents. Earlier, police said one of the passengers was seeking asylum in europe. Authorities add they do not believe he has ties to a terrorist group and are in touch with his family. The search is expanding now four days later with 239 people still missing. The planes last known location is in the south china sea, about 100 miles northeast of the malaysian port city of bachok. Tom costello has the latest. Reporter off the coach of malaysia, the search for flight 370 has entered its fourth day. Dozens of ships, helicopters and planes running gridlike searc
And general defense. Controversy swirls over when chief of staff john kelly knew about the porter abuse allegations, two exwives. As new reports detail a history of john kelly downplaying disturbing accusations. Youll have to explain to the president what he knew, when he knew it. Probably explain to the American People as well, maybe even hope hicks. We begin today with breaking news. A wild ride on wall street. As of right now, the shutdown crisis in washington appears to be over. But the meltdown in the markets keeps on going. I have a great team here to break all of it down, starting with cnbcs sima moody at the new york Stock Exchange. We are in correction territory so that is a 10 dip from the high. We have to remember january was the 52week high. We have been on a tear. Cant we look at this as normalizing . Well, not necessarily. I think a 10 move from its alltime high, as you point out, stephanie, is enough for portfolio managers, even traders here on the floor of the new york
battling an out-of-control wildfire in arizona. it happened northwest of phoenix. the arizona republic, with a powerful front page, as the area grasps what s happened. gusty winds are being blamed for what s been labeled the deadliest wildfire in 30 years. it started friday since a lightning strike. since then, it spread 2,000 akers, burned an estimated 200 homes. flames are being fueled by high winds and temperatures. all were members of elite crew from nearby prescott. right now, we re in crisis. this was the hot shot group. the hot shot are the people that go on the fire line and attack with tools and other implements. they re not the people that have engine companies and large trucks. he s are the core of firefighting when they re in the middle of the incident. right now, hundreds remain battling the fire. from africa, president obama called the firefighters heroes. jan brewer released a statement, calling sunday a dark day for the state. saying it could be days or lo