Their take later on in the program coming up on biden Family Business. Futures looking for a rebound after yesterdays sharp selloff. Nasdaq up 121 and s p higher by 25. Stocks plummeted wednesday. Nasdaq down 426, 3 and 3 quarters percent and s p down 120 points, 3 and a half there as well. Coronavirus cases spooking investors. This morning we are awaiting thirdquarter fdp that may very well be market mover on the upside. Big tech grilled, contentious battle over allegations of tech censorship and bias as question get Quarterly Earnings today from apple, amazon, alphabet, facebook and twitter all after the bell tonight. Calling out china, my new book the cost all week long, exclusive audience from President Trump about the threat china poses and how to win against it. Mornings with maria coming up right now. I will be speaking with ice cube jackson, working with the Trump Campaign and the president s plan for black america. Dont miss it. Actor scott is big of big censorship. Maria euro
Person noticeably missing was matt lauer, the net works most visible personality now bogged down in a scandal. Lauer had been fired from nbc, no longer the face of the today show as he was for more than 20 years. This after a current employee came forward monday night with a complaint of inappropriate sexual behavior. According to the New York Times lauer summoned a coworker to his office and had sex with her. Variety magazine reporting lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy with an explicit note. And another said he exposed himself to a female coworker and reprimanded her for not engaging in a sex act. Its devastating for millions around the country who admire lauer and for the people who sit next to him every morning. Its hard to reconcile what we are hearing with the man who we know. From my perspective it could go either way. I just need more evidence and more information. Reporter now, nbc has not independently confirmed the reporting of both the New York Times and variety magazine
Im rosemary. Dra dray is live with more on these new developments. Good reporter good morning. The former anchor breaking his silence one day after he was fired after hosting the show more than 20 years. Additional Sexual Misconduct allegations surfaced. The allegations too severe for the Million Dollar anchor to continue working with the k. In his written statement lauer says there are no words to express my sore reand regret from the pain i have caused others. To the people i have hurt i am truly sorry. As i am writing this i realize the disappointment i have left behind at home and at nbc. Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized. There is enough truth to the story to make me feel embarrass embarrassed and ashamed. Repairing the damage will take a lot of time and soul searching. Im committed to beginning that effort. It is now my full time diop. The last two days forced me to take a hard look at my own troubling flaws. I am blessed to be surrounded by the pe
Ruling in the heavens. Keep our lawmakers faithful to you, as you use them to accomplish your purposes. May they hear the groans of the poor, the cries of the helpless, and the moans of the oppressed. Help our senators to cause justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. Give them the wisdom to find in you a refuge in turbulent times, remembering that you will never abandon those who seek you. Grant them the greatness of being on your side doing your will on earth, even as it is done in heaven. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask the chair lay before the senate a message from the house of representatives
At this point, though, right along i95, clipping northeastern maryland, if you are a commuter headed down toward say baltimore for example, you could run into heavier batch, hitting the road right now. But the heaviest stuff hasnt arrived for us just yet. It is still few hours away, see at the wider zoom how rev i the rain has been in upstate new york dealing with a lot of snow melt. Still going on up that way, Flooding Issues across new england today. But for us, definitely big fat nuisance, more than anything. But look how warm it is. Even at mount pocono, mid 50s , so any snow thats out there, that has continued to melt even long before the rain began. Sixtyone the current value at the airport. And we are upping the expectations for the daytime high to reach 67 degrees here today. Now, you do need the umbrella you need to make sure you walk out the door with it, and that the kids do the same. But with time setting ourselves up for some dramatically Colder Weather here, meisha. So, w