Now. Maria big show today, Dagen Mcdowell and emily and James Freeman. Great to see you. Good to see you. Dagen surrounded by all the super smart women. Yes. Just like at home. Maria director or something new . In other words, social media obviously one of the big stories, i have to get your reaction on what you heard. Make zuck is going to be on his own, we will let this democracy play it out and people debate online and people say the messages they want to say, its good news that despite the lose of some partners and political heat hes pressing ahead on his crypto currency plan. We could use that, maybe good for consumers. Maria a lot of pushback because of what he learned in other businesses, facebook ceo testified before lawmakers answering a variety questions on china, crypto currency and libra and watters kicked things off, watch this. Given the companys size and reach it should be clear why we have serious concerns about your plans to establish a Global Digital currency that wou
Not enough, wall street getting lift from another company. Another shoe drops, facebook regulators set to launch a separate probe Worldwide Exchange begins right now. We always try to play it right down the middle of the road good morning, good afternoon, good evening from wherever in the world you are watching im Brian Sullivan thank you for watching going to capitol hill where sources are telling nbc news that the whistleblower has been declassified and is expected to be released this morning we have more now from washington reporter in a new nbc news tally indicates that a majority of the house of representatives now favor some sort of action in impeachment proceedings of President Trump. President trump returns now after all of this impeachment talk acting director of National Intelligence testifies before the house and Senate Intelligence committees today. He arrived hours after members read the whistleblower report i found the allegations deeply disturbing. I also found them very
Survived a fall from an aircraft plus a year in the wilderness. And meet the teacher who went above and beyond the call to include all of his students on a class hiking trip. Early today starts right now good thursday morning. Im phillip mena good to be with you im Frances Rivera an explosive new phasee impeachment inquiry into President Trump gets underway this morning nbc news learned overnight the whistleblower complaint that set all of this in motion is now declassified and is expected to go public this morning with minimal redactions and in just hours, the acting director of National Intelligence, Joseph Mcguire, will appear before congress. He will testify at an open hearing before the House Intel Committee at 9 00 a. M. Eastern and then speak to the senate Intel Committee behind closed doors this afternoon well have more on what to expect from capitol hill in a few minutes. But first, nbcs susan mcinhe is has new details on the call between the president and ukraines leader repo
The debate on a new deal divorce. Surged ning well discuss the outlook. Lets get started with a check of the markets close. U. S. Stocks finished near session highs. The s p 500 was up 7 10 of 1 . Every sector on the s p was in the green except for utilities. We have Energy Shares leading the gains. Stocky they u. S. Crude declined more than expected. The caveat volumes were low about 15 lower than average. The dollar at the moment Holding Steady after Steven Mnuchin said the u. S. Has no intention to intervene in the markets at the moment. Downfutures under pressure 2 10 of 1 . Lets see how we are setting up in asia. As you can see on the board, asia looks for a mixed open. Things are more muted than previous days. It looks like some gains may be reversing as it is open down. Markets are still waiting for the latest on the trade headlines and the unpredictable twists and turns. It looks that they are waiting for the september 1 deadline for the first round of staggered tariffs. To loo
Silk has been synonymous with luxury decadence elegance. It has a reputation for richness and has cultural significance as a valuable commodity used to dress royalty and the aristocracy for centuries, china has held a monopoly on silk which quickly became the most important luxury fabric. In all of europe, even today, soak is highly valued for his legacy, judy and exoticism. Im christiane, youre watching the cost of everything were today. Were going to unravel the great silk trade industry. The oldest cell production dates back to china where it has been produced since 4000 b. C cell production and china was standardized throughout the centuries. Where you have silkworms gorging on mulberry leaves to encourage them to begin spinning their cocoons from there. The coons are weighed and sorted and salt and boiling water to unravel them so they can be strong into schools which can then be made into so fabrics. I know its still the number one producer of modern cells with as much as 90 perc