Win . The eyes of the nation are on brazil as the u. S. Gets set to take on belgium today at the world cup. Today, july 1st, 2014. From nbc news this is today upgradquanin sov wtursl. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. I love the sound of that. Good morning. Welcome to today on a tuesday years. Der morning. We believe that we will win. Its a very catchy slogan. I have to say, though, belgiums an havs h iter good. I know. They havent lost in the tournament. Dont worry. Aseak go f any i brought sedatives for you later this afternoon when well be watching. Natalie is in brazil. Everifoungnd inker ie erngs well check in with natalie in just a few moments. Weve got breaking news this yo woing gthngs s morning. Eau. Heeed. Hatha israel is striking back at hamas s f m iri blaming that group for the death of three teenagers who were mslatinrehe kidnapped more than two weeks . Tim s ago. Keir simmons has the latest on the developments. Keir, good morn
On our screen on the hidef Doppler Radar this morning. You have some yellows and oranges and even some reds out there and some muchneeded rain falling outside. In fact, almost an inch of rain now in some parts of the north bay. Almost half inch into San Francisco. And look at this. We have some significant rainfall now pouring in parts of the bay area and more to come. Most of the heavy rainfall will come through early this morning but you can see that into San Francisco now. Intense rainfall. That line of showers stronger towards san jose. The portola valley, along the coastline into Half Moon Bay, we are also seeing some heavy rain. But really its everywhere. This is muchneeded rain for the bay area. It looks like more to come on the way. Out the door right now, we have some rain into San Francisco. Some drops on the lens. Temperatures are starting out cool. Be careful on the roads this morning. Its slick. Temperatures running into the 40s. By the afternoon, i think most of the rain
And south bay. Expecting that heavy rainfall to taper off as we head into the latter part of the morning. There is plenty of rain now in towards san jose. Some heavy downpours showing up there. Also in along the peninsula, half moon bay, san mateo, redwood city, as you make your way toward the east bay we are also seeing some strong storms developing there. With that in mind, be very, very careful outside this morning as we have some heavy downpours early on. Temperatures out the door mainly in the 40s this morning. I think as we head toward the afternoon, most of the rain will have ended just maybe some scattered light showers. The temperatures are going to stay mainly in the 50s but a bigger storm is on the horizon. For more on that well have that coming up in just a few minutes. Lets check traffic with elizabeth. Thank you, lawrence. Avoid the eastshore freeway. This big rig crash is causing major delays in both directions of interstate 80. So we do have an updated location. It is a
Is the fiscal cliff already here . Church bells will ring 26 times for the victims in sandsy hook. One week after the terrible tragedy. Friday, december 21st. Starting point begins right now. Good morning, a Major Political blow for House Speaker john boehner, one that will affect his position. House republicans abandons him, and it forced the speaker to cancel a vote on plan b which would have extended bush tax cuts on incomes below 1 million. Congressional correspondent dana bash there was and watched it unfold. Walk us through what happened . It really was stunning. That is the perfect word, soledad. I was watching all day, talking to republicans to try and figure out if the speaker had the votes. Really hard to imagine he was so far out. So far out on this being a strategy. Republicans want to prove that they wont let things go up. I was watching earlier votes. Watching the Speakers Team on the floor, trying to twist arms and trying to get republican votes, and clear from the expre
Thank you for joining us, everybody. Here on markets now, i am connell mcshane. Into the trading session, stocks are extending their holiday run. A lot to talk about, peter schiff will, in a minute. Juan williams later on. But we will start with Lauren Simonetti in the stock market. Lauren 105 million shares trading hands down here, but not only up arrows, but record highs. The nasdaq flying higher as is the s p 500, if youre keeping track, which we are. Counting todays close, 50 record highs counting todays price, 50 record highs for the Dow Jones Industrial average in 2013. We haae not seen a number that big since 1995 when we had 59 record closes. December, as you know, is historically one of the best months of the year for the stock market. Today is the best day of the month for the stock market. Amazon. Com. It was up quietly, but this year up 59 . 1 million customers became new prime numbers. Connell thank you very much. Today is one of the best days to be in the stock market. 80