just in time for travel season. inflation is higher overall thanes within decades. baby formula is hard to find. the economy added more than 400,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate is at pre-covid levels. let s try to figure out where we are right now. we begin with christine romans. it seems like there s nothing but storm clouds on wall street. there is so much going on and so much chaos, really. i keep saying there are so many cross currents in the global economy, any one of them would be destabilizing. there s a half a dozen. you talked about the higher prices, the chip shortage, covid lockdowns in china. war in ukraine. war in ukraine and that s going to be a big dpeel some time. that means energy prices. for investors if you re looking at your 401(k), you know this. eight weeks in a row, the longest losing streak for the dow since the 20s. that s not great. the nasdaq stocks just hammered. you look at apple, meta, some of these widely held stocks. the bi
The threat of terrorists and weapons in the area and locate hostages. This is not the all out Ground Invasion. Theyve also tweeted moments ago they are striking hezbollah targets in the north inside lebanon Secretary Blinken earlier in doha qatar asking about the larger Military Offensive expected in the coming days. The way israel does this matters. The way any democracy has to deal with such a situation matters, and to that end, we discussed with the israelis, urged the israelis to use every possible precaution to avoid armed civilians. Joining me now, ben rhodes, former Obama National security adviser to president obama. Ben, what Secretary Blinken was saying today and yesterday was that israel has a right to defend itself, that the u. S. Is firmly behind israels military decisions and helping with them, but he was very pointed in, again, today especially in qatar, that theyve urged israel to try to limit the damage to civilians. How do you do that with a Ground Invasion in that urb
The chicago area mother and her 17yearold daughter feared kidnapped we spoke to their family what do you want your sister and your niece to know right now . We want to hug you, and we want you back home their last text before the terrorists broke in. And back home, the Major Development in the house, Republicans Nominating Steve Scalise for speaker over trump ally, jim jordan, but the major hurdle he still faces. Our Special Edition of nightly news begins now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. Almost five days after Hamas Terrorists launched their horrific assault on israel, theres a growing sense tonight this war is about to enter a new phase. Israel has been massing its troops and weapons on the border with the gaza strip, and there is widespread expectation that a Ground Invasion may begin soon this comes as israel prepares the way with an air assault on targets in gaza. The casualties are mou
Years, the second since it overturned roe v. Wade. This appears to have divided the court over ideological and gender lines. It is a case about the near total ban on abortions in idaho. The doj sued the state saying the ban violated federal law that makes it mandatory for hospitals to provide emergency medical care. Arguing in some cases abortions are just that, theyre emergency medical care. And that the Legal Standard of quote, good faith medical judgment has proven to be too vague. That lack of a clear standard is exactly what both Justice Sonia sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett tried to wrestle out of the attorney representing idaho today. Listen. This particular patient had to deliver her baby. The baby died. She had a hysterectomy, and she can no longer have children. All right. Youre telling me the doctor couldnt have done the abortion earlier . Again, it goes back to whether a doctor can in good faith medical judgment thats a lot for the doctor to risk. It is very case by case. T
Capitol this morning where a deadline to reach a new funding deal gets closer, but are lawmakers closer to finding Common Ground . We are live on the latest with the Government Shutdown. And jumping jackpot. It just keeps getting higher. We will tell you about one lucky loser. 5 00 right now. Thank you for starting your day with us. I am laura garcia. I am marcus washington. We will look at the forecast with meteorologist, kari hall. We will see things change for the weekend, and in dublin its already busy on 580. The sky is clear and temperatures are cool and look how much cooler it is. We are starting out here at 52 degrees. We will see more sunshine today and temperatures going from low 50s to low 60s at 9 00, and then low 70s at 11 00. There will be a quick warmup heading into the afternoon as we head for 80 degrees there in dublin. In martinez, we will reach 83 today and novato reaching 82. We will be in the upper 70s for san jose. We will talk about changes ahead in the weekend f