The cnn president ial debate is tonight, 12 hours to go. Ground rules, here they are. Two commercial breaks. No contact between candidate and and staff. Biden on the right, trump on the left. Mics muted outside speaking time, that is, no notes, no props, no crowd. There you have it. Thats what youre going to be seeing. A new poll shows more than half of americans think this faceoff is extremely or very important. More than half. 16 may change their vote depending on what they see tonight. Over 100 million may tune in. May i offer my opinion in its trumps to lose. Lets get to the markets which could be affected by whats said tonight. The analysts were disappointed that micron didnt come out with quite the blockbuster report they wanted. The stocks down sharply, looking at a 4. 5 loss. That is affecting the rest of the tech sector. Look at the market overall for a second. The dow industrials, this is premarket, showing some red ink, down 74. The nasdaq down just so 10 points. Interest ra
Good monday morning to you. Disaster looms over the nations tallest dam. Almost 190,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the areas downstream from the oroville dam in california. Authorities say that unexpected erosion in an emergency spillway threatens to unleash uncontrolled floodwaters from the dams massive reservoir. The officials have been releasing controlled amounts of water through another spillway to prevent further erosion. They plan to drop large rocks from helicopters into the spillway to help stop it. 70 miles south of the oroville dam, the states capital, californias governor issued an emergency order to help coordinate the responding teams. Theyre preparing for incoming storms that could affect this complex and rapidly changing situation. Well have updates throughout the day here on nbc. This morning, the white house is preparing to move forward on the temporary immigration ban. The president saying he could deliver a new executive order as soon as today. Steven mill
This is our day to breathe while others are open. I wouldnt be surprised if the dow was up 200 points at open. We may have have the 08 crash where it goes down 50 from the top or opportunity to buy highrisk debt which is down 20 from the peak in some indexes. There is decision going on. Will it get better or get worse . That is where we are. No one side clearly in the lead but over last couple days people are looking at stuff over. Oil is coming back a little bit. Central banks certainly accommodative, Chinese Central Bank seems more optimistic. Could be a big buy the dip move. Deirdre jonas, i will be checking back in with you in a bit. Meantime jonas max ferris. There is volatility in the markets you heard from jonas there is volatility in the highest court of the land. The death of Supreme Court Justice Scalia, a conservative legend, is starting off a huge political battle. President obama says he will nominate a successor in due time. I plan to fulfill my Constitutional Responsibil
Discrimination against minorities, black and latino borrowers in massachusetts continue to be reject insisted for home mortgages and much higher rates than whites. The piece written by Jay Fitzgerald goes on to quote an annual report that shows that even when minority borrowers have roughly the same income as whites, there is still a distub distubbing and persistent pattern of rarely disparity in mortgage approvals in both Greater Boston and across the state. To further discuss the topic we are speaking to Jay Fitzgerald and who interviewed the author of the report. Jay, welcome tourban update. Thanks for coming in. Reporter thanks for having me. Anchor lets begin if we can just start by talking about where this information came from. Gym at the university of massachusetts boston has been doing this study for 20 years, he compiles it from data from the federal government, home it goes into great detail about Mortgage Applications, peoples income, race, adaptive file, all of that inform
Holiday by calling for everyone to remember those suffering around the world. A tense but lawful night in berkeley, missouri one day after a Police Officer shot and killed an 18yearold who apparently pointed a gun at him. Good morning, Merry Christmas and welcome to alJazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Merry christmas to you and to all. Im John Henry Smith in for del walters. After a shooting of a young armed black man by a Police Officer, distrust between the community and police was apparent overnight. Dozens gathered at the gas station where the 18yearold was shot by an officer. Now the mayor of berkeley says this is not comparable to the Michael Brown or eric garner cases. The police say martin pull add gun on the officer and that he had a criminal history. We have more on the investigation. Another deadly altercation between the police and a black teenager, the 18yearold was shot dead near ferguson where Michael Brown was shot in august. Protestors were quick to gather at the scene