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production. plus. this is a gift which i received from my friend saddam husse hussein a syrian war criminal back home and rebuilding his political career. we begin in tunisia where the candidate for the secular tunis party claimed victory in the country s historic presidential election. beji caid essebsi s claim has been dismissed by moncef marzouki, who says it s too early i to call a winner. the official result expected on monday. we go to tunis. reporter: starting early in the morning tunisians lined up at the polls, waiting for their turn to create history. for the first time people choosing their president. beji caid essebsi under the minister, and moncef marzouki, the interim president who took charge following the 2011 revolution. beji caid essebsi built his campaign around experience spanning decades. those years in office were not without controversy. beji caid essebsi oversaw mass crackdowns and does sent. those that voted for him say he s the only one ....
a thrilling double overtime victory for the los angeles kings over the new york rangers in game five of the stanley cup finals, and now the kings are nhl champs once again. today saturday, june 14th, 2014. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to today on a saturday morning. i m lester holt. and i m erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. we do want to get straight to today s top story, the growing cris in iraq. there have been a number of overnight developments. let s get you caught up at this hour. two of iraq s biggest cities, mosul and kirkuk have now fallen. mosul is in the hands of islamic militants while kirkuk has been taken over by kurdish forces. hundreds of iraqi men are joining the fight to protect their country. they have come to volunteer centers answering a call to defend iraq. just a few hours ago, iran s president offered his country s help to iraq. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel i ....
meeting and speaking at a news conference in washington, yellen insured investors the u.s. economy is doing well enough for the fed to make further cuts but not strong enough to seek consistent growth without the central bank s help. investors loved hearing that, and stocks took off. the s&p 500 index closed at a new record high of $19.57, the dow, which was in the red before the fed announcement at 2:00 p.m. eastern time shot up almost 100 points and the nasdaq rose to 25 points. steve liesman was at that news conference and has more on what yellen said and what it means for the economy. reporter: was it an upgrade or a downgrade? for the fed today and the u.s. economy, it was actually a bit of both. the federal reserve upgraded the u.s. economy in the statement today saying it was rebounding from the severe winter weather swoon. at the same time because of the economy s contraction, in the first quarter, much stronger than expected, the fed had to downgrade its fore ....
near zero through the end of this year. wrapping up a two-day policy meeting and speaking at a news conference in washington, yellen insured investors the u.s. economy is doing well enough for the fed to make further cuts but not strong enough to seek consistent growth without the central bank s help. investors loved hearing that, and stocks took off. the s&p 500 index closed at a new record high of $19.57, the dow, which was in the red before the fed announcement at 2:00 p.m. eastern time shot up almost 100 points and the nasdaq rose to 25 points. steve liesman was at that news conference and has more on what yellen said and what it means for the economy. reporter: was it an upgrade or a downgrade? for the fed today and the u.s. economy, it was actually a bit of both. the federal reserve upgraded the u.s. economy in the statement today saying it was rebounding from the severe winter weather swoon. at the same time because of the economy s contraction, in the first qu ....
near zero through the end of this year. wrapping up a two-day policy meeting and speaking at a news conference in washington, yellen insured investors the u.s. economy is doing well enough for the fed to make further cuts but not strong enough to seek consistent growth without the central bank s help. investors loved hearing that, and stocks took off. the s&p 500 index closed at a new record high of $19.57, the dow, which was in the red before the fed announcement at 2:00 p.m. eastern time shot up almost 100 points and the nasdaq rose to 25 points. steve liesman was at that news conference and has more on what yellen said and what it means for the economy. reporter: was it an upgrade or a downgrade? for the fed today and the u.s. economy, it was actually a bit of both. the federal reserve upgraded the u.s. economy in the statement today saying it was rebounding from the severe winter weather swoon. at the same time because of the economy s contraction, in the first qu ....