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welcome to today on a tuesday morning. november 3rd, she s coming on november 25th, yes. yeah. sitting here, just wait. a lot of people into that song around you ve been singing all morning. i think some would agree, you re kind of crushing it already, not in the same way though. we ll wait for adele. we ll let her sing that one. absolutely. our day s top story, one year to go to the 2016 presidential election and the new poll has ben carson and hillary clinton surging and president obama is weighing in on the way. we ll get to the lester holt s exclusive interview with the president in a moment, but we ll start in washington with nbc national correspondent peter alexander. peter, good morning to you. reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you. this race is now just getting good. the big headline this morning, that ben carson has shot up seven points in less than two weeks. that drops donald trump to second. 50% of republicans pick carson as either their f ....
after chinese economic data disappoints. that market sinking a stunning 7% in today s trade. oil, a big story as well at this hour. it is moving all over the place. as tensions flair up in the middle east. we do begin with equities. josh, happy new year to all of you guys. a reality check, right? new year, same old problems and they start with china and global growth concerns. sure, so today it s china. but i think, and i ve been saying this for a while now, this is a continuation of what we ve seen all of last year. the difference is, today, the averages are getting hit. the leadership stocks are getting hit. but we ve been watching this rolling correction take place beneath the surface of the market really going back since april and may when the new highs versus new lows topped out. advance/decline fell apart sector by sector succumbing and yet that has been masked by the outperformance of, let s call it, 10 or 20 really big, really important, really great stocks wi ....
good mourn and welcome to al jazeera. i m stephanie sy. it is now late in the evening in nepal. people are still pulling bodies of loved one from the rubble. the death toll has climbed to 2700 people and that number is likely to rise. 6500 people are injured. authorities are still trying to reach remote areas of western nepal. we re live in the capital kathmandu. so i understand that there are reports of another quake in the country s east. what can you tell us? yes those reports are coming from the u.s. geological survey around about 40 minutes ago when we heard that that an earthquake has hit 5.1 earthquake has hit the east of nepal. no reports at the moment of anybody having died or injured or what the damage is in that area. as we hear more we ll let you know. we know that it s been a challenging time for rescue workers because of the remoteness of some of these locations. do you know if rescue is going on even though it s dark there? it is my understanding ....
saudi oil export hits a nine-year high. bikers arrested in waco are said to be members of motorcycle gangs. capital charges are expected. president obama has joined twitter. erik: the world s largest retailer being hurt by the strong dollar. walmart posted profits that missed analyst estimates. the company is dealing with a broader shift than how consumers spend their money. americans spend more on homes in the last three months. that boosted earnings at home depot. first-quarter profit beat analyst estimates. the early arrival of warm weather spurred people to work on exteriors. stephanie: regulators want to know if fiat chrysler is fixing vehicles fast enough. a hearing will be held in july. we have concerns. there will be a chance to have a hearing where we will collect information diversely from the public, safety advocates and it will not be a press release. we will be looking at evidence to see if they are meeting obligations. stephanie: fiat chrysler disa ....
stephanie: in the meantime well, for me it will be killing time for her it will be doing the news. oh. that s not very nice to jacki. yeah tell everyone to go get a snack. stephanie: go get a snack. and then there will be really good gossip. here she is jacki schechner. i m mad at you now. good morning. president obama is cambodia today attending summit meetings but his attention is divided as violence continuing to rage in the middle east. the president has been working the phones and speaking with israel prime minister and egyptian president. hilary clinton had been traveling with the president, but now she is on her way to the region. she will meet with netenyahu in jerusalem. more than 100 palestinians and 7 israels are dead. the president warns against escalating the conflict by sending in ground troops. both seem to be open to egyptian lead negotiations. hamas wants to stop all attacks, israel says hamas has to stop firing on israeli southern cities, ....