christine darden. and thanks to you, the members of congress who made this day possible and to the late congresswoman eddie bernice, who we miss and who led the effort. 2019 alongside god, senator chris --, bring these medals, life. and thanks. additionally to the for the legislation, senators kamala harris, lisa murkowski and shelley moore capito and congressman frank lucas. the women we honored today made it possible. earthlings to live beyond the of earth and for general oceans of trailblazers follow. we did not come far only to come this far. we continue this legacy as one member of the audience with us today does single day the remarkable andrea mosie andrea, who has worked for nasa's for nearly 50 years, is the lead for the apollo sample program. she oversees the moon rocks in lunar samples that enhance are brought back from apollo. 842 pounds of celestial science. these samples are national treasures, and so is andrea andrea. the pioneer that we honor today. these hidden figures shows their cour

christine dardenne. as speaker of the house, i have the privilege of welcoming you to the capitol today. the congressional gold medal is the highest honor congress can bestow upon any individual. we give it for the achievements and contributions of great americans. today, pursuant to hr 1396, we have the pleasure of finally warding this medal to the hidden figures. [ applause ] >> as you all know, this has been a long time coming. it was many decades after these women began working for our nation's space agency that we finally get to do appropriate honor for their work. you know these names well. katharine johnson. dorothy vaughn and mary jackson and dr. christine dardenne. in the history of congress, we had few occasions we recognized those helped us explore the final frontier. in 1959, we awarded the medal to dr. robert goddard for his research. in 1969, buzz aldrin and neal armstrong and michael collins addressed congress following moon landing and they also received the medal. in 1997, the state of c

christine darden. in the history of congress we have only had a few occasions we recognize those who helped us explore what is the final frontier. in 1959 we awarded this very medal to dr. robert goddard for his research on space rockets, missiles, and jet propulsion. in 1969, buzz aldrin and neil armstrong, michael collins addressed a joint session of congress following their moon landing, and they also received this medal. and in 1997, the state of colorado gave us a statue of jack swagger for his time as an astronaut on apollo 13 and as a staff director of the house committee on science and technology. and now in 2024 we get the honor and have the honor to bring honor that is due to the giants on whose shoulders all of those astronauts actually stood. at a time when america, that's right, that's an applause welcome. [ applause ] atta time in america when our nation was divided by color and often by gender, these women dared to step into the fields where they had previously been unwelcomed. they exce

christine would soon be dead, part of a brutal double murder.ties say was an elaborately staged plot by her husband and the au pair. >> who's the shooter? who shot who? >> it was a shocking double murder, rattling this quiet community in suburban virginia. >> we're getting the ambulance here now. >> my hospital is downstairs. >> okay. >> in february of 2023, christine banfield, a young mother was stabbed to death in her bedroom. another man who was not her husband was found alongside her, shot in the head, all while the family's young daughter was in the home's basement. >> i need to talk to her. >> the scene captured on newly released body camera footage. >> there are no words to describe the horror, the sadness. >> months later, police arresting the family's brazilian au pair, juliana perez magalhaes charging her with second degree murder. >> first, brendan was that alt. >> then, almost a year after the au pairs arrest, christine's husband brendan banfield, was also indicted and taken into custody. >> do you have any involvement? >> charged wi

for that's christine, that's the w corresponded christine bundle in brussels. and i assume that tonya claimant in jerusalem, welcome atanya. so we just had is really a thoughts as critical as these uh, warrens were being sold. what did i say now they being issued? well, i mean this is of course is seen as in mass us and the made to develop and uh, in this legal case and reactions from is very politicians are actually pouring in as we speak. we still have to hear from prime minister benjamin netanyahu. himself was scheduled today to meet with the special envoy, u, as in boy, i'm as host and to speak about a possible a ceasefire with a husband now. but, you know, already back in may, we saw a massive push back there when the ice se prosecute had decided to that he was seeking arrest warrants against prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and that then defense minister, your scholar and he was dismissed. in the meantime, he is no longer defense minister, but he also so those arrest once again, 3 hamas leader that are all believe to have been killed the least for 2 the

you know, we use christine wise and amsterdam and that stadium where i actually i'm sort of hosted in my copying tel aviv last night a christine, what more can you tell us about the violence or well nicole, the mayor off and sedan didn't mean so, but it's when she said that there was an explosion of ad t semitism in amsterdam last night. we are told by officials in the city that they've needs that pro palestinian use a sol. how is really fads to attack off to that match between these 2 football giants. right here at the stadium last nice. we know that police has now obviously taken some measures in, in, in the city demonstrations has good, bad police. i've also been given powers to conduct preventative searches. this is now in response of close to the violent that receipt here. last night, but it has been condemned by the will forward, sees in the city in this country. and everybody is now looking into what could have been the instigating fact says, but as far as the employees are concerned, you've had an explosion of anticipations of as the mayor of m sedan put, it's christine, there

christine, thank you so much. that was our correspond christine mcguire in brussels. sketch up on some of the news stories making headlines today. in australia, fire broke out said sidney airport after a passenger plane made an emergency landing the boeing 737 circled back shortly after taking off local media se the plains engine exploded, sparking the fire angle dash is struggling to cope with a den. get a fever outbreak goes, climate change has breeding favorable conditions for the virus to spread. mosquito the carries doing good thrives during monsoon season, which is now extending into the winter world health organization has worn of an alarming spread of the virus world. want of the like, tricity is being restored parts of cuba. after hurricane raphael knocked out the islands power grid. it was the 2nd nationwide blackout in a month. there were no reports of fatalities and the latest storm, but the high winds and rains damage the infrastructure and hundreds of russian president vladimir putin has now commente

damn hosted at my coffee, tel aviv christine. good to see you. we've had a bit more information coming in. what more can you tell us about the violence of their last night while play according to the authorities, the mayor of them sit in. the silence was pre meditated. that's the because the fans or a text last night were targeted uh, price pro palestinian individuals in the city. that is at least the message from the city of flores. he's that these attacks were very deliberate and that was with the changes with the attentive was off doing home to the producer of the mccarthy. friends who had been in the city to watch the game last night to start here at the stadium that belongs to the dutch team. i x. now, as we saw in the report, they were different sort of clashes at different parts of the city. read finding rules and they were questions going around as to what was instigated the violence, but on the part of the of forty's. they are saying that they own viewing this as, as pre, made as a premeditated attack. so to say on the c

and christine romans joining me here on the set. christine, we're learning about another outbreak. yeah. the cdc tonight warning of a multistate listeria outbreak. 11 people sickened. one infant has died. the cdc says in its statement, quote, interviews with sick people and laboratory findings show that yushang food, ready to eat meat and poultry products are making people sick. all right, christine, thank you for that. after a series of burglaries at the homes of big name pro athletes, an extraordinary caution from the fbi telling the nba and the nfl to warn its teams of the risk. here's erin mclaughlin. tonight, professional athletes are on high alert after the nba issued this warning to its basketball players nationwide, saying the fbi is now connecting home burglaries targeting athletes and other high net worth individuals to south american criminal gangs. cautioning the gangs are well organized, sophisticated and focused on cash and items that can be resold on the black market, such as jewelry, watches and luxury bags. by the time they go in, they know what they're looking for

because train one of the lab reporting from avenue in from christine. thanks so much for bringing us up to date on the extraordinary story of that trial. and of course, the incredible strength shown by its just the political christine keys to hong kong. now, with the cities high cooled has sentenced for sci fi pro, democracy leaders to jail tons ranging from 4 to 10 years in a case condemned by western nations and rights groups. they would charge with subversion, so that roles an unofficial local elections in 2020, held on the beijing national security. little that was introduced in 2019 off to pro democracy protests ruptured in hong kong. the little crushed the movements and reduced the cities autonomy. hundreds waited for hours to get inside the courthouse for the end of this landmark trial, the largest single prosecution to date of the home comes national security little imposed by china 4 years ago. many have a family and friends of those who was sentenced. $45.00 for politicians and activists did prison tens of up to 10 years after being charged wi

let's get more from christine romans. >> well, i want to thank you all very much. >> reporter: with donald trump's return to power, wall street likes what it sees. >> this will truly be the golden age of america. >> reporter: markets hitting record highs on the promise of a trump 2.0 economic agenda expected to include more deregulation and lower taxes. >> we are going to do the best job. we're going to -- we're going to turn it around. it's got to be turned around. it's got to be turned around fast, and we're going to turn it around. >> reporter: exit polls show voters sour on the current economy, 68% calling it not so good or poor. and 46% of voters say their family's financial situation is worse today compared to four years ago. the highest that number has ever been on the nbc news exit poll. >> monster gain today. >> reporter: that's despite a series of stock market highs reached under the biden administration, wage growth that has outpaced inflation for 20 months and a historically low unemployment rate. but 22% of voters say inflation has caused a severe hardship for their families i

christine nome is handpicked for homelands security secretary. >> reporter: trump loyalist christine >> we have a special woman who is hot as a politician. >> reporter: being awarded as trump's choice as secretary of homeland security sources say. >> they said they want a secure border and they want the streets to be safe. >> reporter: a massive job putting her at the home of a sprawling agency overseeing everything from customs and border protection, immigration and the u.s. secret service. in charge of a $60 billion budget and hundreds of thousands of employees. >> on day one i will launch the largest deportation program in american history. >> reporter: placing nome at the center of helping to deliver on some of the incoming president's most political and controversial priorities. slashing illegal immigration and executing his plan for mass deportations. >> the u.s. is in a time of inpatient. >> reporter: the south dakota governor has closely aligned with some of trump's most malign policies and rhetoric in the past. >> democratic counties in this country are being overrun by viol

so christine, like trump's behind closed doors, but he's also lobbying in public how is this supposed to work and it also looks like he's crowdsourcing cabinet secretaries, which is a very odd and troubling posture. >> not exactly a way to lead. it's not at all surprising that already not very far into the transition, trump advisers are at each other's throats. that's what we saw in the first term and what we know donald trump likes he likes it for his advisers to argue with each other. he likes there for there to be drama. it's like he's back on tv again. so i think we will see this continue. and as it did in the first term, kind of erode any foundation you need to really lead from and to really be able to trust the people who are by your side. >> and just so we can put the pictures up on the screen here, we have some pictures of the people involved with the latest transition team in fighting. that's elon musk there on the left. he's fighting with boris epstein. the trump lawyer and adviser, right next to him. he wants howard lutnick person number three there to be treasury secretary

a christine one to an onset on their right. time for a quick look. got some other news making headlines around the world and explosion at a railway station. and the pakistani city of quite a has killed at least 24 people and wounded dozens more officials in the city of clad to say the blast happened on a crowded platform. is passengers way to to travel? the police are investigating the incident, but suspect it was a suicide on the constitutional court. in bolivia has bard, former president, every morales from running again for office rule, the presidents were limited to serving 2 terms. morales lead bolivia from 22006 to 2019 and was buying again for the job. is supporters have recently been blocking roads and rating, military bases and protest. in cuba, the power grid is slowly being restored after hurricane raphael hit the island earlier. this week, some provinces are still with have electricity, and central havana people rush the hotels to charge their phones. the kind of cree 3 hurricane left, a trail of destruction across the island, but no casu

that was the deputy christine m, window at the in amsterdam for us. well, the you and human rights offices, but almost 70 percent of the people that as well as military, has killed in gaza, women and children. and then the report, the you and i didn't see accused israel of a quote system. i think violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law, united nations with his film, the scale of deepest station is a navigate their way through knolls, in gaza and tie a neighborhood leveled. many buildings barely standing. the union has been working to verify the casualties of israel's 13 months school with her mos militants. it saves the majority of women and children of those facilities, you have sofa followed close to 70 person to be children and women, indicating a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international dramatic eating law. this is randy attacks continue to claim civilian lives almost daily from us. run helpful. thirty's put the death toll at move in. 43000. see you in has verified $8119.00 victims, but

you corresponding christine. one was following the story for us in opposite i'm incentives. her assessment as the mayor of amsterdam describes the violins in the city off to that football game as an explosion of anti semitism. local authorities here say that pro palestinian youth in the city. so softer and targeted is really fans to attack off to that football game. between mcafee tel aviv and i x. now we know that the ortiz, e a had already deemed this to be a high risk event for political reasons. you had thousands of his really fans in the city and amsterdam happens to be home to a big muslim community. now we also know that a pro palestinian demonstration near the stadium had been banned and that there had been several incidents perpetrated by both sides in the run up to that football match. and all the police say they had deployed at additional security prisons. but is really fans have reported feeling unsafe by the time they left that stadium when the match ended on thursday nights. now this has been condemned as anti semitism, not just here in the netherlands, but eur

christine romans has details. >> reporter: some competition coming for temu and shein, the ultra cheapto u.s. customer speech, the quality goes insane. >> reporter: and and shoppers taking to social media to showcase their hauls. >> i am in love with this cardigan. >> reporter: the website soaring in popularity with a business model that bypasses import fees on purchases less than $800.00. now, amazon entering the race to fill americans carts with the cheapest product possible, launching what it calls "amazon hauls " with items like in-60 case for $1.79, and holiday table runners for $2.99. courtney reagan covers retail for cnbc. what is the market for supercheap? >> americans have become more price-sensitive than ever but they also have the ability to almost buy from more places than they ever have before. >> reporter: with low prices, longer delivery times. instead of 1 to 2 days for your amazon order, 1 to 2 weeks. the consumer who is shopping for the stuff, quality is not top of mind? >> they are in excitedly made and they ultimately have to be okay with the fact that the quality m

christine. thank you. christine.t elect trump will face. the wars in the middle east and in ukraine are also high on the list, which we're happy to have with us. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. right here in studio one, a donald trump has made a pledge he wants to end wars. he doesn't like wars, he said. he said it when he gave his victory speech. how do you how do you see this playing out? well, i've been speaking to people since yesterday and today as well. and there's really a mixed reaction. certain countries believe that they could work with donald trump, that they believe in his vision. they like that he's kind of transactional. one phone call, one person, one time. you get a decision at the end of the line, not necessarily the way that democracies generally work. generally. it's sort of a top down system, the way businesses work or authoritarian regimes work or families work or not necessarily democratic institutions, but ones that are that are more centrally organized. so russia seems to be q

why is reporting from the stadium where i x amsterdam hosted my copy, tel aviv christine. hello, what more can you tell us about this violence? last nice. clear the the mayor of amsterdam has said the scenes that took place in the city were an explosion of anti semitism, as she described it. she said that pro palestinian youth had souls house. is there any sense to attack off to the game here at the stadium? last night we sold those fields in the report, you just saw that these clashes were very silent, very, very sort of fruitful. but according to the words you see, and that includes the local police. that is really, fans with target sits in the city last night off to that match between a detach football giant i x and these really a football giant because each of these and there had been a lot of tension in amsterdam before the game as well. having their that's that's right. and the local police confirmed that there had been isolated incidents near to the city more in the southeast of abs to them that they had been isolated incidents. and it hit us that, that match some o

are accusing each other of my license on the christine oven. i lived on enlist at the london school of economics, told us how optimistic she is about the truce as well. let's say i'm still cautiously optimistic, but it has to be set. so even though the parties have agreed to cease for, they don't necessarily agree about the details of implementation that they, especially don't agree about what's happening on the ground right now. and this is something that will very likely cause friction. so sort of the coming weeks and the question is how people restrictions be, will they be so big that they threaten a piece by itself? outside of christine over in russia has launched a new wife affair tax on your credits energy grid. the credit, let's say is it is in retaliation for keeps use of long range width and miss off the latest russian assault and with more than a 1000000 new ukrainians without pallet ross, as president vladimir putting us, threatening to more strikes using a new hot pacific missile fives, the 1st time. last week. these powered by gene

it's christine montague. well alpha novel, right, speaks for the french group, dad to be a feminist. i asked her about the impact of his case. as i think it has had an impact on the conversation, the warehousing that everybody is having around sexual violence and the victims of sexual violence in particular. and they've been talking about others. i don't think that in fact is satisfying enough for feminism activists in terms of policy in terms of changes to the justice system. and i think i feel like all the countries are talking about it even more than we are. i don't think the, you know, awareness has really happened on how big this case is and what it could mean for our culture and how we actually deal with cases of sexual violence. we have from just that political today, those issues have it's time that the match patriarchal society that trivializes right changes. what do you understand that to me i couldn't agree more. i think what she's saying is, is what some of us have been saying for years of decades

one to an avenue in christine to join, just to explain how the case came about. well, this will came to life in september 2020. when the husband of his old code, dominique was called by a security card and a supermarket is filming, and the women's good see was arrested. he's both of us confiscated and as to these looks through his phone, his laptop and as a gadgets, they discovered that thousands of videos of a wimpy looks unconscious, appears to be unconscious. and the number of men having sex with her. they also discovered chaps. these were the conversations that code had been having with the man, but he had been recruiting on line to come and have 6 with his wife while she was unconscious. the court was told that it is only when the police brought mrs. co in for questioning and showed her these videos, but she became aware of what had been happening to over a decade and that it's, she was stunned weak. the point was told that at some point she didn't actually recognize that she was the woman. in that video footage. it's christine montague. well alpha novel, ri

welcome to the w, christine, why it is show speaking to put a noun or the end of this year. and really the last few weeks had changed the political realities, both in germany and in the united states. and there is a process of coming to ahead of the question of what happens next. and ukraine president trump, now re elected in the united states has promised to bring a swift end of the war. and this will of course, lead a greater burden eventually for europe because trump's desire to pay significantly for you crazy and security or pre creating reconstruction is very limited. the european role must be bigger and social. it's now also spaced, very challenging political wins in germany. we'll have to have a say, uh, and have to have a better understanding about what happens next in european security and sense rumors then a possible phone call between the schultz. now, given these changing political realities have actually come to fruition and we have seen the 1st in depth conversations, the 1st publicly announced conversation between couldn't and western liter, which means we wer

see how to use christine moon? why is tracking this story for us from brussels and she has more details now about last night's violence in amsterdam. it was very violent scenes in amsterdam last night's social media is a wash, with the snippets of videos depict seeing this 5. and so we can see attacks of a chance and it, it's just, you know, in different ways you've got cause being attacked as people rolling in the streets, people being thrown into water. a lot of this video has been verified because it has been posted on the networks, on a verified by a certain used edwards. so it seems that there was a lot happening in the run up to this match a bit sweet. it was a, you wrote the league match between the copy 10 of these and the dutch team. i do a lot of fans from israel, from tennessee who would come in to em. sedan for this match of the teams in the build up to this throughout the day that had been a number of incidents. you do see instances which is really fans, uh, 10 of the copy sends appeared to be tearing

now, christine, i'm going to a fall that report and is that the trial? and i asked her earlier how this case actually came about. well, this will came to lights in september 2020. when the husband of his old co dominique was called by a security guard in the supermarkets filming. and the women's good see was arrested . he's phone was confiscated and as police looks through his phone, his laptop and as a gadgets, they discovered thousands of videos off a when it looks unconscious, appears to be unconscious. and the number of men having sex with the they also discovered chaps. these with the conversations that co had been having with the man, but he had been recruiting on line to come and have 6 with his wife while she was unconscious. the court was told that it is only when the police brought mrs. co in for questioning and showed her these videos, but she became aware of what had been happening to over a decade and it's she was stand weak. the court was told that at some point she didn't actually recognize that she was the woman in that video footage. thi

and of course, the incredible strength shown by its just the political christine keys to home come now where the cities high courses sentence, 45 pro democracy leaders to jail terms ranging from 4 to 10 years in a case condemned by western nations and rights groups. they was charged with subversion, so the roles and unofficial local elections in 2020, held on the patients national security little of that was introduced off to pro democracy protests. a ruptured in hong kong. the little crushed the movement and reduced the cities autonomy. hundreds waited for hours to get inside the court house. for the end of this landmark trial, the largest single prosecution to date of the home comes national security little imposed by china 4 years ago. so many here, that family and friends of those who was sentenced. $45.00 for politicians and activists did prison times of up to 10 years after being charged with conspiracy to commit suppression. the whole charge is unfair because that they, what they have done is only you know, to do what the basic law have laid. john had already laid down that is t

it's christine, that's the w correspondent, christine bundle in brussels. and most of our correspondent emily guarding in june of some welcome emily, how's the government? they're reacting a little. it's basically being it's brackson with a loss about, right. it's um, the permanent says office responded to the arrest warrant by calling it a non to submissive decision. it also said quite tasks as well rejects, we've discussed and discussed the upside unfold, actions on charges against it's by the international criminal court. this is something that's been occurred across members of his cabinets, um national security administrative, some up in, greer came out saying that's quite the answer to the arrest warrants. applying sovereignty over the to territories of today and some area, meaning the next ation of the occupied westbank, which is, which would be a legal other than that, we've seen widespread condemnation also across the board. also from the opposition to the, the, the la pete. we see one outlier really, which has been one policy that's been sort of ou

that's christine betsy. the managing director of the german marshall fund. nope, any time. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the stories making headlines today. several people were injured when protest of stone, the parliament in a break away region of georgia of kazi allies in the northwest corner of georgia, and as of stacked by russia. unrest broke out over the proposal to allow russians to buy property that the mitchell has since left. the austrian government saves it will not be blackmailed as russia from the cutoff gas delivery to move by the state for the state produce a gas from follows. the loss of a contract dispute with all 3 of o m w energy group. austria relies on bush and gas and boats. us president joe biden has held his last meeting with the leaders of japan and south korea before donald trump returns to office next to speaking at the summit in february biden's that the world is facing a moment of significant political change officials and focused on some job problems subject lead a health emergency over talk. 6 small schools and colleges must clos

in the dutch capital, this widespread concern around that goes dw, corresponding christine was. well, with the latest from amsterdam, thank you so much. i and to hungry. now we're a you leaders are wrapped up talks to assess the future of the block with another donald trump presidency on the horizon security and the war and ukrainians. large over the summit in budapest and their closing statements. many european leaders called for a new era of self reliance. one that is not as dependent on us support it over here. brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena was at the end. you saw an in budapest and send us the summary . the meeting key in budapest was the 1st chance for you opinion leaders to face up to donalds trump's, who as selection went in front of the cameras. they may all have been warmly welcoming the incoming administration. but the outlook is grant. europe may soon phase of potential trade war and the weakening of the nato alliance. both of which don't know trump has strep. europe's plan to deal with the challenges is to trunk view is offering the you as a close corpor

i'm christine woodland. there's just one day to go until the us presidential election with polls showing it's averse to close to coal, both comma harris for the democrats and donald trump for the republicans, while making a final push across the key battleground states. harris made her closing page on a sunday, ronnie, in the swing state of michigan, she'll spend monday in pennsylvania and will hold a late night. randy they? what's the neighbor cheese, including oprah winfrey trunk, being well ended sunday nights with a rally in georgia having already visited, pennsylvania and north carolina. earlier in the day, he will be back in north carolina on monday, before heading to 2 more swing states. tens of millions of us. but it does have cost any benefits in an election which is shaping up to be extremely close, both in battle ground states and at the national level. on the eve of election day, millions of americans have already made the presidential pick. people in ohio queued for hours on sunday, determined t

christine, first to you.hat donald trump wants to do and why he is going to china, to mexico and canada. >> because we have very big trade deficits with those three countries and he is on the first steps of reordering the global trade stwags. i think it's interesting. he is using these tariffs saying these are for migration and drugs as a punishment for migration and drugs, not for reshoring -- usually when he talks about tariffs, he wants stuff made in america. these are tariffs he said are basically punitive because there are drugs and people crossing the borders and it would likely raise costs for american consumers in the near term. >> migration and drugs from canada? >> canada and mexico. that's what he says. if they have to stop the people and drugs coming across both borders. >> what would it mean, david, to have these tariffs on products coming from these three countries? i mean, is it specific even though we are getting a lot from china, china doesn't always send everything directly to us, they send

christine, first of all, happy friday. we'll get to the fed cut in just a minute.powell's job security. how significant is that? especially when you think that donald trump was the one who appointed him. >> it was the no heard around the world, and he said it twice, not permitted under law, and he stopped and said it again. so just a message that over here at the fed, the fed is independent, it is independent of the white house, and it is trying to get inflation under control without hurting the overall economy by moving interest rates. the fed chief is saying, we're going to continue to do that work. >> so i'm curious, professor, to get your take here. because the federal reserve isn't supposed to be political, but trump has said he wants influence on interest rates. if trump tries to interfere in fed decisions or if trump asks for powell's resignation and he refuses, what happens? >> the legal advice seems to be that powell gets to stay. look, this is actually one of the most important issues for monetary policy. we tend to obsess about the blips, the little ups

south dakota governor christine will lead homeland security. we have a taken side of the news cabinet. strumming a third airline was struck by gunfire over haiti. this time a bullet found in the side of an american airlines jet. the faa now telling flights to steer clear of the country. >>> breaking overnight, a large explosion that rocked louisville, now deadly. three people were killed in the blast that injured a dozen others. the latest from the investigation and what sparked the blast. >>> the bitcoin boom. why the election is fueling the greatest crypto craze in years. >>> from dr. mifflin, to the people at -- john krasinski is this year's sexiest man alive. it's wednesday, november 13th. "early today" . starts right no good morning. i'm frances rivera. >>> donald trump will return to the white house in just a few hours. president biden has invited the president-elect for an oval office meeting today. something mr. trump refused to do in 2020 for then president- elect biden. this meeting comes as the new trump cabinet is coming together. g

christine, i want to bring you in on another point.know, we just got past thanksgiving. hope you both had a great one. but looking at donald trump's post over it, he said, happy thanksgiving to all, including to the radical left lunatics who have worked so hard to destroy our country but who have miserably failed and will always fail because their ideas and policies are so hopelessly bad. okay, it's it's an on brand type of post from him, but how do you anticipate democrats dealing with maybe readjusting to the style of messaging that maybe we've grown accustomed to seeing from him? i think, you know i mean, it is sadly very on brand, but i don't think it's the kind of brand we want leading the country rhetorically. >> it's just not helpful. it's not kind. it's not the kind of particularly in light of all the tumult going on in the world, the kind of message we want out there. now, that said, i think if the democrats chase every tweet and respond to every undignified statement by the president elect will be a dog chasing our tail, we r

nbc news senior business correspondent christine romans is here to break down how it all happened.emocrats wanted to win those blue wall states, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, but did they underestimate how much the economy would matter to voters in these swing states? and how did trump connect in a way that harris really just didn't? >> yeah, our exit polling showed that the economy was really dragging on voters' psyche heading into here. and you're absolutely right. he flipped georgia. he kept north carolina. and then you get to pennsylvania and by the time you get to pennsylvania -- oh, sorry, there you get to pennsylvania and she could not hold on to what she had last time and he -- what biden had last time and he actually built on it. when we look back at -- get that pennsylvania up there for you. still not coming up. sorry. >> that's all right. >> anyway, pennsylvania was really one of those things that showed she couldn't really build. in fact, he was building on momentum and she was not holding joe biden's ground. >> christine, it's interesting because we've been talkin

as christine was saying, what's interesting here, when you parse the stock market's reaction, they'reorably to the notion of tax cuts and deregulation. the bond market was worried about cutting taxes and the impact on the deficit, the inflationary impact of tariffs, and the wildly inflationary and recessionary impact if it were to be undertaken of mass deportations of individuals who are currently in the labor force. so i think you have to look at each thing singularly, and then look at them together to determine what the economic exact is versus the market impact. >> yeah, also wall street's not main street, and i underscored that. christine romans, ron insana, thank you very much, i appreciate it. >>> still ahead, what world leaders are bracing for as donald trump comes back to office. we have reaction from the world's strong men. not including zelenskyy obviously. obviously. why use 10 buckets of water when you can use 1 fire extinguisher. and to fight heartburn, why take 10 antacids throughout the day when you can take 1 prilosec. for easier heartburn relief, one beats ten. prilos

joining me now to discuss all of this is cnn sports analyst christine brennan.s great to have you to talk to you about this story where i feel like we have seen a number of developments and headlines recently involving transgender athletes and the issue of gender in sports. here we have this latest development in the world of women's college volleyball. can you help us understand why this issue seems to be just so fueling the passions on both sides of the debate recently mj it truly is a sports story that has become part of our culture even if it really shouldn't be in many ways. >> and it's set against the backdrop in this case of, of course, the presidential election and politics and when when the trump campaign was focusing on the transgender issue female and transgender female athletes in women's sports, they did that in commercials. they did that during the campaign. as many, many people know. i think they spent $200 million on those ads. various groups and supporting trump and the reality is, we're talking about just a few people throughout our country in

and joining us now, cnn sports analyst christine brennan. christine, good to see you. thanks for being here thank you. >> you, as well. >> yeah. and as camila, just kind of laid it all out there for us. this team in the game now at the center of a national debate over transgender athletes in sports. i just want to get your thoughts first on why and how and what you think about san jose state being at the center of all of this. >> yes as camille obviously report and there is a political tone to all of this. i mean, this story is sports story at its heart jessica has been set against the backdrop of the presidential election, and donald trump's adds $200 million. i believe, is the reported amount that they spent anti-transgender ads and if, as camille again said, if this conservative website in april had not outed this player who we are not naming, if because of course this player herself has not said that she is a transgender woman but if that website had not outed her we would never have known about this because again, the key point to me is she had played two years al

between governments and people, what was said on the call, were going to talk about it, the ecb christinearde urging europe to negotiate not retaliate when it comes to trading she also said by american, black friday sales set to set enter break record and futures are done we have the holiday shortened trading week markets were closed yesterday as you can see we will put them up in a moment, we'll get to the u.s. markets in just a second. but we want to let you know we will stop trading at 1:00 p.m. eastern time, the bond markets will remain open until 2:00 p.m. eastern time, also we will watch oil this morning as there is a lot of back-and-forth between executives in this country and those overseas, as you can see brent is down fractionally, crude is down half 8%, here's what's going on in the oil markets, top executives reportedly are asking donald trump to negotiate with venezuela nicolas maduro on energy to stop from setting were illegal migrants into the united states. a lot of money being proposed, will to talk about that bitcoin another big story of the weekend of the year. up this

senior business correspondent christine romans has more. >> reporter: mortgages, car loan, credit cards, americans are borrowing more than ever u.s. household debt now at $17.94 trillion. for credit cards, that debt has never cost more. the average interest rate almost 22%, way higher than auto loans and mortgage rates. >> i was like, holy -- like it was hundreds of dollars per month. i'm like, i could be spending that on groceries. >> just in interest? >> just in interest. >> reporter: jamie park ser chipping away at her part of the record $1.17 trillion americans now hold in credit card debt. >> i was in about $60,000 worth of debt when this all started just to be able to live for the year with my kids. >> reporter: the marketing professional and single mother of two leaned on credit cards when she was laid off three different times during the pandemic. >> i've really had to cut back. >> reporter: researchers at the new york fed say wages are rise, making higher debt levels manageable for many but delinquency rates remain elevated. >> it's something we're keeping a close eye on. if ho

here's christine romans. >> thank you, have a good one. >> reporter: the nation's largest coffee chain on notice. >> to do your job really well, i think there is a piece of this where you have to be in the office. >> reporter: the new ceo wants to enforce a 2-year-old policy. corporate staff must be in the office three days a week. >> to be a part of starbucks, you've got to contribute to the culture. you've got to show up, and you've got to bring a positive energy. >> reporter: he's new to the job. based in california, he commutes to seattle via private jet. also in seattle, amazon web services expects a full five-day return to office early next year, prompting roughly 37,000 employees to join an internal slack channel to complain. these companies that are saying, you got to be in the office three days a week, five days a week, they're going to lose talent who demand flexibility? >> yes. and we can demand flexibility now, because we didn't realize we could before. >> reporter: one study found most employers want workers in the office at least three days a week. but only 51% of employe