romaine: he did that, but the person standing beside was corey perry. we will let you know once we get more details. >> in the meantime, stock market closing higher. record highs all around. let's check in with our reporters as they monitor the different stories out there. >> i'm thinking about something ,ou and joe were talking about the week. we may have record highs, but there is some defense going on. the best sectors for the s&p 500, utilities up top, nearly 4%. even though we have all-time highs, the s&p 500 is coming on defensive sectors. real estate is up 2.5%. rates are about flat. typically these would do well if rates were going lower. of the growthome sectors here, tech and materials. this is a long-term chart. utilities tend to do better at the end of the markets. to2000, the peak was closer the end of 2000. 500 peaked in&p october. the fact that we have all this strength for the utility sector is worth keeping in mind, although there's not a clear pattern as was the case back then. we have defensive sectors leading on the week while we hav

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corey perry, misbehaving. not sportsman like. he would be tossed.nd the predators score twice on the ensuing power play. 2-2 in the third. stars add one more and win 4-2. even if you're not a hockey fan, there's something hypnotic about seeing that ice in dallas texas in the great outdoors. >> and look at that crowd. >> huge. >> and the bowl games, national championship coming up? >> the 13th. jay? have you seen the grapes? yeah, i ate them. why would you eat the grapes? they were in a bowl, they were washed, i paid for them. they were for the new year's. oh, right. what's that goofy thing again? it's not goofy. it's a tradition. at midnight, you eat 12 grapes, you make 12 wishes, 1 for each month of the year. and you really think that works? five years ago, i was a single mother living in a slum. today, i'm driving to palm springs in my new car with my rich husband. you do what you want. i'm eating the grapes. for new year's eve, we're taking phil and claire and mitch and cam to this amazing hotel i used to go to in palm springs. they got a whole p

nbc's cal perry joining us and, cal, bring us up to speed with the latest because these developments are coming in quick. >> yeah, corey, good morning to you. so we heard this stunning admission in the early morning hours here in the region. we have a statement from president rouahni we can put up on the screen. in which he apologizes for this shoot-down of this passenger plane. we also had a press conference that i have to say was remarkable in its transparency from the revolutionary guard commander of the aerospace division. he talked about how they thought perhaps this was an american cruise missile that was flying towards tehran. he gave even more detail. saying that a soldier, who was sort of dealing with this, had less than ten seconds to make the decision when he launched a sam, a surface-to-air missile, at that airplane. i have to say it's indicative of where we are in 2020 with technology that the evidence was really starting to mount up on the iranians and i really think they felt they had no choice but to admit culpability. heightened tensions in the region, all which happened in which iran lashed back at th

loez, angel perry, deshawn landry, gicon z gicon zuniga, jaymon ison, and, of course, some of the school personnel, the athletic director, rubin arbina, their coach, known as mr. c. and corey monroe, who is school district personnel, and also my uncle, i must say. laugh glamp .[ laughter ] >> congratulations to the young man for your accomplishments and let's make sure our accomplishments on the court are equal in the classroom, as well, and mr. c., i don't know if you want to say a few words but congratulations to the evert school for your championship win. [cheers and applause] >> first of all, i'm very gracious to be here and very thankful. i would like to thank shamot, mr. monroe. first of all, i've been doing this since 11 years od years oly block. so i finally get recognised for certain things i've been doing in the community. today is my birthday and it feels good. [cheers and applause] >> it feels good. [cheers and applause] >> this is a good group of youngsters and they've got a good future ahead of them, so you have to stay tuned. evert will be back here again and we have a lot more positive things we'll be doing for the community and a lot more positive things i

loez, angel perry, deshawn landry, gicon z gicon zuniga, jaymon ison, and, of course, some of the school personnel, the athletic director, rubin arbina, their coach, known as mr. c. and corey monroe, who is school district personnel, and also my uncle, i must say. laugh glamp .[ laughter ] >> congratulations to the young man for your accomplishments and let's make sure our accomplishments on the court are equal in the classroom, as well, and mr. c., i don't know if you want to say a few words but congratulations to the evert school for your championship win. [cheers and applause] >> first of all, i'm very gracious to be here and very thankful. i would like to thank shamot, mr. monroe. first of all, i've been doing this since 11 years od years oly block. so i finally get recognised for certain things i've been doing in the community. today is my birthday and it feels good. [cheers and applause] >> it feels good. [cheers and applause] >> this is a good group of youngsters and they've got a good future ahead of them, so you have to stay tuned. evert will be back here again and we have a lot more positive things we'll be doing for the community and a lot more positive things i