The family of an American college student is pleading for help after they say he has gone missing in Spain. 20-year-old Jimmy Gracie disappeared after last being seen at a Barcelona club Tuesday while on a spring break trip there. Gracie is a junior at the University of Alabama.Tracking this story, NBC News correspondent Maggie Vespa. Maggie, I understand you actually just spoke to one of Jimmy's fraternity brothers. What did you learn.So, Zinclay, that fraternity brother actually as chapter president is al ...

And joining me now, fresh off her primary victory, is Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton. Thank you so much for joining us, Lieutenant Governor. Really appreciate it.>> Thank you for having me. >> Well, congratulations on your win last night. I do want to start with your reaction to the victory.You do live in a reliably blue state. What is your strategy heading into November. Well, the strategy is to keep doing what I've been doing and why we were so successful last night.You know, I think that t ...

Welcome back. If it's Wednesday, we have election results, including in the Illinois Democratic Senate primary where Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton beat Congressman Raja Christa Morphy and Congresswoman Robin Kelly in the race for retiring Senator Dick Durban seat. Stratton celebrating with supporters in Chicago last night and pledging to be a fighter in Washington.Look, >> tonight's message is clear. We're ready to take our democracy back into our own hands. >> We never lost sight of what's most impo ...

real wages have been going up in the United States now for three years roughly. Um but people are not feeling like they're not feeling good about it yet and it will take some years of positive real real earning gains for people to feel good again we think. But you're right, we uh but when you talk to people, they're they they do feel squeezed and you know there there are areas where where uh prices are still going up like insurance, various different kinds of insurance are getting more more and more expensi ...

Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington where the administration's top intelligence chiefs faced questions about the war with Iran and their assessment about Iran's nuclear capabilities which the president has used as a justification for launching the military strikes. All while the war shows no signs of deescalating and as the status of the straight of Hormuz, that critical waterway for global shipping remains in limbo. Today, director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA dir ...

Welcome back. We are following developments on Capitol Hill and a potential setback for the president's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Senator Ran Paul, the Republican chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, announcing he will oppose fellow Senator Mark Wayne Mullen's nomination to be DHS Secretary when his committee votes tomorrow.Paul making that announcement after leading Mullen's confirmation hearing today. A hearing that began with this heated exchange between the two. You t ...

The WNBA and its players union reached a tentative deal on a new contract. Sources telling NBC News that it will increase player salaries to reflect the league's skyrocketing growth and popularity. Now, this deal came after the two sides spent more than a week locked in tense in-person negotiations.Lawyers are now working to iron out the details before the players and the league's board of governors vote to approve it. NBC News sports editor Greg Rosenstein joins me now. Greg, good to see you.So, WNBA Commi ...

Good Wednesday morning. We are following breaking news out of the Middle East. >> A new round of deadly attacks across the region.It is March 18th. This is Today. Breaking overnight.Tel Aviv targeted in a deadly missile strike as Iran seeks revenge for the killing of two of its top leaders. The US deploying its own wave of massive bunker buster bombs on major sites inside Iran as President Trump pushes back against the first resignation of a key administration official over the war. >> I always thought he w ...

The Federal Reserve has announced it is keeping interest rates on hold. This is the second consecutive time the board voted to leave rates unchanged after three straight cuts. The decision comes as the Fed tries to navigate waves of economic uncertainty.First, the impact of the war with Iran. The conflict has already caused crude oil, gas, jet fuel, and home heating oil prices to sore. Another factor is the future of tariffs.This is the first interest rate decision since the Supreme Court struck down many o ...

We're on the roof of our hotel and last night we witnessed a very loud uh night. We were watching as red tracer fire went up into the skies above us. We could hear explosions.We saw flashes in the sky. Uh and we could uh I think see and hear a lot of drone activity as well. And on the some distance from here, we saw and heard some very loud explosions indeed.Now, last night was also the night, the last Tuesday night before now ru the Persian New Year when Iranians fire a lot of fireworks into the air. And s ...