Prime minister has been asked to stay on as the temporary could take or until a new government is formed Michelle Obamas request follows tuesdays resignation of the Prime Minister. Hes leaving ended the Coalition Government thats been rocked by nearly 2 weeks of protests lebanons army has stepped in on weapons today to clear roads that have been barricaded by demonstrators calling for the ruling elite to step down so far theres been no protests across the country lets get more now from 0 holder whos been covering the leadership changes from beirut so in a good to talk to you again whats the reaction like on the street there. Well as you can imagine theyre considering this a victory one of their demands was that the Coalition Government is toppled but the political crisis is far from over there really their demands has not been met in full because what they want is a new government which is going to be made up of technocrats people who are not affiliated with any Political Party and thi
Around the bay area over the pg e power shut off. Some areas getting electricity restored right now, others wondering when they get the lights back on and for how long. Good evening, thanks for joining us. I michelle griego. Of the 1 million customers affected by the outages, about 400,000 are still in the dark this afternoon. Things are looking good in the east bay, the south bay and the peninsula. Most of the power back on bare. Theres a lot of work to be done in the north bay, just 11 of customers had their power back in Sonoma County where the kincade fire is burning. Jackie ward tells us more outages could be in store this evening. Reporter pockets of these parks have not had power since saturday while others are losing it today. Some people i spoke to said this is getting expensive. For carl hamilton, today is his familys fourth day without power. Its been hard on us, we are making it through. Reporter he is spending more money than usual just to keep his family fed by going to a
There. What is your plan for keeping platforms and stations clean . Whats maybe one way they could work on getting Homeless People off the b. A. R. T. . How would you improve safety . Powers will also be hosting a town hall via twitter this upcoming tuesday. You can follow along with the handle sfbart. Jobina fortson, abc 7. Thank you. You can also submit a question or a comment through our website, abc7news. Com, or you can post your thoughts on social media with the dearbart. We will past them on to b. A. R. T. s gm. Hes a draif mabrave man. Its 4 31. A quick update of weather and traffic. This is hit number two, drew. The jacket is needed in some spots. Upper 40s to lower 50s. Lets break down your day today. 12hour day planner, lots of sunshine. Well max out late their afternolater this afternoon in the 70s and 80s. Lets check in with frances. Its quiet out there but there is an injury crash in benicia, eastbound 780 at east 2nd street. It is blocking the left lane. Emergency crews
The stoxx 600, let me walk you through whats going on. Thats the reaction to the payroll this afternoon, a blip on an overall negative chart. It was the nonmanufacturing ism number that really spooked the markets. Wednesday was a really tough day for european markets. Since then, weve been bumping along the floor. The market down at the moment by about 3. 1 for the week. A look at the individual movers today. Stocks are higher, but it is a relatively small moose versus the losses we had ash relatively small move versus the losses relatively small move versus the losses weve had. Theres the pound, trading 1. 2285. Youve got 10 days of negotiation around Boris Johnsons latest attempt to get brexit through. The pound having a tough session. Vonnie. Vonnie lets get back to the jobs data. 136 thousand jobs were created in september, just shy of estimates. Augusts number was revised higher by 38,000. Average Hourly Earnings growth missed. The Unemployment Rate unexpectedly improved, dropping
And the attention turns to the whistleblowers complaint in the latest twist in this impeachment inquiry. And Boris Johnson faces the angry. So disagreed with the governments commitment, they could have voted for a general election welcome to street signs. Political uncertainty on both sides of the atlantic this week. Before we get to that, there are some key corporate stories Imperial Brands is flat. Ecigarettes are under threat. The companys stock is now down 9 this morning. British American Tobacco down almost 3 . Fullyear operating profits will come in at the bottom end. British education came in weaker than expected on the course web business you can see it trading down more than 6 . In the airlines sector, recent pilot strikes forced iag to issue a profit warning the airline said adjusted profits will be 215 Million Euros lower pilots have already walked out two days theyve canceled strikes scheduled for tomorrow finance damage has already been done back to the politics President