A 3 percent gain last year the government says the worlds biggest economy grew more slowly in 2018 than previously thought the Commerce Department downgraded its estimate from 3 percent to 2. 5 percent the overall trajectory is upwards and Consumer Spending is buoyant but lower spending on buildings equipment and software led to a downgrade analysts believe the trade war with china created uncertainty. And its probably doing so still joining me now in the studio is our Business Reporter Clifford Coonan and our man on the markets. Welcome to you both now whats on the east lets start with the u. S. So trump has argued that his tax cuts and increased spending would be enough to propel growth to the 3 percent mark but that hasnt happened that surely must be a disappointment for him no. Disappointing indeed but he will probably not take any of the blame and keep pointing fingers had to put our reserve on its a Monetary Policy that said after 1. 00 trillion dollar tax cuts that we. As a cons
A hot one today. Heat index up near 105. Dog walking weather . Look at cute little apache only 5monthold and would be a great addition to your family and apache would appreciatec airnditioning this morning. Go to humane dog rescue alliance for adoption of apache. It wouldnecommend dog walking today. Its just going to be too hot. We cant hear melissa but we will get back to her on your first 4 traffic. Breaking news right now. D. C. Police are looking for this man. They believe this man is the suspect in a deadly shooting of an 11yearold kron brown. Detectives believe a traffic argument led to the shooting near the o intersection naylor road andlabama avenue last night. Jummy olabanji is here with more from the live disk. Reporter a senseless tragedy. Is is what we know about the shooting righ now. It happened right near the intersection not far fwaym a safeway suspect. Brown was in a car with someone when an argument erupted and group of people and multiple shots red in the car that br
We begin this morning with our weather, get ready for dangerous heat to move into the area this week and into the weekend. Its already hot. And adding to the problem, the midity is getting worse, that will make the afternoon feel hotter than it is. Lauren joins us now with a look at that, and a chance of storms . We have a chance of storms later this afternoon,d say around 3 00 well see showers and thunderstorms develop, some of those will be a little on the stronger side. Keep it here, well keep you updated on that, current temperatures out there right now, in the 80s, it is warm. You factor in that humidity. Our air temperature headed into the 80s and 90s. It will feel closer to 100 degrees out there. 40 chances of storms later on. From 3 00, 4 00, uil 9 00 or 10 00. Not everyone is going to see hem, we will have a few out there. Well talk about that. We have remnants of barry to make it through here. We have this heat wait until you see the numbers we have for friday and satuay. Wel
Dramatic new video shows forces boarding a british oil tanker. Latest on heightened tensions between iran and the west. One million in the streets demanding resignation of puerto ricos governor. That is about 1 3 of the islands population. Well take you there live. First it was the Dominican Republic. There are new concerns over another popular vacation spot. At least 19 people are dead. Well tell you where and what you need to know. Connell fox Business Team coverage today. All the top stories with blake burman at the white house. Kristina partsinevelos on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and phil flynn watching oil and iran out at the cme. Blake as usual, a lot going on at the white house. Well start with you. Reporter well start with a pretty remarkable headline came to us from the Washington Post which is that huawei helped north korea buildout its Wireless Network at one point in time. The post even cited internal documents in that report today which said back in 2018 a Ch
Thursday evening around 7 00, that time is frozen in the hearts and minds of those who new caron, but it shares a space with the memory of who he was. Funny, loving, veryoutgoing. The war is on now. Its war time now because we lost another young person that should not have happened. R morter dred king is a pastor and they t take t streets daily. You may have seen their vehicles around town. The sign says it all. E weo have t come out of these houses and com out on street. We cant make nobody do nothing, buwe can tell themnough is reporter she says her groups usual rounds brought is. Area hours after the shooting, butthey came back once the crime scene was clear. Ron browns mother has a message to the person who killed her child. We need to aim right. Aim at the person youre aiming for. Why wouldou hit a child. Reporter thats a message thats echoed through this street way too often as were dealing with the death of another child. Meanwhile, police are using one important clue. They do h