Condemnation. A potentially deadly chemical banned for most uses in europe is still a common ingredient in paint stripper sold in the u. S. This morning, the family of a worker who died using methylyn chloride speaks out. Plus, we have the list of the safest cars for 2015. Find out why only 15 vehicles received the highest rating. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This fires such a monster firefighter, telling people it may be a matter of life and death. Southern california threatened by historic wildfires. Flames lighting up the sky. Not a break in sight. Fierce winds ramping back up. That means very, very high fire danger. Ive never seen anything like this. I was expecting to see snow on the mountain and now the things on fire. Now calling on al franken to resign amid Sexual Harassment allegationings. This morning, he is expected to make an announcement about his future. You need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is o
Higher by 0. 3 or greater. Look at the nasdaq. It has been a little more beatendown but today up more than 0. 5 . The best day from the nasdaq since november 30. Perhaps investors are feeling a little more certain around tax reform, d. C. Drama and more. One stock that is helping the indexes today we will be getting to in a moment. This seems to be a continuation of the trump trade. Here is this stock, General Electric is up nearly 0. 9 . This is after the Industrial Company announced they are cutting 12,000 jobs within their power unit. That is the biggest unit within their business, about 30 of the business. It is also the most troubled unit. The fact that they are flushing out the plan they gave back on november 13 to cut 1 billion in cost by cutting these jobs, investors seem to be cheering it to some degree thinking it is a solid first step in the turnaround plan. Shares on the year down more for theiron peak worst year since 2008. The industrial sector is the top on the day. Ge,
Are incredible. Thousands of people evacuated as the Massive Wildfire wreaks havoc on the los angeles area. The latest as firefighters struggle to control the growing blaze. The price soars past 16,000. Hackers have gotten away with millions of bitcoin in the highest. Fractional moves higher although the Dow Jones Industrial average moved into negative territory. S p is a s p is up a fraction of the nasdaq up a third of a percent. Major indices look like this. Take a look trading right now. The ft 100 up a fraction and the cac up a quarter of a percent this morning. Asia overnight carcass remix. The big winner at japan up about 1. 5 overnight. Hang seng in hong kong were covering up a quarter of a percent. The nfl 200 man amid a huge payday for commissioner Roger Goodell. The reaction from the delete this morning. The buyer of the artists painting that just sold at auction for 450 million reportedly revealed. Well tell you who broke the bank for that painting this morning. Jay made a t
Today, number two, 60 million worth of bitcoins were stole from a Bitcoin Wallet. Bitcoin is not immune to hackers and once they are gone, you cant get them back, think about that. Politics, senator franken will make a statement on the senate floor today, lost support of most fellow democrats, will he resign, dont know. Will he respond to Sexual Harassment charges against him, we dont know that either. When he speaks, you will see and hear it. Veterany company is about to Varney Company is about to begin. Note stuart lets get right to it. Story of the day, Southern California wild fires, ashley, what do we have . Brutal santa ana winds which would fan the flames from fires, now the National Weather say not quite as bad, gusty but not 80 miles an hour. They had to shut down with 101 freeway. Thats the ventura freeway, they cut it down, essentially cutting off northbound traffic from heading to santa. Barbara a from ventura. You can see northwest of downtown los angeles, four major fires
People. Maybe 2,000 people. And more people are coming in. From the march that was from the cal train station, up to yerba buena gardens. Now, this is the San Francisco interfaith council, a celebration of diverse faiths and spirit ule traditions, and the two major speakers here today, will be Democratic Congressional leader nancy pelosi, and acting mayor lunden breed of the city of San Francisco. This is all to celebrate one of the greatest americans in american history. Dr. Martin luther king jr. He walked with us, and amongst us, for just a short time. But what he said will be heard forever. The dr. Martin luther king celebration train from san jose, arrived at San Franciscos cal train station about 11 00 this morning. Bringing folks who would march a mile and a half to the Yerba Buena Center for San Franciscos main mlk celebration. Now, while the riders rode, the Sf Labor Council held its annual mlk breakfast at the marriott. Attended by every mayoral candidate. We asked young and