Halliburton abandoning plans with baker hughes union regulators were not happy with Loretta Lynch saying no merger is too big to challenge. Let us know what you think of our top stories on twitter. The yen dominating what is going on with japanese equity trading. The markets are closed today. Reporter talk about first trading day of may. Markets. As reshot pointed out, have a look at japan. They are down 4 . A lot of that happening with a stronger japanese yen. Australia, just about every stock on the nikkei underwater at the moment. When you take the losses back on thursday, we are down about 7. 5 over just two trading days. Lets break it down across sectors. Down onngle sector is the nikkei. Have a look at the nikkei volatility index. We are looking at a sharp jump. It up there . There we go 18 higher. That is something to watch. A lot of people are starting to downsize. When the yen starts jumping around, expect people to be riskadverse. Volatility is higher than usual. We are watch
Arrested at the u. S. Capitol in an act of mass civil disobedience, protesting the influence of big money and corporate lobbying in politics. We will go to d. C. , to speak with protest organizer kai newkirk. And here in San Francisco, lee fang, tracking money in the 2016 race for the white house. Whether it is our tax policy, Climate Change, wall street policy, a lot of these issues, it has been very difficult to have reform when the incumbent industries that game from the status quo have a lolot of politicians in the pocket and have a lot of control over the political process. Amy then, are you interested in a cream that would erase blemishes and soften your skin . Well, so is the cia. We will talk to lee fang about Beauty Secrets of the spies. How their funding Skin Care Products that collect dna. Death by gentntrification. We turn to thehe Police Killing that shamemed San Francisco, the death of alex nieto. Essentialally a green light o fire 59 bulullets in a residentl and public h
Afternoon. Really much of the day tomorrow. So we have been enjoying the spring like temperatures near 80. The past couple of days. Not going to be the indicate today. You can still get outside. We are still above average but a couple of changes. Today cloudy skies, cooler temperatures, spotty showers, a little bit of drizzle as well. 51 degrees. Winds out of the northeast turning more south southeasterly today. 48 for andrews and 49 down through walter. We head through the 81 corridor into the upper 40s. Today will be substantially cooler than what we have enjoyed lately averaging about 60 degrees. Most places in the upper 50s. This will be the trend for today. Spotty showers, really just a few drops coming down. Drizzle if you will. Its not going to be anything to ruin your plans. It wont be a wash out. Might just get a drop as those runners are out enjoying the scenery and the run. 58 by 1 30. We will talk about better rain chances for sunday coming up. New this morning traffic arou
Craig boswell has the details. Reporter protesters clashed with officers and with each outside the university of illinois, after donald trump postponed his rally because of safety concerns. Thank you very much for your attendance, and please go in peace. [ crowd noise ] reporter the crowd of thousands erupted after the announcement. Fights broke out, as people confronted each other. Some got violent. At least one person charged the podium. The crowds spilled out onto the streets of chicago. Once in a lifetime to see a president ial candidate and to walk outside, people are just yelling at you. Power to the people power to the people im happy they didnt allow this in our city reporter some say postponing the rally was a mistake. Its a bad ed behavior. Reporter donald trump called in to cnbc to defend the move. Chicago is the home of very bad rallies. I didnt want to see that happen. So i made the decision. Reporter earlier friday, 32 people were arrested at trump rally in st. Louis. The
Kasich has the best chance for stopping donald trump, i believe thats the best chance. Reporter kasich supporters were saying they were going to vote for the governor anyway. Florida, ohio, North Carolina, and missouri all vote next tuesday and its winner take all for the republican side. Florida is the biggest prize with 99 delegates. Tomorrow, registered republicans can vote for their favorite candidate. Voters will select delegates for the Republican National convention in cleveland. We have more information on the convention and a complete voters guide on the wusa 9news app. A crowd estimated at more than 5000 lined up in raleigh, North Carolina to attend a Campaign Rally for bernie sandsers. North carolina is one of five States Holding primaries next tuesday. The turnout could help him de if many, many people stand up, fight back, and tell us that our government belongs to all of us, not just a handful of campaign contributors. Sanders has Campaign Rallies in ohio and illinois and