It has come down slightly, Nudging Par 77 a barrel. To explain why markets responded so quickly on thursday, heres our economics editor, faisal islam. In the aftermath of irans ballistic Missile Attack and as we wait for news on Israels Response there has been a rise in the price and that means since the attacks it is up 10 to over 77 a barrel on the Brent Crude measure, still down on the year because of local economic concerns but the spike up economic concerns but the spike up occurred immediately after president biden added to Suggestions Israel would target Irans Oilfacilities. Reporter would you support israel striking Irans Oil facilities . Israel striking Irans Oil facilities . ,. , facilities . We are discussing that. I facilities . We are discussing that. |think facilities . We are discussing that. L think that facilities . We are discussing that. I think that would facilities . We are discussing that. I think that would be i facilities . We are discussing that. I think that w
North carolina, more than 200 are dead, hundreds listed as missing as we speak at this hour. Helenes wrath relentless. A Living Nightmare for millions across the south. Most deadly hurricane since katrina. We watch the devastating fallout. Back on the job. Striking Dock Workers reaching a tentative deal to open up u. S. Ports. We got the Jobs Number for september. 254,000 jobs added. This after the fed cut rates by half a point. How does this all factor in now . Well look at that as we begin. Dana has the day off. Im Bill Hemmer live in new york city. Hello to you. Good to be with you on a job day. Cant wait to dig into that. Im Sandra Smith and this is americas newsroom. The tentative Dock Workers would give them a 60 raise. That pushes the deadline past election day. Bill convenient. That and the Jobs Report are good for Kamala Harris. The economy is still seen as a liability in the election. It is Human Nature to attribute your current economic situation to the people in office for
0n the democratic side, is tim walz, kamala harris s running mate. He s the governor of minnesota. Before that, he spent 12 years as a congressman. Before entering politics, he was a high school teacher for 16 years, serving as an assistant coach on his school s football team. He spent 2a years in the army reserves, reaching the highest non commissioned rank, command sergeant major. He s 60 years old, just six months older than his running mate, kamala harris. Joining me now form the spin room floor is our correspondent john sudworth. The clock is ticking. What is going on with tim walz. Joining me now is jaime harrison, chair of the democratic party. How is governor tim walz? he s a good place but i want to say my heart goes out to all the folks in south carolina, georgia, tennessee impacted by the i live in south carolina and in these times of trouble we have to rally together as one country to support our brothers and sisters who are experiencing so much pain right now. ,, , ~ , n
And what would you do with a spare 25 Billion Euros . Thats the question facing the irish Government Today as it delivers its budget following a huge Tax Windfall from Tech Firms. Live from london, this is business today. Im lukwesa burak. We start in the us where in the last 30 minutes tens of thousands of East And Gulf Coast Port workers have started striking for the first time in nearly 50 years. This comes after the international longshoremen s association and the us Maritime Alliance were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of their contract. The strikes will halt trade in a wide range of goods and disrupt the Countrys Economy just as we enter the final weeks before the president ial election. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupt the two major sticking points between international longshoreman s association and the us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation for the workers are unhappy with the current contract which spanned the pandemic and dockworkers st
Will array, the head, direct the director of North Carolina Emergency department Emergency Management. Think you, governor. Good afternoon, everyone. Of the governor said, were here with Fema Today to retake an opportunity to survey the damage not just here in Buncombe County but in the western counties that have been so significantly impacted by this event. We currently have 15 county eeocs that remain open with 31 states of emergency in place. Of the 92 Search And Rescue assets thAt The governor mentioned, three of those are federal teams, 22 are from other states, and 54 organic North Carolina. And really cannot overstate the importance of partnership both here in North Carolina as well as the support that we have had from our colleagues in other states as well as the federal government. Today, we are continuing to wrap up grandpa pushes our commodities particularly water and employees as well as fuel and other resources into the impact communities. We are increasing the number of a