Disappearing, all of those in just a moment. First sue serio with weather on the ones. We start off with number of the day, every day we select number between one and ten, to sort of help you out, try to simplify things. This early in the morning, figure out what the day will bring. So we had a nine yesterday. We turn it upside down. Today is a six. Some sunshine it, will feel like summer today which means it will be quite humid, uncomfortable out there, as we get to the upper 80s, strong thunderstorms in the forecast for later on. So there is a look at the future, with bus stop buddy, now, at the bus zero bus stop this morning you should be fine. Thunderstorms arent until later on as we said temperatures in the 60s, but have that rain gear with you for later, just in case. 69 degrees, in philadelphia right now, 87 relative humidity. Sunrise happens at 6 38. , and ultimate doppler no rain any more. We had some moving through the northern part of our viewing area, but for us, it is just
But at this point it has decided to shut trading all together. That happened after it had conversations with other u. S. Stock markets and with u. S. Regulators, including the sec. And this is the first weather related shut down since hurricane fwlor i cant back in 1985. The cme group is running its urk of usual futures session from 6 00 p. M. To 9 15 a. M. Eastern. You will be able to see the stock Index Futures throughout the morning. They are under pressure right now. Cme will be shutting down trading after that time. So depending on the impact of the storm, its possible the same scenario will be repeated this morning. Three companies have canceled earnings reports. Pfizer, nrg and entergy. The government still planning to release personal income and spending data at 8 30. The question is did they decide to shut down the electronic portion because the s sec and others said we dont know whether the system unto itself will work, or they did taest it back in march. And they were undete
Minutes. All other markets will remain open with scheduled break between 5 15 p. M. And 6 15 eastern time. We see red arrows in europe. Well talk about things driving that action later on. We have your bases covered on Hurricane Sandy and what is at stake for businesses and your family. We begin with scott cohn in battery park. Scott . Reporter good morning, melissa. This was completely dry just a couple hours ago. What you are looking at here is high tide. This isnt storm surge to speak of yet. It is high tide exacerbated by the full moon and somewhat exacerbated by sandy. If you fast forward about 12 hours from now when the next high tide comes in and the storm is coming ashore, add about a foot of water onto this and then you start to look at what manhattan is facing. Its not that much drier inland from here in this socalled zone a where 375,000 people live. Some very important businesses and Financial Capital of the world is located which is why they are not trading stocks today. I
To 11 feet. What does that mean . That means that the actual water level could come up ten feet above normal to begin with, and on top of that you have additional waves. Thats why that is such a serious problem. Now, lets move along and talk about whats going to happen next with this storm. First of all. Atlantic city was really hit very hard, and were expecting that the worst will be right on the immediate shore line where the waves pound the coastline. I know its hard to see, but this is actually the boardwalk in Atlantic City. It has been very greatlydevasta. The economic damage to the Atlantic City area is going to be a big story that well be covering in days to come, but the radar is showing that the rain isnt going to be an issue in the same spots that the wind is an issue. Let me show you what you mean. If we draw a line to basically where the storm is moving along, moving from east to west, backwards to the north of that line, its not raining very hard. There wont be any floodi
What is it doing right now and how is it affecting businesses in the United States . We have Team Coverage following the path of Hurricane Sandy. Steve harrigan has the impact from ocean city, maryland but right now lets take it to jeff flock in Point Pleasant beach new jersey. Jeff . Jeff a little bit of ground zero for you, liz, at this hour south jersey really in the sights of this and for the worst of the storm. Its extraordinary in i have not covered a hurricane that has been the on set of which has been like this, which is just steady blowing, raining, coming at you, a sandblasting you, and no letup. Usually theres a letup. Usually there are fingers, there are ribbons of intensity that come in. This is just all blow coming straight at you. Take a look at this sea foam on the beach, and i will tell you, we are not that far away from low tide. The key is going to be tonight when we get to high tide here because you see that surf behind me, the wind that has been pushing that surf b