Breaking outside and all sorts of stuff flying around way too close. The wind this door we cant get open. Im putting all my weight into it and its not budging. We cant even get outside right now. Theres a fire alarm in our building. For the most part, its coming unglued, at least outside. Other than that, its a fortress. This town is taking it right now. Were about to get inside the eye itself where these winds should go calm, at least for a few minutes. But this is the most fierce stuff weve seen so far. At one point when we were at higher floors, you could feel the hotel swaying. This being at night, you cant really see whats happening outside. We cant see the storm surge. Weve got the river very close to us, or the lake, and that surge, what its doing right now, i have no idea. No idea, because its dark. And that may be the most frightening part of this situation, coming in the dark as a category 4, nearly a 5, one the likes that lake charles has never seen, guys. Rob, youve covered
comcast business. powering possibilities. hello, everyone. it is the top of the hour. thanks so much for being with us. i m kate bolduan. it is the storm impacting pretty much everyone in one way or another across the country today. more than 200 million americans under windchill alerts and holiday travel plans are getting much more complicated by the hour for so many people. life-threatening cold has pushed all the way to the gulf coast and the mexico border and with more than 70 million americans facing temperatures below zero today, blizzard warnings remain in effect for more than 11 million people, mostly near the great lakes. areas near buffalo could see up to three feet of snow. they ve been getting walloped already this season and making matters worse, the damaging winds that knocked out power for more than a million customers from texas to new england, all of this is wreaking havoc on typically one of the busiest travel days of the year. more than 3,900 flights have
We are live in springfield, missouri, with all the details. Meanwhile Tropical Storm harvey making landfall again. This time slamming parts of louisiana. Well speak with a states lieutenant governor, Billy Nungesser about the situations there. Talking about harvey, the town of port arthur, texas, now underwater after being hit hard by heavy rains overnight. Were live on the ground there where rescue efforts are now underway. Cheryl well get back to texas of course in a moment but these markets, taking a look at the dow climbing for a second straight day, driven higher by shares of cisco. Goldman sachs and caterpillar helping all of this. Nicole petallides watch being action from the floor of the new york stock exchange. Nicole, we got good news on the economy. Is that part of the reason were seeing these numbers . Overall looking pretty good. We die guessed a lot of harvey and north korea. We got a little blip late in the day talks between lavrov and tillerson, not do anything with nor
Gas, the other a toxic chemical. How much of that leaks our get into the air is anyones guess. Authorities are saying it does not appear to be a major worry for the time being but once buried, twice shy in prior crises when they got reassurances tend to be skittish. How difference no way of knowing. It is something we are watching closely. The Energy Department has tapped into those reserves to the tune of 500,000 barrels. Millions in there and this is meant to mitigate whatever price fallout we would have from here. But it is oil were talking about, not exactly some refined product whose prices have been soaring of late. Oil actually going the other way, but for the potential and ahead of any potential supply disruptions going on longer, theyre taking precaution tapping that reserve right now. Hillary vaughn in crosby, by the way near where this arkema plant is located. A lot of questions about how safe it is there. Hillary, what are you hearing . Reporter neil, the plant doesnt have
One other data point in the First Six Months of this year, there are only three, but they are the biggest three. Were add decline of 2. 3 billion in the First Six Months of this year, which is the last six month interval. What the i. S. P. Es are doing, is throttling back on their investment. I think this is an issue of Major Economic significance, given how much money is at stake. Under the order, throttling is not allowed. [laughter] first of all, i think theres a lot of disagreement about the numbers. As the court recognized the fcc justified its decision, on factors, to ask nomibase it on economics. Even if you do, it does not require agencies to undergo a cost analysis. I agree with you, almost every other agency under the sun is obliged to respect cost benefit. On the day they issued the ord they order, they disclaimedny responsibilities. So if this is where things stand, then, i think niedermayers to strongly consider the idea of imposing a cost benefit standard. No different fr