Minutes into the trading session already. Julie hyman keeping an eye on things. Reached the0, we level yesterday, closing just below it with the doubt hitting and other record dow heading another record. S p 500 at another record. Nasdaq not quite there, little change but to the downside. For thebeen ramping up anniversary of black monday, october 19, 1987 is the date we have been watching. And that is when we saw the market crash. We want to put things into prepress into perspective. This looks at percentage changes in point changes in the Dow Jones Industrial average. You see it, it shows how big of an anomaly it was. To put it into perspective, if you would see the same change today in the dow jones, the same magnitude, it would be about 5000 points coming off of the Dow Jones Industrial average. So to show how unusual it is. The moves we have seen recently are much smaller, not just in the dow but with the freedom but with the three major averages. Withve seen point moves, the s p
Conclusion that somewhere on the delmarva or up to long island would be the best landfall possibility. At various times anywhere from monday afternoon to early tuesday morning. Any of these solutions give us fits as far as the weathers concerned but again that would toss the strongest winds and heaviest rains to our north. Well talk with her that coming up in a minute. Now we want to go to the beach and sarah, i see the breeze is strong and youre not close to the storm yet. Yeah, thats right, john. Its a world of difference this morning compared to what it was like last night when we were out here at 5 00 and 6 00. It was calm last night. Now the breeze has picked up and the water has been getting quite choppy. Its really a reminder that Hurricane Sandy very much on her way. A beautiful fall afternoon in ocean city and even though Hurricane Sandy is still days away, a closer look shows the resort town is already preparing for the storm. The department of public works has been busy. Wer
average and a chance for some scattered thunderstorms late this afternoon and into this evening. first we say good morning to sarah and check on the roads. bad news for those traveling westbound on 70 approaching woodbine road. there is an accident that involves an overturned tractor trailer. all westbound lanes are closed. mount vernon place, there will be some closures as of 7:00 a.m. in both directions because of the book festival. southbound 95, another an overturned vehicle. watch for delays developing their coming down from havre de grace. this is a live view of traffic. 95 south of aberdeen. we are looking for delays because of that accident. there is a police activity in frederick. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. the lines are growing for people looking for work. the latest unemployment figures are trending in the wrong direction. jennifer franciotti is live downtown with more on this. good morning. if you have been out of work, this news comes as no s
patchy fog should burn off quickly. there are storms to our west. that will affect just over the weekend. 93 is the forecast high with a higher heat index. not a lot of relief tonight. it looks like we will stay in the 70 s. hotter still tomorrow. we will wrap up with 96 degrees tomorrow with a heat index of 100. it will be a little uncomfortable but it is the middle part of july. good morning. we re starting off the 6:00 hour with a few problems. there is word of an accident. a couple of disabled vehicles. a disabled vehicle may be blocking a lane and add 295. a couple of early morning problems. 51 miles per hour on southbound 95 coming out of the northeast. moving well on the west side, still at 57 miles per hour. outer loop west side, 11 minutes from top to bottom. about 10 minutes to travel south on 95 down to 32. harrisburg expressway looks good. traveling southbound coming towards us. the west side at liberty, we are problem free right now. that is the latest on traff