Irs employees living in the lap of luxury. David oh, great. Melissa perfect. David of all the agencies to waste money. Back to the markets. Well get to those stories in a minute. The dow ending in positive territory but not high enough to score a new record at the close. Were back to 140 points from 20,000. Still pretty high. Gold taking a huge tumble today. Phil flynn has the very latest on that from the cme. Lori rothman on the floor of new york stock exchange. Lori, what was holding the dow back . Couple specific names, david. Breaking earnings news from oracle. If you like i can get with those. These are headline downers if you will. Nike off 1 . United technologies off 1 . Ge also off. Boeing down half a percent. Many names are considered consumer second calls or economically sensitive. Even though we saw gains there was probably a little bit of hesitation here in terms of getting to the key psychological dow 20,000 milestone everybody is so anxious to get to as well. On the other
Cute video alert on this thursday morning. Good morning, everyone. Were going to start with that arctic air and snow gripping much of the country. Thats right. Take a look at these whiteout conditions in buffalo, new york. The snow was coming down at roughly two inches per hour. Extreme weather in the west, as well, major city on standstill. With more on this rare storm and more gripping this country, abcs lana zak. Reporter thunder snow lightning up the skies thick with flurries in western new york. Whoo. Got that, baby. Reporter an intense snow band is moving south of buffalo bringing whiteout conditions. Watch as the lakeeffect snow builds and moves inland. From the northeast to the great lakes, a bonechilling blanket of arctic air is engulfing the northern half of the country, and with the windchill factored in, parts of the midwest through new england could feel like 15 to 30 degrees below zero. Experts say in those extreme subzero temperatures, frostbite can take place in a matte
Island with warm, sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news america. Katty this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am katty kay. The evacuation from aleppo is finally underway. Rebel forces lose their long fight for the city and president assad declares victory. Did Vladimir Putin personally authorized the hacking of the u. S. President ial election . We ask the former head of the cia. An unveiling the glory of the case pending cave paintings in southwest france, but all is not quite as it seems. Katty welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. Thousands of civilians and rebels are being evacuated from eastern aleppo and being driven to another area of syria under rebel control. The first people allowed out work the sick and wounded, put on a convoy o
Exit from the eu but she is not invited to the dinner after. The remaining 27 will discuss their strategy. The u. N. Says it is considering sanctions against gambias president who refuses to step down and make room for the newcomer who won the election to replace them. Him. The worlds biggest cyber atattk at yahoo with one billion accounts affected. Well have the details in our business updatate. Museum is giving visitors a rare glimpse of paintings 15,000 years old thanks to an exact replica of the prehistoric caves in the lescaux. Story live from paris. We will start in aleppo. Its an offer for those who want to take it up. Who are in people eastern aleppo given that there is a ceasefire will be able to stay. They may be able to stay with family, relatives. This evacuation probably primarily is going to be taken up by the families of fighters and those who may been involved in journalism, activism. Tobody who may have reason concerns about crossing into government controlled areas. T
Operation. How prior that our priority todays making better on the ground. Brent sanctions on russia been extended but observers are expecting nothing more than a strong statement on the recent bloodshed in syria. We will get more from our correspondent in brussels. And u. S. Tech company yahoo hit by the biggest Security Breach in hisistory. Over onene billion email accous have been hacked. What can customers do, and will the company be able to recover . Brent i am brent goff. Its good to have you with us. Tonight they are finally leaving. Another group of evacuees has made it out of aleppo and into rebelheld territory beyond the city. In total, over 1000 people escaped the city today under the terms of our fragile ceasefire. And and buses carried wounded and and buses carried wounded civilians and fighters to relative safety. Reporter and balances ambulances and buses arriving in aleppos western countryside from a sign of the fragile ceasefire deal finally holding after collapsing on