Veterans day as we thank those who served us in the past and continue to serve us today im becky quick along with joe kernen along with Andrew Ross Sorkin things are in the green once again. Looks like the dow is indicated up by about 181 points and if we were to open at these levels and hold it through the session, you would be looking at the dow closing at a record high it has been up six out of the last seven sessions. Up another 626 points yesterday. Dow futures are up, s p futures up by about 26 and then the nasdaq, which has been the weaker part over the last several sessions, down more 1 , actually indicated higher today as well. Up by about 130. The bond market today the is closed in ob sservance of veters day. Well talk with David Petraeus later this morning andrew thanks. And an important day in the United States of course. But there is also a holiday going on in china, very different kind of holiday, made up of a shopping a made up shopping holiday i should say called single
Highest dew points right now. Still a touch of mugginess in the air. Temperatures today 70s along the coast to 80 in San Francisco and low 80s to low 90s around the bay and look at all those 100s inland. Some record highs are possible today. Ill talk more about the hennessey fire coming up. Lets get to reggie for more on that right now. Mike, thank you. Happening now, hundreds of firefighters battling this wildfire in wine country. So this is video of the hennessey fire from overnight. It broke out yesterday morning. It exploded in size in the afternoon. Its burning to the east of san helena and rutherford. Grown to 2,400 acres with zero containment. Evacuation orders are in effect in the area. Some people are choosing to stay. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live this morning. Amy . Goodern morning were in st helena and authorities behind me have sage canyon road blocked off. This is the area that is being impacted. They have evacuated about 205 homes in this area. We do have new
Reopening, the university of North Carolina is back pedaling. Switching to Remote Learning after 130 students contracted the virus. Elementary schools in the state are also seeing an uptick in cases. This school temporarily shutting down after a cluster was linked to a faculty member. Also new trouble at one of the nations largest fire department. Chicago fire academy had to close down after an outbreak. Officials saying theyve had nearly 300 cases and two chicago firefighters have died from the virus. Megan tevrizian. Coming up next, the seven things to know this morning. Also a special Education Teacher in the south bay logged into class without wearing a shirt and its not just that action that has parents really upset this morning. Also ahead, michelles message. What the former first lady was wearing during her its game day live, here at bia fanfavorite venue, ever since they got gigspeed internet. Hey, amy . Wanna grab a seat . Were live. Its game on, with gigspeed internet from xf
Us with your thoughts with your first name, city and state at 202 7488003. Or you can go to twitter at cspanwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Whether it is rental assistance, help with your mortgage, you thinke costs, or your state needs aid from washington, help with colleges and schools, whatever it is, whatever economic aid do you need . That is our conversation this morning. Joining us on the phone is eric watson, congressional reporter with bloomberg coming year to give us the latest. Where do negotiations stand in washington . Guest we are still at a stalemate. There was a latenight meeting between mark meadows, secretary mnuchin and schumer and pelosi. There is talk of a standalone bill to a expand to extend extend Unemployment Insurance. Schumer and pelosi are united, and polling numbers show americans want a massive stimulus package with the American Economy stuttering, so they are insisting on more than a barebones package. They are wanting to see one of and locally, st
Youre not hanging out with all that wrapping paper, maybe youre dashing to the stores to return the lovely things you got. Boxing day, right, in canada and in the uk, the day after christmas . Make so many emails about final clearance, 70 off so if youre shopping are having fun with your family, a lot of us take this time to think about what we are going to do, start of the new year. A lot of people think the new year is truly the best day to start something new. However, experts say just wait a while. Researchers at Washington University in st. Louis say spring is truly a time of new beginnings and it can be easier for us to change our behaviors than. One psychologist calls it the spring renewal. He says cold weather and shorter days of the winter make it tough to stick to those vows to be fitter in new york and it gets rain and dark at 5 30. I like the idea of waiting until spring. Something that different cultures and religious have look to in the past, like passover in the spring,