But first we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Threatening weather conditions across the country. Temperatures plummeting, the record lows. It is cold enough that part of Niagara Falls to freeze up. Winter rages as revelers brace for the big chill. 2017 is departing with a cold slap across the face. Im hoping it gets sunny and hot. It is not going to happen. Not a chance. Look at this Massive Action on u. S. 31 near lake michigan. 40car pileup. Another one going in. It is freezing. The count down has begun. Millions of people will be here in time square braving some of the coldest temperatures in time square hist ory. It is so iconic. When you come here, you have to see the ball drop. A toddler may have caused the first worst in new york city in a quarter srncentury. Playing with the burners on the stove. A deadly swat case in kansas. Ladies and gentlemen, i give you russell westbrook. That is nasty. Caught on camera, a woman under arrest in
Right here and abroad. But first we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Threatening weather conditions across the country. Temperatures plummeting, the record lows. It is cold enough that part of Niagara Falls to freeze up. Winter rages as revelers brace for the big chill. 2017 is departing with a cold slap across the face. Im hoping it gets sunny and hot. It is not going to happen. Not a chance. Look at this Massive Action on u. S. 31 near lake michigan. 40car pileup. Another one going in. It is freezing. The count down has begun. Millions of people will be here in time square braving some of the coldest temperatures in time square hist ory. It is so iconic. When you come here, you have to see the ball drop. A toddler may have caused the first worst in a quarter srncentury. Playing with the burners on the stove. A deadly swat case in kansas. Ladies and gentlemen, i give you russell westbrook. That is nasty. Caught on camera, a woman under arr
Those blasts sent massive fire balls into the nights sky. The initial blast erupted at a warehouse for Hazardous Materials and triggered other explosions at nearby businesses. Those explosions could be felt miles away. The cause at this point not immediately clear. Lets take a look at some live pictures this morning from tianjin china. You can still see the smoke cloud billowing. We heard from hyundai. Well take more of a look at whats happening with china in a bit. About 4,000 imported vehicles were destroyed by that blast. Heres the big stories today, China Central bank holding a News Conference in beijing overnight arguing theres no basis for continued currency depreciation. Earlier in the day they set the rate below yesterdays close. Well have a live report in a moment. Athens wants to see a vote before a euro zone identifinanc meeting tomorrow. It argued it lacked clarity on the direction of policies. Here in the u. S. A busy day on the data front. We get jobless claims, july reta
1 00 p. M. , the bond market i believe at 2 00 p. M. We are poised at what would seem a higher open. Were not going to get a lot of hours of trading in. As in for the 10year note yield, lets take a look and see where we are. There it is. 27. 66. And well go to the map in europe where i can never figure out the geography. You know the boot is italy. I know the boot is italy and i can pick up russia. Our road map here back in the United States starts with what else, retail. Millions of shoppers, yes, millions hitting the stores for black friday. Well go live to say how sales are going. Brian . The markets are open today for an abbreviated trading session and we are poised to open at record highs again, which will be about the 40th time this year. I guess you guys could say that here on squawk on the street. The nasdaq finishing wednesdays session at a 13year high, kayla. And thin trading today on a shortened trading day. And also bitcoin keeps on surging, topping 1,200 earlier today, doe