Veronica we have a Beautiful Day set for us. 85 degree temperatures coming our way, upper 80s for the first part of the weekend. Littlee toasty, even a sticky. We will be talking about humidity levels coming up. A beautiful sunrise. Red and orange showing up refracting off the moisture still in the air, some patchy fog. Right now we stand in the upper 50s, close to 60 degrees. Reagan national, coming in very comfortable right now. Todays forecast, close to 80 degrees. Hopefully, you have short sleeves on because it is going to be very comfortable today. We are not going to have the humidity. That will hit us on friday during the afternoon hours, then again on that at a you will notice it. South wind will come around this area of high pressure. Tracking a cold front that will to the area tonight, dropping down to the mid60s. 85 and dry for friday. More rain for the weekend. We will talk about that in a few. Julie looking at an accident eastbound along 66 tying up your commute headed inb
The dogs on the street well tell you if theyre worth taking home. This tailwagging edition starts right now. Who let the dogs out welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Well have nasdaq on track to break a twoweek losing streak, take a look at the gains the dow is up by about 9 points, s p by 5, nasdaq by 25 oil seeing a bit of a bounce, lifting shares for a change. And look at bed bath and beyond shares theyre plunging today. In fact, a sevenyear low down almost 12 and fast food giants mcdonalds and yum brands at high numbers court. Thanks, melissa for the First Time Ever the Affordable Care acted has topped the 50 . Again, once you give people something, even if they dont like it, its hard to take it away Kayla Tausche has the latest. Call it the art of the Health Care Deal part 2 the expectation is that the president , much like he did with the house version of the bill will now take matters into his own hand i just spoke with the principal debt secretary Sarah Sanders repealing an
We begin with robo calls that interrupt you both at your home phone and on your cell phone how can you fight back andrea day explains how you can let scammers know this is urgent that you contact us. Reporter its a robo call, automatically dialed call bothering millions of americans. 30 billion calls a year now. He developed an app to try to stop the madness. Its a pitch for emily the travel scammer or fake microsoft. Important notice regarding your automobile. I get ten calls a day. The do not call list was supposed to stop so why does it seem its getting worse . It works for legitimate businesses the problem is all of the people who dont respect it who could care less. People fall for the scams enough to make it worth while we sat down with the federal trade commission behind the do not call list. The ftc says consumers lose 350 million every year falling for robo ripoffs. We investigate unwanted calls and where they are coming from and bring Law Enforcement actions to stop them. Rep
The same sector that led the way this year earlier posted its first weekly gain in three this week. The nasdaq climbed today for the fourth straight session and Energy Shares helped the s p snap its losing streak. T the dow fell by 2. 5 points today. Nasdaq added 28 though. S p rose by nearly four points and as you can see, the nasdaq easily outperformed the other major averages for the week, but theres a switch happening within the tech d by the big n. The fang stocks, facebooks and amazons and fwogoogles. Now, a new group of name taki charge. Kim forest joins us tonight to talk about that. Kim, we have almost two weeks ago, the tech wreck and maybe look elsewhere for new leadership. What are they looking for . Well, i think anytime your growth. And if youre investing in tech, youre really looking for gro h growth. Have what in common . Growth. So i think a couple of the leerds have to do with online paycheck or pay stub calculations that sort of thing. So that would be adp and payche
T. How can you fight back . In this weeks cover story, andrea day tells us how you can let scammers know dialing you is a wrong number. Hello, this is rachel at card holder services. Reporter its a robocall, an automatically dialled call bothering millions of americans. Theres about 30,000 robocalls a year now. And so annoying, one man started an app to try to stop the madness. Its a fake microsoft, and theres nothing worse. I get probably i would say ten calls a day. Reporter the governments do not call list was supposed to stop these tell marketers. Why does it seem like its getting worse . The do not call registry actually works for legitimate businesses. The problem is all the people who dont respect it, who are the scammers who could care less. And unfortunately, it people fall for the scam enough to make it worthwhile. Reporter we sat down with the federal trade commission, the Agency Behind the do not call list. The ftc says consumers lose 350 million every yearle falling for ro