Have the numbers as soon as they hit the tape and show you the impact. Coronavirus keeping the c task force going indefinitely focusing on Vaccine Development and reopening the economy. Meanwhile some lawmakers looking to expand the Paycheck Protection Program and add more stimulus but others raising concerns about growing debt and deficit. Markets this morning pointing to higher opening. Take a look at futures, indicating market wills open higher in triple digits, dow up 3020 points, s p is up 41 and nasdaq higher by 138, one and a third percent, this after concerns of new china relations to china. Scope memo is out. Outlining authority to former special counsel Robert Mueller, it reveals probe went beyond and completely openended. The fallout coming out. People are working out and playing video games, pelaton surging 66 , the company boosting Sales Outlook and the stock flexing muscle as well. Stock up 17 in premarket. Fortnite becoming one of the most Popular Video games ever surpas
Arrive coming up. Erin. Problems on the roads and the rails. A crawl on the outer loop by New Hampshire boulevard New Hampshire avenue because of the stall by university boulevard. Blue line delays by king street. Well help steer you clear of the rail and road slowdowns with your next look at traffic. Erin thanks. More details on both coming. First lets talk politics. President trump on the verge of a legislative victory this morning but democrats say they won too. Congress close to passing a bipartisa agreement to avoid a Government Shutdown but there is a price for compromise. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill with more now. Good morning. Reporter well, steve and allison the price tag a trillion dollars with money in this spending compromise for many of the various priorities of the president and lawmakers and not very many cuts. Washington may be able to keep the Government Shutdown signs under wraps for a few months now with congress on the verge of inking a deal to kee
Drive. Ems evaluated the driver. The driver will make a full recovery. Also this morning, crisis averted at least for now after a budget showdown on capitol hill. Congress agreed to a funding bill last night. It is a. M. Trillion dollar compromise and a vote could come as early as midweek but did President Trump get what he wanted . Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on the hill with the details now. Mel. Reporter well, steve anda allison its been a busy weekend. They passed a one week extension of sorts and then last night came to an agreement, a framework of a deal that must still be voted on. Must be enacted by the end of the week. It is really just kind of kicks the can down the road for another five months but at least it is something that is said to be a bipartisan piece of legislation. A compromise. Something we havent heard a lot of these days t. And it does that fund some of President Trumps Budget Priorities though perhaps not in the way in he may have envisioned. Lets talk first
Arrive coming up. Erin. Problems on the roads and the rails. A crawl on the outer loop by New Hampshire boulevard New Hampshire avenue because of the stall by university boulevard. Blue line delays by king street. Well help steer you clear of the rail and road slowdowns with your next look at traffic. Erin thanks. More details on both coming. First lets talk politics. President trump on the verge of a legislative victory this morning but democrats say they won too. Congress close to passing a bipartisa agreement to avoid a Government Shutdown but there is a price for compromise. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill with more now. Good morning. Reporter well, steve and allison the price tag a trillion dollars with money in this spending compromise for many of the various priorities of the president and lawmakers and not very many cuts. Washington may be able to keep the Government Shutdown signs under wraps for a few months now with congress on the verge of inking a deal to kee
Get a little less exasperating starting tonight. The d. C. Department of transportation is changing the timing of traffic lights at hundreds of intersections throughout northwest. The changes are in neighborhoods highlighted in this map here. Those corners are clogged more often than not. Now, the goal of the timing change is to improve traffic flow and shorten wait times for drivers. Ddot tells us it will monitor the new patterns and make adjustments as needed. This new timing should also give pedestrians more time to cross the street. We are still gathering information about a fire in northeast this morning. It happened off of benning road around 8 00. The second floor of the building has significant damage. There were no injuries, and investigators are still looking for the cause. Right now eric holder wrapping up his final day as attorney general. Just a short time ago he addressed his colleagues in the great hall at the department of justice. He noted that he first came to the Jus