But could they believe him . Can this get any stranger . Enter the beautiful blonde with an xrated career. We just had highend clientele that would pay to come in for a private strip show. She seemed to know everyone, from bad guys to the banker. What did she know about this hit . I figured that it would all get figured out. I didnt do this. Was it a hit that couldnt miss . What did i do . Were you having an affair . No, i was not. Are you offering . Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres keith morrison. Reporter there are places even in our finest cities where only a particular kind of tourist might find what he or she is looking for, attractions for the damaged and the lost catered by agents who, for a profit, would damage them more. It was late. Early april, 2013, peak of the spring tourist invasion, here in charleston, South Carolina, so lovely, even in the dark as the horde of tourists drifted out of famous restaurants and into fine hotels. Not far away, the moneyed elite of t
Test the markets resilience. Stocks have been melting up, trading near record levels, despite some of the recent upheaval and uncertainty. In the days ahead, a jampacked economic calendar, hearings on capitol hill, and elections in europe have the potential perhaps to reshape that landscap bob pisani takes a look at the road ahead for investors. On the surface, everything looks calm for the markets. Major stock indices at or near historic highs, bond levels at the lowest levels since the election last november. But two big events on thursday could be market movers. The British Elections, where its still not clear if last weekends attack at the London Bridge will send sentiments toward or against incumbent theresa may. James comey will testify before the Senate Intelligence committee how his agent sip assessed russias role in the november election. He will certainly be asked if President Trump asked him to end the probe of former National Security adviser of michael improving european e
Snap has beaten up the social media stock. Scott devitt is injoing us by phone. Welcome back. Thank you for having me. This is a heavy call. People expected the stock to move lower why today with this move the lockup expiration i think is more and more internet cops have become public over the past five, six, seven years. Investors have become more educated on timing and pricing in the incremental supply and snap has been responding to the upcoming lockup expiration for some time now. But its important to note that its not just about the lockup operation. There has to be a fundamental story behind the stock and were more favorable right now. People are growing more conscious at a time when you seem to be growing more optimistic based on what metric we track things at downloads and engagement which is disclosed by the company and our view is that the narrative thats been created by instagram, Facebook Messenger continuing to add core features and functionality that the market is zero su
South of france and corsica fight huge forest fires banned by high temperatures and strong winds. Close to the Tourist Resort of saint tropez, nearly 2000 Fire Fighters have been put into action as dozens of homes are evacuated. And britains adam peaty has broken his own 50 metre breast stroke world record, in the heats of the World Swimming Championships in hungary. Good morning. Its tuesday the 25th ofjuly. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Builders could be banned from selling new houses as Leasehold Properties in england under proposals put forward by the government today. It comes after it emerged some Housing Developers have been selling the leasehold on to Investment Firms without always telling homeowners, leading to extra costs or rising charges. The government says there is a particular problem in the North West Of England where houses were being sold on leasehold although its not clear why. The communities secretary, sajid javid, has said enough is enough as he set
Companywide town hall meeting. Live at googles campus and did the ceo address the concern that is the women there have . The address was to a group of young women being honored at an awards ceremony this afternoon. Google ceo offered a short message to the young women being honored. There is a place for you in this industry. There is a place for you at google. Dont let anyone tell you otherwise. This is a year long global competition to use technology to address a problem. One of several ininitiatives to diversify the workforce, it comes as the company is being scrutinized after being fire for writing a memo. Its a defining moment for google and our culture. He was supposed to hold a town hall meeting this afternoon. He canceled the event when the employees said their questions had been leak and they were being harassed. In an interview with the today show, he is criticized as sexist. The culture is very left leaning. He decided to mock his former employer on his twitter picture. It ro