Geria and towards tunisia so richard is the temperatures will drop thanks to more cloud and the old shower there as we head through saturday 31 degrees will just be our maximum on a saturday the further towards the south weve got our rash of showers over the central belt of africa some of them a very heavy all gradually rumbling their way towards the west over parts ago born and up through cameroon and into areas thats where were seeing some of the sharpest of those showers that we plenty will for friday and saturday to. But again youre watching i just need a reminder of the top stories this hour the u. S. Has released a video it is claiming shows Iranian Revolutionary guards removing what it calls an unexploded mine from the hall of one of the of the japanese own one of the ships says his crew witnessed flying objects moments before. Iran calls accusations by the u. S. Alarming it also says it is in charge of security in the strait of hormuz and the ships were among the 1st to rescue
As well as of course on iran and syria all in all you are going to see this more resistance if you will to americas policies now in the absence of a real strategy by the United States in the face of this ongoing a skirmish in the gulf its clear that the Shanghai Group its clear that the american russian chinese position it has far more weight far more clarity if you will than the u. S. Position that is not clear whether its going to war thats going to diplomacy because the economic pressure why it is working certainly the way i see it whether there is proof or not it makes all the sense in the world for iran to be pursuing a low intensity warfare a submit their cold war fare if you will against the United States that is blockading it economically trying to cripple it while pursuing a gunboat diplomacy if you will sending aircraft carriers the gulf so what we have now is gunboat diplomacy versus bomb boats the plum a sea by perhaps iran and given the dangers of where this could all lead
Last years revenue went through china. Alibaba moves a step closer to a share sale in hong kong. The impending offer could raise as much as 20 billion. Shery lets get you started with a quick check on how markets closed. The s p 500 finishing at the highest level in five weeks. The nasdaq, the highest level in a month. Reversingtors yesterdays office to gain ground in yesterdays session. Most were in the green. They were led higher by Energy Stocks. Take a look at wti. Wti prices gained as much as 4. 5 at one point. Apparent attacks onto tankers on two tankers building up the tension in the persian gulf and leading investors to get worried about supply around oil. And we saw now on crude, jumping 2 in the last two sessions. U. S. Futures at the moment unchanged. Lets see how we are shaping up to the asian markets. Sophie this friday, were facing a mixed session with type and commodity sectors in focus. Get activity data from china later this morning. Investors will be watching to see i
Know exactly what they are working with. A neighborhood evacuated for more than 24 hours and still counting. The chemicals causing concern in contra costa county. Homeless encampments mayor schools. Have students propose legislation to change that. Former President Trump is on his way back home after being indicted for a third time. We will show you what happened in the courtroom and the crowds outside. The starts right now, we are on early ahead of the hall of fame game on nbc bay area, but first we will get to a couple of breaking news stories. Right now, a fire is burning above the hills in East San Jose, this is a live picture from our san jose foothills camera. San jose fire said it started in the hills near clayton road about 30 minutes ago, thats close to Mount Hamilton road. Firefighters are calling this a three alarm fire and they say its a rapid rate of spread. About 30 acres have burned so far, you can see it from downtown san jose, the smoke blowing up there. This was a rec
steve: live from new york, this is the 8:00 hour on wednesday, january 10, final hour of fox and friends. white house reviewing cabinet protocol after defense secretary lloyd austin s secret hospitalization turns out president biden learned of austin s prostate cancer diagnosis yesterday, five days after the white house knew he was in the hospital much push for transparency ahead. ainsley: scomb new york city high school students forced to stay home and learn remotely today because migrants are in the high school and students are working remotely today. todd: unbelievable. journalist who works in new york city earns less to live in ohio and travel to ohio than living in manhattan. i commuted to d.c. this morning and i won t tell you how much it cost me. i will tell you this, last hour of fox and friends starts and your morning will continue if you continue to watch friends. ainsley: a fox weather alert. dead conditions from coast to coast. in the southeast fiv