The plane landed there just before 9 00 local time. As to how many passengers have been released, there is not much clarity at this point. Local media in cyprus is saying that the hijacker or hijackers agreed to release all the women and children on board. Theyre saying that 30 to 40 people have been released. Other media is reporting that 56 people have been released. Weve also heard this morning saying that everyone on board has been released with the exception of the cabin crew and four to five passengers. The Reuters News Agency is reporting that there were ten american citizens and eight british citizens on board. We cant ind pendly confirm this at this point, but were working to do so. Were also hearing some reports about who the hijacker or one of the hijackers may be. Egyptian state media is reporting that he is an egyptian citizen, and local media in cyprus is have personal reasons for doing what he has done. They are saying that he has an exwife who is in cyprus. Once again,
Lauren Oil Prices Fell almost 3 last week but moving back, right now up 2. 2 . Nicole officials in canada said they may have reached a turning point that threatens Oil Production. Lauren in nba playoff Cleveland Cavaliers advance in finals and thunder even series with San Antonio Spurs. Nicole its 5 01 a. M. We welcome you to fbn am, welcome to fbn am, first look at morning markets, breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. Lauren donald trump walking back his tax plan. The wealthiest individuals would get a tax break. Trump says its going to be a different plan by the time it gets negotiated. I came up with the biggest tax cut by far of any kind today and i put it in, but that doesnt mean thats what we are going to get. We have to negotiate. The thing im going to do is make sure the middle class gets good tax breaks because they have been absolutely shun. Im going to fight for business, for the wealthy, i think frankly its going to go up and it should go up. Lauren open to i
Stocks are rising to the high of the session, particularly the nasdaq, the leader all day long. Now up. 3. 75 . The dow positive at this stage. We have seen in general some recovery for the past two this week of declines on a major averages. Drugmakers have been part of the upswing in a major way today. In take a look at allergan, terms of the index points there contributed to the s p 500, some of the best performance. Drugis helping the industry. It should be done by the end of june. We have been drowned dragging down or holding back the s p by the most and Oil Companies because we have got falling oil prices. Berkshire hathaway reporting its earnings late friday within the details. 25 . Ng by i mentioned what is going on in commodities. Take a look at the bloomberg commodity index, down about 2 , worst performance in about three weeks time for the index on a single day. The rally has been one of the things trade data, the dollar index now and, now there is. They are being acquired he
Hazing, claims she was kicked out of her College Sorority for verbally and physically abusing pledges. Shes here this morning telling her side of the story. And good morning, america. Lets get right to the breaking news. The First American air strikes in syria. A new front in a long war. Missiles fired from warships dropped by air. Most targeting the isis stronghold of raqqa. But also a new terror group inside syria called khorasan. We have breaking details on how that active plot targeting america was stopped. Surprising developments. And our first, our news. Our abc news Security Team up all night tracking this story. And lets start with Martha Raddatz who is in washington. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. This is a major escalation in the fight. It may not have been shock and awe, but the wave of air strikes that hit syria last night was the biggest we have seen in a single day since the u. S. Began attacking isis in early august. We did not do it alone and not ju
Afternoon. A look from the exploritorium camera, a beautiful shot, in fact, can you see the tops of the bridge so we do not have fog but we do have a thick marine layer with increasing clouds overnight and it will be cooler today but a chance of sprinkles overnight and the thunderstorms with the full sevenday outlook in a few minutes. We want to start off with the problem in berkeley and you can see as far as our map concerned traffic is light. We will go to the camera and i can show you i80 in the westbound direction the hold light coming to us with flashing light is the four department blocking the offramp because of a brushfire burning to the west. We have lights flashing to the west outside of the picture and we have the fire out but until it is mopped up it will now be reopened and you have to take the ramp before or after but so far, light conditions and it does not appear to be affecting traffic. 5 02 and breaking news from more tin necessary, a huge fire damages a historic pier