welcome to our look at the top business stories. i m lukwesa burak. today, global markets will be watching the latest us inflation data for clues as to whether the federal reserve might move again on interest rates. inflation was 3.7% over the 12 months to september which is the same rate recorded for august. while inflation has cooled significantly from last year, it remains higher than the 2% target. this month, the us central bank held its key interest rate at its current 22 year high as it seeks to stabilise price rises, which had recently reached near record levels. joining me now is steven blitz, chief us economist, ts lombard. hello and welcome to the programme. hello and welcome to the programme- hello and welcome to the - programme. what are programme. thank you. what are ou programme. thank you. what are you expecting programme. thank you. what are you expecting later programme. thank you. what are you expecting later today? - programme. thank you. what are
three minutes before the top of the hour, before you leave the house, here s what s happening today. new safety concerns about indy race car driving after the death of driver justin wilson. he was hit in the head over the weekend after a crash. and a desperate search under way right now in south carolina for a teenager there who vanished before the first day of school. the 16-year-old was last seen at the myrtle beach chick-fil-a. she texted friends about someone following her. new honors for the americans who stopped an attack on a paris train. the city of sacramento is also planning to honor the three americans. british airways expanding seats on his 787 dream liners by half an inch, saying it s listened to travelers complain
have been a ratings blockbuster here in the united states it garnered tremendous interest in iran where it was televised live where it is exceedingly unusual. live television coverage of any event in the united states has been exceedingly rare ever since the islamic revolution of 1979. bret? doug mcelway live on the north lawn thanks. up next the pressure grows on hillary clinton to give up her famous personal e-mail server plus her new puzzling statement on the keystone xl pipeline. first here s what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 29 in albany the new york prison worker who admits helping two convicted killers escape pleads guilty. joyce mitchell faces up to seven years in prison. she smuggled hacksaw blades and tools to the convict. one was recaptured the other was shot and killed. fox 4 in dallas ft. worth as one of american airlines new dream liners has sustained hail damage. the 787 bound for dfw had the return to beijing to be checke
going to bring you the new information just minutes and our aviation experts will be here to talk about it. and today malaysian shah airlines after days of denial confirming that flight 370 was carrying highly flammable lithium batteries in cargo hold. what could that mean to the the administration. former administration pipeline safety administration also a pilot. he joins us. good evening, sir. g, greta. well, the ceo of malaysia airlines sort of sat on this one for about four days. he knew about this cargo. of course we know there have been lithium batteries, a u.p.s. plane, 787 dream liners have had double. what do you make of the reports that they had the lithium batteries in that cargo hold? well, greta, i agree with you it s interesting he sat on this. earlier in the week he was asked if there was any type of hazardous cargo on board like lithium batteries he
preestablished thing that goes on if you know that there is a fire on board? yes, there is, your previous guest i heard the tail end of that conversation. that s the way it operates. one pilot focuses on the airplane. the other pilot focuses on the checklist and they may share the communications, it just depends on the work load of the pilot working through the checklist at the time or trying to figure out, you know, plug it in a route to some place they want to go to quickly. and but those duties are the difference between who is going to do those duties is pretty well established, you know, at the origination of any emergency. all right. christopher voss, it s interesting that the cargo on this plane, now they have released information that there is lithium ion batteries on board that there have been problems with the 787 dream liners have had problems with that and also a u.p.s. plane. you know, when you hear that, now that they are