John. Michelle, the breaking news is that bob corker, the senator from tennessee, republican who chairs the Foreign Relations committee, has told the Washington Post he has withdrawn from consideration as Donald Trumps running mate. It underscores the question hanging over trumps running mate process, which is who exactly can he entice to run with him. Can he get given how controversial his reputation is, can he get a young rising star in republican politics, or does he got to pick somebody like newt gingrich, the former house speaker, chris christie, the governor of new jersey, who doesnt have much of an electoral future given controversies that have weighed them down. Bob corker is somebody who has been rising within the senate and in republican politics. He says the job of being the Vice President ial candidate is more political than he wants. That hes more of a policy guy. Not comfortable being the attack dog in the campaign. So he has taken himself out. Weve still got some others,
Sunday isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s possible with highs in the low to middle 50s winter storm warning in effect until noon today today morning rain showers. After noon clearing with highs in the middle to upper 40s tonight isolated showers possible mix of ice rain. Lows in the lower 30s wednesday isolated icy mix possible in the morning. Gradu al clearing with highs in the upper 40s tractor trailer has shut down highway 29 north at kemper street. Police say the road will remain officers are working to clear the accident and traffic is being rererouted. Expect delays if you are travelling in this area. After more than 24 hours of snow, rain, and sleet, finally enjoying some sunshine. Far from over. Wsls 10s rob manch has been following this storm from the beginning. He has the latest for us this afternoon from downtown covington. Passed us and the precipitation has finally stopped here in covington, meaning primary roads, like interstate 64 here behind me, are d
Someone fired bullets into her home. Neighbor said the bullets sounded like fireworks. How, over and over again. Hewitt hit she was hit in the leg. Authorities say the the investigation was that her son was targeted. Doctors were forced to and be take her left leg. Why did they shoot me . I do not know. I wish it would have been me laying there. Investigators are hoping the community will come forth with answers. If you have any information that can help investigators youre asked to call the Durham County sheriffs office. Lean up is underway tonight after heavy rains and wind moved through the area. Thousands of customers were without power. Residents are waking up to rain, fog, and wind. Traffic lights went out in cameron village. The wind blew two transformers leading 900 people in the dark. It one point nearly 35,000 people were without power. According to the duke energy website. Power was restored to most by 9 00 a. M. The North Carolina Highway Patrol said they were 60 collisions
Lets talk whats happening with stocks because you pointed out the dow heat map and the dow heat map is almost all green. Here are the two biggest point contributors to the rally. Nearly 200 points to the upside today. Take a look at this. Post 6, the nyse, imc, Market Makers for boeing shares. Up about 2 . They are adding 26, 27 points to the overall rally in the dow. Now were going to turn around here and go around to the other side and this is post5 for Citadel Securities where Goldman Sachs trades. Goldman sachs up over 2 as well. Thats adding north of 20 points to the overall dow rally so those two stocks are showing real signs of life, and if you take a look at the Macro Markets overall for the sectors in the s p 500, we do see that financials and industrials, boeing and Goldman Sachs, are among the two best performing sectors so far today. Also, one more thing to watch here. Some of the traders have been talking a lot about oil prices. We can see Oil Prices Moving higher right no
Succeed. And counting down to cnbcs republican president ial debate. It is live tonight from colorado. Well tell you where the candidates stand on fixing things like Social Security and medicare, plus what some Small Businesses would love to hear from the candidates arrayed out there in boulder. Meantime, lets aez go down and check in with my friend, kayla at the nyse. Kayla. Hey, ty. The countdown to the latest fed decision is on in earnest. We will get that decision from policy makers in less than one hours time. Steve leaseman is life at the Federal Reserve and says the fed has some new data to think about today. Steve, is it all about gearing up towards december now . Yeah, it is. Thats what all of the discussion is about. Before we talk about the fed i want to talk about new data. We got some advanced trade data this morning. The deficit was better than expected. Why is that important . Because deficits a big part of why we go up and down in gdp. The Third Quarter gdp taking a mea