Explosion of a small propane tank at 415 in the morning. We heard an explosion in the fire just burst out of the building. All i heard was a big bang. And it was just, it made it loud because of the warehouse echo. Mayor sylvia zahn had just arrived at work. She helped to evacuate other workers at nearby buildings. It was scary but i had to act fast and call 911. Workers say what was a small fire quickly spread and in less than five minutes engulfed the building with thick black smoke. Shooting out of the roof, it was big and it was hot. Really up in my face. Felt the heat. Flames shut up about 100 feet into the sky. Right now we are dealing with surround and ground, we are getting this from all sides, it is too dangerous for our members to be in there. Two fire votes is water to prevent the flames from jumping to the ss Jeremiah Obrien Floating Museum which is docked next to the warehouse. It is my professional opinion that without the fire we would have lost the Jeremiah Obrien. 4 re
Circulation. The fcc has a limited role to play in mergers. When a transaction comes before us we take a look and say is there a transaction specific harm. If there is we tried to find it nearly tailored for that harm one thing you saw them do is feed mergers as a Christmas Tree we could hang whatever agenda you want on it. Thats not my approach where the approach that the fcc should take. Watch tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. As the Holiday Season gets underway, Education Firm hosted a discussion about the annual report on toy safety. This is about 40 minutes. Thank you for coming. My name is mike and i am the Consumer Campaign director with u. S. Public Research Group fun. We are national nonpartisan nonprofit organization. Join today by doctor lenore and rachel, general counsel of legislative director. After comments will open for questions. Today were here to release the 32nd annual toy safety report, trouble in toyland. The message is clear, we need to protect her young f
He will testify on possible links between russia and President Trump associates. Nato has confirmed the assassination of a leading politician and is calling on serbia and kosovo to return to associations in brussels. Negotiations in brussels. A conservative political leader was shot to death by unknown attackers in northern kosovo. The Trump Administration is cutting 65 million in funding from the United Nations relief and work agency, a social service body for palestinian refugees. That is less than half of its expected contribution. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im alisa parenti. This is bloomberg and Bloomberg Technology is next. Emily im emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, bitcoins tumble. The cryptocurrency sees its 2015. Ailey declined since will we see more selling in days to come . Plus, we catch up with arianna huffington. What she has to say about current ideal plans and the me to
Its education business continues to struggle in north america. And asml is among the hottest stocks in europe this morning hitting a record high as Fourth Quarter profits beat expectations good morning were about an hour into the european trading session wild swings in the u. S. Equity session. Well get into that. The handover from asia was mixed. The nikkei was down about 0. 4 overnight. Hang seng stood out there, ending up about a quarter of a percentage point the mood music in europe is grim this morning it points to a weak start for the stoxx 600. We recovered a bit, but for the day the index is trading down. Lets look at european markets and see what the picture is like there the only one in the green, is ftse mib. The italian index, but ftse 100 is lagging in the uk, the focus is on the voting of the uk withdrawal bill later in the lower house of the Parliament Today xetra dax is also struggling, down 0. 2 . We get eurozone Inflation Numbers in about a half hours time we should g
Continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. Foxx, for five minutes. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, new boy scouts make a promise to do their best, to do their duty to god and country and to help other people at all times. Mr. Lewis wood of stokes county, north carolina, has not only fulfilled that promise, he fullest. It to the mr. Wood joined the boy scouts of america in january, 1943. Later he served as a volunteer and scoutmaster for troop 440 for 50 years. When mr. Wood and his family were recently informed of his pancreatic cancer diagnosis, he was focused on living until this january, the 75th anniversary of his becoming a scout. What an admirable spirit and wonderful man. After a lifetime of service, mr. Wood is now preparing for his next journey, mr. Speaker. I commend mr. Wood for his 75 years of dedication to