Whopperrito is worth your hard earned three bucks. Th tyler, power lunch starts right now. It does indeed. Thank you, brian. Welcome everybody to power lunch. Im tyler mathisen. Heres what else is happening at this hour. Hillary clinton widening her lead over donald trump in some key battleground states. Clinton now up double digits in colorado and virginia, according to a new nbc news the wall street journal marist poll. Parts of louisiana and mississippi under a state of emergency at this hour as torrential downpours trigger flash floods. And team usa continues to dominate at the rio games with 38 total medals, 16 are gold. And a lot of those by the most amazing athlete ive ever seen, michael phelps. Kayla. It has been fun to watch michael phelps. Im Kayla Tausche down at the new york stock exchange. We have three hours left in the trading week. Stocks have been headed lower throughout the morning. Dow down just about a third of 1 . The nasdaq down by about 0. 1 . S p lower as well.
Another developing story were following in north bay where fire crews are gaining ground on a wildfire thats forced mandatory evacuations in sonoma county. This is the sawmill fire. It broke out yesterday, and has burned 2 square miles. Christien kafton has the latest now. Reporter cal fire is saying hot weather and steep terrain are the greatest obstacles. Chp limiting the amount of vehicles in and out to make sure fire vehicles have easy access and keeping people out of harms way. Fire started late yesterday morning. The latest update is 20 contained and 3 dozen homes in danger. About 1500 acres scorched in all. Mandatory evacuation orders are on geysers road from Pine Mountain road to geysers resort. Now crews are prepping for another long hot day on those fire lines. Were going to face similar conditions as yesterday. The temperatures are going to be relatively the same, if not a little bit higher. Hopefully not the winds that were seeing, the red flag warnings have subsided. Well
Maybe foggy, this is what we get. Pick up the fog, throw it out the window. Its like the super bowl for political watchers today. We are just now hours away from the first debate between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. The two president ial nominees are making their final preparations in very different ways. And a record breaking audience expected to watch them battle it out at new yorks hofstra university. Caroline shively is joining us live with more on the story. Caroline. Reporter good morning, guys, only 1100 very lucky ticket holders, including students, media members, and chosen guests of the two candidates will be inside the building mind me. Behind me. Its estimated 100 Million People will be sitting in the living rooms at home watching the two candidates face off on the first president ial debate. The stage is set at hofstra university, Hillary Clinton and donald trump will stand at these podiums, for 90 minutes, weighing in on key issues in front of an estimated 75 million
In the first debate at Hofstra University on new yorks long island. Good afternoon. Its monday, september 26. Im kenny choi. And im michelle griego. The latest polls show that donald trump and clinton are in a dead heat. A new poll from bloomberg shows trump leading his democratic rival by two points. Other polls show Clinton Holding the lead but not by much. As highway is riding on the line tonight. Reporter the audience for tonights televised showdown between Clint Clinton and trump could reach 100 Million Viewers as clintons polls are showing her slipping. Hillary clinton knows she needs to earn the voters trust. Reporter the democratic nominee spent most of the weekend practicing with a small group of advisors and studying the trump primary debate. Trump, on the other hand devoted less time to debate prep but his Campaign Said shes ready. When he is talking about his message and where he wants to go versus where hillary wants to go. Reporter in this debate, trump has to show hes pr
And weve got a look at the final week of february. Developing news out of michigan. A suspect has been identified in a shooting spree in kalamazoo that left at least six people dead and two others injured. Police arrested the suspect jason brian dolphin, a 45yearold white man from kalamazoo. The shooting started at 6 00 last night and there were multiple crime scenes, including a townhome, a Cracker Barrel restaurant parking lot, and a ford dealership. Among the injured is a 14yearold girl who remains in serious condition. The three shootings were all connected. Better were not connected. He chose them at random. They expected him to face murder charges, and an arraignment could come tomorrow. Back at home, more developing news out of san jose. Police are investigating a crash that killed two people last night around 9 30 at hicks road and camden avenue. Two cars involved in the accident, police say, had major damage when officers arrived. A woman died at the scene and a man was taken