And im wilfred frost. Very good to have you all with us. Lets get straight to the Market Action. Our top story this morning, france electing a political newcomer as its new president. Emmanuel macron winning 66 of the votes, besting Marine Le Pen. At just 39 years old, he will be frances youngest president ever. The market reacting this morning. Initial strength in places like asia. The euro topped above 110 yesterday. Since then, its actually weaker by 0. 4 . Very much buy the rumor, sell the fact. The market was way out in front of this vote after the first round resulted in the Emmanuel Macron victory. The french cac, last week up a quarter . And last week, already posting in a positive way for european stocks, french stocks. The germ dan dax down. And the equity futures, lets show you what happened after the s p and nasdaq managed to close at record highs on friday. S p gained more than 0. 5 . Another straight positive week. And futures are a little changed down less than a point f
Airport brought air traffic to a halt. According to investigators, the fire was intentionally set. But they stress, it was not an act of terrorism. This is a local issue with a contract employee and nothing else. Reporter but it is a National Issue as travelers across the country wait. Im really tired. I want to go home. I want to sleep. I get to get to my destination. I want to lay my baby down. Reporter understandable frustration as passengers navigate long lines and huge crowds to get to their final destination. Right now they are operating under whats called a reduced rate operating system. That means theyre letting a few flights in and a few flights out. So you can bet that a lot of flights are still cancelled this evening and most of them are delayed. Definitely all passengers are going to have to pack their patience. Live in chicago, im wendy woolfolk. Now back to you. Travelers here in the Washington Area are frustrated too. Here is a live look at Reagan National. Tonight, news
Privately-owned real estate firm Decron Properties has two new tenants at its Class A office building along Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles near Beverly Hills. The L.A.-based landlord secured the lease agreements at 6222 Wilshire Boulevard with the Federative Republic of Brazil for a new consulate space, and with Hanger Clinic, a leading provider of orthotic and prosthetic care. The nearly 87,000-square-foot building, now 92 percent leased, also serves as Decron’s corporate headquarters.
warmer than that. so summer kicking off at 1:16 today. a mix of sun and clouds could be a thunderstorm and 90 degrees your daytime high. more on your forecast in a minute. back to you. our top story this morning, president barack obama is about to announce plans to start bringing some u.s. troops home from afghanistan. but the white house said the details are still being worked out. doug luzader joins us live from capitol hill with more this morning. good morning, doug. reporter: good morning. guys. this is no doubt a tough decision for the president and he is getting conflicting advice. despite real gains by u.s. forces in afghanistan there are continuous reminders that the job isn t done. but with the war about to enter the second decade, president obama will announce tomorrow that some of the surge forces he september in in 2009 should come back home this month. he said he would begin the drawdown in july of 2011 and that will happen and the pace and scope of tha