After years of talks. Youre watching bbc news. Now its time for efe 0bada against all odds. Honestly, the way i got into the nfl was a miracle. London is definitely still home for me, 100 . Do you still head back to your old haunts . I still do, yeah. One, two, three. Lets go. The more people to see your story, the more inspiration that gets people to think that to themselves, imjust like efe. I can do exactly what he did. The road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. Typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. Efe 0badas route wasnt like many whove gone before, but then again, his story is far from typical. Hisjourney to americas biggest show began age 20. Far from the glitz and glamour in south london. One of my friends, josh hastings, played American Football for the warriors and he saw my size. We were similar built. We went to college together. And at th
Be, i have to make you understand this stuff. Let me use the impact of these glp1 weight loss drugs as an example. Now these medications made by novo nordisk and eli lilly has multiple uses, and theyve become one of the most powerfully disruptive concepts ive ever seen in all my years in this business. I call them concepts because theyre not yet a reality. That doesnt seem to matter to wall street. We own eli lilly for the Charitable Trust and talk about it endlessly and do so with a reason. Its drug might become the greatest selling pharmaceutical of all time. The house of pain all aboard well, you know, im excited. It just hit an alltime high today of 605, up 25 in this one session. So after a day where the dow gained 66 points. The s p climbed 0. 43 , the nasdaq jumped. 71 , the way concepts seem to get ahead of themselves in the stock market. Let me set the stage. Weekly injection drugs that help people with type 2 diabetes by lowing their glucose levels. Novo nordisks drug called
After yesterdays strong rally following on the heels of wednesdays strong rally, were up about 1 on the dow. I dont like to talk about the dow but unless the s p stronger. China did all right. Shanghai up 1. 8 . Shenzhen up, and nikkei at a 3 gain. We were below 2 at one point on monday in the craziness, but now were hovering in the 1. 2. Crude had its best day in many years. Well above 40 again. Monday, we fell below 40. It has been, to say the least, a volatile week in many markets. Lets get to our road map this morning, and it starts with the last trading day of this wild week. The dow coming off its biggest twoday point gain ever, not percentage but point gain. Equity futures, slipping. Carl icahn has his next target. Why commodities . Why now . Well talk about a company weve talked a lot about and mr. Akahcarl icahn himself, and the takeover continues. Pa perrigo is saying were not interested. Ill have more on what to expect as the Companies Battle it out. Futures moving to the do
And Missile Development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world and it is unacceptable that others financially support this criminal rogue regime. Maria very latest this morning as reports suggest that north korea may test a Hydrogen Bomb in the Pacific Ocean to prove its power. Thats coming up. The news weighed on markets overnight. Take a look there. Averages down across the board, hang seng and hong kong down almost 1 . Japan nikkei average down a quarter of a percent. Markets here in the u. S. Looking like this. Futures indicating a lower opening for the broader averages, nasdaq down 10, fractional moves here nonetheless in negative column. Hurricane maria continues to ravage the caribbean this morning. Now near turks and caicos, more on the path and devastation left behind coming up. A race to the finish, senator Luther Strange squares off against roy moore as the two battle for highlycontested seat. President trump will travel to the state to campaign for strange. Vi
Fishers final star wars film. Could Charlize Theron be the next james bond . And harry styles unusual body contegs. Theres a rumor on the internet you have four nipples. This is entertainment tonight. What a week it has been for o. J. Simpson after that dramatic parole hearing. The world was watching live on television as o. J. Begged for his freedom after nearly a decade behind bars. I was in nevada for the decision. Mr. Simpson, i do vote to grant parole when eligible. And that will conclude this hearing. Thank you. O. J. Fought back tear as a nevada parole board voted unanimously to grant him his freedom. Hell be released on october 1st. Simpson wore jeans and a blue button down and was in considerably better shape than his last parole hearing in 2013. Ive come here, spent nine years making no excuses about anything. I am sorry that things turned out the way they did. And i would never, ever pull a weapon on anybody. Simpson, who was acquitted of double murder in 1995, was convicted