Bound along Capital Drive. The Traffic Volume is light up there. The rest of the system is nice and quiet. If you are headed out soon, no delays on the freeways just yet. Well continue to keep your eyes on it. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Thank you, matt. Just hours away from the first president ial debate between clinton and trump. The latest abc news poll shows that trump, 46 saying they are voting for Hillary Clinton. That difference is within the margin of error. There is a lot at stage as the election day is looming just six weeks away. What is the format tonight . Well, ben this is a 90 minute debate focussed on the direction the security. Before taking the stage tonight at Hofstra University, they showed up the Foreign Policy chops. They described the meeting and swiping. We are concerned there might be a double stan tarred here. Donald trump cant lie on the debate stage and win or get a passing grade. Clinton camp called for trump to be fact i really dont a
Anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays Hillary Clinton and donald trump go head to head tonight in the first president ial debate. As many as potential voters expected to watch tonights debate. Angelica joins us now with more on what we can expect. Tonights debate is at Hofstra University in new york. And its been a long time coming. Clintons campaign has made no secret of her rigorous prep work. While trump has been doing his own prep work, reportedly in the form of long policy. The debate comes as both candidates are viewed negatively by large numbers of americans. With clinton facing questions about her temperament to be president. Both sides say they want a serious discussion of issues. Pence says we need to step away from efforts by Hillary Clinton and others to paint Law Enforcement in this country with the broad brush of racial bias. Donald trump and i dont believe that the Law Enforcement in this co
Running out of money. Defense secretary chuck hey gel is ordered 300,000 employees back to work today from the Defense Department even though the government is shutdown. House Speaker John Boehner said republicans will only approve bills if democrats to changes in the Affordable Care act. We are not going to pass a clean debt limit increase. Theres no way were going to pass it when the votes are not in the house. Democrats argue the 218 votes need ed to pass a bill in the house are there but boehner wont bring it up for a vote. Let me issue him a friendly challenge. Put it on the floor. If congress cant reach a deal the nation could default on debt for the first time in american history. October 17th is going to be an economic collision thats going to wreck our economy. Wall street is watching. Its going to get more anxious for stock investors. Treasury secretary jack lou said it could bring the nation back into a recession worse than 2008. Susan mcginnis, wjz Eyewitness News. Theres g
Nikkei. Overnight in asia not good. 2 drop wrapping up what is the worst week in three years. Of course concern about china in terms of exports or lack thereof. A look at europe where we also are going to see a good amount of weakness. The follow through as you might expect from here yesterday, a day in which we saw the s p down almost 2 and the nasdaq nasdaq down 3 . Lot more than that. Yeah. Lets get to our road map this morning as you might imagine. Does start with that meltdown if you want to call it that in the markets. Stocks slide around the world. You just saw. Is this the start of a correction . The tip of the spear, jpmorgan profits disappointing. Jamie dimon confident in the american recovery. How will the banks weak results drag on the market and other financials. The flip side wells fargo profits up 14 and those shares are rising. Another bad month for sales at gap. Gap discloses a 6 drop in march samestore sales after a disappointing february. Gross margins taking a hit.
Sending all the major averages higher if only slightly after two Straight Days of triple digit losses for the dow, the blue chip stocks got a boost from shares of intel which rose nearly 7 after it rose its fullyear guidance on Strong Demand for personal computers that use its chips. And a drop in inflation last month, lower costs for food and energy. Here is how the markets looked at the closing bell today. Dow was 41 points higher at 16,775, nasdaq gains 13 to close at 4310 and finishing six points higher was the s p at 1936. But for the week, the dow turned in their worst performing weeks in two months. A more stable calmer day in the oil markets today but Oil Prices Still pumped higher. Despite sunni militants continuing their march toward baghdad there are no signs of supply problems coming out of iraq, west texas intermediate up slightly closing at nearly 107 barrels a day, and brent crude ending at nearly 13 a barrel, and meanwhile, president obama said quote, the United States