The sudden loss of life here in ed lee, it is also important that city look to the future and right now the president of the board of supervisors, london breed is acting mayor. A special election will take place june 5th of next year. The winner chosen by voters will finish out lees term which ends in january of 2020. Between now and june, however, the board of supervisors can meet at any time to vote on someone other than lon don brie to serve as acting mayor. The. There is no one like him. Because he wasnt a politician, he did things very differently. Sudden death of mayor ed lee, an earthquake thats shaken the Political Landscape of the city. Who will be the next mayor . Former state senator mark leno is the only one who is a declared candidate for the november Mayoral Election in 20 2019. But now, there will be a special election for interim mayor in june. He faces election much sooner. I was prepared for another two years of campaigning. Now it will be a mere six months. Leno has
Morning, gary. Not as gloomy. Were not talking about well i just will say this. Theres a little bit of sunshine from time to time today and a lot of clouds too. Any sun would be great because clouds is overcast. More surprise Christmas Day. Thats my Christmas Gifts to you. Listen i wont make a big deal out of this. Its possible. I mentioned this yesterday we could have a few evening snowflakes around. Ill be more specific coming up in a few minutes if you stay with us and ill give you the full forecast. It does not look like accumulation. All that looks like it take place back to the west of us for Higher Elevations back to western virginia and West Virginia and western maryland too. They could pick up 2 to 4 of snow today and this evening. It could be a White Christmas out there. Not for us though. Look, we have rain streaming up to the south along a fr frontal bound write down th there. And it looks like later on this afternoon and this evening some of this comes and into rain if it
Im haidi lun. This is daybreak australia. We are one hour out from the open of asias major markets. It is 5 p. M. In new york. Im betty liu. It was a holiday today on wall street commemorating Martin Luther king it is 5 p. M. In new. Jr. So there were no equity bond trading at all. The dollar continues to trade in the Foreign Exchangethe dollar n the Foreign Exchange market. That is really what has dominated the trade today. We saw the dollar continue that slide coming off a five week decline. Talking to some analysts, not so much dollar weakness but it is more strength of its counterparts, right, as Central Banks are pulling back on stimulus all around the world. We are seeing a rise in many of these currencies. Haidi absolutely. Case in point, the extended gains we are seeing in the euro. As you say with the u. S. Markets closed, it was the weaker european close we saw that will lead things off in asia. Tepide seen more of a session setting up in asia. New zealand is trading underway
Clearing roadways handing out life saving necessities. And handling the support and incoming cargo jets and most Cell Phone Service is knocked out and across the island wooden homes are laying ing iing in h people are laying in the hot sun and some skipping meals to let their children eat. Clearly daily life here is an unceasing struggle and they need all the help they can get. Well report from puerto rico throughout the day. From puerto rico im dann cuellar, channel 6 action news. Police in wilmington say that a woman was target by a carjacker in a Grocery Store parking lot in broad daylight. The victim a 32year Woman Told Police knifewielding suspect confronted her when she entered her car and entered the drivers side door and tried to start her car. When she fought back the suspect stabbed the victim. Neighbors tell action news the incident has them worried. We neede Police Presence tt. There is a lot going on more than this that you dont hear about, its really bad. The suspect is i
For its emissions settlements, while munich prosecutors arrest an exporsche executive in the emissions probe. And a new dynamic in brexit talks. Theres progress in the latest round of discussions as brussels indicates that it may be open to Prime Ministers hopes for a transition deal. Good morning its been a busy week for the markets. Today markets are range bound, at least when it comes to the stoxx 600. We are flat as a pancake i want to let you know we are heading for the best monthly gain this year in part because weve seen the weaker euro throughout september. Even for the quarter, the Third Quarter, were on track for a quarterly gain after we fell in the Second Quarter due to the euro strength. Lets look at the european markets one by one the ftse 100 up by 0. 4 . The dax up by 0. 2, despite weakness in the automakers the cac 40 slightly underperforming. By in large Still Holding on to twomonth highs. When it comes to the sectors, this is the picture. Autos is one of the key unde