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With our reviewers, asa bennett, the brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph, and the political writier and academic maya goodfellow. Stay with us for that. Good evening. The chancellor has announced a raft of spending pledges at the conservative Party Conference, among them an increase in the National Living wage. Sajid javid said that over the next five years it would increase to £10. 50 an hour, and the age threshold would be lowered from 25 to 21. But an unwelcome distraction for delegates at the conference has been an allegation that the Prime Minister groped a journalist during a lunch 20 years ago, which he denies. 0ur Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has sent this report from Party Conference in manchester. What happens to the Prime Minister next, and to the country, is not entirely in Boris Johnsons hands. However many photocalls he grins for, he cant be remotely sure if brussels will budge and give him a brexit deal. Weve made some pretty big moves. Were waiting to see
At dash cam video showing an outofcontrol suv pulling a uhaul, right there slams into two firefighters. It happened in stringtown, oklahoma. Police say the suv lost control on a wet road. It crashed into another vehicle, then the trailer swung around there and hit the firefighters. Amazingly, they only suffered minor injuries. Turning now to the tragic new developments in that deadly fire aboard a scuba dive excursion boat off california. Were learning new details about who was on board that boat. Heres abcs will carr. Reporter families worst fears confirmed. All 34 people trapped in that burning dive boat are now presumed dead. This new coast guard video shows the smoldering ship as it sinks. As of 9 40 a. M. This morning, coast guard has suspended search efforts pending further development. It is never an easy decision to suspend search efforts. Reporter the desperate search has now turned into a grim recovery operation with dive teams combing the wreckage sitting at the bottom of th
About 8 almost accelerating a little bit more than that so it urut at least its not stationary or at least 1 Miles Per Hour as it was yesterday. Water temperatures feeding off the gulf stream at 85 or 86 but it is beginning to make its move more towards Daytona Beach up towards jacksonville but now right about over Cape Canaveral and cocoa beach you can see the bands coming in so still very windy conditions beginning to accelerate and lift north ward and still the eye is well enough off shore but close enough to get storm surge out of that, high tide, heavy rain as well. Some of those thunderstorms move on shore but finally it is moving. Now focus goes towards the georgia coast, more likely South Carolina up to North Carolina, Cape Hatteras and the outer banks as it accelerates out of the picture but the next 36 towards the carolinas. Steve, thank you. Hurricane dorian remains a category two storm with 105 Miles Per Hour winds as it passes close to the coast of florida. Its north ward
Three categories. Despite tariffs and trade uncertainty business is still optimistic about the outlook. Not a whole lot of evidence of inflation in this report, which is interesting in light what we see of feds inflation page. In new york, manufacturers say input prices at a moderate pace. Selling prices flattened out. Reports of impact of pricing as it relates to tariffs were a bit mixed. Respondents feel like it will take a couple month to shake out to see the evidence there. Now i should note that this report does come before the president decided to enact a new tranche of tariffs on chinese imports that mostly target consumers. So take that as you may but bottom line here manufacturers continue to take it in the chin due to trade uncertainty but the Services Sector right now appears to remain intact. Back to you. Deirdre jennifer, thanks so much. Jennifer schoenberger there. President trump speaking moments ago on the trade tensions with china. The president says china wants to mak