Definitely running away from risky assets on virus fears over the weekend. We have a number of cases initially climbing, putting extra pressure on the ftse made. Mib. Down 4 . Travel and leisure down significantly so the fact the epicenter has moved from china, korea, and some of the asian economies in europe, it is freaking out investors, saying the spread may come to europe. But, two. 3 higher, 1682, outside to quality italia and markets. Italian sovereign bonds, dropping quite a lot as italy is the epicenter for the coronavirus in europe. Plenty more on that throughout the day but lets get to first word news in new york city with Viviana Hurtado. Viviana President Donald Trump in india. Moments ago, he said he is countries can reach a great trade deal, as he announced they are to sign a deal worth 3 billion in military sales. It also comes during his official status visit. Mp spoke at a namaste tru event and will visit the taj mahal. Reforms. S want sweeping boats in iran and other
So much focus on texas. Here are some of the headlines and front pages of texas newspapers this morning. Swampedston chronicle by harvey is the headline. You can see the images of the rescue effort that continue to be underway. The front page of the daily s out of Galveston County every story on the front pages focusing on harvey. Is right there in the heart of the storm. From the Beaumont Enterprise five died from the storm and well see if that number rises. About thealking forecast of the storm. Its set to hit bio city again bayou city again. We want to hear from you this morning. Your thoughts on what you are seeing on your television and your thoughts on what you have read when it comes to the response to this disaster. John is up first, gold beach, oregon. Caller good morning. I am so sorry about the hurricane damage down there. There is a major fire going on and they are dragging their feet on the fire. We are getting a lot of help and a lot of firefighters out here. There are so
It is raw and, yes, it is sometimes inspiring. Your money is affected. Refineries are shutting down, and that is cutting the supply of gasoline. Prices are rising. How many drivers nationwide will gas up as a precaution today . Just like they did after katrina. And, yes, there is a political element as well. President trump says he will go to texas tomorrow. Should he go in the middle of the rescue operation . He will want to avoid the negative publicity that greeted president bushs flyover after katrina. There you have it. Cando texas, perhaps the most dynamic state in the nation, hit with a catastrophe. President trump faces his first Natural Disaster. Watch it here. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart you are going to be seeing a lot of video like this on the lefthand side of the screen and a lot of weather maps like one on the righthand side of your screen. More rain is coming, and rescue operations are, indeed, underway. I should tell you, it is still raining in houstonen x t
And this evening, moments ago, our correspondent asking, how concerned are you about the 737 fleet . There are so many of them in the air. Abcs david kerley leading us off. Reporter investigators tonight scouring that mangled engine, looking for every piece that landed on the ground, 60 miles from the philadelphia airport, hoping to learn if there is a problem with the 737 fleet. This was the second Engine Failure like this in two years. A source telling abc news they are similar engines, seems to be similar failures, metal fatigue, a Fan Blade Breaking at about the same spot. New details tonight about those horrifying moments at 30,000 feet. The first radio call. Southwest 1380 has an engine fire. Descending. Southwest 1380, are you youre descending right now . Yes, sir, were single engine descending. Reporter the bang of the engine ripping apart. That window blown out. Depressurization. A passenger sucked partway out
of the jetliner. Other passengers jumping into action, including ti
Starbucks across the country for one day after the controversial arrests. And now tonight, a new video emerging. Hundreds of americans stranded in mexico. Their flights canceled. The airline telling them the next flight they can get them out on is in june. And the new surveillance coming in tonight of the grandmother accused of two murders, stealing an eidentity. Word coming in tonight of the reward. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. And we begin with that horrific scene playing out onboard a passenger jet, southwest flight 1380. It had just taken off from new york city. An engine exploding. A piece of that engine smashing through a window. Passengers say the woman seated beside that window was nearly sucked out of the plane. She did not survive. Several others were injured. Oxygen masks dropping down. Then an Emergency Landing in philadelphia. You can see firefighters waiting there, dousing the tarmac with foam. Tonight, the ntsb is now on the sce