Risk its friday, and early today starts right now good friday morning. Im phillip mena good to be with you im Frances Rivera we begin with breaking news from california where fastspreading wildfires are forcing people to flee from their homes. Currently family screaming and dozens and dozens of families being told to evacuate. Because the fire has crested the hill here. 50,000 people have been ordered to evacuate there in southern california. Where the tick fire has burned nearly 4,000 acres more than 500 firefighters have been battling the inferno overnight. Officials say about 10,000 structures have been affected. All of the Public Schools in the San Fernando Valley area are closed today, in part, because of the air quality danger caused by the billowing smoke along with that tick fire in the south, fire crews are alsot fire in wine country this fire in Sonoma County has been burning since early yesterday morning. It spread to 60,000 acres and is only 5 contained. For more on both of
Will be Something Like 10,000 times faster in thinking than we are. And after missing last years wimbledon because of injury andy murray returns to compete in the mens doubles today. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 the two conservative leadership candidates have been challenged to urgently bring forward plans to tackle the social care crisis if they become Prime Minister. A committee of peers has called for an immediate 8 billion pound investment, and a move to a free, nhs based, system. Jeremy hunt has said he accepts more money is needed for care, while borisjohnson said a cross Party Approach is needed. The call comes as both candidates make further promises to try to win over tory Party Members who will decide which of them becomes Prime Minister. The frontrunner, mr johnson, has pledged to recruit an extra 20,000 Police Officers over three years if he becomes pm. Mr hunt has promised to offer mps a free vote on whether to lift the ban on fox hunting in england and wa
Amongst the dollar weakness euro strength and that means european stocks are finding it hard to make any headway. 6418 right now. We are at a more than twoyear high. How will opec and friends respond . Heres emma chandra. Stocks fell more than 2 after a report that qatari fighter jacks jets intercepted an airline from uae. Its the latest escalation in the dispute between persian gulf monarchies. Saudi arabia, the uae and egypt all accused of destabilizing the region. Carillion has fired for liquidation filed for liquidation. The shares have fallen more than 90 since july. It employs 43,000 people worldwide. Its a further boost to the International Status of the chinese yuan. Liquidation filed for liquidation. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im emma chandra. This is bloomberg. We will get a perspective on whats going on in the markets today despite the holiday in the United States. The dollar is really dominating the t
Starting their weekend early. Speaking of traffic, weekend bart riders the transbay tube will be shut down all day saturday and sunday so crews can make track repairs. Anne makovec is at the embarcadero station in San Francisco with more on why bart is doing this and how you can get around during the closure. The most important part, right . Reporter this is going to be the end of the line. The embarcadero station here during the closure. So we are hoping people got the message. This could lead to some real traffic troubles including delays of one to two hours for buses to cross the bay. The transbay tube is between San Francisco and oakland. Its going to be closed at the end of bart service tonight. So it will be running tonight. No trains then will run through the tube saturday or sunday. Bart needs to do some major maintenance and repair works on the tracks. Transportation officials have been planning for this for months. We assembled a Public Transit dream team of Bus Operators wit
Just madly out of control. Reporter we got half a tank. Reporter jim came back to his house after he thought it was safe. As we drove back, the flames were still, um, spotty here and there. Within an hour or two after i got to the house i realized i shouldnt be here. Reporter firefighters from all over the bay area and Southern California in the air and engines and on foot furiously fighting the flames but Mother Nature fought back. This fouryear drought dry vegetation made for some serious spotting across the lines. Reporter despite firefighters best efforts, the wind picked back upbringing new life to the fire. Under the scorching sun triple digit heat, new flames ripped through hundreds of more acres. I have never seen flames so tall. 200300 feet. Reporter lake county with dry brush and rugged terrain makes it one of the worst landscapes for firefighters. Theres nothing stopping it. Its very rugged territory and impossible to be put it out. Reporter so far jims home is safe. Everyth