tonight, a local woman missing in aruba and now the natalie holloway resource center is on the case. an area doctor has pled guilty to giving patients a cancer drug not in the u.s. and making a ton of money going so. capitol hill has eliminated a program that dates back to the 1820s. and london is burning as the looting and violence spread, they are now arresting children. we have breaking news on the global economy. we are beginning to see the ripple effect spread across asia tonight. the nikkei index in tokyo has been down 400 points after opening down 185. and in hong kong the index is at its lowest level since july of 2009. a closer look at the dow joejs average. after opening at 11400 the stocks headed downwards. the stocks took a dip after the president s speech. the dow lost 634 points and finished at 10,809. it was the sixth worst day in history. there is concern that the s&p downgrade may do something to consumer confidence and ease us closer to the double
it is 6:00 and the sun has broken the horizon on another dynamite day start. most pleasant outside. even traffic-wise. sharon will have more on that for new a moment and meteorologist bernadette woods in for marty over in the first warning weather center. bernadette. we have had an incredible stretch of weather so far this summer, and today is starting out very similar. we want to show you temperature-wise what we have got going on around the area. 65 degrees right now. the wind direction has turned around to the southwest, but we barely have a breeze even in the city at this point. pick up a little bit as we head through the afternoon and a cold front is headed our way, and because we will probably see some more clouds during the afternoon than we did yesterday, and the slightest chance for a late-day shower or thunderstorm. but most people are probably going to escape this one dry, and we will have the rest of your forecast coming up in a bit, don. thank you. should b