Ghost town. Im 100 ready to leave. The entire town under mandatory Evacuation Orders as flames close in. Were there live this morning with the latest on the overnight firefight. And with fog on the coast and winds dying down firefighters are hoping to gain the upper hand on those fires in sonoma and napa counties. The wildfires are bringing back that smoke to the bay area prompting once again a spare the air alert. The third hour of today in the bay starts right now. And a good morning to you on this tuesday. Im marcus washington. I call this our terrific tuesday. It is terrific for a lot of people. It is National Coffee day and we just happen to be out of coffee here at nbc bay area. Look here. Oh, no. Good thing you are at home because the coffee machine here is broken. Our 6 00 a. M. Producer, hes a little grumpy right now so be careful for the next hour. Uhoh, hes going to get you know now. Nobody messes with our producer. And cheers to you. Hoping for a better tuesday. The firefig
A row over the governments plan to have Quarantine Hotels for travellers Industry Bosses say theyve not yet been consulted. A green and pleasant land now but this site in cumbria could soon have a coal mine like this. So how does that square with the governments promises to go green . Must be something in the water the Bristol Street where having a baby is becoming something of a trend. And coming up on bbc news. Can england stop the mighty india on home soil . Joe root s men begin their test series in chennai tomorrow. A tough challenge lies ahead. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The uks Vaccination Programme is not only helping to curb the spread of the coronavirus it could also give the economy a shot in the arm. That is the view from the Bank Of England. While were in lockdown, the bank expects the size of the economy the gdp to shrink by 4. 2 in the first three months of this year. But it says a successful Vaccination Roll out should see a rapid recovery from spri
Demand answers after its reviled the government knew about the explosives. How the u. S. Military is helping the relief effort. Nra under pressure. Two lawsuits allege the powerful gun groups leadership stole millions from its members. The response and why the organizations future existence could be in doubt. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We call it the china virus. We call it the invisible enemy. We call it many different names. Got many different names, but its bad. The new model predicting u. S. Deaths from this virus will reach nearly 300,000 by december 1st. President trump says he is preparing to sign an executive order if no deal is reached on the Coronavirus Relief bill. It wont be effective. And things will get worse. The new York Attorney general filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle association. I think the nra should move to texas and lead a very good and beautiful life. President trump signs an executive order to ban u. S. C
Now. Broader markets also higher. Take a look at futures, dow futures currently up 250 points, thats about 1 , nasdaq futures up 92 and s p futures up 25. Stimulus standoff leading to the nasdaq lower by 185. Gold losing some of its shine. Tumbling 4 and a half percent yesterday. More tiktok security concerns this morning. The popular chinese app reportedly tracking user data for millions of people in violation of google policies. Plus College Football taking time out, the big ten and pack 12 postponing the fall season due to coronavirus. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria and global marks this morning are mixed. Ftse 100 in london is up 48 points and uk economy falling into a recession after shrinking more than 20 in the Second Quarter, largest contraction reported by any major economy so far. The cac quarante in paris up 12 and dax index in germany lower by 18 points this morning. Check asian markets mostly higher on the session. Kospi index was higher as well as hang seng,
Be risk on. The cash trade, less than an hour away. Here are your headlines. Big attack its even bigger. Alphabetacebook, and tune to techsumers to solve the problems of a global lockdown. The French Economy shrinks 13. 8 or after an increase in jobless claims shows the recovery is in shaky ground. Ibar, bnp arab are par beats all but one of the big wall street banks. Just an hour from cash trading. Lets look at futures. Futures futures, u. K. Are down but only slight moves. Nothing material. Nothing to show us what kind of direction we can expect. Futures right ww, if you take a look at the eif screen, also slightly mixed this morning. Of working slew earnings news. I will kick it off right now with natwest. Impairment charge of 3. 54. 5 billion pounds. Expecting less than one billion. In the Second Quarter, more than doubled the impairment charge for the full year. The company expecting at least possibly up to 4. 5 billion. The operating lost was 770 million pounds. Have iag asyou we