Growth rate and job creation, now if you put the fed statement and higher jobless claims together, thats whats pushing stock prices down this morning. Look at it. The dow is off about 100, s p 60, nasdaq about 31, more on that in a second. All right, did you watch night 3 of the Democrats Convention . It was hate trump night. Speaker after speaker layed into the president in personal terms. He gets the blame for everything. Seems to me like the democrats have not gotten over their loss 4 years ago. The president was live tweeting all the way through. We will show you both sides of this, of course, but seems to me like all of the democrats have is hate trump. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart look at the red ink on the markets, first of all, down across the board but not that much. Lets get right at it. Larry kudlow, director of Economic Council at the white house. Larry, negatives this morning. More than 1. 1 million jobless claims, the fed says the virus is hurting growth, back
Hardest hit areas. Cal fire has been around 120 years and there really has not ftburnedto the his magnitude in ground the tally doubled overnight. The firefighters are doing what they can with the limited resources they have it. We are doing the greatest good for the residents by assuming the defensive role and going house, to house. We are firing around the houses. Reporter at least 50 structures have been destroyed that they do expect the number to increase with more than 24,000 structures threaten. Eric gordon believes his home is okay for now but not his coworkers place nearby. There were houses on fire including the house across the street from his that burned down. There were cal firefighters out there actually putting ou flames. What is your understanding of how many people kenny, that remain in the area yeedto cal fire officials thing the majority of residents in this area have left ace on the observations that they have made over the last couple of days. They always say there
Contra costa, santa clara, san joaquin, and stanislaus. Nearly 230,000 acres have burned. The fire election and now 10 contained. Cal from their homes d. The czu complex is burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the southern end of San Mateo County. 50,000 acres have been charred, and the fire is still zero percent contained. 64,000 people are under evacuation orders. Cal fire said at least 50 structures including dozens of homes have been destroyed, but that number is expected to grow. For those frying to get out of the Santa Cruz Mountains today, it has not been easy. Gridlock was described as they tried to leave. You could see people packed up, trucks backed up, trailers backed one motor homes leaving. It was have a very slow crawl. Reporter multiple towns in the Santa Cruz Mountains and toward this coast have been evacuated, including boulder cream, davenport, and pescadero. This is a live picture. This is jonathon cox of cal fire. Lets listen in. So seven clear on what that means
Oh. I dont want to be a teacher. He was studying at the i. O. C. Not a Teacher Training College in the mexican state of get a little. But one bullet changed everything. This footage shows the fateful moment. Ill go and around 50 other students had commandeered public buses to get back to the college after a demonstration such actions arent unusual in parts of mexico. Suddenly police stop the bus and then open fire on the armed students hit by a bullet although fell to the ground. 6 students were shot dead 2 more were seriously wounded. 43 students all the aged between 18 and 23 were abducted theyve never been seen since just like thousands of others in mexico. A number of Police Officers were subsequently arrested accused of carrying out the murders a number of the weapons used in those crimes were German Military grade 36 Assault Rifles made by a heckler and koch. But the German Government hadnt approved their export to this region so how did they get there. A court in the city of too
General suspends those controversial cutbacks until after the election and Congress Calls him to capitol hill demanding answers College Crisis notre dame, the latest university to suspend inperson classes just one week into the semester the spike in cases is very serious and we must take serious steps to address it. An entire Sorority House in oklahoma now quarantining. Just ahead what schools are trying to do to keep covid off campus state of emergency the National Guard mobilized in california with dozens of wildfires raging across the state. Evacuations underway overnight and a searing heat wave making everything worse all that plus just desserts. The Surprising New girl scout cookie thats already the toast of the town. Today, wednesday, august 19th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody welcome to today. Nice to have you with us couldnt you go for a french toast cookie got to wait