Rise. This prompted many investors to sell the u. S. Currency, and that has impacted global markets. Now were going to get all the current levels from our very own ramin mellegard. Good morning. Tell us what youre seeing. Good morning, to you. Evident in the currency markets from what weve seen investors really piling into what they consider safer assets. Lets go over the levels right now as well. The dollar fell below 108. Now trading at 108. 50 to. 55. It was trading at 111 in early february. You can see the huge difference there. Lets check out u. S. Shares played out as well. The Dow Jones Industrial average ended at 17,541. Almost 1 , tech heavy nasdaq, down just over 1. 5 . As weve been covering the soaring yen, causing a major head wind for japanese exporters and a bit of a headache at the bank of japan as well. Policymakers there looking at the dollar yen levels, thats going against directly against a lot of their policies. Now, lets have a look at the opening levels for the ni
Are cautious about another rate rise. This prompted many investors to sell the u. S. Currency, and that has impacted global markets. Now were going to get all the current levels from our very own ramin mellegard. Good morning. Tell us what youre seeing. Good morning, to you. Evident in the currency markets from what weve seen investors really piling into what they consider safer assets. Lets go over the levels right now as well. The dollar fell below 108. Now trading at 108. 50 to. 55. It was trading at 111 in early february. You can see the huge difference there. Lets check out u. S. Shares played out as well. The Dow Jones Industrial average ended at 17,541. Almost 1 , tech heavy nasdaq, down just over 1. 5 . As weve been covering the soaring yen, causing a major head wind for japanese exporters and a bit of a headache at the bank of japan as well. Policymakers there looking at the dollar yen levels, thats going against directly against a lot of their policies. Now, lets have a look
Were getting word that a thousand people in northeastern columbia are being told to leave because a dam is about to break in that area. This is one of the problems theyve had over the last few days. 11 dams have been breached, more than 30 are being monitored. Voluntary evacuations are happening especially in the lowlying areas. Were near the ashley river, the edishow river is expected to rise. Right behind me, youll see this, water coming in from a nearby river, the road is closed, could be closed for weeks. We know the weather is brighter there, but the governor warning people that the danger isnt over. Thats right. Governor haley saying fema and National Guard is on the ground. More evacuations could come in the next 24 hours. The mid lands, all that water is going to move down to the low country, so we are going to be extremely careful. We are watching this minute by minute. People on the ground are giving us feedback. Theres hundreds of people in shelters and more people could go
Flooding. Undrinkable. The only thing that changed was the water source. Dangerous amounts of lead changing one communitys water supply. Mob boss turned convict. The real Whitey Bulger. And we begin on a deadly airstrike on Doctors Without Borders in afghanistan. 22 people including children were killed. Who was responsible. Questions were deflected. There were denials. The days went by without an answer. And then they admitted that the u. S. Ordered the attack and called it a mistake. Good evening, john, youre right. After four days of shifting explanations, the top military in afghanistan put it plainly. The u. S. Military was to blame on the attack in northern afghanistan, but general John Campbell is making headlines for another part of his testimony. Hes openly promoting a change to the president s plan to withdraw all of americas forces by the end of next year. A hospital was mistakenly struck. It was a stark admission by the top command center afghanistan. Who left no doubt who
Two meters inside the store. Officials say theres not enough food and supplies at some shelters as thousands of people fled their homes. Local volunteers here provided evacuees with handmade rice balls. Translator im so glad, because we didnt have breakfast today. The Recovery Efforts could take a while. Workers here started pumping water back to the river. And some residents are now clearing debris from their homes. Translator im just shocked, really shocked. Translator i dont even know where to start. Land Ministry Officials say the pumping work could take time. They say the water is spreading to lower ground, and it could flood more areas. Torrential rainfall also caused damage in neighboring tochigi prefecture. A landslide in kanuma city crushed several homes. One man was rescued, but his wife died. Another man also died after he fell into a storm drain. With the flooding at historic levels, many people in joso city are seeking safety. Nhk worlds kazuwaki hirama reports. Reporter h