But can they stop them . And a surfer nearly attacked by a shark on live tv. As we look at fanning on the rankings oh sh [ bleep ]. Today squuljuly 20 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Cast back together for the first time this a while. Can can we put up that footage again . That shark attack we have talked about shark attacks on this show so many times. To see it happen and know it was on live tv is unbelievable. He goes under for a couple of seconds. Especially when the wave comes up and you cant see him. More amazing is the competitor in the water who swam to try to save him. Our top story, a major interstate in Southern California closed after part of the roadway washed away. We have latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. A wild weekend for weather extremes after a kriping drought. The area is seeing historic rainfall that brought
Market impact on Hurricane Harvey. 5 , the futures up highest level in two years. Texas is the largest cotton producer in the u. S. The next two indexes are interesting as far as what is being mortgagebacked, products or production. The higher this goes, the tighter we see the Product Market. The second is the vti versus signifying more production in the u. S. , meaning lower as it comes down. In texas, floodwaters overwhelm houston as Tropical Storm harvey inundatess texas, southeastern texas. Us is our commodities managing editor. In terms of the houston damage, this is unprecedented. If you are familiar with houston, this is a place that tends not to take water terribly well. In terms of the industry itself, we are starting to see refineries shut down as the storm moves west to east. Alix as far as the refineries shutting down and crude reduction, that is well known in the market. What is not talked about as much is how important crude exports are two men support. To mexico. They ha
Can. Tomorrow galveston is supposed to get whacked inforecasts are wong that could impact the refining industry, which is already hurt. Most of the refineries are about three, four miles that way a bunch of them are shut down. An estimated, lets call it 15 of Refining Capacity offline we dont know exactly for sure, marathon petroleum, for example, was cagy, said we dont give updates. We drove by the refinery today there wasnt many cars around. Thats why were seeing oil drop because if youre not refining, youre not putting into oil. Theres another angle for you and the traders which i would talk about which is onshore. Houston is a humanitarian issue. Thats a whole bigger different issue. Lets focus just on the narrow issue of refining. We talked about oil here dont forget about the Eagle Ford Shale and inland. Its not getting headlines now because of whats happening in hust houston however, seaport security are hearing there are slowdowns in production or disruptions in production beca
Change in this unprecedented storm. Then we look at why the store may be particularly dangerous for undocumented immigrants who may be afraid to seek help. And we will talk about Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio on the eve of Hurricane Harvey hitting taxes, President Trump pardoned him, who was recently convicted of contempt of court for defying a court order to stop his deputies from racial profiling. Im great happy. I have to think the president of the United States for his pardon. He is a big friend, supporter of lawenforcement. I think this is a Bigger Picture than just me. Amy you will get a response the an editorial writer for Arizona Republic. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas, at least five people have died amid catastrophic flooding in houston, the fourth largest city in the United States. The crisis began on friday when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in rockport, texas. It was the most p
Another 1 in europe, the impact of the euro, now it is 1. 20 yeah. Most of it happened friday i cant say it was that much of a move, felt like the cap stone of a huge move it was almost a parody earlier this year. Now at a buck 20 theres the euro, 1. 193 it was 1. 17 and change, just under 1. 18, then went up to 1. 20, led by a pound at some point, and all based on comments from jackson hole. Doesnt say things are awful, i guess the implication, take it another 10 higher. She didnt say things were great. People know all right. Well get to texas in a minute first, an important corporate story to tell you about after a bizarre ceo search, wasnt it . Finally chosen, uber has, expedia Ceo Dara Khosrowshahi to be the next chief executive, he has been with expedia since 2005, credited with expanding the global presence. He immigrated to the United States from iran in the late 70s. He says he was the truth pick for uber he has been very inquisitive, visionary, i guess barry diller met him whe