Agencies. Gm says no time to waste on any of the repairs. When i sat there at the ntsb hearing the other day and just heard through the litany of the decades here it, just reenforced to me, i just are to go. Meanwhile, we heard from the first time, metros Safety Officer, he spent more than 30 years in the new York City Transit arena. When owe started the job in 1983, we were in such a state of disrepair that we were derailing a main line train every 28 days. You can imagine what it would take to turn a sis it em like that around. He says a turn around happened in new york, so what about here in d. C. Now . I dont think youll have as great a problem in my mind that is so insurmountable that it cant be addressed with good effective leadership. Lavin said ill give you my best efforts. What about the new chief Safety Officer making changes. That. Jim, ill tell you about it next hour at 6 00. Adam tuss, out in front of the metro story once against. Thank you. Right now in baltimore, witness
The special needs victim fell. That victim we believe, in their early 20s is a resident at a special needs group home. Police chief hank dewinski says finding a witness who was with the shooter, but trying to help the victim before running away, is now the focus of this investigation. And thats why im asking the person who saw this to come forward. And help us keep the people in the community safe. The shooting happened just after 1 00 in the afternoon. Police say the special needs man was walking, with two caregivers and a fellow group home. Where some kind of argument broke out with a person in a car. One possible motive. The special needs victim enraged his attacker, because he has trouble communicating. School children, trying to get home, walked past the scene this afternoon. Residents are ke we dont know what theyre willing to do. There was an individual with the person shot. Who saw this, made comments at least to believe they were disturbed by it as well. Im asking that person
One stock getting a big upgrade today thanks to, get this, brown shoes. Lace up, ladies and gentlemen. Power lunch starts right now. I cant get enough yeah, yeah and welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Three hours left in the quarter and stocks are firmly in the green. Were just about two points off the session highs in the s p 500, which is higher by about. 9 . Financials really helping the lead, to lead the day, thanks to Deutsche Bank. Good news there potentially. Semiconductors a big standout. Theyre on pace to close out their best quarter in 13 years. I am brian sullivan. Here is what else is happening at this hour. Hurricane matthew strengthening. It is now a category 3 storm in the caribbean. It is expected to make landfall in jamaica by monday. Consumers getting a little swagger back last month. Consumer sentiment topping expectations. And your sweet tooth can celebrate. The peeps who make those marshmallow peeps going back to work. What is that sound . Dentists everywhere
Warning. We speak first to the ceo later on the show. And a surge in Chinese Tourists to europe offsets weaker demand sending shares in kering to the top of the european market. We also have lots of earnings coming from state side. Head in the clouds. Microsoft shares spike in after hours on a solid revenue beat and optimistic outlook for its cloud products. Out of the jungle for amazon. Shares are soaring on a surprise profit as the ecommerce giant gets a boost and the alphabet, investors are learning the alphabet. Sending shares in its parent to all time highs. All right. Lets get straight to some data points. The euro zone composite pmi flash number and we were expecting a print of 53. 7. We got a number higher than that. 54. So nicely beating expectations. The Services Flash that is 54. 2. The forecast was also lower than that so easily beating on the Services Side and thats also something that weve seen in the german and the french numbers this morning. We got that surprise for th
The most formidable people i have seen in my life have that balance. The ioc sports as the be all were involved in another part of their life the tunes you cannot out compete them. There is a way but when you build 16 million stadiums it is hard and not fair and to expect the kids to concentrate. Thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]. Were kicking off a full day today with the new book, and president reagan talking about president interjects and present bush and the Science Behind but the whole the of civilrights and the relationship between the u. S. And israel in the American Space program. That is all, being applied today from boston for you can get the full schedule on line and follow us on twitter and facebook as well to give scheduled updates. Here is h. W. Brand from the 20th annual texas book festival live coverage on booktv from austin, texas. Good morning, good morning, and thank you so much for joining us at the 20th annual texas