Yesterday stocks were down for the third time in four sessions. Not far off the session lows. That was just a decline of 85 points for the dow. A loss of ten points for the s p 500 and a loss of 11 points for the nasdaq. Check out what happened overnight in asia. The nikkei was up by a half percent. Mainland china markets closed for that weeklong celebration that they do. In europe, in the early trade, at this point theyre under a bit of pressure. Biggest decline coming in france with the cac down by 0. 8 . Ftse off by a half percent. The ftse has been the big story. Ftse up yesterday. The british pound falling to the lowest several since 1985. Well talk more about that in a moment. Look at crude oil prices. Cried down yesterday in the regular session. It did pick up some ground in the evening session after we saw a surprise draw down in api inventories. 50, right within spitting distance. 49. 44 for wti. Among the top stories, becky is still here. Yes. Im still here. Its interesting a
48 miles from the beaches. Wind gusts. 5060 miles per hour. The wind would be gusting over 100 miles or hour. What a difference it makes, in a short area. The closest place to making landfall, cape canaveral. There is going to be a lot of devastation and flooding. It might not be as bad as it could have been. Jeremy nelson spent most of the day traveling to florida. He is in orlando, 15 helping our sister stations. Follow him on twitter to see we will continue to help this closely. More updates on our weather coming up. Anchor this is video of the wind in daytona beach. People bracing for the worst. Patrick we continue our coverage with abcs Lauren Lyster in New Smyrna Beach florida. Lauren matthew heading straight for florida, the brutal wind and pounding rain growing as the hurrican coast. The National Weather service saying matthew will be devastating, potentially unlike any hurricane in the modern area. Floridas governor, calling it a monster. Unfortunately this is going to kill pe