And with adriana benjumea, director of the bogotabased Human Rights Group humanas colombia. Then, we return to the United States to look at debtors prisons in arkansas where a county has been jailing poor people who owe fees for writing bad checks. Well speak with a woman who once wrote a check for 1. 07 for a loaf of bread. The check bounced and her debt ballooned after fees and fines to nearly 400. Well also speak with nikki were Kristen Clarke represents a mother who spent 35 days in a county jail after she accidentally bounced a 20 night check five years ago. Then a federal judge has denied a request for lifesaving hep c drug for Mumia Abujamal. He found penciling his protocol or who gets the drug in prison is unconstitutional. Judge recognizes with the commonwealth is doing and has been doing for years is not only unjust, but not right. Unconstitutional. A violation of phenomenal dish environmental fairness and the human right to life. Amy we will speak with Mumia Abujamal plus at
Im brian sullivan. Heres what else is happening at this hour. We are keeping a close eye on tesla shares. Why . Because elon musk tweeting, the company will make some kind of a big announcement within the next couple of hours. Kwou will hear it the moment it happens. Plus, the president just arriving in baton rouge. He will be touring floodravaged neighborhoods and is expected to make a statement later on this hour. And oil jumping on speculation that iran may be willing to overlook its feud with saudi arabia and actually back a production freeze from opec. Crude oil now up more than 1 , michelle. Brian, i am michelle carusocabrera. Three hours left in the trading session. Stocks are pulling off their session highs at this hour. Dow was up 102 points earlier in the day, while the nasdaq managed to hit a new intraday high. S p 500 came close too, still all three major averages are still in the green, 14, 19, five points roughly. Lets get a pulse check from bob pisani on the floor of the
Students as kids head back to school. A good friday morning. We begin with breaking news as hurricane hermine hits the florida panhandle. The category 1 hurricane made landfall just before 2 00 a. M. Near st. Marks, florida, with 80mileperhour winds. So far three states have declared a state of emergency, florida, georgia and north there are widespread Power Outages this morning affecting tens of thousands of homes. Many schools in Southern States are closed today. The live radar shows the storm bringing strong rains and winds to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into north carolina. Its also bringing a large storm surge. There is extensive flooding in northern florida, and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. The brunt of the storm was felt further east than expected close to the state capital of tallahassee. And we have Team Coverage mexico beach, florida. Good morning, marci. Reporter hi, devin and diane. Good morning. Well, some parts of the gulf coast inc
A reminder to drivers and students as kids head back to school. A good friday morning. We begin with breaking news as hurricane hermine hits the florida panhandle. The category 1 hurricane made landfall just before 2 00 a. M. Near st. Marks, florida, packing 80 mileperhour winds. So far three states have declared a state of emergency, florida, georgia and north carolina. There are widespread Power Outages this morning affecting tens of thousands of homes. Many schools in Southern States are closed today. The live radar shows the storm bringing strong rains and winds to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into north carolina. Its also bringing a large storm surge. There is extensive flooding in northern florida, and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. The brunt of the storm was felt further east than expected close to the state capital of tallahassee. And we have Team Coverage this morning starting there in the panhandle. Mexico beach, florida. Good morning, mar
Some dangerous encounters for students. A reminder to drivers and students as kids head back to school. A good friday morning. We begin with breaking news as hurricane hermine hits the florida panhandle. The category 1 hurricane made landfall just before 2 00 a. M. Near st. Marks, florida, packing 80 mileperhour winds. So far three states have declared a state of emergency, florida, georgia and north carolina. There are widespread Power Outages this morning affecting tens of thousands of homes. Many schools in Southern States are closed today. The live radar shows the storm bringing strong rains and winds to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into north carolina. Its also bringing a large storm surge. There is extensive flooding in northern florida, and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. The brunt of the storm was felt further east than expected close to the state capital of tallahassee. And we have Team Coverage this morning starting there in the panhandle.