We will go to that conference once the mayor begins his remarks. Well hear from a number of ceos about how sandy has impacted their businesses. The heads of hartford financial and landry is among the top executives who will be joining us over the last few hours. How equity Index Futures are trading. Will cease trading in 15 minutes time. The dow and nasdaq pointing d n down. As for europe, the action dominated by Deutsche Bank and bp. We do see green arrows across the board with a 1 gain in germany. At least 16 deaths blamed on sandy as the storm continues to wreak havoc on the northeast with new york and new jersey dechaired major disasters. Overnight more than 200 patients have been evacuated from two nyu langone hospitals after backup power failed. Millions on the east coast awoke without power or mass transit. An estimated 7. 8 million are believed to be without power and experts say it could be several days before it is restored. Mass transit at a stand still after an unprecedente
8 million customers and counting in the mid Atlantic Region without power tonight. Two feet of snow in parts of maryland and West Virginia. The stock markets will be open for business tomorrow after being closed for the past two days. President obama will be looking at the devastation with dpgoverr Chris Christy in new jersey. Lets get to todd gross tonight who is tracking the storm over the new york east. Reporter you may not believe this. Sandy wont quit. If you look right here, there is a new belt of showers and thunderstorms that have formed. Gusty storms that are affecting that wart of the country. Even the North Eastern United States on the coast line is in part of the storm. Right in through chicago coming in through the great lakes that is where the winds are funneling in from the north. Same winds edge of the storm that moved in on the coast line. That is number two. And three of course, we have a lot of air play in through here. Lets zero in on West Virginia. It is not only s
Could be a report breaker. Details now on msnbc live. President trump welcomed romanian leader to the white house yesterday. But just one day after the bombshell testimony of fired fbi chief james comey, it was russia and not romania that dominated the questions from the press. He did say under oath that you told him to let the flynn you said you hoped the Flynn Investigation i didnt say that. So he lied about that in. Well, i didnt say that. I mean i will tell you i didnt say that. Did he ask you and there would be nothing wrong if i did say that, according to everybody ive read today. So if Robert Mueller wanted to speak with you about that i would be glad to tell him what i just told you, jim. The president hinted he would give more details about the alleged recordings of the meetings with comey. A promise met with skepticism from capitol hill. If there are tapes, you can believe they wont set the light of day. Now the president is setting up he said she said. Its a matter of trying
tomorrow afternoon. there will be people attending an event with the president, but it is not an open event. so chances are we will only hear after the fact what the president may say or how he might interact with those who are contributing to that campaign. kelly, thanks so much for that. i appreciate it. kelly o donnell in new jersey for us. happening now, summer-like heat and record temperatures on tap for much of the midwest and northeast and the weather channel s janell klein has more. the midwest expecting a hot weekend. and the national weather service has now issued a heat advisory for greater minneapolis st. paul and much of minnesota. temperatures here will reach the mid to upper 90s with dew points in the 60s, producing a heat index, well over 100 degrees. a lot of concern here about keeping people hydrated and safe. mid-dot saying the heat could cause the roads to buckle and they re concerned about traffic congestion with people congregating at lakes and rivers and po
severe weather with, high winds, severe thunderstorms, and flash flooding. dara, back to you. janell, thanks so much. that will do it for me, i m dara brown. thanks for watching, at the top of the hour, thomas reports takes over. your business is up next. go! go! go! [ girl catching her breath } [ bees buzzing inside vehicle ] the all-new volkswagen atlas. with easy-access 3rd row. life s as big as you make it. how to win at business. step one: point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is yours. step two: choose la quinta. the only hotel where you can redeem loyalty points for a free night-instantly and win at business.