Shoring up before the building is safe enough to go inside and start working on it to try to get it repaired. Advocates of wood frame construction say its perfectly safe and very economical when it is combined with modern sprinkler systems which is why its a legal construction type but this building was under construction and not occupied yet so the sprinklers were not working yesterday, thus the disaster we witnessed. It is entirely possible depending what the engineers say they have to take down about two thirds of this building and start all over again. And college park, scott broom wusa9. s 4 the complex is a development by the Wood Partners of atlanta which is a National Development firm that is yes to comment. A gray and rainy day with showers just hanging around. First alert meteorologist er terrace and what are you seeing on live doppler . We see a couple of showers and nothing heavy tonight. Bad news is roads are still wet from todays drizzle and showers. Heres the radar and o
Yes. A busy earnings day. Also awaiting whole food reports in a major board shakeup. What to do with the grocery stock. Shares fractionally lower now. And you heard, boeing halted flights of its 737 max jets because of engine issues that surfaced over the weekend. Well have breaking details and the stocks suffering as a result of that anournnouncementannounc we begin with the story the whole country is talking about, fallout from president trumps surprise dismissal of fbi director james comey last night. Eamon javers and amy on capitol hill. Eamon, you first. Sanders here at the white house finishing up a briefing within the past hour or so. She made a number of points including that the president is going to meet with the new acting director of the fbi today. The search for a successor is beginning today. She also said that the president s thinking on this began mucherer than we learned when this news officially broke last night. What she said i think its been an erosion of confidence
Zooming exports and crumbling classrooms. The paradox of germanys lopsided economy. Plus will iran Stay Open For Business . Conservatives pledge to roll back rouhanis reforms, as companies nervously await next weeks president ial election. Welcome to World Business report. Im Tanya Beckett. Also coming up, playing for big steaks. China agrees to buy us beef as trade talks continue. But first we start in europes economic powerhouse, because in a couple of hours time, germany will release its latest gdp figures. Growth is expected to have accelerated in the first three months of the year, fuelled by Global Demand for the countrys exports, like cars and machinery. But its not all cause for celebration. Let me show you why. Last year, germany clocked up its biggest ever trade surplus. Thats how much more it exports than it imports. At 275 billion germany has one of the biggest Trade Surpluses in the world. Its a source of tension with its neighbours and allies. Look at how much more german
Its been a long week for barclays Ceo Jes Staley and it ends with him fooled into replying to an email he thought was sent by the banks chairman but was actually from a prankster. Well tell you what he wrote later, but first we want to know have you ever sent an email to the wrong person . Just use bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start in europes economic powerhouse, because in the last half hour germany has released gdp figures for the first three months of the year, and they show an economy thats accelerating. It grew 0. 6 on the previous quarter. That translates to an annual rate of 1. 7 . Its being fuelled by Global Demand for the countrys exports, like cars and machinery. But its not all cause for celebration. Let me show you why. Last year germany clocked up its biggest ever Trade Surplus, thats how much more it exports than it imports. At 275 billion, germany has one of the biggest Trade Surpluses in the world. Its a source of tension with its neighbours and a
Our road map begins with macys down double digits on the earnings miss. Shares of kohls taking a hit. Shares of snap also plunging more than 20 after its first public Earnings Report. Didnt go too well. But well dig in on the quarter. Fireworks expected on capitol hill later this morning. Acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe will take the stand in place of james comey. But first, comps are below consensus, down 4. 6 on the owned plus licensed basis. Macys says it expects the sales decline for the full year. This is nine straight quarters, jim, they have had comps in the red. Yeah. Ive got to distinguish macys from kohls here. I thought kohls was a decent number. Kohls got better and better and better and they have lean inventories. Macys what can i say . They dont have it. They are the ones when you try to figure out who exactly is in the crosshairs of the moment, i come back to macys. I just feel like that the you could floor by floor. Aisle by aisle and theyre being challenged. And it i