If congress does move on relaxing the u. S. Ban on exports of crude oil. Ill keep an eye on that story which the white house says they still prefer their administration to address. We take you live to the nymex for the latest shortly. And fitbit soaring again today on nufz a corporate account with target. We debate whether this stock is more than a fad bill. They order 335,000 fitbits theyre going to hand out to all target employees. Thats a lot. Plus mad money meets closing bell. Jim cramers going to join us today. Hell be live from the dream force conference out there in San Francisco. Hes with the ceo of Western Union coming up shortly here. But in the meantime lets get to the story of the day. Jackie deangelis joins us now from the nymex with this big rally on oil today. Jackie . Reporter good afternoon, guys. Thats right. A near 6 jump in oil prices today. We havent seen a move like this since august 31st. That was one of the days we popped 8. 8 . So these wild swings continue whe
Check out the stock market in the early going. Right now, the dow futures are up by about 19 points above fair value. S p futures are up by 1. 5 and the nasdaq is up by 3. 5. If you were watching oil prices, youll see right now theyre down by half a percent. 104. 85 for the wti. The tenyear note at this point is yielding 2. 556 . Take a look at what the dollar is doing this morning. Youll see right now the dollar is up against the euro. Euro is at 1. 366. The dollar is down both against the pound and the yen. The yen is 101. 44. Gold prices look like they are up barely, 1,327. 80 an ounce. Among our market newsmakers, we have jim grant, jim paulson and andrew ill send it over to you. Thank you, becky. Our top corporate story this morning, jpmorgan chairman and Ceo Jamie Dimon announced late yesterday has been diagnosed with what hes calling curable throat cancer. Kayla tousche joins us now with more on the story. A lot of people on wall street and washington are talking about this situ
You can count on abc 7. Well take you to that News Conference. Well also be streaming that News Conference online at station wjla. Com. You can find extensive coverage of the case. New tonight, we are learning frightening details about a Fairfax County man accused of holding a teenager captive to sexually exploit her. The man is facing charges of abduction. Police say he met his victims online. Northern Virginia Bureau chief is live in falls chief. Jeff, how long has this been going on . This was happening for several month brs it was finally reported to police. At which point the Human Trafficking unit in fairfax got involved in making arrests last month. This was a 17yearold girl who had not been reported missing but is now recovering from it a deeply awful and traumatic xperience. On a quiet culdesac, an awful situation unfolded with a girl just 17 years old. Fairfax police say that several months ago a 17yearold girl met a man on facebook and the two agreed to meet. The 27yearold m
Midafternoon. Next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 11, Amelia Siegel live in georgetown. Lets take a look at traffic this friday morning. A couple of crashes. Alexis davies reported on that. Whats going on . No major crashes or incidents reported. Just volume. Elsewhere, we still have accident in maryland involving a fatality. Offramp of branch avenue is blocked due to the accident investigation. And westbound 50 before route 201, right lane blocked due to an accident. And John Marshall highway at beverly road. Use caution in these areas. Elsewhere on the roadways, phded phd traveling south on 270 looking good. Aaron and eun. Voters in scotland have spoken. Scotland will remain part of the united kingdomment scottish people turned out in unprecedenteded numbers for independence referendum. The first minister thanked the voters who backed independence saying they had change the face of british politics forever. The economy is responding well to the news. British stocks are up in earl
Even 40s when you head into Carroll County obviously jacket or sweatshirt there. In gaithersburg on the border at 54 but nice afternoon with highs going into the low to mid 70s. 80s in the seven day for tomorrow and sunday. More on that in a few minutes. Now back to mike and andrea. Thanks howard. Heres whats in the news right now. A measure to arm and train Syrian Rebels to fight isis militants goes to president obama for his signature. The Senate Approved the president s request yesterday. One day after the house did the same. The congressional action came as isis released another video showing a british journalist being held captive. While you were sleeping scotland decided to remain part of the united kingdom. Those in the know campaign, those are the ones who want today secede wanted to secede. They warned that scotlands economy was at risk. Authorities in northern florida are trying to figure a grandfather killed his daughter and his six grands children. Before turning the gun on