Start of the trading day. How are things now . S por the dow and the mostly unchanged. What is catching my eye is the nasdaq. A few things pushing the nasdaq higher. We have apple coming out september 12. Screens. Oled on a smaller version, we have some other biofarma appears peers. The transportation index outperforming the dow industrial. Let me touch on transportation. We will dig a little bit into that. We can see the s p index higher. Bonnie mentioned products in Corpus Christi and houston being shut down. Or haves our new mode of transportation would be in tracking. Airlines are getting canceled in houston, texas, and the surrounding area. Sticking with harvey, i want to look at gasoline over the last five days. This highlights a big jump. Today up 3. 4 . That is translating into higher prices at the pump. I mentioned the nasdaq and the biotech. My favorite this morning was gileads takeover. You are seeing some other Small Pharmaceutical Companies trading in sympathy a little bit
Insuring flood victims that the entire country is with them. That together, we will overcome this historic flooding. At least 14 people are dead but officials fear that number will rise once the waters recede. To make matters worse, more rain, as i said, it is on the way. This is a pretty dire situation. Youre looking at rescue boats there. People are going out in their communities and theyre helping individual citizens, not members of law enforcement, but they are going out conducting rescue efforts. One of the scary things going on, levees have been breached. Reservoirs and dams have spilled over. Reservoirs, we have live pictures, they have turned into rivers. Hillary sawn in kings wood, texas. You rescue operations going on yesterday. More today, hillary. Tell us what youre seeing on the ground . Reporter trish, thats right. This rescue operation in king wood, in barrington. Theyre walking towards me now, this is where the boats coming in. I want to introduce you someone from this
Kennedy tonight the president arrives in the storm zone as floodwaters in texas continue to rise. What many the most of dangerous part of a disaster like this . Ill talk to a doctor about the Biggest Health threat. And north korea firing a big new missile directly over japan. And the white house responded with a warning for the regime. Grab a shovel. Its time to dig in. In a hyper politicized climate where the 2016 elect is rerun on an endless loop, opponent of the president live by the axiom never let a crisis go to waste. Many will find reasons to criticize the president force personal gain. For all this forced missteps, now is not time to take aim at his delicate dance. Lets just get people out of crisis before we reengage in political bloodletting. Senator ted cruz was criticized for voting against Hurricane Sandy but he set the record straight iing the whole thing was porkier than a pig farm and voting against government waste is not the same as voting against storm relief. Dont m
Days cooling trade. And the crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at the rubric dot com. And now abc world news. This is bbc world news america reporting from washington im john obrien. A fire to Chemical Plant near houston poses a new threat to an already battered region. Where on the scene this flood waters continue to endanger lives and times . Im in richmond texas where people have rights but even more flooding is the sweater and read that hey will soon reach its peak. The u. S. Vice president and key cabinet secretaries all the latest to visit the ravaged cities promising help for those in need. And it may be built on ancient traditions but voodoo is still thriving today in the african nation of benin. Where it remains the official religion . Welcome to our views on Public Television in america and around the globe. Is it the residents of houston needed anything more to worry abo
Days cooling trade. And the crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at the rubric dot com. And now abc world news. This is bbc world news america reporting from washington im john obrien. A fire to Chemical Plant near houston poses a new threat to an already battered region. Where on the scene this flood waters continue to endanger lives and times . Im in richmond texas where people have rights but even more flooding is the sweater and read that hey will soon reach its peak. The u. S. Vice president and key cabinet secretaries all the latest to visit the ravaged cities promising help for those in need. And it may be built on ancient traditions but voodoo is still thriving today in the african nation of benin. Where it remains the official religion . Welcome to our views on Public Television in america and around the globe. Is it the residents of houston needed anything more to worry abo