Biggest trading partner. European stocks are open, as you can see, they are looking pretty flat. And well be taking stock of some of the biggest financial stories of the week, including majorjob cuts at Deutsche Bank. Today we want to know as new figures show a big fall in concert revenues, do you think rising ticket prices are to blame . Are high costs putting you off going to a live music event . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Dos santos your thoughts, we have had a huge response already. Do send us your thoughts. Hello and welcome to business live. We start with the struggling British Travel giant thomas cook, the worlds oldest package holiday company. It could be headed for a new departure under chinese ownership. Shares in thomas have slumped around 90 in the past 12 months and debt has soared amid growing fears for its survival, as it competes with Budget Airlines and Online Travel firms. In the first half of this year, it announced losses of 1. 88 billion as it str
Already destructive tubbs fire north back to its calistoga start. The entire city is under mandatory Evacuation Orders. Welcome to 4 on 2 this afternoon, i am heather holmes. In calistoga, there is a real fear about the fire making it into the area. Earlier this morning, half of the people in the city of 5000 were told to leave. A short time ago, that Evacuation Order was expanded to all of calistoga. Tom vacar is live. Reporter it happened at 3 15 pm. They put it out on the system saying everybody in this town have to go. Let me show you how bizarre it is. This is the main street of calistoga. This mainstreet, lincoln, is absolutely blocked off. Except two people leaving at the last minute. They have been told to get out. Other than that, all you see is official police cars. Firetrucks and other official cars that have business here. All of the stores are intact. They have electricity and phone service. But it is closed. Everyone is required to leave. This town is 131 years old. This
Courthouse square. We remember the days and nights, the weeks that we covered the terrible north bay wildfires. Here we are, it is a new page. On the drive up, it was hard to not think about the 40 people killed, all those injured that remain in the hospital. The 9,000 structures destroyed. Many of them homes just around the corner from us here in downtown santa rose a the tens of thousands of people that ran for their lives. Saying n i also think about the First Responders, the deputies and the police officers, the nurses, the doctors, the firefighters who helped people run for their lives on that day. I have been up here to Sonoma County a few times in the last couple of weeks. I do get a sense of a little frustration. People are still displaced. Not everybody has friends or families that they can stay with after their apartments or homes were destroyed. There is also that sliver of hope and even more determination, that individuals and businesses will rebuild and the communities not
Evident and i also want to complement the us cop tal police for their quick action and threw their heroic efforts and others they saved a lot of lives today. The reason the Capitol Police were there again was because they were protecting the congressional leadership. Congressman that are not in leadership do not have in type of protection on daily basis. The other people shot include a Capitol Police officer, a lobbyist an staff. Texas text representative roger william. President donald trump add drove the nation right after the shooting his sentiment echoing the thoughts of many lawmakers today about staying united despite party lines. We may have our differences, but we do well in times like these to remember that everyone who serves in our nations capitol is here because above all they love our country. President trump also praised the Capitol Police for their swift action saying that their Service Makes democracy possib possible. House Speaker Paul Ryan made empassioned speech from
[ gunfire ] do you know where hes at . Very loud shot everybody thought sounded like a gun and then, boom, rapid succession after that. I do believe that without the Capitol Hill Police it would have been a massacre. I ask each of you to join me to resolve to come together. To lift each other up and to show the country tox show the world that we are one house. [ applause ] called my wife and my children, told them i love you, dad is okay. Calm but sadness tonight as we take a look at the white house after a mourning of utter chaos. A u. S. Congressman still in Critical Condition. Congressman Steve Scalise was hit in the hip and had emergency surgery. Thanks for joining us im iain page. Im lucy noland. All three shot with many more injured. Capitol police there to protect majority whip scalise shot and killed the gunman. Four shot. The fbi is now on the case. Caroline shive system live in washington. Caroline this video just in. President trump and the first lady just left the hospital