Donation of 1 million. The details on his report at least initial 6 billiondollar request. Harvey wrecking havoc on the energy sector. Gas prices surging long lines forming at the pump. Major impact ahead on the busy travel weekend coming up. Futures are showing gains across the boards, dow, s p 500 and the nasdaq there, the dow and s p up in august, that was the fifth straight month of gains and the nasdaq up two months in a row. The nasdaq closed at alltime high yesterday. Investors, of course, eyeing the august jobs report due two and a half hours from now. Economists are expecting 180,000 jobs were added last month, tun employment rate Holding Steady at 4. 3 . We will bring you special coverage of the job report beginning 8 00 a. M. Eastern time. In the meantime, in europe lets check stocks there, england, france and germany we have gains across the board firing on all cylinders around the globe. In asia overnight markets were mixed with nikkei and shanghai heading higher. At home
Preparing for the worst. Preparing the house isnt bad. Its getting on the road and not knowing what were going to run into. We are hoping to get out of the state of florida. Reporter thats gridlock on highway as thousands evacuate the keys and mandatory evacuations are ordered for the Barrier Islands of miamidade. The storm will be bad so we want to get out while the going is good. We are going to be stuck down here with no provisions so we want to get out while the going is good and i have my whole family, my whole crew here, going to georgia. Reporter long lines are forming at gas stations and Grocery Stores where people are stocking up on plywood, water and sandbags. Its just scary. You know . We want to get to higher ground. Um, never had a cat5. Never experienced it. Its just scary what could happen. Reporter the governor of florida is waiving the tolls on allstate highways for drivers as they try to get out. The last time florida was hit with a cat5 storm was hurricane andrew in
Rescue operations continue after a 7pointone magnitude earthquake kills more than 200 people in mexico city. Many people are still trapped under collapsed buildings this morning. james and back here in the bay area. We are following several fires that broke out overnight. Youre looking at video from a fire in san jose that injured two people. There was also a fire in oakland and one in San Francisco that caused injuries. We will have a live reports on those in just a few minutes. darya we have the very latest on those stories. But first we want to get a check of weather and traffic. james anny is tracking your forecast and robin is watching the commute. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. anny were midway through the week and continuing to cool down. Morning temperatures are in the 50s and low 60s with mostly clear skies all around the bay. The system to our north that weve been tracking for days will send a cold front across our area today whi
Kindergarten student in southeast washington. Today the school sent letters home informing parents that grief counsellors will be available for any students who need help dealing with his death. How will you help your children cope with this news . Im going to talk to them. I havent talked to them about it. And ask them their feelings. I told them they can come to me if they have any questions or they just want to grieve, cry, anything. Reporter today we found party hats on the ground by a picnic table where the family came yesterday for a cookout. It was a party to celebrate xavier luckeys 6th birthday. He was such a good boy. He was so full of life. He was always excited, full of joy. He was a happy little boy. It was just such a tragedy that it happened on his birthday. I heard a boom and i heard a holler. Reporter Shannon Smith said she saw xavier hit by while crossing the road. There were other kids that crossed before him. He thought that maybe he could make it. He was only 6. Th
Them just seeing a combination of people and everybody enjoying each others differences. Reporter diversity was on parade. Elected officials, too. Its a fun walk. We get to see people in our neighborhood and enjoy it. Reporter have you seen people you recognize . You so far. My grand chirp at tchildren at. Reporter madison and logan bush set up a Lemonade Stand to raise money for the humane society. You sold a lot. This is your second jug . Yeah. Reporter impressive. Must be good. They raised 80. Were going home and barbecuing hamburgers. Reporter well be right over. Well, we didnt get a chance to try her burgers. The extravaganza here is scheduled to start in about two hours. Then the big fireworks display starts at 9 35 and should last for about 15 minutes. Abc 7 is a proud sponsor of tonights extravaganza. David louie, abc7 news. David, thanks so much. The doors are opening in petaluma for people to grab a seat for the fireworks show. It starts after the sun sets at the sonoma marin