Manus warm welcome to the show, the first of 2018. What does they year hold for you . Do you want to have a haven . It is the year of the dog in japan. What does it mean for markets . Will we see more Financial Market tremors . Last year posted the best performance since 2009. The japanese are on holiday. You have the msci excluding japan. It beat the estimates. Ofve got a question mark from china. Umbers philippines remained in expansion or a territory. Expansionary territory. It is a big week for markets. Hint this translates into bitcoin. This is where bitcoin started a year ago. 998. We are starting the year with a decline. It is the first year we are seeing a get in bitcoin since 2015. Estimate is around 15,000. You have competition from ethereum and rebel. And ripple. Deal,ficit with the tax along with the balance of payment numbers in the u. S. This might give you Something Else to hold onto. The dollar positioning turned long for the first time in six months. If you are looking
News4 midday. Im melissa mollet. And im molette green. If you are headed out, its no fun to be outside right now. And the winds making it feeling colder than it is. Its cold enough. Heres a look at the feels like temperature. This morning these numbers were below zero in many spots. Storm team4 Sheena Parveen joins us now on the bitter cold that is over the year. We want to stay inside all day. Yeah, another one of the days you dont want to go outside. And if you dress, dress in warm layers. Hes the temperature in the district. Plenty of sunshine, but not warming us up. 19 degrees but feels like 6 degrees out there. Northwest winds 4mileperhour so well have it through the afternoon. And the feels like temperature for most of the area still feeling below 10 degrees. Afternoon in the suburbs especially actual temperatures will be in about the mid20s today sochlt another day where highs are going to be below freezing. Now this does not factor in the wind here. It will feel colder when you
Yes, so i will get to this morning in a moment but it is so hard to sleep last night being off for so long. And, my gosh, would i look at the clock at 11 30 and say how in the world is it possible that i have to get up in two hours. Great to be back. Great to see you ladies. It is water main break after water main break after water main back. Yes. Every single day it seems like there is, a water main breaks and it is not, and, heres your lates alerts. We have advisory, winter storm watches and warnings now posted from southeast new jersey to Sussex County delaware forewarnings. You know it will happen here. Further inland, not quite, as big of a threat but it certainly is, still a pretty substantial storm that is at least producing a glancing blow to our area we will get much more on how much we will get, as to the timing as well just a little later in the show. If you are watching us this hour just trying to get out the door this is what you will face. Not a lot, it is still very cold
An interview on u. S. Korea relations with an historian from the university of wisconsin, madison. We recorded this yesterday at the American Historical Association meeting. David is a historian that specializes in a very timely field, u. S. Korea relations. What is the most important thing that anyone who was watching the news right now worrying about the state of things should know about korea and u. S. Korea relations . The most important thing to understand is that the division of korea was originally a jewish idea. This division originally a u. S. Idea. This would originally create a unified state. This eventually became permanent. The reason that this matters so much. The koreans very much see themselves as one people, one race, and would very much like to be reunified, especially the older generation of koreans that have family in north, some of whom who have not spoken in decades. This matters because in many ways, koreans hold the United States responsible for that decision. T
So the threetime World Champion and the defending olympic Gold Medalist in the event, Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States in the fourth position,. 48 back. 08 back of anna. Hansdotter in the second spot right now with Wendy Holdener holding on to that lead. On course right now is curtoni of italy. Somebody who knows how to win but, again, challenged by the competition. Shes faced in her career. Unlucky timing for her. In the beginning, against another when she was dominated the slalom event and thats just you know, unfortunate. Every athlete has to contend with the champions at the time they come into it but theres not been a more difficult era than the last ten or 15 years. Theres forces of nature usually youd have a gap here or there to pop in for a win. Curtoni well back. Older sister of elaina. Part of the alpine world cup skiing sisters and eli that without with a knee injury she suffered in november. Not competing. And theres mom and daughter going to talk things over and try t