The president and his team set to dine with the two top dems tonight. Power lun power lunch starts right now welcome, everybody, to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Stocks are trading in a very narrow range the s p did hit another intraday high the best performing sectors, tech and materials, the biggest drags. Check out some movers. Up 6 . Leading the s p 500. The Company Buying new York Health Insurer fidelis care for 2. 7 billion take a look at dolby labs. Apple tv will support dolby vision here is what else is happening. Democratic senator, mark warner, asking the federal trade commission to investigate equifax Data Security practices and Customer Security response following the recent attack. Target getting ready for the crucial season hiring about 100,000 seasonal workers. That is a big jump from last year viacoms mtv seeing its first summer ratings growth in six years. Brian . Charlie, thank you. We begin with apple and its big event 24 hours ago in cupertino. Apple announcing three
Mind and what he now tells his children only on gma this morning. Get by with a little help from my friends and hand in hand, the massive turnout across the country, stars from los angeles to nashville to new york. When tough times hit, this is who we are. Thousands of you jumping in donating more than 40 million and counting in less than 24 hours. Do not give up hope. The incredible effort and how you can still help this morning. Whoa stand by me darling darling i love that. We do say good morning, america. What an incredible night. So many people joining together to support those affected by hurricanes harvey and irma. They were right here in our little old studio and all across the country. It was amazing to see thousands of you at home opening up your hearts and your wallets to help those in need and guess what, the hand in hand telethon has raised more than 44 million so far. The money is still coming in and the need is still so great. Were reminded of that this morning as storm v
Table. And apple says the new iphone x is the future of tech. It costs 1,000. Wow. So is it worth the price . But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. There is no electricity, no air conditioning, no water. This is a housing and humanitarian crisis. Absolute devastation and broken hearts. Floridians struggle in the aftermath of irma. Millions are without power. But the worst damage was done in the florida keys. They can take away everything that we have, but it will not take away our spirit and our heart. The president is trying to deal with tax reform, passing out a plan over dinner with three democrats. Well take the very best tax package we can that can actually pass. The president doesnt get to wave a magic wand. North korea condemning in, quote, the strongest terms the new u. N. Sanctions. Those sanctions are nothing compared to what ultimately will have to happen. Big news in the tech world. Apple announced the new iphone x. Experts sa
Conditions more dangerous. Elderly residents were evacuated this morning from a hollywood nursing home that lost power during Hurricane Irma. Police say three patients guided the facility and two at a hospital. We believe at this time they may be related to the loss of power and the storm. Reporter police have started to criminal investigation into the deaths. They did not say whether the facility had air conditioning when paramedics were called early this morning. As we arrived on the scene with our fire rescue crews, we saw that there were a number of people in respiratory distress. Reporter across florida 4. 4 million homes and businesses still have no power. Floridas biggest utility lined up prepare trucks this morning in the miami area. But Officials Say could it be more than a week before electricity is back for everyo everyone. Power outages also remain an issue here in jacksonville. More than 800 utility workers are trying to restore electricity to the more than 100,000 custome
Shut down in Castro Valley. A story we ve been bringing you since 4 30 this morning on today in the bay. Bob what is the latest information you are getting there at the scene . Whats the latest youve got . Reporter good morning, to you scott and kris, as you can see behind me, headlights are heading in the westbound direction. The number three and number four lanes of westbound 580 are reopened here at eaten canyon, but if you look towards the right, number one and number two lanes, theyre shut down while caltrans continues to clean up the mess caused by this Early Morning crash. It is going to take time, an hour or two, that big rig needs to be offloaded and hauled away. Weve heard from commuters whove been stuck in this backup for four to five hours this morning trying to get from the outer rim of the east bay into places like oakland and San Francisco. This accident happened around 4 20 this morning. The chp tells us that the driver of a black sedan clipped a big rig on westbound 58