Retailer slashing prices on thousands of items what this could be signaling about the company and its rivals power lunch starts right now im brian sullivan, stocks are mixed this hour but on track for first losing week in three weeks. The dow is the only major average that is higher meantime the u. S. Dollar, the greenback weakening against most of the world major currencies, the dollar index now at its lowest level since january of 2015 kroger beating estimates but the shares getting pounded apparently because of aggressive discounting, chipotle taking another hit. Zumi sext. Soaring, a smaller than expected loss and beating sales estimates. Good afternoon, thank you, brian. Lets get you caught up on Hurricane Irma the white house set to hold a briefing in about 30 minutes from now the latest on the emergency efforts, well carry that briefing live. Meantime the president tweeting, warning everyone in the storms path to be vigilant and heed all recommendations from government officials
Please stay open as long as possible so people can get out. Well arrange Police Escorts for your employees so they can get out safely. We need your gas stations to stay open as long as possible. We know fuel is very important. Were absolutely devoting every state resource to addressing this. While we are making progress, you will see lines or outages. I know this has to be very frustrating. And will not stop working on this. If youre concerned that you do not have a way to evacuate because of a fuel issue, call your local Emergency Management hot line or the florida emergency hot line at 18003423557. 18003423557, which is a dedicated emergency hot line. We will get you out. But you have to call now if youre in an evacuation zone. We cannot save you when the storm starts. If youre in an evacuation zone and you need help, you need to tell us now. If you know youre going to a shelter in your county, please only take the amount of fuel you need. You dont need to fill your tank to your brim
Challenge to stand here. I know people are hurting and theyre scared. Were standing right here, and were going to tell you whats happening throughout this as this water gets to about 6 or 7 inches, and i cant even turn this way because it is pure gray. All the light is gone behind me, and the water is just coming sideways down this street, shepard. Shepard we now have a wider shot, and we can see the trees. That looks unbearabling, and im sure there are people sitting in their living rooms going get him the hell inside. Reporter yeah, yep. Shepard weve learned not to tell steve what to do. Reporter yeah. Well whoa. Well, the trees are not snapping. Im seeing been. S but not full trees. Category four, you expect trees to be uprooted, you expect roofs to fly off, and you expect side walls to fly off. Thats not happening here. Were seeing strong winds and branches snap, but were not seeing disintegration of buildings. Shepard yeah. Category three, maximum 120 miles an hour, it may have go
AI models can definitely be game-changers in the field of weather forecasting. (Photo : NASA from Unsplash)AI models can definitely be game-changers in the field of weather forecasting.