At 10. 01 per barrel. It did manage to scratch back about 126 of yesterdays 300 plus loss but energy has swamped the stock market over the past 48 hours, completely wiping out fridays 700 plus point gain for the Dow Jones Industrials. Right now we are looking at the dow swooning at the moment, down 562 points. Thats good for a 2. 33 loss. All three major indices are facing a second straight day in the red. Could a lifeboat arrive within just an hour or two . Word is congress is coming together as we speak to replenish the Small Business rescue plan with a fresh 310 billion round of loans. As some big banks, though, play favorites with the First Tranche of money, nontraditional lenders are fast gaining more respect. Weve got the chairman and ceo of one of them. He has already delivered 2 billion to Small Companies and is ready, willing and able to do it once again. Got to hear how hes doing it. And hollywood is on hold as the sopranos prequell sleeps with the fishes. Steph patt ernot is
Flooding turns city streets into rivers with airports inundated, canceling hundreds of flights and Public Transit paralyzed. Rain and extreme flooding has left all of this water and brown sludge around me. Norah just a day and a half before a shutdown, and no deal in sight. What it means for americans. Getting through an airport could be hard, getting a passport could be hard. Norah why a shutdown and staffing shortages could make americas Child Care Crisis worse. Trailblazer Dianne Feinstein, the longestserving female senator dies at age 90. Tonight a look back at her legacy. I have found that being a woman isnt a disadvantage. The United Auto Workers union has expanded its strike to two new locations. An additional 7,000 workers are being instructed to walk off the job starting today. You cant raise your family on 17 an hour. Las vegas police have made an arrest in the murder of rapper tupac shakur. This is a huge break in a case that has stumped investigators for almost 27 years. No
Here are chides headlines. Flooding turns city streets and rivers with airports inundated, canceling hundreds of flights and Public Transit paralyzed. Rain and extreme flooding has left all of this water and brown sludge. Norah just a day and happy for a shutdown, and no deal insight. What a means for americans. Getting to an airport could be hard, getting a passport could be hard. Norah why a shutdown and staffing shortages could make americas Child Care Crisis worse. Trailblazer Dianne Feinstein, the longestserving female senator dies at age 90. A look back at her legacy. I found that being a woman isnt a disadvantage. Has expanded its trying to do new locations. An additional 7,000 workers are being instructed to walk off the job starting today. You cant raise your family on 70 an hour. Las vegas police have made an arrest in the murder of rapper tupac shakur. A huge break in a case that has stumped investigators for almost 27 years. Norah big news from the pentagon. The navy will S
Superstorm sandy. We are going to be live throughout the night. We have reporters all across the region. And msnbc meteorologist bill karins on hand here in new york. Now, as of 11 30 pennsylvanias Utility Company reported more than 1 Million People were without power in that state. The Associated Press reports thats about 20 of the states electric customers. Joining me now is philadelphia mayor michael nutter. Mayor, its good to talk to you again. Weve been talking about how fluid the situation is. You and i talked about two hours ago. Since then i understand one person was killed after a tree fell on a house in berks county. Whats going on in philly . In philadelphia we do have some significant, for us, significant power outage. About 40,000 customers without power. Pico energy is our provider. They do an excellent job under these circumstances, getting people back online. About 400,000 in the region, and so, again, thats a significant number, but i am quite confident that they will
Just after 3 00 a. M. Here on the east coast and at least 16 people have reportedly been killed. More than 7 million are without power as sandy now is moving inland across pennsylvania. Good morning, im Chris Jansing live in new york. We want to run down the latest development as cross the midatlantic and the northeast and lets start in new jersey which took the brunt of this superstorm when it came ashore. Atlantic city and cape may have been absolutely inundated with water. Further north in jersey city reports of building collapses, the Oyster Creek Nuclear plant has been put on elevated alert amid high water. In new york, all of Lower Manhattan below 39th street is without power. Some of that caused by an explosion at a con ed substation. Right now new york city is seeing more Power Outages than at any time in its history including two out of every three people on long island. Its also forced the evacuation of the nyu Medical Center after the generator there went out. Further south