Jones, but take a look at the major averages on the last day of trading, we saw the dow close at a record yesterday, coming down today along with the other major averages. So just off the record levels we have seen, the nasdaq 100 underperforming, even the nasdaq composite, but the nasdaq and nasdaq 100 of the big winners for the year, we saw a big rally and a lot of questions about whether the reliance, if you will come on the bank stocks for the years gains are something that are a negative one way we are slicing and dicing it is looking at the percentage change, minus the percent of change in the s p 500. It is 9. 4 percentage points, that is the outperformance of the nasdaq. As a can see by the chart, historically it is not that unusual to see that kind of performance gap. At least by this particular measure, the nasdaq is not necessarily signaling euphoria. Joe thank you, lets check in on the bloomberg first word news. Kaylee . Thank you, new York City Fire commissioner says the b
Did someone use the storm to cover up a crime . And reunited. Thousands of pets displaced in houston, the families desperately trying to get them back. Michael is there for an emotional reunion, how to keep your animal safe as Hurricane Irma approaches. We do say good morning, america. And a lot of news to get to on this wednesday morning. Were getting our first look at Hurricane Irma hitting the caribbean islands right now. One of the most powerful storms ever in the atlantic. We want to show you the image of the hurricane from space right now. There it is, it shows the eye of this now category 5 storm. It is moving toward puerto rico right now then florida, states of emergency are already declared and some cities have ordered mandatory evacuations. Officials call this a worst Case Scenario for the florida keys. As you can imagine the lines are growing in florida to get gas and many of those stations, unfortunately, are sold out. People desperate to stock up and hit the road and thats
The mother of two who mysteriously vanished just before Hurricane Harvey and now the investigation. Did someone use the storm to cover up a crime . And reunited. Thousands of pets displaced in houston, the families desperately trying to get them back. Michael is there for an emotional reunion, how to keep your animal safe as Hurricane Irma approaches. We do say good morning, america, and a lot of news to get to on this wednesday morning. Were getting our first look at Hurricane Irma hitting the caribbean islands right now. One of the most powerful storms ever in the atlantic. And we want to show you the image of the hurricane from space right now. There it is, it shows the eye of this now category 5 storm. It is moving toward puerto rico right now then florida, states of emergency are already declared and some cities have ordered mandatory evacuations. Officials call this a worst Case Scenario for the florida keys. As you can imagine the lines are growing in florida to get gas and many
Our team is on the ground this morning tracking every development. President trumps stunning decision striking a deal with the democrats on Harvey Relief and the debt limit. Now the new backlash from his own party. Houstons hero. Oneonone with nfl star j. J. Watt. Now hes making sure hurricane victims get the nearly 30 million hes raised first on gma. And its backtoschool time for the little prince. George hand in hand with his dad this morning. Why mom princess kate is sitting this one out. Good morning, america. Hurricane irma showing no mercy right now. Lets take a look at what it looks like on the ground in the Dominican Republic. This morning, there it is. Thats just the outer bands of the hurricane. It is not going to be a direct hit on the Dominican Republic but you can see how powerful those winds are. And those first images of the storms power, george, are extremely scary. Just listen to it and also this morning, were seeing so much destruction already and hopefully everyone i
Mainland confirmed just over an hour ago. Police in daisy west of ft. Lauderdale reporting a man died falling off the ladder preparing for the storm. Battling cuba and central bahamas with high winds and major surf. The storm is 380 miles southeast of florida with winds whipping at 155 miles per hour. Roads, look at that aerial. They are jammed. Gas supplies running low as those following Evacuation Orders head north. Weve got our reporters on the ground following every single move. Congressman Francis Rooney of florida represents the 19th Congressional District which includes the highly populated west coast of the state with big tourism. Could they dodge the bullet or get unexpectedly punched . Orange juice futures skyrocketing as Citrus Growers prepare for the worst. How hes desperately trying to protect 20,000 acres of oranges, grapefruits and hundreds of jobs. Wall street keeping a cautious eye on irma after 110point swing. You can see the Dow Jones Industrials hovering higher by 3