southern storm system tracking across the gulf of mexico. plenty of moisture there. this narrow band right here that s the area we have the 40 or so million people. that s the area we re concerned about for snow beginning into the late morning, early afternoon hours. by the overnight, it should begin to taper off. the end result will be a few inches left in place, generally speaking around atlanta. perhaps two to three in northern areas of say, north carolina could see far greater amounts, around eight to ten inches. guys? thanks. european nation shares mixed. u.s. stock futures barely moving so far after yesterday s great day. the dow and s&p 500 closing at record highs. the nasdaq closing in on 5,000. 5,000. that has not been since the dotcom bubble in 2000. major indexes at records in the uk germany and sweden. and ireland, france belgium are at the highest levels since before the recession. what s driving all these markets higher? central banks. yesterday fed chair januaryet ye
begin to taper off. the end result will be a few inches left in place, generally speaking, around atlanta. perhaps two to three in northern areas of, say, north carolina could see far greater amounts, around eight to ten inches. guys? thanks. from weather to money. time for an early start on your money. european and asian stocks. u.s. stock futures barely moving so far after yesterday s great day. the dow and s&p 500 closing at record highs. the nasdaq closing in on 5,000. 5,000. a level not seen since the dotcom bubble in 2000. major indexes at records in the uk, germany and sweden. and ireland, france, belgium are at the highest levels since before the recession. what s driving all these markets higher? central banks. fed chair janet yellen, she said the fed will be patient that s the word she used twice when raising interest rates. other central banks have goosed their markets in the last several months. that s keeping the rally going. a ransom being demanded for a woman s rel
good morning to you. welcome to early start. aim zoraida sambolin. i m ashleigh banfield. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east and 10:00 a.m. in london. live pictures to bring you from london. this is a climax of a weekend of events marking the queen s diamond jubilee all getting underway in london. we re getting ready for a service called the thanksgiving service at st. paul s cathedral. the motorcade is filled with the junior members of the royal family. they re the first to depart their various palaces. they re going to arrive shortly at st. paul s. at the same time, the senior members of the royal family will be getting ready to leave for st. paul s cathedral as well. at 5:15 eastern time the queen herself will leave buckingham palace for st. paul s. remember, the duke of edinboro won t be with her. he s in the hospital under observation. she ll be on her own. she s expected to take 13 minutes. she ll arrive at 5:28 a.m. eastern time. two minutes later because you just don t ha
nomination is his, if he pulls off an illinois upset. spring nearly sprung. what the heck is this? no joke. more in an a foot of snow on the ground in flagstaff, arizona. more on the way, too. bizarre. a major late winter storm shutting down the interstate 40 for nearly 200 miles. in nebraska and oklahoma, the trouble is tornadoes. look at this. storm chasers captured this twister in the town of willow, oklahoma. reynolds wolf is tracking all of the severe weather. dozens of occupy wall street demonstrators arrested in ugly pictures in lower manhattan. they re trying to reoccupy the park. and how sweet it is. the sweet 16 is set after 11th seeded north carolina state, upseeded georgetown. up next for n.c. state, kansas on friday. we begin with breaking news from france. three people, two children, have been killed on a shooting outside of a jewish school in toulouse, france. several people were reportedly injured by this gunman. security has been ordered tightened a
across tokyo when those markets shut. but as you can see, markets here trading higher at the moment adding to early morning gains. we ve got the smi and zurich up by nearly 1%, similar situation for the cac 40 and also the dax in germany. well, u.s. stocks rebounded on thursday after two days of heavy losses on the back of japan s nuclear emergency. an upbeat outlook from the market, here s how the numbers settled. the dow jones industrial average adding around 1.4%, the nasdaq closing .75% higher, pauline. well, nina, for the past week as we ve known and seen, the world has been transfixed by the disastrous events in japan. and now people all over the world are reaching out to help. we ll have more details on this after this break.