Anna absolutely. Trade commissioner phil hogan forced to resign because he attended a golf event which had normal times would not be that controversial, but these are not normal times. It is being investigated as to whether it broke the covid rules in ireland. As a result, he was under pressure and had to defend himself. Commissionropean needs to find a new person to fill that very busy trade brief. But this sets a very interesting precedent. Will we see other commissioners held to that . Tom lets do an unseemly data check. I will focus quickly to get to hurricane laura. Futures negative eight and we watch the real yield which is 1. 06. It is a huge deal as we go to the powell speech. Anna . Anna my data check has European Equity markets waiting for the powells beach powell speech. We heard from rollsroyce a little bit earlier on and they reported a huge loss. This is the maker of aircraft engines. In the stock is down 7. 8 in london right now. They get paid by the hour for flying thes
Center right now with that and then well get to the headlines. Hey josh. There james, as you mentioned laura category 4 hurricane as it made landfall cameron louisiana last night at one am. Still making an impact all across that state this morning as the center of the storm gradually makes its way northward. We are anticipating still some very strong winds, although the storm itself has weakened to a category 2 now. The big concern here right along the coastline was a storm surge that stretches not just a few miles inland, but as much as 40 miles inland as it makes its way up those bayous and low lying planes right there along the shoreline what we are saying is i 10 closed from the texas border all the way east of areas likely charles and the storm Still Producing some very heavy rain as well as winds that are still strong but continuing to weaken as it makes its way inland. Good news is storm surge was not as bad as it could have been but still big rainmaker and definitely a strong s
Store you can see this here but this is not the only business that was damaged overnight you can see here also several buildings were vandalized including cars along with the Alameda County courthouse being set on fire now according to Police Numerous fires were set dozens of windows are broken out in multiple businesses were vandalized nearly 600 people took to the streets to demand justice for blake. And Police Accountability along with fundamental change nationwide now bp also says protesters temporarily shut down traffic on the 5. 80 freeway along with a bar in downtown and to close their 19th street station as city Police Tweeted photos of numerous fires that were set in the downtown area now its really important to note that the protests started peacefully but things escalated as the night went on. Pd says no officers were injured in any of this we also reached out to them to see they have an update on any of the protesters as well any of their injuries. They say several arrests
Intensified kron fours reyna harvey live in oakland with details on what happened reyna. And good morning. So it really was a Ripple Effect first you happy Police Shooting of jacob blake like you mentioned, and then you had to protesters who were shot and killed protesting the shooting of blake so a lot of things happening that have made its way here in oakland were going to show you some of the damage that was done overnight you can see here at the whole foods store here in oakland, the windows broken out there there were also several other buildings that were vandalized including cars along with the Alameda County courthouse being set on fire as well now according to police. Theyre saying that numerous fires were set throughout the downtown area and theyre saying that also dozens of windows were broken and theyve seen multiple businesses that were vandalized now its really important to know that the protest all started peacefully. People taking to the streets with signs asking for ju
A. Terrorist and locked up with no chance of being freed a white supremacist who killed 51 muslim worship is in new zealand is sentenced. In u. S. Courts takes an unprecedented stand against Racial Injustice basketball leads a boycott of games following the Police Shooting of a wisconsin resident complained. 24 hours ago turkey warned greece not to test its patients now it is revealed what that actually meant so he will hold live firing exercises in these to make the east mediterranean next week the latest escalation in a maritime dispute with greece over control of potential oil and gas reserves both countries have been holding military drills already near a patch of sea which they both claim the turkish. And is also extending the work of its vessel conducting seismic surveys of the area and greece is expected to ratify a maritime agreement with egypt which turkey opposes so theres a lot going on there also germanys top diplomat has been calling for an end to the exercises as the e. U