Downgraded to a tropical storm. It mitt landfall overnight as a category two hurricane near gulf shores, alabama a. The storm moving northeast at the relatively slow pace of 2 miles an hour. It has hit parts of alabama, florida, mississippi and georgia. Parts of those states are being pummeled with massive amounts of rain, and thats why we point out the speed, the slow speed with which it is advancing now that its made landfall. Its produced lifethreatening flooding, and winds are damaging. Fema has more than 2500 responders prepositioned, ready to give assistance to those in the path of what has been a disastrous storm. Meanwhile on the west coast, 87 large wildfires are burning. 34 people have been killed, almost 5 million acres of land scorched and thousands of homes have been destroyed. Making matters worse, choking smoke from these fires has adversely affected, as you would expect, the air quality, placing it in an unhealthy range, to say the least. Smoke has traveled far now as e
This has been bust that one business show you cant afford to miss unfair monteux say ok in washington coming up the president from approve a big tick tock deal but many questions remain unanswered. We have a deal worked out i think with walmart is going to buy it along with oracle Larry Ellison its going to be an incredible combination. And another stock market selloff sentiment hours on a coronavirus resurgence in what could be worth the september and years of a packed show today so lets get started. In a change of heart that maybe happened in record time President Donald Trump went from banning tick talk from app stores on friday to suddenly approving the oracle walmart deal by saturday yes and just 24 hours after saying that he would not agree to buy down selling 20 percent stake to oracle and walmart while the president changed his mind now trump says he has agreed in principle to the sale which will create a new Company Called tick tock global and the trumpeter ministration well t
Todays hybrid hearing. Some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webx. Since some are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending Physicians Office all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a facemask. Members who choose not to wear a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in what is known in webx as active speaker mode. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appear regular motely, i know you are all familiar with webx by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, youll be able to see each other speaking during the hearing, whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webx set to active speaker view. If you have any questions about the abou
Special representative for afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad testified before the over house on National Security about the Trump Administrations afghanistan policy. He answered questions about the recent u. S. Taliban agreement and plans to reduce the u. S. Military presence in afghanistan. Good morning. The turning of the subcommittee will now come to order. I want to welcome everyone to todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant to the house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via web acts. Since some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physicians office, all individuals intending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who choose not to wear a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they
Sep currently up 0. 4 percent, on the back of protests over the weekend. Rishaad 44 minutes to go before we get trading underway in india. Nifty futures coming under pressure, down by 0. 4 . Looking at the crude oil picture, they are sustaining some of the gains we have had. A 10 rise in the last five trading days. It could be on, the march to the 100 level according to some. And a look at what is going on with the yuan, at 6. 76. We see the fiveyear loan prime rate holding study from the previous month. Holding steady from the previous month. Lets have a look at what is going on with the first word news. Lets join karina mitchell. Karina a very good morning to you. New japanese Prime Minister has held his first call as leader with president trump, with the para bowing to strengthen ties. They also agreed to incorporate on a vaccine. He may meet the u. S. Secretary of state soon. Others. Spoke with trump says he will nominate a successor for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg th