From the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. Good morning to you, coming up on 5 01, im chris mckinnon. And im kathryn hauser, thank you for being with us, it is december 22, youre going to need your umbrella, not the snow gear not the mittens but the umbrella. Yeah, just a bit unsettled, tracking through, unmoving, 52 degrees in boston right now, the humidity is 27 the winds from the southwest at nine Miles Per Hour right now, really warm start to the day, mid 50s from taunton back down cooler west and north of boston, nashua, to keene sitting in at 36, 37 degrees right now, the clouds are in mraigs place and the showers not too far away, advancing across western new york, just coming in to western kentucky and these areas of rain are going to be advancing in by the time we get to mid morning, county in the boston area around 8 00 a. M. , notice the steadier rain fills in late morning through lunch time today and will continue off and on, downpour through the aftern
Straight to our top story. We had a little bit of breaking news. This is manufacturing pmi, it has risen and pretty much in line with expectations. Showsng above 50 expansion. It is the story of divergence of what china and china is doing and put on the table. Stimulus. Uch more every piece of data from the eurozone is important and has the potential of moving the euro up. Lester on the euro. The manufacturing pmi not as bad as expected, pretty much in line. Our top corporate story, a deal for digital. A 3. 7 billion dollars purchase of an american attack copy an american tech topic, sapient. Guys, thank you for joining us. Matt, let me start with you. Previously, wanted to buy another company and it fell through and they are going with sapien one guestt said it would. Begreat for digital and they always wanted to be in the Digital Space and that is where they are the weakest. To get backeffort on the front of foot after this deal fell through. A couple ofouple tough quarters and they
Witness accounts were true. He was shot at least six times. Following a night of violent protests. National guard is moving in. Looting, carrying guns. A major battle is waging in iraq. Air strikes are helping iraqi and kurdish troops re claim the damn. A ceasefire extended for another 24 hours. Gaza needs hospitals, schools, houses not rockets, tunnels and conflict. In india more than 300 villages are flooded. Its the same fore every year, floods, land slides taking the lives of hundreds. We begin in the streets of ferguson, missouri, governor jay nixon lifted a curfew, hoping it would help to restore peace after nights of protests following the shooting death of moun by a white policeman Michael Brown by a white policeman. Permits of the Missouri National guard elements of the Missouri National guard and captain ron johnson said that while peaceful protests will be allowed. We will not allow vandals, criminal elements to impact the safety and security of the community. An independent
Times. Following another night of violent protests. National guard troops are moving in. Looting, attacking police. A major battle is raging in iraq. Air strikes helping iraqi and kurdish troops regain control of the mosul dam. Hamas and israel extend the ceasefire for another 24 hours. Gaza needs hospitals, houses and schools. Not concrete and rockets. Its the same story floods, landslides. We begin with the latest on the streets of mississippi. Governor jay nixon lifted a curfew, hoping it would restore peace after some conflicts following the shooting death of 18yearold Michael Brown by a white policeman. Nim called up elements of the missouris nard rsh, and state captain ron johnson told reporters while peaceful protests would be allowed. We will not allow criminal elements to impact the safety and security of this community. Meanwhile an independent autopsy requested by Michael Browns family explained part of what happened the day of the shooting. Six bullets struck. Two may have
National guard troops are moving in. Looting, attacking police. Iraq. Air strikes helping iraqi and kurdish troops regain control of the mosul dam. Hamas and israel extend the ceasefire for another 24 hours. Gaza needs hospitals, houses and schools. Not concrete and rockets. Its the same story floods, landslides. We begin with the latest on the streets of mississippi. Governor jay nixon lifted a curfew, hoping it would restore peace after some conflicts following the shooting death of 18yearold Michael Brown by a white policeman. Nim called up elements of the missouris nard rsh, and state captain ron johnson told reporters while peaceful protests would be allowed. We will not allow criminal elements to impact the safety and security of this community. Meanwhile an independent autopsy requested by Michael Browns family explained part of what happened the day of the shooting. Six bullets struck. Two may have reentered. Struggle. In washington president obama met with attorneygeneral hold