As we take a live look at the scene, the worst of the flames right now are out, and it does appear that one of the buildings has damage to the upper floors. We have no word of any injuries or what exactly sparked this fire, but of course were going to continue to follow this and bring you more information as soon as we get it. Were going to turn to the weather and another shot of bitter cold temperatures coming our way tonight. And some part of our area could actually see some snow tomorrow. Meteorologist lee goldberg is timing it all out. Hes outside right now in this really cold weather out there, right lee. No question, liz and diana. Snow is the only thing we havent seen over the past couple of days. It was wild yesterday, 1 to 2 inches of rain. Double rainbows and now all of a sudden we have the gusty cold wind and thats the big deal this evening is the blustery conditions that will last night. Lets go ahead and look outside, be careful on the bridges and overpasses with the hour.
Retailer tesco to announce it overstated profits by over 400 million. The g20 finance ministers are wrapping up meetings in australia saying they are close to adding an extra 2 trillion to the economy, but the group is warning that europes slowdown remains a major stumbling block. And it is playing out if we take at what is happening with the u. S. Equity futures. Right now the dow futures are down by 28 points below fair value. The s p futures are up by 7 points. Although, andrew, this is an improvement from earlier this morning. Yes, it is. Thank you for that. As joe was telling us, it is a merger monday. Its already shaping up to be a busy monday for deals. Just crossing the tape this morning, germanys merck buying sigmaaldrich. That company is valued at 17 billion. Thats a huge deal. We have both executives from both companies to join us first right here on cnbc and well have that interview at 6 40 a. M. Eastern time. Also, it is official, siemens is buying u. S. Oil field maker dr
Cocktails, fires or shootings. A night of calm in ferguson, missouri after attorney general eric holder programses a fair investigation. A grand jury is now considering charges against the Police Officer accused of shooting an unarmed teen. Israeli hitting hamas at the top, blasting this building, killing three top military leaders, saying they posed an imminent threat. Hamas calls it a crime. We begin with breaking news about two americans being treated for ebola. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. Dr. Kent brantley is going to be released from the hospital. The health of his colleague is said to be improving enough to remove her from isolation. Everybody is cheering the good news. We have more on these developments. We know the experimental drug administered to these two did its job. It appears that dr. Kent brantley could be released as early as today. Brantley is expected to take part in a press conference later this morning, discussing his condition an
Airasia flight 8501, now the voice recorder, as well. What they could tell investigators about the doomed flight. The former head of the c. I. A. Could face charges. Some in the Just Department want David Petraeus on trial for leaking information to his mistress. That good morning, welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. That france object high alert to protect against more attacks there. Yesterday massive demonstrations around the world millions marching in paris and elsewhere to show solidarity with france and honor the dead. Leaders in 40 nations taking part approximate this morning attorney general eric holder is in that city for security meetings. Secretary of state john kerry is headed to paris thursday. A day after that massive march, what are authorities do to calm fears of another attack . The first thing theyre doing is putting more boots on the ground and a special Government Security meeting this morning announces that 10,000 more troops army troops,
That is not a very pretty chart. And the bayer case, several came out of hibernation today. Today we found another one. Shes going to make her case on why she is so confident stocks will go lower. But she is bullish on one sector. All of that is straight ahead. Tyler continues on vacation. Simon is my partner again, hi. As you say, theres a lot for the markets to react to. We have an upwards revision of gdp. A drop in initial claims this morning. We have the bases covered with International Correspondent. Reporting also on the new opportunities, lets kick off with you. Heres whats going on with the marketplace. This last pullback was just 4 from the s p. Investors fought at the dow bounced right off of its longterm trend line. You see over the last two years, every single time the dow has touched that green line, the longterm trend, the stocks have gone up afterwards. And this last time, august 7th, no exception, but some stocks have done marketly better than others. The dow is up 4 .