Universities write to the uk education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u turn on a level grades. And coming up this hour, the three victorian forts originally built to defend england against the french going up for sale. Hello and welcome. If you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The number of people being randomly tested in the community to track the prevalence of covid 19 is to be incased up in england. From october, 150,000 people will be tested every fortnight as part of the office for National Statistics programme which is separate from the Mass Testing Programme of people who have symptoms. The figure is up from the 28,000 in england who are currently sent a home testing kit. Testing will also be expanded in scotland, wales and northern ireland. The health secretary, matt hancock, says the expansion of testing in the
Nasdaq up 20 and s p 500 futures up and it was another day of gains with the dow industrials closing 378 points at 4 00 oclock on wall street. Nasdaq up 67 and s p 34. Rioters setting fires and smashing windows calling for justice days after a black man is shot by police. Marco making landfall, hit the u. S. With less force than previously thought. The real threat from Tropical Storm laura looming in the gulf. Tiktok suing Trump Administration over proposed ban insisting its not a threat to National Security. Saving American Farmers. One famous man coming to the citys defense. Mornings with maria live right now. European markets in the green take a look. Cac quarante is up 36 and dax index in germany higher by 89 points. Overnight, mixed story in asia. Take a look, trade representative lighthizer spoke with official. Republicans striking optimistic tone on night one of National Convention. The gop formally nominating with inperson roll call in charlotte, North Carolina allowing 6 deleg
I want to zoon in on live doppler 7. You can see a pair of returns here thankfully moving into Santa Cruz County. We want to get you an update on the czu complex right now. The statewide situation in california at the moment before we get started here specifically in these two counties. Since saturday, august 15th, we have experienced 615 fires across the state of california, and more than two dozen of those fires have turned into major fires. With that, the second and Third Largest fires in california history are burning around us at the moment in santa clara unit and up in lmu and the lake napa unit. With that, theres over 14,000 firefighters assigned across the state at this moment with this lightning siege. Additionally, theres over 2400 fire engines across california fighting these fires. And cal fire alone has 96 of all firefighting engines committed to an incident somewhere in the state of california at this exact moment with. That, we have 95 aircraft assigned to incidents in c
Moment as we look at the labor economy of the united states. ,resident trump out front giving his strategy on the adp report to dovetail a big number for friday, with the reality of the adp report in 14 minutes. Jonathan i think we are both lost for words over this one. Adp report around 15 minutes away. The estimate, positive 1. 2 million. It continues with claims tomorrow and concludes with payrolls friday. The churn beneath the surface, we talked about this so many times. Claims only show you one side. We will try to get the net of things friday. Really unpredictable. Tom i agree, adp is a little squishy. It is likely john swann axios interview. Theres a huge margin of error on the jobs report. How do you see the bond market set up for the margin of error of fridays report . Lisa heres a question, are we already seeing a policy error with the delay of some sort of stimulus package . Are people going to be trying to find other reasons to take a move . I will say the bond market right
He is right there. Youre right on the camera. You know all about our weather for this tuesday, steve. Thats why im here. The wind was a big story yesterday. There is not much of a breeze. Everything is being deflected to the north and pacific northwest. I cant find any fog yet. Good morning, we do have traffic out there. We will fix steves Technical Glitch in a moment. Lets take a look at interstate 880. You can see traffic is moving along pretty nicely. We dont see a lot going on. Traffic is moving along pretty well. There have been no major problems on the san mateo bridge or on the Golden Gate Bridge for that matter. It looks like a nice drive. There are no problems in the south bay right now. We have a nicelooking drive on all the freeways in san jose. At 501, look about today. George floyd, whose death at the hands of the Minneapolis Police department sparked protests around the country and world, he will be laid to rest today. Our reporter is here now with more information on tha