20pound package. The little dog with the courage to face a family of bears away from her home. Im annemarie green. Im alison harmelin. More floodwaters have trapped so many people, flood watches remain on the eastern sond following days of pounding rain. At least seven stormrelated deaths are reported. South carolina is the hardest hit. A state of emergency has been declared and overnight warning wassish for columbia where people may be without drinkable water for days. Hundreds have been rescued including this mother and her young child. A doortodoor search is planned for today. David begnaud, is columbia. Reporter this pickup truck was no match for fast moving floodwaters in columbia. The waters swept the white truck away in seconds. A Swift Water Rescue Team got to the driver just in time. Emergency personnel have fanned out to help people trapped in cars and homes. Youre getting multiple calls for help that you cant get there. We have one particular call for help right now that we
Stories were watching this morning starting with oil. Wti crude closing higher than brent yesterday. That was the first time of august 2010. Watch for Inventory Data. Well get that at 10 30 eastern time. And break in the last hour a new report coming up from opec predicting that oil will rise to 95 barrel but only in 24 years. Also on tap we get durables goods and personal income and spending and at 10 00 new home sales and Consumer Sentiment but some of the numbers came earlier when the Commerce Department released spend dag at a yesterday. We got november Consumer Spending rising. 3 last month. That came in line with forecasts. Also apple making it easier to nominate a director but there are restrictions. In a new filing that it put in with the sec the tech giant says its going to be eligible to make a nomination. A shareholder or a group of the 20 shareholders must hold 3 of shares continuously for three years. So also the good news there is it prevents some of the shorttermers. 204
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill christmas day, 2015, brought fresh appeals for an end to terror, and a new focus on peace. The theme dominated annual messages from various World Leaders, starting at the vatican. Cheers erupted from the thousands in sunny saint peters square, as the pope emerged to deliver his christmas message. In it, he spoke out against atrocities by radical islamis
Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the siege today in the capital city of mali lasted all day before ending this evening. Islamist gunmen burst into a hotel and seized up to 170 hostages, many of them foreigners. In the end, scores of hostages were rescued or escaped, but estimates of the dead ranged from 19 to at least 27, plus two attackers. The state Department Said one american was among those killed. The at