Brandon and his mom, whose car had broken down along a dark stretch of roadway. They were trying to push the car off the road when both were hit. The son suffered minor injuries. Since we were married i used to fight with him for stopping all the time with people. But i guess that was his mission in life, help others, always. It doesnt appear to just be a tragic accident at this time. Reporter his relatives tell me he was driving here on his way to his construction job in north jersey when he spotted others in trouble. I know that the family involved is so appreciative of this gentleman stopping to help. We want people to be aware of their safety ask surroundings and call us. Reporter no charges have been filed. Police are still investigating the crash. He was just a caring person. Reporter a life lost doing a good deed. Nbc 10 news. Now, to the weather, storms are headed our way and we want you to be ready, just look at the weather system on the radar there. We have issued a first ale
What does it deliver for china . We are delving into all those stories. Notably today a little bit of risk assets. The ftse 100 managed to post gains. Up. 5 of 1 on the euro stoxx 50. Still of worth wealth of earnings. Also plenty of assets, oil driving the market today. Guy lets talk about what is happening in the other asset classes. A great place to start, your morning. You can see it right up here that new Zealand Dollar. A decision to cut from that reserves, not enough. You get a little bit of pushback from the bank saying the markets are misreading the story. It is more the pboc rather than the central bank that had control of this currency. We will discuss that during the show. And the japanese yen on the move. Lets get you caught up on all the news you need to know. David lets talk about brexit here. It is undermining the nearterm outlook for the housing market. Sales dropping in july according to the oil institution of chartered surveyors. When you look at new buyer inquiries
Im tyler mathisen. Welcome, everybody. We begin this hour with the latest on that massive blaze. Cnbc is 200 miles south of the fire line in edmonton. Hey guys, the cooler weather and light rain is providing some respite for Fire Fighting officials. This wildfire is still out of control and is being referred to as the beast. Now i want to put the size of it in perspective for folks watching from home. Consider this. It is now twice the size of new york city, all five bureaus. Twice. It is absolutely massive. 10,000 people now have been displaced. As for the city of ft. Mcmurray, the gateway to Canadas Oil Sands, the zbas shut off. The electrical grid is damaged. The water is undrinkable. That makes it very difficult to know when the thousands of displaced residents are going to be able to return home and find out if their homes are even still there m of them are behind me at the Evacuation Center here in edmonton. Even officials here, the manager of this Evacuation Center doesnt know w
De gaulle will be operational in the fight against isil from monday. The announcement just over a week after the attacks in paris. The new Charles De Gaulle is the largest warship in western kr p europe. It can carry 40 planes and helicopters. It is going to be based in the Eastern Mediterranean fairly close to syria, itself. Russia intensifying bombing campaign. War ships over there in the caspian sea targeting lotions further to the west but right across syria. Act visits say the russian strikes, some of the heaviest since 2011 in syria. In an interview with chinese television, the syrian president said the russian strikes had helped to improve the situation in syria and that his troops were advancing, as he put it, on nearly every front. Moemdz jamjoom is our correspondent. He sent us this from paris340e7 correspondent. He sent us this from paris. Overwhelming security measures being put into place by Francois Hollande according to a new poultry leased in france on sunday, stating 9
Controlled congress. Mitch mcconnell you Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky won reelection last night. Aestions because we have twoparty system, does not mean we have to be in protection perpetual conflict. I think i have shown that to be e in critical Time Critical times in the past. I hope the president gives me a chance to show that again. Democrats ran away from president obama. He is returning the favor. The white house saying itself from the losers, saying the quality of candidates determines the outcome. The president is holding a press conference and wants to meet with leaders on friday. Paul ryan said his party is willing to work with the white house up to a point. We should put bills on his desk we think he can sign. We will work on bills that will move our principles in the right direction. Yes, if there are certain issues we are so up sit on him a we should define ourselves in opposition by passing bills republicans picked up more seats as well. Easily one in illinois. In democrat