Cigarettes each year. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Are you a teenager who bets on video games . Or the parent of one . Are you worried that your child could get drawn into gambling because theyre really into fortnite, call of duty, or other multi player games . Would you even know if they were gambling on things like that . In 20 minutes also we will talk about a report which says Gambling Companies are targeting children with ads on twitter is, so let us know if you have no any experience or thoughts on this. If you have any experience or thoughts on this. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, youll be charged at the Standard Network rate. First Rachel Schofield has the news. Good morning. A Lightning Strike led to two power losses which left more than a Million People without access to power earlier this month, according to a report. The National Grid said the blackout was the
Session revaluing, with the dow only losing 36 points and the nasdaq actually advancing a remarkable 2. 0 after being crushed. How in the the heck can this Health Care Debacle wasnt that supposed to spell the end of the trump rally . As somebody shouted from the rooftop this is weekend, and this very morning. I think we need a History Lesson here to answer that question. Lets go back to the beginning of this remarkable advance. It started not so much because donald trump won, but because Hillary Clinton lost. We keep forgetting this. She was perceived to be antibusiness, anticapital and indifferent toward the stock market. Investors assumed she would be prone to issuing regulations, like president obama and if anything, she might be willing to give the banks a harder time just to prove her independence from wall street. We also worried that a democratic wave could put Elizabeth Warren in charge of the Senate Finance committee. Instead, though, donald trump took the presidency, and in a
Higher. Up by a quarter percent. The cac down by half a percent the ftse down slightly. After the friday night release of the European Bank stress tests, they were not nearly as stressful as some thought they should be. But you did see a lot of concerning things that came out of it. You can see unicredit is down by 7. 5 . Well find out how much it could impact the u. S. Markets in a few minutes. Lets check out crude oil prices because each though crude was up on friday, if you looked at last week, it was still down by over 2. 50. Oil sitting right around 41. 60. This morning, wti under additional pressure. That september contract right now is trading just above the 41 mark at 41. 07. Brent crude at 42. 93. It may be august, but things arent slowing down. Earnings and important Economic Data, all this as the dow starts the month on a sixmonth win streak. Today, we get the july ism Manufacturing Index. Tomorrow, june personal income and spending and your auto sales numbers. Wednesday it
Clouds, but not a lot of rain. Showers off to the west. That will fill in a bit today and tonight. Just a gray day, the jackets with the liners needed. Temperatures no better than the mid to upper 50s. Take along the umbrella you may need that from time to time. Lets find out about the drive. Heres lauren. Just one trouble spot on the roads. This is over on 202 206, southbound lanes are closed out by route 22, this is because of an accident with a downed poland wires. Something else which is better for team people, alternate side of the Street Parking rules are suspended today. New this morning, police spent the night searching central park for a man allegedly offering up a child for sex. Today in new yorks tracie police are telling us. I checked in with police, they say tourists from california who called this in are being questioned by detectives after being offered sex with an 11yearold boy. This led to a massive search in central park a few hours ago. The Aviation Unit was overhead
Season, let me say i wish the president and his family all the best, as well. But as we move towards the end of the year, now is the time we need to take stock of everything. How are we doing personally . How are our children and how are other family members doing . Are they thriving . Do we need more help in certain areas . Are they doing great in others, but might need just a little push some other direction . How are we doing as a country . And how are our leaders doing . You know, as we approach 2019, those of us who remain eternally optimistic about this Great Republic of ours have reason to be concerned. Little children continue to die in the custody of the u. S. Government. And remember, friends, thats our government. Thats your government and my government thats allowing little children to die while theyre being incarcerated because of a policy thats supposed to discourage people from coming. And thousands of children still remain incarcerated and still this holiday season, thi