A senator mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Gardner i ask that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Gardner i ask unanimous consent that the Committee Requests at the desk be prescriptived in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Gardner i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. Res. 487 submitted earlier today. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk Senate Resolution 487 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the reserve Officers Training Corps Program of the army. The presiding officer is there objection to proceeding to the measure . Without objection. Mr. Gardner i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, with no intervening
Into wells fargo ceo over his companys fraudulent accounts. What was his defense and what happens now . Melissa back to the markets. The dow ending the day down nearly 200 points. Goldman sachs, merck, nike among the biggest drags. We have you covered from all angles. Trader Scott Shellady standing by at cme. Lori rothman on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Lori, the dow at one point was down 247 points today. What is driving the selloff . Reporter sell you, melissa, the market crashed at 1 45 eastern when a report came out saying hedge funds that use Deutsche Bank as a clearinghouse for Derivatives Trading business were bailing out of concerns weve been following for a couple days, weeks now, that deutch pang was having Deutsche Bank was having a crash crunch. That the 14 billion fine imposed by u. S. During the mortgage crisis was not being able to be covered. That is started things. The deep fear of contagion rattled all and thats when the selling started taking off. We cam
Far because the destruction is significant and the power of the train coming in is obviously devastating in its impact. 100 injured and the fatality and critically injured we remember in our prayers and hope there is only one fatality and it stops there. The ntsb will do a full investigation into what happened exactly. We will let the facts speak for themselves. If there is something to learn from those facts after that investigation, we will be sure to learn and incorporate that lesson. Commissioner hammer, they are working very hard, hand in glove, in a seamless approach where new Jersey Transit is working with the Port Authority to expedite tonights commute and tomorrows commute because the structural damage to the station itself and we dont know yet how long that damage will take to repair or the consequences of that damage. I would like to applaud all the First Responders who did a magnificent job once again and take this opportunity to say these are difficult times over these pas
Miles an hour. At time gusting 20 to 25. Some sun this morning in boston. Didnt last that long. Clouds have backed off the ocean. And i think at time you will see a few breaks of sun in boston. The brightest conditions found through the Merrimack Valley Southern New Hampshire southern Worcester County. Some showers arriving tomorrow and looks like once the showers awry especially later on in the afternoon into the evening hours wield hold true during the day on saturday. If we pick up a decent amount of friday night into saturday. Couple of left over showers sunday. Well talk about that, ahead. A woman in weymouth rescued after crews pull her out of roadside ravine in weymouth. Police say that women had duct tape on her hands and feet. They dont believe theres a threat to the public, though. We should mention that. Lets head out live to weymouth. Victoria warren is there. What do we know right now, from Weymouth Police a short time ago. They tell us that this women told them that a man
Very strong winds, and copouts amount of rainfall specially across parts of delaware, we pick up over 12 inches every rainfall in the last 24 hours across parts of sussex county. We do have some road closures in these areas, as well, due to localized flooding. Do have flashflood watch in effect for majority of the Delaware Valley including the philadelphia metro. This runs until 4 00 this afternoon. The rain continues on storm scan3, some of the heaviest rainfall right now, again, across portions every delaware, also up into berks county and the lehigh valley. Seems steady light rainfall here in the city. Also contends withing strong winds speeds, as well, winds out of the northeast cranking 15, 20 Miles Per Hour, with those stronger gusts, winds gust to go 31 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia, gust to go 40 along the coast, as we head throughout the day today, we will continue to deal with gusty winds, rain at times, some pocket of heavier rainfall, cool temperatures, meisha, only toppin