Stay on top of the pop air lung and two chances of snow in the forecast by down loading the free cbs philly weather app available on i tunes and google play. It the is first day of phl prek, locally funded prek initiative. 2,000 tuition free seats have been created thanks to the the cities you this drink tax. Eyewitness news was at the northeast where students were getting ready for their first day of school. Philadelphias chief education officer, was also there as well. Meantime, some say that they are experiencing, sticker shock, thanks to that new tax. Our joe holden is live in center city with more on that part of the story, joe. Reporter jessica, sticker shock is very clear when you hit the stores. City rebehind us intent of this law was to tax the distributors, of sugary drinks , however, we have found that is being passed on to the customer, and in some instances, the costs, related to this tax, it is higher then the soda itself. It makes he want to cry. Reporter she was about t
Minor injuries. Thats all. Reporter still the question is, how could this happen to a key part of septas Transportation System . A spokesperson tells fox 29 they cannot say just yet as the investigation is on going. Passengers we talked with have their own conclusion. Its a freak accident. Reporter well investigators are also looking at the mechanics of both of these trollies as part of their probe. Of course, well keep updated as the new information is released. Back to you. All right, dave, thank you. Ntsb trying to figure out what caused a train to crash in brooklyn during rush hour this morning. Officials say about 100 people were hurt but theyre mostly minor injuries. The train crashed as it pulled into the platform causing a hectic and scary scene for commuters. Heard a loud boom and we all got thrown. People were standing getting ready to disebark. They were all on the ground. Bags went flying. It could have been worse without a doubt. We were fortunate. I dont believe there was
Third. Hang seng down 0. 2. European equities, heres a look across the board. Seeing red, that is bleeding over into our markets. The ftse 100 the worst performer, down three quarters of a percent. The german dax, relative outperformer, down 0. 1 there. As we keep an eye on the trading in that session. Crude, obviously continuing to be important for the market. Kind of hovering around these levels here. 51. 52. Wti, brent both up a bit. Nat gas making a move as well. It has been whipsawed around the last couple of weeks. Ecb holding its first policy meeting of the year. President mario draghi will hold his normal News Conference at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Last month they decided to extend the Bond Buying Program until late 2017. Look at the euro. We are trading 1. 06 versus the dollar, the yen, 114, and against the pound, 1. 23. In the u. S. Today, fed chair janet yellen will deliver another speech. This time in stanford, she will take questions from the audience. In remarks yesterday, a h
Big important event this weekend. Uhoh. What kim jongun may have for his Biggest National holiday. That has the u. S. And japan on high alert. There is unusual twist. How north koreas defiance may have a positive impact on the u. S. Coal industry. Well explain that one. You will like it. It is a good one. David there was the huge bomb, bigger other than nuclear that was sent to afghanistan. Stocks tumbled on the news of the bombing. We had it for years. We never used until today. The dow ending down about 137 points. This is down for the week. Lets go straight to Ashley Webster at the new york stock exchange. Ashley, what caused the lateday selloff. Ashley it is interesting, david. I think that was pretty much expected going into the session today, the last one before the long weekend. There was a belief i think you could say there would be some sort of a selloff late in the afternoon. People, investors taking money off the table before they head off to enjoy three days of r r. We saw
Time. The usual calm and quiet conversation has led to a conclusion that now i can ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment in order to call up amendment 4039. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The clerk will report the amendment. The clerk the senator from arizona mr. Mccain proposes amendment number 4039 to amendment 3896. The presiding officer without objection. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from virginia. Mr. Warner mr. President , i thank my friend, the senator from arizona, for working with us on this very important issue of making sure that veterans and a number of our states are able to get the kind of care and quality care in a location that is convenient to them and appreciate his partnering with me and senator schumer and others on this issue. Mr. President , i was going to rise a little earlier when my friend, the senator from missouri, spoke, and that was to talk about the question on Infrastructure