To come ashore in southern new jersey. But the Hurricane Force winds have been battering the eastern seaboard for hours. Those winds extend out 175 miles from the center of the storm. Those winds are pushing the Atlantic Ocean up and over many coastlines. From rhode island, south to the jersey shore. Coastal flooding is a significant risk thanks to the storm surge, potentially reaching 11 feet in new york harbor. Battery park on the tip of manhattan is under a mandatory evacuation, as waves already have topped the sea wall. Low lying areas are at substantial risk of flood waters, including the wall street area, especially if the worst of the surge hits during high tide tonight, at 9pm eastern time. That threat of flooding was one reason u. S. Stock markets were closed today, the first un scheduled shutdown since the september 11 attacks 11 years ago. And there will be no stock trading tomorrow either. Susie gharib has more on the historic market closure from new york. Susie it was supp
Plans thrown into chaos. Some sources say republicans are not ready to back the bill. Rocking out with rob stein in paris. The german shock rockers hit the big screen in a new concert film. We will have a report coming out. Thank you for joining us. 52 years old, born in britain, now an infamous terrorist. Khalid masood has been named by police as then man who attacked londons houses of parliament. More on him in a moment. First, the aftermath of the attack that has stunned the british capital. Bidding farewell to one of their own, Police Officer pete was stabbed to death as he stood guard at british parliament. British lawmakers observed a minute of silence to over to remember the victims. Yesterday an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy. Today we meet as normal. As generations have done before us. To deliver a simple message, we are not afraid. Our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism. Londons hour of panic began on westminster bridge. The attacker identified
Scale heroin ring in colorado. Law enforcement leaders say the bust netted 11 weapons, 47 pounds of heroin. This was a year long investigation that included several wiretaps and relied on confidential informants. 9wants to know investigator whitney wild brings us the details. This was a big bust. The dea, Denver Police and west Metro Drug Task force say the suspects were importing heroin from mexico and dropping it basically by the pound onto the streets in denver. Now the operation targeted dealers. The 47 pounds of Heroin Police swept off the street is valued a the more than 2 million, at more than 2 million but more importantly likely supplied hundreds, if not thousands of users. One of the big stories has been about heroin use on the cherry creek bike path. The special agent in charge for the dea here in denver says busts like this help, but they dont totally get rid of heroin use. And well continue to push i think that youll see a lull in the bike path, but i dont think awe l see
Spectacular fireworks display ever put on there in dubai. What theyre trying to do with this new years celebration is set a new world record with 400,000 individual fireworks. And this would defeat last years record set by kuwait. You know how many they set off that year . 77,000. Oh, wow. So this takes it out big time. So were watching a huge celebration there and probably will be the biggest this year for new years. That one in dubai as they kick off 2014. And thats just a small piece of the whole showing. The guys over here saying dubais crushing it. By the way, thats what surplus will do for you. Yes. A few oil dollars will help there. That economy has been doing well obviously there in the middle of the persian gulf. A spectacular display that will not be equalled anywhere around. And of course weve had a spectacular display on wall street for the stock market in 2013. The best market year for the dow, for example, since 1995. And were still going higher today. The dows up another
Here at this hour, by the way. We also have both covered with a live report from iraq and our pros weigh in on just what the fed may do this week. Also, a very special and exclusive interview after the bell, traveler ceo jay fishman in a rare oneonone. He is widely viewed as one of the most respected and effective ceos in the corporate world. Fishman will weigh in on the state of his business, the overall economy and much, much more. You dont want to miss it. All right, we cant wait. In the markets right now, take a look at the dow. It is down about nine points. The situation in iraq is certainly weighing heavily on the minds of investors today. The fed meeting, which is looming, which begins tomorrow, is as well. The nasdaq holding on to a gain of just under four points. And the s p 500, we can call that flat on the day. Joining our Closing Bell Exchange right now is rob stein of Astor Investment management, joe tanias, kim forrest of fort pitt capital group. Wow, i got that right, fi