Good morning, and a warm welcome to Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc i am wilfred frost. Seema mody. We saw the s p 500, up 0. 6. Encouraging given a lot going on last week. This morning we are pointing a little low, the dow lower by 22 points, nasdaq by 12, s p by two points gasoline futures sharply higher, harvey knocks 15 of capacity off line more on that in a moment weve got gas prices up around 4 this morning. The latest on the situation in texas following Hurricane Harvey these are pictures from the houston area, much of the fourth large city is underwater flood waters swallowing entire neighborhoods as they race to help stranded residents. Heres the latest. More than 20 inches has fallen in houston in the past 24 hours, more expected in the coming days two deaths blamed on Hurricane Harvey more than 218,000 people are without power. Some 13 million from san antonio to lafayette, louisiana are under flood watch warning. The white house announcing that yesterday President Trump wil
Another 1 in europe, the impact of the euro, now it is 1. 20 yeah. Most of it happened friday i cant say it was that much of a move, felt like the cap stone of a huge move it was almost a parody earlier this year. Now at a buck 20 theres the euro, 1. 193 it was 1. 17 and change, just under 1. 18, then went up to 1. 20, led by a pound at some point, and all based on comments from jackson hole. Doesnt say things are awful, i guess the implication, take it another 10 higher. She didnt say things were great. People know all right. Well get to texas in a minute first, an important corporate story to tell you about after a bizarre ceo search, wasnt it . Finally chosen, uber has, expedia Ceo Dara Khosrowshahi to be the next chief executive, he has been with expedia since 2005, credited with expanding the global presence. He immigrated to the United States from iran in the late 70s. He says he was the truth pick for uber he has been very inquisitive, visionary, i guess barry diller met him whe
And threatened to total a destroy north korea. Rocket man is on a Suicide Mission. U. N. Ambassador nikki haley here live to respond. And violent hazing scandal. The College Football players turning themselves in facing felony charges accused of abducting, beating and abandoning their teammate leaving him severely injured. One of the accused the son of a former nfl star. The Major Investigation this morning. And good morning, america. We have two big breaking stories this morning. The death toll is climbing. From that massive earthquake in mexico. So much destruction and you see right there, the desperate Recovery Efforts continue right now. And millions in puerto rico are in the path of Hurricane Maria trying to find shelter from the deadly storm looking live at the hurricane right there slamming the island as we speak. It made landfall just moments ago as a category 4 storm. And the governor is warning it could be puerto ricos most catastrophic hurricane in nearly a century. Right on
Famous for defending women is here to defend him. And banding together to help hurricane victims. Some of the biggest stars in the world, Jennifer Lopez, marc anthony and more releasing a brandnew song overnight. Now the man behind it, hamilton creator, linmanuel, is here first on gma. Good morning, america. How about that spirit from linmanuel . He is going to be here all to help out puerto rico. This new set to maria from with the west side story but has the flavor of the islands that is in so much need. Helping out other people. And brought his dad with him. Excited about that. Millions are bracing as well because Tropical Storm nate strengthening in the caribbean right now heading right towards the gulf coast. And states of emergencies have been declared in louisiana, alabama and florida. The storm is forecast to become a hurricane before it makes landfall this weekend. Its already deadly claiming at least 22 lives across Central America. Our chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking
Students watching and a camera rolling as an angry man jumps on the hood, demanding the driver stop. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. And we begin tonight with Hurricane Nate. After taking lives in central america, speeding across the gulf, then slamming ashore not once but twice. First, striking louisiana, then hitting biloxi, mississippi, with 85mileperhour winds, part of the city under water. And the winds spawning tornado warnings and water spouts. This one in orange beach, alabama. And tonight, the remnants of nate drenching the south, and heading towards the northeast. Heres steve osunsami. Reporter 10 00 p. M. Local time, the winds picked up. After hours of wondering where this storm was, Hurricane Nate arrived on the gulf coast with 30foot waves and winds near 85 miles an hour. By midnight, new orleans knew it was safe and they were lifting their curfew. But in biloxi, this was an emergency. This is by far the strongest winds weve seen all