Listen to what ted cruz said about getting to yes. If premiums continue to rise after we hold a press conference claiming to have repealed obamacare, that is a disaster. It is a disaster politically. Its a disaster substantiallily. It would be a failure of the mandate weve been given by the voters. Reporter take a look at three senators who are not a no, but theyre not yeses, theyre somewhat unclear. That obviously would be Susan Collins of maine, Lisa Murkowski from alaska, and rob portman from ohio. Neil as you do the math, it is simple, 48 democrats will vote no. Mitch mcconnell needs at least 50 republicans to say yes. Then he can get this through with the Vice President voting in favor as well. If he loses just one more, because if he loses more than the two, if it is three, this thing doesnt go forward. Negotiations are underway. Everybody has different concerns. Some like portman are concerned about funding for opioid at diction. Collins from maine is concerned about impacts fro
Technology stocks slid again and so did energy. Then there are those who cite todays lackluster economic reports then of course, there are rising geo political tensions overseas, but whatever the reason the Dow Jones Industrial average drop 1258 points. S p fell 22. And whatever the reason or reasons for the market slide today, lot of investors did have at least one ear toward europe. Germany in particular, where World Leaders of the group of 20 are meeting. They were greeted by protesters not uncommon at global meetings like this and certainly not unexpected in a town like hamburg. It has long been a town of for germany, President Trump was in poland, where he explicitly endorsed natos mutual defense clause after failing to do so during his previous umpen trip. He also made a veiled jab at russia. Eamon reports tonight from ham berg. Trump took to the podium in warsaw, poeland to cheland and forge Stronger Economic ties. We welcome stronger ties of trade and commerce as you grow your
Why they have officially called it tropical depression nine. The latest information drifts this into the central gulf of mexico. And strengthens to it a Tropical Storm. Thats about 40 Miles Per Hour winds by tomorrow afternoon. And its moving away from florida. But hold up because its going to get picked up and drawn back toward possibly the panhandle, possibly the big bend of florida at this point. This is thursday morning. Still a Tropical Storm at this point. But no matter where its going, its going to impact our weather. Increased rain chances day on thursday. Possibly even some rip currents and high surf. All day thursday it treks through north florida and then entering into back into the Atlantic Ocean and heads away from us. Through the gulf of mexico, its really entering this area with bath water basically. So it has the fuel to strengthen. And heres the issue though, tuesday even, everybody says yes. All the models say in the central gulf. More con have convoluted. We are watc
And theres major hurricane gaston. But all eyes for our purposes will be on tropical depression nine. This came in at 11 00 a. M. In the next 45 to 50 minute, i will be getting a brand new update. This is what were thinking so far f the next 24 hour, it should strengthen to a Tropical Storm by tomorrow morning into the gulf of mexico. After that, it takes a hard right turn so by wednesday even, its still a tropical stor more in sights and late thursday, somewhere near the big bend of florida but keep in mind, this could be anywhere from the panhandle down through fort myers before it heads back into the atlantic ocean. Its going to head into this warm water of the gulf of mexico. What we know between now tuesday certainly heading into the central gulf. Look at the water temperatures there, upper 80s. So again, a great place unfortunately for the this that. A little bit everywhere, anywhere from louisiana to florida. So at this point, everybody in the gulf coast needs to be aware of thi
Tropical depression nine. And we have tropical depression eight off the carolina coastline and major hurricane gaston. So you know its the most active time for hurricanes and thats whats happening at this point. This is the latest information from the hurricane center. As of 5 00, just a minute or so ago, expected to drift into the central gulf of mexico and gain strength. By tomorrow morning, it could be a Tropical Storm. Unfortunately, even though its heading this way for the next 48 hour, its way for the next 48 make a turn towards the northeast. Thursday morning, its just off the big bend coastline, anywhere from panama city to tampa. Between thursday morning and friday morning when it heads off to jacksonville, we could see impacts anywhere along the big bend of florida right down to fort myers as far as heavy rain, wind gusts, excuse me, high surf advisories, things like that, beach erosion, rip currents. And this moves into the Atlantic Ocean as we head into the weekend. Yeah, e