The dow is going up another, what, 140 points plus when trading begins today. Its another big gain for the dow. Also for the s p. Look at it go, up another 17. The nasdaq, that looks like its going to be up another 1 . The win with mexico and the feds likely rate cuts, thats whats driving this thing. So, too, is the news early this morning that Small Business confidence has come roaring back to historic highs. That survey was taken in may, when everyone had the jitters about trade wars. Small business ignored the noise. They are investing, theyre selling and theyre hiring. All good stuff. Theres also this. Gas prices are tumbling. The National Average is down to 2. 73 and falling fast. That is another shot in the arm for the economy. I think its helping the market as well. Watch out, iowa. Here comes the president and his current leading challenger, joe biden. Looks like a setup for the 2020 election. Iowa farmers will be listening to mr. Trump after his win with mexico. Joe biden will
Tickets for top flight football are getting cheaper thanks to big money tv deals but why is the game still struggling to attract younger fans . Ill have the details. In sport, sir Bradley Wiggins says his lifes been a living hell as its revealed hell face no charges following an investigation into the contents of a mystery package delivered to him at the end of a race in 2011. And matt has the weather your thursday start, fairly mild but there is colder air on the way to there is colder air on the way to the next few days. A bit more sunshine as well. Your full forecast in15 sunshine as well. Your full forecast in 15 minutes. First, our main story. The future of zimbabwes long time leader, Robert Mugabe remains unclear this morning, after he was placed under house arrest by the countrys military. Two envoys from south africa have arrived in the capital, harare, to try to hold talks with the 93 year old and with the countrys generals who deny theres been a coup. Its been seen by many as
Tough to tell who was having more phone zach ertz or kid, he was helping coach at northeast high get ready for one of the biggest games of the year against st. Joes prep im getting ready to put my eagles suit back on monday and i know you cannot wait for that. This is a bitter sweet thing for me because it is very sweet when eagles win but really weird taste in my mouth when i see you wear that thing a twitch in your eye. It is a beautiful work of art. Exactly. Yes, weird, i dont know what that is all about. A work of heart, wait, hold up , you are not a da vinchi painting. I know. Lets talk about the weather. Im not needing the umbrella but is there dampness here not just on the sky deck but every where in the wake of what has been just a scattered variety of only rain showers, and it is simply too warm, cool, but in the cold enough for any icing to have taken place, no snowflakes, so this is really more of the minor nuisance issues and when we look at storm scan at localized zoom you
I need water, help me, i need water, help. I need water, help me, i need water, help. Water under the bridge . The joke thats backfired on the american president. Trumps very own watergate. Get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond 0ne hundred days. Hello and welcome, im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. 0ne democratic senator and one aspiring republican senator are under fire today over allegations they molested women. Al franken, a democrat from minnesota, has just been forced to apologise after a tv reporter accused him of sexually harassing her. The other us politician under pressure over abuse allegations is republican roy moore of alabama. New accusations in the press today bring the total number of women, who have come forward to eight. The president still hasnt spoken on the moore case but his daughter has, telling the ap she has no reason to doubt the victims accounts. One of the eight victims, beverley nelson, produced a School Yearbook bearing th
Be found trying to find a lasting, peaceful solution to the different conflicts in the middle east, especially the conflict between israel and palestine. Shares in ladbrokes soars. Well speak to the gc vshv ceo a few minutes time. And bitcoin surges to over 14,000, a move that took it 2,000 higher in just over 24 hours. Welcome to street signs. Im willem marx. The stoxx 600 is up slightly more green on the board than red. A lot of that being driven by the specific action in the markets across the continent lets look at the ftse its up a quarter of a percent the xetra dax up a third of a percent. Thats despite steinhoff, the furniture retailer dropping significantly in early trading the cac cin france up more than 0. 5 the ftse mib in italy up around 0. 3 lets look at the specific sectors driving some of this action travel and leisure the biggest winners so far, up 0. 4 you can see autos trading quite strong on some of the news out of that sector telecoms and media some winners. It look