The waiting is finally over for the start of the ashes. Im at edgbaston, where ive been speaking to england captainjoe root ahead of the first test against australia. It starts today, as england look to claim the ashes back. Having lifted it for under cooky, and to see what its been like on the other end of it as captain, it makes me want to be up there on the podium at the oval hopefully with a massive smile on my face. We could get a shower at the oval, especially in a line from north east scotla nd especially in a line from north east scotland to east anglia, where it could be heavy, thundery and slow moving. More in 15 minutes. Its thursday the 1st of august. Our top story flood warnings are still in place across the north west of england and yorkshire after a day of heavy rain left people stranded and caused damage to buildings, roads and rail lines. Overnight, the water levels did begin to recede in some of the worst hit areas, but people are preparing for another downpour of rai
Based on the wording of the message that we were sent from the white house to the newsroom. Take a look at it. Acosta will host a media availability today at 2 30 p. M. Eastern daylight time to make a statement and answer questions regarding the epstein matter. That sounds more like the administration getting in front of the store, explaining his role and the plea deal for 2008. Epstein back in legal trouble this time in new york state pleading not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges. Prosecutors say he sexual abused dozens of children over the course of several years. At a press conference this week prosecutors urged victim to come forward and this morning Savannah Guthrie s dh new d you ever tell them your age . I told the recruiter, i ah. Ioned it in front of him, youre 14 years old. Yeah, he knew very well my age. We will have more about secretary acosta said about his vo epsin prosecution tonight on nightly news with lester holt. Thank you, scott. New details now about the u
In europe, also eagerly anticipating the jobs report fractional losses across the board with the dax down 0. 2 a check on treasury yields, we have yields, the tenyear specifically, the lowest level since november of 2016 1. 96 on the tenyear. The 30year at 2. 47. The countdown to the employment report is on. Forecasters polled say the u. S. Likely added 165,000 nonfarm jobs in june the Unemployment Rate is expected to hold steady at 3. 6 . If those predictions are right, it wont likely be enough to discourage the fed from cutting Interest Rates later this month. Well have a lot of predictions about all of this. A developing story off the coast of gibraltar British Royal marines interce interceptintercep intercepted a super tanker they believed the super tachktar was heading to a syrian oil rig. Iran has demanded the tankers release. U. S. National security adviser john bolton praised the move calling it excellent news. Wti is down a percent. And samsung saying its Second Quarter profit
And asking the question, where is larry . Sandberg speaks. The facebook coo weighing in on the cryptocurrency. First, to our top story. Slack is hitting the Public Markets with a direct listing on thursday. We are waiting to see what the Reference Price will be. We could get that at any moment. Will the Software Maker find itself in the beyond meat camp with a sizzling debut, or will it be more like a sizzle like uber and lyft . To discuss, i want to bring in a partner at venture partners. Before that she was the head of product growth that slack. Under her watch slack grew from half a million to almost 6 million. And, a new column out on slack. I will start with you. As a former head of growth, you have a beloved product, but Revenue Growth is slowing down. At this can that be point reaccelerated . Potentialas a lot of in front of it. A generation of people are used to communicating synchronously, using the internet, are coming into the workforce. Emily you think that it could reaccel
A 4th time. Hes had 10 days to surrender after charges were filed against him in the state of georgia. Is accused of trying to overturn the result of the 2020 us election. John 100 has more from atlanta guys make way. Donald trump is doubling down after the 4th indictment here in the state of georgia. The former president says that he will show. Busy irrefutably on monday, at his resort impediments through that there was fraud in the Georgia Election that is despite the fact that for 3 years, he and his partisans have been unable to prove that fact. And that his efforts to make that case have led to as indictment in what is alleged here in atlanta to have been a conspiracy by at least 19 people, including trump, to overturn the Georgia Election of the night of nations was calling for an armed, Multi National forest to be sent to haiti to restore law and order you in chief, antonio gutierrez, has urged the Security Council to at now detained spiraling gang violence. Intense fighting bet