in a film career that spans six decades, sir ridley scott s made some of the biggest blockbusters of all time. he cut his teeth making high profile adverts, like this one for hovis. it was a grand ride back, though. just do a spin and walk backwards there without sliding and falling over. ..before turning his attention to the big screen. the duellists in 1977 was his first film and was set in napoleonic france. his second feature alien made a star of its lead actor sigourney weaver, and opened doors in hollywood for its director. blade runner, thelma and louise, gladiator, black hawk down are just some of the film credits to his name. and now, in his 80s, ridley scott has returned to napoleonic france for his 28th movie, the epic napoleon. don t listen to advice, is that your advice? yes. you can only be your own critic. you can t say, what do you think? that s a disaster. i m the bbc s culture editor, katie razzall, and i sat down with the acclaimed director ahead of t
Three major averages are higher and not only that, they are at records on a closing basis. Also a broadbased rally despite being relatively modest. Industry groups within the s p are higher and the bestperforming group is energy. Oil trading at a threeyear high in new york, wti that is. As we see the dollar pullback to some extent, part of that dollar weakness has to do with euro strength. Part of it has to do with Producer Prices missing estimates so after that, we saw the dollar extend its losses. A combination of stockpile data as well as that weakness in the dollar helping combine to boost prices. L percentage gains and losses on a relative basis, the bloomberg dollar index over the past year, down about 5 and oil was not getting any kind of benefit from that until in november when it started to take off and now it is up about 20 over the past year or so. Some of the out performers even within energy include stocks and some examples of the largecap names that are gaining and then o
12 billion in 30 year bonds. Lets get an update on with making headlines outside the business world. Ma President Trump next there will be no war with north korea. President trump says there will be no war with north korea. Insting oil and gas drilling floridasters republican governor opposed the drilling plan. Hes expected to run for the senate in november. In paris, Armed Robbers made up of millions of dollars in jewels. Three suspects have been arrested. Two others got away. The stolen merchandise could be worth as much as 5. 4 million. Nothing has been recovered so far. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im emma chandra. This is bloomberg. David time now for our daybreak first take. Bond markets reacting against news out of china. Second, oil is up, inventories are down. A big month for u. S. Trade policy with crucial negotiations on nafta and deadlines for actions on china. Alix joining us now, and hammond and
Degrees. At 1 00 p. M. 84 degrees. Well see light wind speeds shifting to out of the southwest today. If you plan on heading to the poconos, 81 degrees today. City temperatures at 88. Shore, 82 degrees. And warmer weather expected as we head into tomorrow. Ill go into the details on what to expect on that. Thats coming up in my full forecast in about ten minutes. Thanks. It was an historic moment for our country. The symbol of segregation as some call the Confederate Flag came down in South Carolina yesterday. People will join for the naacps 106th National Convention in philadelphia. Jesse gary is live in center city with a preview. Reporter yeah. That registration for the annual Conference Begins in a few hours at the center. This is going to be a weeklong slate of events highlighted by the presence of president obama and president clinton later in the week. Activists now focusing on Voting Rights and education and reducing poverty in several of the state ss ss as well as addressing t
With the heat. Here is a live look over philadelphia towards the delaware river. The sun starting to come up. Looking great out there. Temperatures will top off in the 9 os. Well let you no he what is ahead for the start of the work week in the first alert forecast. Good morning. Welcome back to nbc news 10 today. Im rosemary connors. Meteorologist Brittney Shipp is tracking the sunny and warm weather. A little cool to start though this morning, right . Thats right. Were going to see temperatures mainly in the 60s, even some spots in the 70s. As we head into the rest of today, well push into the 90s. A live look outside right now. Take a look at that beautiful sunrise. There are clouds out. There plenty of sunshine expected for us today. It should be nice and comfortable once again. And our visibility is down in two locations. Areas of fog if youre closer to south jersey places like mt. Holly, visibility is down to a half mile. Down to five miles northeast philly. Five miles in millvil