Up to deliver vaccines to remote areas. We start on wall street where the Stock Market Rally continues with the s p 500 and nasdaq closing at new record highs. Americas Top Companies are reporting better than expected results. The senate is inching towards passing President Biden s 1. 9 trillion stimulus package. And theres been another fall in the number of americans filing forjobless benefits a sign the Labour Market is stabilising. There are still huge problems facing the worlds biggest economy but investors believe the flow of cheap money from the Federal Reserve will keep on coming. The biggest problem isjust that we have 20 million americans who are still in some state of receiving Unemployment Insurance benefit so we still have a really long way to go on the labour front and that take quite a bit of time to resolve. But gdp and output may recover faster but it will take more time to employ that many americans. I think it means that for market, we now believe that for market, we
A few days ago brazil the worst a country in the region has over 5000000 people infected with the coronavirus 157000 people there have died. Across the world theres been Something Like 42000000 people infected 10000000 of those are in latin america so its got around about a quarter of all the cases in the world and the number of deaths approaching the 400000 marks a grim picture right across the region very few bright spots to be had anywhere the numbers only seem to be going up every everywhere you look a year or so ago the world bank predicted that the whole region economies in the region would grow by 1. 8 percent theyve now revised that talking about a 7. 2 percent drop across the region and were already seeing the consequences of businesses closing tens of thousands of people losing their jobs and many many people moving having to move out onto the streets. U. S. President donald trump has cast an early ballot near his private resort in florida he went to a polling station in West
Warmer than weve experienced, some patchy fog out there. Because of the lighter winds and the warmer day, air quality will be moderate as we get into that ridge of High Pressure building in today, tomorrow and monday. Air quality is moderate from san rafael to oakland and concord. Good in redwood city. Moderate in san jose which as we go through the afternoon, could get hazy. Thats emeryville, numbers in the 40s to 50s right now, about 71 in concord by noontime, 66 over in hayward. By 4 00 we are trailing back out of the 80s, afternoon highs should be reached at about 3 00. Tonight its mild for the trick or treaters, 70s to start out around the bay and inland, dropping through the 60s, very comfortable and dry conditions, right on through the evening. Liz . All right, lisa, thank you. This morning San Francisco officials are asking people to stay away from large gatherings, especially from the castro, where hundreds usually celebrate halloween. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena has a look a
Breaking overnight. Breaking news, remembering a legend, sean connery, the original james bond passing away at 90. Bond. James bond. Were looking back at the role that first made him famous and the rest of his decadeslong career. Breaking overnight. Police ambushed. A passenger in a pedicab opening fire in the heart of the French Quarter in new orleans. Two officers wounded. One shot in the face. What we know about the suspect who is now in custody. And tricky treating. The challenges of celebrating halloween during a pandemic. Well show you ways to keep the kids healthy and happy today. Good morning, and happy halloween. Well be in costumes later and its going to be embarrassing. Throughout the show, though, were going to be talking about safe ways for people to celebrate during this pandemic. But first, lets dive into our unavoidable top story, the hectic final weekend of an extraordinary president ial campaign. Just three days before election day, the president ial candidates are hi
This agreement and if that happens then we will begin the steps towards normalization. If you have some of the u. S. Ambassador after President Trump suggested that egypt might blow up ethiopias grand really. The projects been a source of tension since construction began in 2011 if the o. P. s sudan and egypt a failed to reach an agreement after nearly a decade of negotiations hammad vaal has more i want to just congratulate words of pride after brokering going to agree ment to between sudan and israel to normalize ties but president Donald Trumps next remarks suggested a new conflict in the media africa region its a very dangerous situation because egypt is not going to be able to live that way and theyll end up blowing up to them and i said and they said loud and clear dont blow up that dam and they have to do something because they could have stopped it they should or started long before we started i said how do you let it get built and then you say. Trump preceded those words with