River. It is amazing. Everyone trying to beat the heat. The first day of school is tomorrow. These families trying to have fun and stay cool. A heat wave call for the crowd to come out at six flags hurricane harbor. We like being here. We like to get wet. Its a hot day. Reporter the families enjoying quality time under the sun before school starts. We decided to come out here for a last summer hoorah and beat the heat. Reporter a heat advisory is in effect wednesday and thursday. Temperatures are reach into the 90s in the north bay and south bay and 100s in to cities in contra costa county. I dont mind it. I dont. I like it to be a hot instead of cold. There is no better way than to beat the heat by taking a dip in the weave pool. There is something for every member of the family. We have for the little kids, water slides for the thrill seekers. Something for everyone. Reporter the Weather Service is urging you to limit outdoor activity. Dont leave children or pets in the car. Wear sun
But still red for each of the major indices. Joining us for the full first hour of the show Courtney Gibson from loop capital markets. Courtney, thanks for joining us. Whats your take on today . Investors in a sort of holding pattern, are they, until we get to the fed unbelievable holding pattern. I mean, volumes are down precipitously today. At least they were before i came on the show today. I talked to our equity desk at loop capital and in the u. S. Alone volumes were down somewhere near 30 and even in europe spain was down i think somewhere near 40 on volumes our desk flow today was down substantially as well. It looks and feels as though investors right now are really kind of sitting on their hands markets as you can see, dow down just slightly but recovering back to the highs of the session. Russell is lagging down 0. 7 utilities, real estate the bestperforming sectors. Energy and tech towards the bottom we have got apple down about 0. 7 , albeit higher for the week broadcom wei
Closely guarded secret. But please do join us after the news headunes please do join us after the News Headlines when well be telling you exactly what the nations supposed favourite ice cream is, which i think were were. Do we which i think were were. Do we agree with it . We do agree. Its a popular favourite. Its a popular favourite. Its a popular favourite. It is. It is. But first, lets get the news with rhiannon. With rhiannon. Thank you, ellie. Good morning. Its 932. Your top stories from the newsroom. The stories from the newsroom. The chancellor says efforts to fight inflation are working after the u. K. Economy grew by 0. 2 in the Second Quarter. Figures from the office for National Statistics also show gdp rose by 0. 5 in june alone , buoyed by the june alone, buoyed by the Manufacturing Sector. Jeremy Manufacturing Sector. Jeremy hunt says the governments laying the Strong Foundations needed to grow the economy. The results mean theres no immediate risk of the uk slipping into
And all the input your b w story. Now, on to the, [000 00 00;00] the russia home to the worlds biggest natural gas reserves. The gas is needed, especially in europe. And to the end of the cold war, ushered in an era of Conflicting Energy dependencies and concerns. In the west. Youre giving the soviet union the heart currency and theyre using that to build up their military. And this is going to come back to haunt. Meanwhile, the 1980s, march, the beginning of one mans extraordinary career. As a case of this stuff, you have to be able to manipulate people because it has no such a single stomach. You should be good. Gas is one of his 2 main tools for coersion, for leverage for influence. Soviet traditions continue golf oil and gas dependencies as a political weapon was par for the course, and the warsaw pact company, one of the worlds most powerful men, history teacher, equally wielded. Whats probably his most effective weapon. With the help of gas problem, Vladimir Putin has implemented