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Across the board with the exception of the italian ftse. A quick look at wti crude right now, wti if youre buying it buy the barrel, you can do it for 48. 91. Hurricane irma one of the most powerful atlantic storms in a century. Its churning its way across the caribbean towards florida. Kalee dionne joins us live from cnbc headquarters. Whats the path . Reporter the path is westnorthwest at this point the question still lies when will it turn to the north . Thats something well be watching throughout the day. The latest update from the National Hurricane center, it maintained its 185mileperhour winds. Its just to the eastsoutheast of st. Marteen, and conditions are deteriorating there. This will continue to move at 16 Miles Per Hour that pressure continues to drop. As that pressure drops, the winds will maintain that speed or continue to increase. Everyone is wanting to know where is the track i dont want a lot of people to focus on where it will go as it moves closer to the u. S. At t
Differences to reach washington biggest issues. An agreement was reached that includes a three month extension of both government funding and a threemonth increase in the debt limit whil pro Hurricane Relief money. House speaker ryan had called the democratic proposal ridiculous. But then later in the day, the Top Senate Republican Mitch Mcconnell said he supports the where had. Kayla has the aisle. President trump struck a deal with with democrats to the government and suspend the debt ceiling, but only until december 15th. The plan was first floated wednesday morning by democratic leaders. Hours later, the president agreed to support it. Republicans were planning a three month extension on spend, but one in the debt ceiling through 2018. Chuck schumer said his deal offers more certainty. Theg the debt ceiling and were going to do it with date not an amount means theres room to deal. Mitch mcconnell said he would add the deal because it has the president s backing to a bill for Hurric
Instruction crane dangling from the manhattan luxury highrise. Winds 90 miles an hour snapped it over like a twig. Latest numbers the storm has killed 16 people. One was a crew member of the tall ship hms bounty. 7 1 2 Million People are without power. The storm surge reached 13 feet in new york and knowledge 50 homes destroyed by new york and new jersey. 50 homes destroyed by raging fire in queens. Fires broke out late last night firefighters are telling our affiliate that 25 people right now are trapped if the upstairs unit of an apartment building. Some rescues are being carried out by boat because the water is chest high in some places. Heres the cause of some of the power problems. Transformer blew in new york. There are power lines down everywhere this is Atlantic City new jersey. The state taking the brunt of the storm with new york severe flooding and wind there. President obama has declared major disaster in new york and long island. Katie marzullo abc7 news. x the Atlantic Ci
Good evening. We begin with that breaking news. A terror attack at the airport in istanbul, turkey. A popular destination for american tourists. Authorities say three bombers wearing suicide vests approached security at the international terminal. Gunfire and explosions quickly fired. Dozens have been killed. The scene so similar to that attack on the Brussels Airport just three months ago. There, you see the ambulances arriving after the blast. There was an Immediate Response from security forces. Chaos in the arrivals area. Some of the injured lying there at the side. One of the blasts brought down part of the ceiling where taxis were waiting. The injured have been rushed to hospitals. The death toll expected to climb. Abcs chief Foreign Correspondent terry moran has the latest from london. Reporter tonight, devastation and chaos at one of the worlds busiest airports. Officials say three attackers were detected by with assault weapons. They stormed the entrance. At least one opening