For you on that. And rolling out the red carpet, denver one of a dozen u. S. Cities now battling to be amazons hq2 were going to go live to the mile high city with the governor of colorado. Power lunch starts right now Rocky Mountain high colorado Rocky Mountain high welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Tech leading todays record breaking chart the s p 500 topping 2,700 for the First Time Ever. Commodities on the move as well. Crude above 61 for the First Time Since june 2015 platinum by the way highest level in more than five weeks. And gold is trying for nine Straight Days of gains nat gas taking a hit today with prices up 10 in the past week as tyler mentioned this record breaking cold really causing people to stay inside. Shares of scana up South Carolina residential customers will get an average of 1,000 within 90 days of the deal being completed, brian. Melissa, thank you im Brian Sullivan as much as the world focuses on trumps tweets, lets stay focused on your money. And can
Highs we have seen. The nasdaq is the worst performer of the three major averages. Being a tech heavy index, it is down 1 , twice the declines we are seeing in the s p in the dow this point. We were seeing much more green on the screen earlier. Health care in industrials have turned more deeply into the red. We have been watching apple in the selloff. It has been mirroring declines in the major averages. Taiwan Semiconductor Shipments for iphone 6 s and seven, the shipments between june and december could decline as much as 70 to 80 . We are definitely seeing investors extrapolate what that means for apple and other apple suppliers as well. Were seeing a Ripple Effect within technology. A lot of different kinds of chipmakers are following today. If you thought yesterdays decline in retail, that that was it youre in for a rude awakening. Calls in particular are tumbling by 12 . Comparable sales are down 3. 9 . Analysts had estimated a gain. Consumers are not buying apparel and there are
6 00 eastern time about 30 minutes from now on espn. And the winner tonight, california or texas, will face warwick, rhode island in another elimination game. That will do it for our coverage here on our abc stations. For jaymee sire and kyle peterson, once again, the final score rhode island 8, oregon nothing. Please stay tuned to espn for the japan curacao game at 6 00 eastern time, and well see you states bracket. Next, its your local programming. Saying so long, im karl ravech from williamsport. One news, channel 7 a witness news with joe torres and jeff smith with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Now Eyewitness News at 5 00. Breaking news in the death of a 9yearold girl in queens. Now the stepmother is in custody charged with her murder. A power outage causes traffic trouble and more in the bronx. Hundreds are still without more than a thousand. Im joe torres. And im Sandra Bookman. First we will get to the breaking news in queens. An hour ago, Police Charged a woman in connect
A bathroom door at a gas station, then getting into a fight with the security guard. Rewind to last week and the controversial interview lochte first gave to nbc news. A guy pulled out his gun, cocked it, put it to my forehead and said get down standby put my hands up i was like whatever. Reporter lochte now saying the gun was only pointed in his direction. The 12time olympic medalist is back in the u. S. His teammates, and gunnar bentz all remain in brazil, two seen in a rio Police Station after being pulled from a flight bound for houston. Brazilian investigators look into the whether false statements were given to police. Members of the ioc conducting their own investigation, and talking about forgiveness. Lets give these kids a break you know. Sometimes you take actions that telling brazilian tv network the only truth is that they say they were drunk. Reporter we do know now that false statements were made to police as to the fact there was no robbery. We do also know a federal Pol
Mental illness ending in tragedy. A 23yearold man charged with drowning his own mother in the family pool in lord harbor. Kristin joins us now with details. Reporter diana, police say that dennis colin junior said he had a fight with his mother over his not taking his psychiatric medications. Sources tell us that he was diagnosed with paranoid schizo and recently released from a hospital. Prosecutors say 23yearold dennis colin junior told police in a several hourlonged tape video how he allegedly killed his mother in their backyard pool. He put her in a head lock, walked from the shallow end of the pool with her in the headlock to the deepened of the pool, all the time while she was struggling. Reporter colin junior lived in the house with his mother, then pulled his mothers lifeless body from the water and placed it near a shed on the property, covering it with a dinghy. He went in the house, took a shower, went into his moms wallet, took money out, credit card, took her car to the tr