It will weaken rapidly. The heaviest rain will be well to the north. And look for the rain to develop. And thats going to move in later this afternoon. 50s and 60s on the highs today. And sometimes people make decisions. I dont want to drive home in the rain. Im glad you told people. And we are going to remind people that it will not be a great afternoon commute for many. Lets take a look at what we have now on the commute. The traffic at the toll plaza is backed up. The metering lights went on at 5 30. Its a 10 to 15 minute wait at the toll plaza. There are no major problems on the bridge. And approaching the rich monday or the san rafael bridge looks the same. No major problems in front of the oakland coliseum. And a little bit of wind shaking the camera. Ive been looking at the east bay commute and it looks a lot different than on tuesday, wednesday, thursday. Usually by now we see slow traffic but this morning were not. And were not going to ask many questions. Lets go back to the
We also have to tightly look at oil. Tom i have never seen an earnings season like this. You have to go back to early 2009 or 2008 for the excitement and mystery of what we are going to see. We have those layoffs, citigroup, and now jpmorgan. On a small number of people. Francine yes. We will be bringing you the very latest off the bloomberg. Lets get straight to bloombergs first world news. Nejra thanks. More turmoil for the brussels airport, only this time it is a walkout by air Traffic Controllers. The airport is already reeling from the terrorist attacks that killed 16 people. Todays labor strike is disrupting flight that the hub. It began over a dispute over the working age of Traffic Controllers to 58. Syrians are voting today in parliamentary elections. Some 3500 candidates combined for the 2500 parliamentary seats. President Bashar Alassad voted early in the elections, which are taking place in government controlled parts of the country. Now to brazil, where the Vice President
Ooh baby baby oops i did it again i played with your heart got lost in the game game good morning and welcome to happy throwback thursday. Britney spears, vintage 2000. And we are going back to the start of 2000s. Early. Got a nice brit song coming up. Lets get to the market action. Well do so in a few minutes but first lets go live to greece. The olympic flame is being lit at the site of the games in ancient times. The torch will relay that ends in re dangrio de janeiro in aug. There you go. Finishes up early august in brazil. Getting ready, which we of course have complete coverage on nbc of the olympics. To the markets. U. S. Equity futures after closing at fresh highs, continue to push higher here in the early action. Dow futures up 42 almost, s p up nearly 4 and nasdaq up 6. This after the dow, s p and nasdaq saw the highest interday levels of the year yesterday. Check out the yield and the 10 year treasury. Were seeing that inch higher as well. Were at 185. So some selling of tre
Stocking up. Next, woo el have the michelle . Developing right now, investigators have recovered one of the flight recorders from that fiery plane crash in southern florida. All 62 people on board were killed in the crash. The boeing 737 was operating by budget airline. The area was hit by strong wind gusts at the time. A pokes person at light radar 24 says the plane missed its approach and circled the airport for two hours before it tried to land when it clipped a wing on the ground, exploded, and caught fire. Lauren . Police are searching for the cab driver involved in a deadly hit and run at 17th street and first avenue about 4 30 this morning. Police say a 44yearold woman hit by a cab. The driver kept going, leaving her in the street. A cane was found nearby and may belong to the victim. She was rushed to the hospital where she died. Parents are anxious in new jersey as lead testing continues in the new work School District as high levels of the toxin in the water at 30 schools. To
Big story this morning is the torrential rain in texas. So this is causing some flooding with massive amounts of rain. In fact, we are look at nearly 7 inches around austin, texas since midnight. And more on the way. The potential for four inches an hour. So look at some bigtime flooding problems here. This is not even the source of rain from patricia yesterday. Patricia was downgraded from a hurricane to a Tropical Storm. Went from 200 Miles Per Hour winds to 80 Miles Per Hour winds in 24 hours. Now its at 50 miles an hour. It will continue to move up through mexico and bring more rain into texas. So they are just getting slammed in the Lone Star State. And more rain headed into louisiana, up to the ohio river valley. And falllike rain head today the northeast, as well. We will talk about our local weather coming up. Tiffany. Lisa, thank you. Houses of people were evacuated along the southwestern coast of mexico. Residents and tourists alike. Those who couldnt get out tried to take co