Of the world. And with this chaos in the shanghai markets, there are worries the chinese dont have a handle on their own economy right now, scott. And anthonynythe chinese are also the second Largest Consumer of crude oil in the world. And youve been looking into the impact of that. Reporter yeah. Crude, scott, hit a 12year low today. 33 a barrel. The price has fallen by nearly half just since may, when it was 60. If you drive to work, its like a huge tax break, but its pretty painful if you work in the oil industry in houston. Theres just too much supply now. And if china continu to slow, there will be less demand and gas prices could stay low for a while, scott. Anthony mason, thank you very much, anthony. The folks at dow jones told us today that the plunge this week in the 30 blue chip stocks alone represents a market value loss of nearly 260 billion. Well, ted cruz is watching his stock rise, in iowa. The republicananrontrunner 25 days before iowans cast the first votes of campaig
Im annemarie green. Two men arrested on terrorism related charges are expected to make their first Court Appearances today. One was picked up in california and the other in texas. Both are refuges from the middle east and there may be a connection. Brian webb is here in new york with the details. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning. Federal prosecutors say there is no indication that either suspect was planning an attack in the u. S. But the arrest drew immediate criticism of the president s refuge policy. Court documents reveal the 23yearold sacramento suspect communicated over social media with an unnamed individual living in texas back in 2013. Allegedly discussed training and fighting overseas. The texas person, identified as individual i, writes, i need to learn from your weapon expertise. The sacramento suspect responds, if you arrive and i am still a criminal complaint unsealed thursday accuses the Sacramento Man of traveling to syria from the u. S. And back again after f
Sac county press release, the Auburn Fire Department this morning responded to a home fire near breda iowa. On arrival crews found the home already burned to the ground. An investigation determined the occupants failed to report towork and family vehicles were still at the home e leading to the discovery of human remains inside the debre. The state medical examiner and state fire marshall are still investigating the fire. Tim this weekends drawing for the powerball will be the largest Lottery Jackpot in us history. The jackpot up for grabs is estimated to be 800million dollars when its drawn on saturday. That beats the previous record for lottery payout set in 2012 by mega millions. Which was 656 million dollars. Just imagine for a second. If you won the powerball you would have made more with one ticket than some of the worlds highest paid celebrities. Like floyd yweather. Tayl or switft. Garth brooks and singer katy perry. Combined even if you took the cash payout which is more could
Central, eastern, and southern iowa. Less than one inch. It cold behind the system. Details in your ed for cased 8 day forecast. Stacey a big shake up at the ymca of greater des moines. President and ceo Vernon Delpesce resigned effective immediately. Kccis ryan smith is live at the wellmark ymca downtown with reaction. Ryan the downtown facility is a brandnew stateoftheart facility. But a glaring eyesore remains. The olympic sized Swimming Pool was supposed to be in place. Now it is nothing more than a spot for dirt, metal, and wooden boards. Board members telling me a change in leadership was necessary here to ensure the crucial project would move forward. Mary kacere loves the classes but theres one thing missing theres no water there. No place to swim. Reporter frustration and uncertainty still hanging over plans for an outdoor Swimming Pool. It has not moved as quickly as we would like it. Reporter in november thenceo Vernon Delpesce vowed to complete the project. But 7 weeks late
San francisco for january alone has 2. 59 inches. Back in 98, we had 2. 19 inches. Currently we are above in what we had in the strong year of 1998. January finished with 10. 76 inches. We may get close by the end of the month with seven more storms in 14 days. We are tracking more throughout the hour. Thank you, jeff is. Lets turn things over to kerry. Its easy to get connected to the weather outside by going inside to the nbc bay area app on your smartphone. Just click on the radar on the weather page. There you can zero in on your own neighborhood to see if its raining there. That gives you what you need to know right when you need to know it. Im meteorologist kerry hall. Thats how you stay informed on the nbc bay area app. Thanks, kerry. Closures throughout the golden gate recreation area. Tennessee valley beach shut down due to wet areas. And Marin Headlands closed. People should stay back from the cliffs as well. At least 30 feet, officials say, because some of them are eroding a