In bogota on the first full day of his visit to the country. Now its time for World Business report. Weathering the financial storm. Harvey could overtake katrina as americas costliest hurricane, but will irma prove even more expensive . We look at the spiralling cost of extreme weather and who pays . Plus, contingency plans. The boss of Virgin Atlantic tells us how theyre helping customers in the caribbean and aiding the recovery effort. Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Also coming up chinas trade surplus with the us jumps in august. Well have the details for you. But first. As youve been hearing, its one of the strongest storms ever recorded and aside from the human cost of the disaster, experts warn it could also be one of the most expensive. Much depends on what happens when it reaches densely populated miami but estimates range from 70 to 190 billion. The financial cost of this years Hurricane Season is already spiralling to record levels. Lets show you the numbe
Justice working on this. Reporter most republicans have brushed off democratic criticism but some are questioning the timing. With an fbi investigation, congressional committees are also looking into the ties between russia and the trump campaign. Thank you lauren. Earlier today we spoke by phone to senator harris, we asked if she thought it was part of a cover up. I do not know if its a cover up but what has happened is threatening the checks and balances. The United States senate is the last place where we bring this to a stop. The senator sits on the Intelligence Committee and she said her committee has asked james comey to report to the committee. We also spoke to oakland representative barbara lee. What we need to do is establish the independent commission that was introduced in congress. The speaker needs to call us back to debate this and set it up. She said that the republicans control the show so she does not know if her request will be granted but she said democrats should no
Conditions. High pressure on its way and itll build in. 90s through the inside, 60s to the 80s by the water. Nobody told me it wasnt sal. We just wanted to surprise you. Im used to it. Thats all right. Good morning alex. Good morning. Im looking forward to the warm weekend. Thank you. Good to see you. Lets talk about traffic situation. It is a good one. So far on this friday morning. Its quite early but things looking very nice so far, especially on that tracy super commute that can get jammed up even this early in the morning. You see that westbound 580 coming up over the pass is very nice ride coming down into livermore. We will show you here the bay bridge toll plaza. That is also looking nice. Free and clear coming through the pay gates there. Nice ride into the city. Finally we will show you what it looks like on the Golden Gate Bridge and you can see not to many cars making that trip just yet from mar in into San Francisco. Now is a good time if you are going to do it. Thank you.
Maybe 70s. There is still fog there. The issue is that it just cant make much of a push. Its hugging the coast or close to it. If you are stuck in that then you probably have thick fog this morning. There is not much breeze. Temperatures will have the lows are way up. Thats the key here. 50s to 70s. The lows are from ten, 24 hours ago, napa airport 11degrees warmer, santa rosa ten. Everybody is running warmer already. The fog will be right there by the coast. Burns off late. High pressure the water temperatures very cold. 49, 50, that fog with the heat in the valley has no problem forming. Its just not going far. 60s to the 08s and then a lot of 90s to near 100. He feels better than he sounds. Thats right. Alex. Thank you. Good morning to you out there. If you are just heading out the door right now you are going to be doing okay as you head off to work or school. The commute looks good. Ly show you the busiest spot in terms of traffic that we have at this early hour. That of course wo
Itll keep areas in the 60s there. Yet you take a few steps inland 70s, few more 80s and then 90s to 100. Already mid to upper 60s. The lows running lower. Three to ten degrees warmer. As long as the low clouds are there the coast wont join in on any heat. Maybe if you get a north wind. For now 49, 50, that water temperature still very cold and havent seen much change in that west southwest. I expect that to collapse. That means inland temperatures will warm up. 60s for some. Earlier this week they were in the 40s. Thats a big difference in just four days. Fog will give way to sun. 60s to up to near 100 degrees. Alex is in for sal. Morning. Good morning. The traffic is doing well overall. We are slow in a few spots. One of those spot Social Security the bay bridge toll plaza. We will give you a live look as the sunrises there over the hills and the east bay. Look at that back up there. Its its pretty significant. About a ten to 15 minute delay getting through the pay gates. The good new