Were killed in an israeli airstrike ill speak to the director of the World Food Program ambassador cindy mccain would discuss that and more. Thats just ahead. Meantime, regional tensions are on the brink of unrest traveling even further after an iranian Consulate Building In Damascus was hit. And later, Florida Supreme Court opens a door for a sixweek abortion ban to take effect, but gives voters the final word on Abortion Rights for women in november. Well explain hello, im wolf blitzer in one washington and urine, the cnn newsroom we begin with two major developing stories out of the middle at least in gaza outrage after seven aid workers from the world Central Kitchen were killed in an israeli airstrike, israel taking responsibility for the attack. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying it was not intentional. And just a short time ago, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken spoke about the incident. Watch and as we have throughout this conflict, weve impressed upon the israelis the ab
Presents. We are privileged, we are a privileged few, who are not only at the white house, the very center of the planning strategically for our nations future, but we are also, those who have been chosen, to focus our knowledge and our experience on the challenges that longevity has presented itself am our nations future. That is quite a dramatic challenge, you all are aware of that. But im convinced that we are all up to the task before us that we have today. I served as a dell fwat to the 1961 white house conference. [ applause ]. Egate to the 1961 white house conference. [ applause ]. Thats why thats why im hanging on to the rails. [ laughter ] there are over 3,000 delegates at that time. We werent privileged to be in the white house. We were serving is the white house. We were divided into 13 specific sectional areas and a we had great discussions. As a matter of fact, although the convictions were strong, maybe thats not the word, i should say they were passionate, but delegates
Percentage point dax is slightly weaker, relatively flat as is the cac. Crude oil prices, crude Oil Yesterday was flat ended up by two cents this morning another 44 cents 55. 35 so wti above 50 a barrel. Back to the markets in a moment first the latest developments on Hurricane Maria. The hurricane making landfall on the island of dominica as a category 5 storm it is now weakened slightly within the past few hours to a category 4 thats the good news forecasters warn that maria could reach strength as it nears the Virgin Islands, puerto rico also in marias cross hairs. You know, when these hurricanes come, they come. This come in waves we are also following developing stories out of Southern California overnight a magnitude 3. 6 earthquake shook parts of los angeles it happened at 11 20 p. M. Local time dren residents as far away as costa mesa felt the rumble joseph, why never heard of costa mesa i called it so ed ied it cos, im mesa. Im a messa in the morning. Look at my script its thi
Down. But with this market, Collision Avoidance is king. And when we collide, we bounce back with alacrity, including today with the dow beginning 60 points, s p advancing, nasdaq climbing 0. 88 . A lot of action there. Let me give you some concrete examples of what could have happened but didnt. Lets comb the accidents that never occurred. First we need to parse some of the biggest fears being peddled by pessimistic prognosticators, perhaps designed to sow panic although the panic failed to materialize. For example, how often did we hear in late december that if the dow didnt crack through 20,000, we were doomed for a huge selloff. Sell, sell, sell. I cant believe how loud that inane chatter was. We cracked through the 20,000 ceiling or we get thrown back into some sort of on liblivion. This or this. Here we are. We didnt take it out. We got thrown back from dow 20,000, and the result, dow gets right off the canvas, makes another challenge. The prognostication here, just plain wrong.
Welcome, now left with a chill. Lets get over to justin day brick with the eyewitness weather forecast, sunny morning, justin. How long are we expect today stay with this chilly weather. Really only one day type deal. Nice. Not that cold. I mean, typical for the month every february watch we can expect, the past three days, temperatures in the 70s, setting new records, severe storms, yesterday was like Spring Summer day with all of the damage reports we had. February. Yes, people cleaning up today. A lot of roofs have been blown off, structures, what we are dealing, with as far as our weather today, quieter, little windy at times but typical. The difference in the past few mornings, 20s, even 30 degrees colder. Sunshine, outside right now, not whole lot. We still have lingering clouds, we thin out little bit in the afternoon, but over partly sunny day, 37 right now at the airport, northwest breeze, stayed at 17. We will get gusts to up about 30 from the morning into the afternoon. Actu