the nasdaq is off by 18. this comes after both the s&p and dow closed at their highest levels of the year after yesterday s fed meeting. that fed meeting along with the news conference with fed chair janet yellen, we re going to be talking more about her message. in the meantime, take a look at wti. it is up by just over 2% to $39.28 a barrel. getting closer to the $40 level. also, if you take a look at the currencies, the dollar is down against the euro, which is all the way up at 1.1308. the yen is trading at 111.36. dovish federal reserve keeping interest rates unchanged, suggesting it will be very cautious about future rate hikes. a pretty upbeat assessment of the economy. yellen had this to say at the news conference. you have seen a shift this time in most participants assessments of the appropriate path for policy. as i tried to indicate, i think that largely reflects a somewhat slower projected path for global growth, for growth in the global economy outside the
meteorological, and little consolation, yesterday, we made 97 degrees. i think many spots will be above 90 again later today. there are rain drops first thing this morning well off to the west of the area. especially west of interstate 81 now. rain drops in far western maryland and rumbles of thunder in the mountains of west virginia. worth keeping an eye on. most of this is going to dry up as it comes east of the mountains, but that being said, do expect an abundance of cloud cover for your saturday. showers chances strongest out to the west through the course of the day. a scattered showers cannot be completely ruled out. toasty warm. today well up into the upper 80s to low 90s, then for tomorrow, ooh, as the weekend goes along, unfortunately clouds thicken and rain chances increase for tomorrow and increase further as we head towards lor day monday itself. talk more about that. the whole weekend won t be a total loss, but, ooh, a little sunshine challenged for you. talk mo
and that ball is killed. adam larouche being waved around. here comes the throw, it is 4-2, nationals. the nationals have apparently recovered from their four-game losing streak. they beat the tampa bay rays for the second straight time last night, 5-2. gonzalez picked up his ninth win of the season and the nats are in first place by 3 1/2 games now. they ll take on the orioles this weekend in baltimore. well, it s all about the heat this morning in miami. the miami heat are, once again, nba champions. lebron james captures that elusive title he so desperately coveted. the heat dominated the oklahoma city thunder, 121-106 clinching their second title in seven years. lebron james carried miami, recording 26 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists and earned the mvp honor. the rest of the big three, dwyane wade and chris bosh also had big nights with 20 and 24 points respectively and former wizard, mike miller knocked down seven three-pointers to help clinch the title. we
father joined him. we saw his wife joined him. he pretty much choked with tears, trying to make his way through that song. coming up a little later, a surprise guest. we ll tell you what its next for jermaine paul. he talks away with $100,000 and a sweet record deal. jim, doreen. a second male massage therapist sues john travolta alleging sexual battery. a local community on edge after a beloved neighbor is found dead in his car missing. a lot of people seeing showers tonight. there is more to come. good evening. on a busy tuesday night. breaking news in the battle for marriage equality. voters in north carolina effectively slammed the door on same sex marriage voting to define marriage as a union between a man and woman. wendy? reporter: the north carolina voters decided the state cannot even recognize civil unions between same sex couples. they are now the 30th such state to do so. and tonight the vote wasn t close. at last check, the constitutional amendment had 60