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citing a delay in aid trucks getting into northern gaza. and breaking now, both the israelis and hamas are in ongoing discussions with the qataris to resolve any of these delays as soon as possible. and just last hour israeli spokesman elon levy saying he is hopeful each set of 10 hostages released would result in another day added to this temporary ceasefire. welcome to fox news live, i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins. here we go, the white house announcing earlier today they don t expect any americans to be part of the next group released. alex hogan is live in jerusalem with the latest. alex, it seems we re about four hours into this delay. what can you tell us? reporter: hi, griff. so we are watching and waiting to see when there will be any changes and the possible release of these hostages in day two of this ceasefire, and hamas is saying that it will not release hostages until more humanitarian the aid comes in to gaza. that is something we have a ....
but it did not close above that level. we saw the major averages give back by the end of the day some off the morning highs we ll keep a close eye on this this morning green arrows indicated once again this morning dow futures up by 57 points. s&p up by 4.5 points the nasdaq up by 8.5 points. look at asia, the nikkei gave back some grounds. hang seng up by 0.7% the shanghai was up by 0.9%. then if you check things out in europe, it s a mixed bag ftse up by a quarter percentage point. the dax and cac are weaker stocks in italy are down stocks in spain slightly higher. check out crude oil prices you will see that crude oil looks like it is up about 29 cents. 47 57.45 for wti. we are watching a couple big stories this morning we re learning more about that deadly amtrak crash in washington state yesterday three people were killed, nearly 100 more injured when the train derailed the ntsb confirmed that the train was traveling at 80 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour z ....
a simple majority will be needed for that. and now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal lord god, the giver of every good and perfect gift, thank you for this fresh opportunity to do your will on earth. guide our lawmakers. give them consciences void of offense toward you and humanity and honesty of conduct. may they bring you their daily challenges, casting their cares on you. lord, help them to draw more fully from your inexhaustible resources, claiming your promise to provide for all their needs. use them to bring peace, justice, and prosperity to our nation. and lord, bless the members of the i will lust of the fall 2017 page class as they prepare it to leave us. we pray in your loving name. .amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pled ....
and welcome to power l lunch. i m melissa lee. mixed picture on wall street with the nasdaq in the red by about a tenth of a percent. the dow adding 30 points. the s&p up by three points itself. for the dow and the s&p, this would be their fourth day in a row of gains. that has not happened since the month of february. consumer staple hitting an all-time high on pace for its fourth straight day of gains. monster beverage, campbell leading there and it has been a volatile day for the home builders after rallying on the back of toll brothers. the sector now turning negative as new home sales fell more than 11%. much more on that story straight ahead. take a look at herbalife shares, tanking, about 6%. reports the company s china chief has abruptly left. we ll bring you more details when we have them. i m which will fred frost. here is what else is happening. new clues about the economy, data that measures the amount of freight transported by trucks showing a surprise ....
i m sara eisen. i m wilfred frost. very good morning to you from me as well. before we check in on the markets, four big international stories we re watching. china getting hit with a credit gown grade overnight. we have the latest market reaction. the uk upping its security threat level to critical following monday night s terror attack. opec about to kick off a meeting in vienna. president trump is at the vatican this hour after meeting with pope francis. more on all of those big stories straight ahead. first let s check in on the markets this morning. u.s. equity futures after a mini gain yesterday for stocks. s&p closed higher by 0.2%, following a trend of fractional moves, mostly higher. looks like futures are indicated higher again. dow futures up 12. s&p up 2.5. nasdaq futures up 11 points a bit of a defensive tone to yesterday s dane wigain. the ten-year hovering around the 2.28 level. a bit of buying of treasuries, saw that yesterday. the economic reports h ....