Five barrier. Uk gdp revised higher for the first and Second Quarters with the countrys stats office boosting the first and Second Quarter stronger for germany and france. And the senate tries to fast track shortterm Spending Plans before the potential Government Shutdown on sunday. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy tells cnbc theres still time. The fund raising trail and lets get together and we have been able to do it before when we sat down. We can solve this problem. This is an actual opportunity to put the country on a better path. And sportswear plays get a boost as u. S. Giant nike tops First Quarter profit forecasts with higher prices offsetting cost pressures. Tgif. Lets get a check of how markets are trading. There is a lot of green behind me. Bit of a surprise given how difficult the trading conditions have been for the month of september. The stoxx 600 was down 2 for the month and today were up up. 90 . We are recovering half of the losses for september. The Investment Community
The wall street journal today. Is this company failing to police its site and protect its customers, especially its young customers, from predators . Plus, a high tech way to steal your car. Police in chicago have their hands full with someone who has found a way to do it with some sort of mysterious black box that enables them to get the codes in those Keyless Entry systems. And weather of course is going to be a big problem from the west coast to the east coast. There you see a storm moving in out there. East coast west coast rain, east coast snow, ice. Middle of the country, maybe up to a foot. The forecast three minutes away. Lets go down to sue at the nyse. We start this hour with the stock picking prowess at the s. E. C. A new report is out showing how well employees at the securities and Exchange Commission can do while regulating everybody else. There are some nuances here and eamon javers is in washington with more on that. But we are posing the question whether really, the s.
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First borisjohnsons top adviser, Dominic Cummings, has refused to apologise for taking a journey from london to County Durham in the north of england during the current coronavisu lockdown. At a lengthy news conference, he said he had no regrets and he didnt believe hed broken the rules. Borisjohnson said he understood the confusion and anger caused by the row but is standing by mr cummings. Opposition mps will meet today to discuss the next steps in how to hold both the Prime Minister and Dominic Cummings to account. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Something you dont see every day. Government advisers usually defend their political masters. This one had come to defend himself. Dominic cummings took his family 250 miles from london to durham during lockdown when his wife was already healed. Yesterday he was asked if he now r
And a good evening to you on this thursday night. As we come on the air, 100 million americans have been hit by a winter storm packed pretty much with everything in the weather arsenal. This map shows the speed and power of the noreaster. Barreling from texas across the south, up the coast to maine, people forced to abandon cars. After highways turned into skating rinks. If you could dig your cars out, these with only the mirrors poking through. Right now, a prediction of thundersnow and sleet in our extreme weather team is tracking it all. Abcs linzie janis starts us off in the northeast, where the storm is still on the move tonight. Reporter with snow and ice and wind and rain, the storm that crippled the south, killing at least 20 people, is still wreaking havoc. Whiteout conditions, from the nations capital, to the treacherous new york state thruway. Noreaster winds whipping a house fire in new york city, at least seven injured. Also in new york, a pregnant woman was struck and kil
He will meet with mitt romney at his golf course in an hour. One topic of discussion will likely be the secretary of state position in trumps cabinet. Gop spokesman is hinting we could hear of a new cabinet appointment today. Yesterday, obviously, the announcement and the landing team arriving at the various agencies with National Security. It is possible well see an additional announcement today of an appointment in that same area and in the president elects schedule we may have an announcement in that area. The meeting is one of the nonstop sessions trump will hold today as he contemplates who will hold the remaining spots. A school of choice advocate is in the running for education secretary and retired marine general james mattis. Jessica, hello to you. Reporter hi, martin. The highly anticipated facetoface between mitt romney and the proteesidentelect happening in one hour. Its been a contentious war of words between the two men. Will they be mending fences or could they be talkin