bezos, he s now the second richest person in the world. right behind bill gates. and bezos has around 79 billion. he made 3 billion just overnight. let s not forget google. this is extraordinary. that s revenue up every single quarter for seven straight years, that s a juggernaut. that stock also going straight up at the opening bell today. all right, that s money. now, politics. it takes longer than 100 days to drain the swamp. oh, yes, it does. no vote on obamacare today, or tomorrow. it may be next week. and the left, no growth plan for the democrats. the new york times and democrat leaders call the president s growth agenda, a give away to the pitch. they don t like it. your money looking good. politics and that swamp is still there. but it s friday and we re glad you re with us. varney & company is about to begin. ain t no stopping us now we re on the move all right, okay, i ll go with that. it seems like there s no stopping, certainly no stopping the big
store chain. and to that notion that amazon is taking over the world and now people are getting afraid that not only has it taken over the technology world, but it s going into the traditional food world and how you get your groceries and buying whole foods in a roughly $13.7 billion deal, if you don t think that this is sort of creating a bit of a selling twilight zone for competitive retailers, look what s happening to walmart, costco and target. all of them taking a big hit right now on the idea that maybe amazon s hopes to serve man means that it s going to serve all of his competitors. that is, jeff bezos competitors on a platter. you see how i worked that in there with a little rod sellerring? [laughter] okay, fine. this is basic cable. you just have to deal. in the meantime, let s take a look at the implications of this deal, because it is a dramatic alternative for jeff bezos and company. it s one thing to go into rockets, but to go into food and grocery stores and i
people were flocking toward the coast to beat the heat. we are at the beginning of a heat wave as we head into the first few days of summer. the heat advisory has now been extended to thursday as the strong ridge of high pressure is expected to stick around until then. there s a little breeze but not as stong as yesterday. if you re going out tonight the temperatures will be very warm to mild away from the coast. we are starting to see some fog forming near the coast. that s a sign that at least some places will cool tomorrow. we ll show you where in a few minutes.. (jr stone) another big story we are tracking tonight.. one man is dead and eight people are hospitalized after a van slams into crowds near a mosque in london. you re looking at new video and pictures of the scene just into the kron4 newsroom. right now police are not saying that this was an act of terrorism but say counter terrprism police are investigating. police say the driver of a van that hit pedestrians is
soon. we ll get to that in just a moment. good morning. this is nbc 10 news today. thanks for being with us. i m rosemary connors. it s 6:00 on this saturday. first alert meteorologist krystal klei is tracking the wet weather and tracking a bit of a warm-up, eventually, coming. krystal, fill us in. yeah, that s right, eventually. today is going to be one of those situations where you re happy that the rain has come to a close, but you re a little sad when you look out the window and realize the sun is not going to show itself, quite yet. here s our radar and satellite view. it s cloudy out there this morning. we ve got some drizzly, kind of misty conditions outside as well. and notice the green on radar. i know there s not a lot, but we re talking some spotty, light rain that s going to pass throughout this morning. the good news is, it s going to pass throughout and then what s going to happen, we re left with mostly cloudy conditions, no longer rainy conditions. all of th
more sunny conditions. we re seeing less cloud coverage, more sunshine, a bit windier in the forecast, as well. so take your pick on your saturday or sunday. there are some differences between the two. the next focus is going to be in your next workweek. that s when rain returns to the forecast and it s something we ll get to this just a bit. for now, though, your current temperatures. 45 in philadelphia and 38 in allentown. temperatures well above freezing in some areas. 46 in dover. look at atlantic city, 47 degrees. and in the mid 40s to kick off the morning. this is certainly a mild start to the day for us, especially foss those that are getting that early start to the shopping. on radar and satellite, we re staying dry. any activities moving off to the northeast and we ll be left with those clouds this morning. in fact, some of the thicker clouds, they re going to start to move off, as well. that will allow us a little more sunshine but this flow is picking up some str