Total, both reporting profits of 2. 6 billion. Guy lets find out more. Will kennedy is he appearedare. Training did well and refining to ball. The oil sector is not looking to shabby. Will beating expectations by more than double which is not bad. Profit fell by 20 . What stands out is trading. Bp employs hundreds of people to buy and sell oil. When prices are lower, they can save money to make more bets. Francine we have bp and total. Who did better . Will total had the bigger, higher number but bp beat expectations. Bob dudley will be the happier of the two ceos. Guy the refining operations where does the Lower Oil Price leave that. That is a total story. Will total is the Biggest Oil Refinery in europe and when prices fall, you put more oil in your car. Refiners outperform. What youre seeing is the resilience of the integrated mobiles. Your upstream does not do as well but you get some of that bacteria are finding and trading. Francine if we have the oil in this range between 50 and
Absolutely. Sunshine, nice. Temperatures, that race will start out around 60 degrees. You cant ask for Better Weather to start out a tenmiler. It will be a little warm by the end of the ray. And by the end of this afternoon, temperatures near 80 degrees. And even warmer during the workweek. Mostly cloudy skies right now, but well see lots of sunshine, so the runners will have to deal with sunshine wear sunscreen, maybe a hat to field yourself from the sun. Temperatures are already warmer than this time yesterday. 6 degrees warmer in wilmington that 24 hours ago. 8 degrees warmer in mt. Holly and 5 degrees warmer in lancaster. Well have a warm afternoon. Yesterday topped out around 74. Today, well be closer to 8. Right now, temperatures really nice. 51 in philadelphia 49 in northeast philadelphia. 47 in chester springs. Temperatures to the north and west mainly in the 40s. 46 right now in allentown, 46 in coatesville, 47 in lancaster. And same story down to the south and east. Were look
Temperatures mainly in the 40s or 50s, but well lose that pretty quickly over the next couple of hours, and were looking at blue skies right now across the area really a perfect day for this race. Were looking at temperatures as i mentioned, mainly in the 40s and 50s, a little cooler to the north and west but in the city right now, 51 degrees, 51 in wilmington. I would say that warrants a fleece this morning. 44 in horsham. And then to the north and west a little cooler in mt. Pocono 47 in reading, 49 in lancaster. Youre walking out the door this morning to temperatures mainly in the 40s and 50s in delaware also southern new jersey. 53 degrees right now at the Atlantic City airport. 47 in millville, and 52 in avalon. So your race day weather, we really couldnt ask for better weather. Light winds, lots of sunshine temperatures pretty picture perfect to start out the race. By 8 00 59. By 9 00 62 and by 10 00 66 degrees. Later on this afternoon, well pop up to 80 degrees and some spots ma
Three weeks left to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff. Lawmakers from both sides hit the sunday shows to late out the latest battle lines in the fight. On meet the press, the number three House Republican reiterated that any new revenues should come from closing loopholes, not raising tax rates. The president wants the rates to go up, that doesnt solve the problem. If the president is asking for higher rates, hes asking for more revenue. Most economists agree the best way to get that is through closing special loopholes. On the same program, Number Two Senate democrat, dick durbin declared that if the country does go over the fiscal cliff, theres only one party to blame republicans. I can tell you i dont want to do it, the president doesnt want to do it but we need to solve the problem, we cannot allow the reckless position to drive this economy into another recession. A recession which the republicans will own. Joining me from the white house, nbcs Mike Viquiera. Mike, it sounds like t
same-sex marriage law took effect at midnight and couples tied the knot just as soon as they could we ll talk about what might happen when the supreme court weighs in. plus, all indications are, that congress is gearing up for a revamping of the nation s immigration laws. what that will mean for the gop and its right wing. first, though, with just over three weeks left to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff. lawmakers from both sides hit the sunday shows to late out the latest battle lines in the fight. on meet the press, the number three house republican reiterated that any new revenues should come from closing loopholes, not raising tax rates. the president wants the rates to go up, that doesn t solve the problem. if the president is asking for higher rates, he s asking for more revenue. most economists agree the best way to get that is through closing special loopholes. on the same program, number two senate democrat, dick durbin declared that if the country does go o