another headache for investors after prime minister tsipras re-signs ahead of a snap election. unlike the usual attitude of many who unfortunately consider themselves entitled to keep their seats and office regardless of the condition and circumstances. i feel the deep moral and political obligation to put in your own judgment everything i did. that looks to be fairly strong. you have euro zone business growth accelerating in the month of august. composite number of 54.1 and those pmi point to third quarter growth of 0.4% according to market. they say the weak euro and price cutting is boosting demand. the market manufacturing flash came in at 52.4 in the month of august versus a consensus view of 52.2 so that is just slightly better than expected but this is unchanged from the month of july in terms of the services number. we have to print a 54.3 in the month of august and that is also higher than forecast and also a touch higher than what we saw in the month of july. i
profile and encourage award. she will be here along with her son, jack, first live sit down ever. what is next for her and does he have a future in politics? and they re almost off. the 143rd running of the kentucky derby just a day away as a horse with one eye emerges as a fan favorite. you can t help but root for him. what are his chances? dylan is at churchill downs with all the horses, the hype and the hats. today, friday, may 5th, 2017. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a friday morning. i just want to say it again. i love this time of year. i love the triple crown races. my family is way into this. i don t know how to tell you this. look at kentucky derby grounds right now. it is raining and it doesn t look like it s necessarily going to let up. al, al. how can a mother be does not look good. rain today, more rain to
happening over the venetian bridge. our pete suratos is standing by for a news conference at the center there. what did you find out. reporter: they tell us there s going to be a news conference at about 11:45 a.m. it could be a combination of police as well as other city officials speaking at that news conference. i want to go and show you guys a live look right now. you can see it on the screen of the situation right now at the valero refinery. you can see the flames coming out of the stacks. when we were crossing the cartinas bridge earlier we could see the black smoke. the flares are a result of a power outage at the refinery just before 7:00 a.m. we re learning that pg&e says it happened during what they call a routine switching but that power was restored shortly after. now, as you mentioned, some places are still being asked to shelter in place such as matthew turner and robert s temple elementary school and folks at the nearby industrial park were also notified to e
refinery causing evacuations. i m kenny choi. i m michelle griego. let s get to jackie ward live in benicia with the evacuations. reporter: we are live in front of the benicia public library. that is less than three miles away from the refinery. and we are up wind. that is why people here are not concerned with the air quality. that is why the doors behind me are wide open. happening now. benicia fire department and city officials are meeting with the media to update them and what we know so far is that the contra costa county hazmat team has not found any issue in the air quality. so that is good news. also, the evacuation and shelter in place orders have been lifted. huge flames and massive dark plumes of smoke poured from the stacks of the valero refinery. yet, benicia resident raymond olsen is remaining calm. sunrise, heard the whistle and it triggered the shelter in place. i looked outside, saw black smoke. reporter: pg&e says the outage happened at 6:40 this mor
the forecast high today in birmingham, alabama will be 54 degrees. that is shattering a record for cool. if you re from alabama, you say 54? yes. it is unseasonably cool. in unseasonably cool in the southeast. atlanta will only be 57. san francisco maybe warmer than atlanta and birmingham. that is still below average which is 64. the record was 93 and nine teen 97. the wind is in place. gusts at 21 at sfo. there is also a roaring delta breeze. everything is in place for a big drop in temperatures. 50s, 60s. if you are looking for warmer weather, maybe early next week. until then it will be cool and windy even with rain possible in southern california on sunday. we do not have a lot. we do have slow traffic at the bay bridge this morning. we are going to start their at the bay bridge. it looks like traffic is going to be busy as you get to the san mateo bridge as well. westbound bay bridge is not bad if you are driving into san francisco for this time of the morning. 15-20 m