Cheryl veronica . I hosted so im ready to be done. We have a lot of news coming up this morning. Our top story this hour was, well, it was christmas, americans spending more money online for the Holiday Season, ecommerce sales jumped more than 18 compared to last year overall. Holiday retail sales excluding cars rising more than 3 . Thanksgiving did fall later this year which pushed a lot of retailers to start sales earlier. President trump touted the news, heres what he tweeted. 2019 Holiday Retail sales were up 3. 4 from last year. Biggest number in u. S. History, congratulations, america. Veronica, your reaction in the middle of all this political abusinesabyss thats happening , you have an economy and consumer thats on fire and we have numbers to prove it. It sounds like youre trying to get away from washington but this is great for the party of washington, for republicans, for the president. This is a great economy for him to be going into 2020 with. Theres a ton of devi divisiven
Cac in france up by quarter of a percent. Check out crude oil price. Crude oil down by 16 cents. 43. 14. Big news is whats happening in georgia and atlantis and other markets where they are having difficulty getting oil or getting gas to the pump. Its been shortages for a lot of drivers showing up and much higher prices for some of those drivers. Thats a story were watching very closely. Lets get an update on the man suspected of setting bomgs in new york and new jersey. Ahmed khan rahami is being treated for gunshot wounds after a shoot out. He was spotted yesterday sleeping in a doorway of a bar in linden, new jersey. Two officers sustained minor injuries after a gun battle. Rahami was conscious as he was loaded into an ambulance. Investigators say at this point hes the lone suspect in the case. Hes a 28yearold naturalized u. S. Citizen born in afghanistan. Hes been charged with five counts of attempted murder of a Law Enforcement officer and more charges including terrorism are expe
Of course, the jobs number next week. We begin with good, not a great. Thats how one group is describing black friday retail sales. Live checks from malls across the country. Plus, a lawsuit against Sumner Redstone making some shocking allegations. Well have more on what that means for viacom and cbs and their response. And Vladimir Putin saying he will cooperate more with the terror fight in syria, but the war of words between russia and turkey continues. First up, though, black friday has arrivinged, one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Good but not a great from Customer Growth partners. Also seeing an increased trend of shoppers earlier with retailers opening the night before. The nrf says 22 of consumers expect to shop on thanksgiving day, up from 18 last year. Out of the stores, adobe predicts a record 1. 7 billion spent online. 3 billion on monday. In fact, theres a sense that because so much of the shopping, guys, has shifted to online, essentially customers wait for mo
And then burst into flames. This is north of new york. The mta says the dead include the woman driving the suv. She had gotten out as well as five train passengers. Another 12 were hurt. A witness shot this video of the flames passengers say they felt the train lurch. Many did not know what was happening and no one told them to get off for quiet sometime. 400 people were on board the packed train for the evening commute. When tow did get off the train authorities took them to a nearby gym for shelter. Service on the line is now suspended in that area. As the news comes in on this of course well bring the right to you. Dozens of frosts march to go night demanding justice foreman shot and killed by police in bridgeton the entire confrontation caught on Police Dash Cam back in december. Sparking outrage in the community. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland and fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live in bridgeton. Dave . Reporter lucy a protest a march on city hall and then a confrontatio
As the news comes in on this of course well bring the right to you. Dozens of frosts march to go night demanding justice foreman shot and killed by police in bridgeton the entire confrontation caught on Police Dash Cam back in december. Sparking outrage in the community. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland and fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live in bridgeton. Dave . Reporter lucy a protest a march on city hall and then a confrontation tonight between demonstrators and city council after protesters insisted they wanted to be heard in the shooting death of jerome reid by police. Jerome reid reporter captaining jerome reids name protesters gathered at the very spot where the 36yearold was shot to death by police five week ago. They demanded an independent investigation. They they should ensure the fair and impartial investigation investigation. We most certainly have no faith in the cumberland counti prosecutors office. Reporter dozens protested at south and henry streets under the w