Assignment. Investors in china are not getting a break tonight. The index is getting hammered, so far the Shanghai Exchange is off another 4. 5 , but hong kong is up about 1 , and japans nikkei is up is , back here the dow dropped more than a thousand point news the first few minutes of trading and regained in the next couple of hours, in the end, the worst day, down almost 600 points, nbcs david louis said an email from apple came through. Ceo tim cook sent out an email with good news. He told a financial reporter that sales in china because of economy were strong in july and august. That word had an immediate impact. First place it stabilized his stock in the first hour of trading. And that tended to knock about 700 points off the dows loss, at least for a while. By the close, apple business stock was down, 69yearold sarah ward is resetting her retirement goal. Im at the age where im getting close to wanting to retire but with it going down like that, i dont have many more years to c
Gas leak. The incident caused quite a commotion today. At least 200 people have been evacuated at this point. Reporter just after 11 00 a. M. , an Oakland Police lieutenant smelled something suspicious on broadway and quickly sounded the alarm. An employee thought it was just another drill. It was very fast. Sitting there, and the sirens went off. And then you see everybody saying they evacuated. So it was fast. Reporter fire crews arrived with the hazmat team. All suited up they went through the ninestory building. At first they were looking for a possible gas leak but quickly realized the smell was coming from the vacuum system. A Public Service company arrived. No public systems were disrup d ed. 911 is not located here at seventh street, so that is not affecting calls for services on the street. Reporter people who came to do business could not get in. They closed the surrounding area. I was trying to get back in my office but i couldnt. Reporter the l. A. County superior courthous
To try it again tomorrow night. In the meantime, the flight is due from los angeles, due to come up here again tonight. About whether they will make the attempt. Theyre going to look at the weather and make the decision later. Live at Sonoma County airport, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. It will cost the commuters big money to clean stains from the bay bridges new span, there are tiny particles that got imbedded in the white finish. Some of them look like rust. Caltrans blames the Bridge Builder for the problem, that contractor blames caltrans. Either way, toll money will cover about half the cost. Oakland Police Headquarters had to be evacuated today shutting down some city services. Sky 7 hd shows firefighters talking to some of the 200 people forced out of the building happening at about 11 30 on 7th street, abc News Reporter Leanne Melendez has more with the details. Reporter well, ama, quite a commotion this morning. The building was of course immediately closed, still closed at this
Two trips to rhode island to deal with the crisis. Abc 7 news confirms tonight that amber vinson took a flight to ohio after telling the cdc she had a fever and they approved it. She was a member of the medical team that cared for thomas duncan, the ebola patient in dallas who later died. Abc reporter tom llamas has more. This was a heroic person who has dedicated her life to serving others and is a servant leader. This is a person with their life before them. Last friday, two days before duncan died, amber vinson flew to cleveland to visit her mother and plan her wedding. But while she was there, her fellow nurse, nina pham, going to the hospital, diagnosed with ebola. The very next day vinson got on a Frontier Airlines flight with 132 other Airline Passengers and flying home to dallas. The cdc tonight is trying to track down the travellers. Yesterday, troubling news, vinson developing a fever, driving herself to the texas presbyterian hospital, within 90 minutes she was in isolation.