Markets this morning are lower. Mixed picture at the start of trading, dow industrials down 68 points. Nasdaq up 30 and the markets were able to cut losses almost by half. Dow, s p 500 are on track for winning week despite 140 points lower for the white house. Battle for the white house goes prime time. Biden breaking down the election as scranton versus park avenue. Power panel hour. Cohost of the 5, Juan Williams is here and joe concha to tackle what is going on and backlash of facebook spying on instagram users tapping into your phone camera. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning look like this. European indices are mix. Cac lower by 15. We did get positive news on the brexit front. European Commission President saying shes convinced a deal is possible following a round of informal talks in europe. Take a look at indices. You will see the shanghai composite was up better than 2 . Some op the top stories that we are watching this morning. President trump
Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, august 19th. Im amara walker. Im victor black well. Thank you for spending part of your morning with us. Were learning more about what is expected to happen when former President Donald Trump surrenders to officials in the Fulton County jail in georgia. How this will look different and how the Secret Service is prepared. This hoss we have suffered is unspeakable and devastating. We will continue to mourn as we care for the survivors and begin to move forward together. So much heartbreak as the death toll in maui continues to climb. As were getting a closer look at the scope of the damage, what the governor is saying about the Recovery Efforts and whether tourists should continue to visit. Hurricane hilary is closing in on the southwest with a years worth of rain. Weve got a look at areas the most at risk. I look on the bus and really our kid is the last kid on the bus. Willie wont be riding the bus anymore. A nationwide shortage is causing cha
The value of all publiclytraded stocks has gone up by 10 trillion in the last 122 months. That is a Wealth Creation machine like no other, and theres no pullback this morning. The dow can, its getting close to 40,000, real close actually, its going to be not much change to start the day. Same with the s p and the nasdaq is up a point. A tiny bit of green after yesterdays record closes. As for Interest Rates, well, theyre staying at lower levels. Well start with the 10year treasury, youre down to 4. 35 this morning and the 2career, thats a long way below 5 , 4. 77 right now. Bitcoin on the upside today, 66,000. Gold Holding Around 2300, 2400, 2383, to be precise. Oil still below 80 a barrel, 79. 34. No change for gas. Regular, 3. 60. Diesel is down one cent, 3. 92. Politics. The new fox Poll Shows Trump Holding a narrow lead overall, but he has a growing lead with key voting groups. Blacks, hispanic, suburban women and moderates. More detail emerging about the two candidates the two deb
Broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Dangerous bay area heat. The sign says 103, but it was even hotter in someplaces as we hit record highs across the bay area. And smoky San Francisco skies as wildfires rage to the north. A thick cloud of haze that brings its own dangers. Good evening, everyone. This is a look from our emeryville camera where things are finally starting to cool off, and we have Team Coverage on the hot weather. Melanie woodrow is in the east bay tonight, but we start with meteorologist drew tuma and a look at live doppler 7hd. Incredible warmth felt on this sunday afternoon. 14 cities hit record highs. Napa, santa rosa, high of 104. Downtown San Francisco got to 90 on this afternoon, 92 in oakland and a warm 97 degrees in san jose which was a record high. There was a void of cloud cover and much of the western half of the u. S. High pressure is firmly this control over las vegas bringing us the heat and the stagnant air. That will be the pattern again for monday. It
Tapping in a putt to seal his first pga championship victory. Day finished at 20 under par, the first ever player to win a major with that low of a score. Those are just some of our top stories on this monday, august 17th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. We begin this half hour with the west up in flames. Dozens of wildfires blazing across eight states, turning homes into smoldering shells. The flames driven by erratic winds and scorching heat took a toll on firefighters and forced the evacuation of campgrounds near los angeles. And theres even more damage in the pacific northwest. More now from abcs kayna whitworth. Reporter the view from the air over washington state. National guard crews navigating smokey skies over scorched ground, helicopters making water drop after water drop. But theyre battling conditions that grow worse by the hour as the temperatures heat up. The allout air assault is key to keeping residents and firefighters on the gr