We are seeing a little bit of risk removal. This is what we are seeing in european stocks. They are joining the rebound as we see tensions surrounding the north korean country and peninsula easing. The yen dropping, gold dropping. Gainingor haven assets a touch. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra north koreas leader says the testfiring of a missile over japan yesterday was a meaningful prelude to containing guam. Kim jongun added that he will continue to watch the response of the u. S. Rex tillerson has agreed with his japanese and south Korean Counterparts that the test was an escalation of provocation while the Un Security Council has condemned the launch. President trump has praised the Emergency Response to Tropical Storm harvey as he and the first lady visited texas. At least 15 people have died in the wake of harvey while thousands more have been displaced from their homes. Early estimates put the economic losses at 100 billion. The u. K. Wants to
Then he apparently, according to multiple sources who told wnbc, he deliberately targeted a bus with schoolchildren on it. That is why the front of the truck is so damaged. He got out of the truck. We suspect that is the suspect he ran across the west side highway, multiple lanes, stopping traffic if you look closely at the video it appears as though he has something in his hand. Police are identifying that as a weapon that they now know is a fake weapon, it was not a real gun. But they were far enough back so that they could not tell they fired on this gentleman who we believe is the suspect, wounding him he is still alive and in custody. We do not believe there are any other suspects it is considered and being investigated as an act of terrorism. The west side highway south of 20th street is closed as they continue to investigate the situation. All of the feeder streets that lead onto the west side highway have been closed and will remain closed for some time the two main schools tha
Struck with the pepper spray as well during that. Ten minutes later, a witness tells me, after they used the pepper spray, the man went back inside the house, they tried to approach him again, and thats when there was some sort of struggle. Minutes after that, a person told me that the individual shots were fired. That person, he said he saw them taking him away in an ambulance and as of right now, police are still on the scene. No word on the suspect, why they were trying to arrest this man in the beginning, and no word on how those officers are doing, but police are still here on scene, and we are at the top of this hill where you can see the police cars down at the bottom. On capitol avenueye, were liv here. We do want to get back to our other breaking news this morning. A dangerous fire breaking out in oakland. Amy hollyfield is live on the scene. Reporter hi, i was just giving an update. Weve got some changes from earlier reports. Now weve got one injury. Earlier it was reported a
Satellite and radar around the d. C. Metro, hardly anything at all. To the north and west, a different story. Just over the Montgomery County border into frederick and urbana , light snow falling the past three hours, accumulating on grassy surfaces. Most of what we have seen so far, about 1. 5 inches around frederick. In terms of the Winter Weather ies, they expire overnight. At 3er batch will go down a. M. Northern Montgomery County and lot in county will go down at 5 as. If not before then most of the snowfall will have stopped. Just around freezing and below hagerstown, winchester, and that is where we expect to see slick roadways tomorrow morning and slick sidewalks. Coastal storm that will impact parts of the area friday night into saturday. More on that coming up. Jonathan we will see you then. Some of the areas hit harder than others. In maryland, they saw some heavier snowfall. Alison tim barber is in snow joins us lived from fredericksburg to give us an idea of whats happenin
Four arrested in an fbi raid at the Prince Georges County liquor board. Among those now facing corruption charges director david son and commissioner anuj sud. Federal investigators say the two took bribes in exchange for favorable votes on liquor board matters. Officials say at least one state lawmaker is now working with the fbi in hopes of receiving a more lenient sentence. Happening today in the district its the end of an era. Just before noon Michelle Obama will deliver her final official remarks as first lady. Mrs. Obama is set to speak at a ceremony honoring the 2017 School Counselor of the year. The event is is an tradition started by the first lady in 2015. And whats a goodbye without a party . Tonight president obama is throwing a final celebration. Not many details have been released. But we know celebrities like oprah, bradley cooper, bruce springsteen, and samuel l. Jackson will be there. Beyonce and jayz will perform. The event is described as lowkey. The president told P