good to be with you. i m katy tur. we ve never seen anything like this before in key places across the country, interest in the election is so intense that millions have showed up to vote early. shattering turnout records, especially in the midterm year. who does that help? and is all of that enthusiasm reflected in the polls? we re going to explore that in just a moment. along with the concerning rise in threats at polling places, axios is reporting local mayors and police chiefs are being warned that extremists like the proud boys and the oath keepers are signing up as poll workers and drop box monitors, as part of localized efforts to intimidate voters. again, we will get to all of that in a moment. but first, if you were not already convinced by the campaign ads, or the mailers, or the emails, or the texts, last night s debates gave voters, you potentially, a lot to chew over. candidates in close races, in pennsylvania, michigan, and new york, faced off, first up in penns
Warning from russian president Vladimir Putin to north korea as he uses his speech at the become r ishgbric summit good morning we have a lot to get through lets kick things off with a look at the markets. The stoxx 600 is up by 0. 3 , recovering from yesterdays small losses to the tune of 0. 5 yesterday we were under the spell of the latest aggression coming out of north korea, but it seems like were moving on today. When it comes to the insdices on by one, when it comes to the ftse, dax and cac, theyre all in the green the xetra dax is eking out a gain of respectable 0. 6 merck is one of the top performers there the ftse 100 up by 0. 3 . We have that big m a deal this morning which is pushing the mid cap index higher aveva jumping nicely there, up by more than 20 schneider doing well on the french market. When it comes to the sectors, this is the picture autos, foods, beverages, basic resources among the best f performers quick look at the latest data out of the eurozone eurozone aug
Hurricane irma cause devastation as it rips through the caribbean islands on a path to florida, where its expected to strike this weekend good morning glad to have you on the show once again its thursday, not just any thursday, its ecb day weve been waiting for the first fall meeting of the ecb, whether or not we get a tapering announcement today, that remains to be seen majority of economists expect more details in the month of october, but an update to growth and Inflation Forecasts today. Lets look at how the markets are faring ahead of that theyre not doing much at all. Were a fraction lower on the stoxx 600, roughly an hour and 50 minutes into the trading session. Lets look at the indices one by one. You can see a bit of a mixed picture. Ftse 100 is flat the xetra dax is higher to 0. 2 . The auto sector is doing well. Its been higher for a fifth day in a row we saw a couple upgrades from jpmorgan and Goldman Sachs, so theres renewed interest in the german auto sector the cac 40 is
The market moved. I am incredibly hopeful that well get the done by the end of the year Jpmorgan Ceo Jamie Dimon takes aim at president trumps policies, saying the u. S. Economy would be growing much faster if the administration got its act together. Ask any of new this audience what have regulations done theyre crippling businesses Small Business formation in this country, the United States of america, is less in a major recovery by 500,000 businesses embrace new opportunities. Thats the message from European Commission president Jeanclaude Juncker as he strikes a bullish tone in his state of the Union Address. The wind is back in the sails. We have now a window of opportunity, but it will not stay open forever. Welcome, everyone. Lets look at the energy complex. The oil market has coped well with the busy Hurricane Season thats the message from the International Energy agency. In its new report, the iea said crude prices were settling after recent severe weather. It added that Invest
Make something beautiful. For the city she loved. Its red this morning and heres a closer view of coit tower, as well. You can see the changing hues this morning. So of course, always remembering firefighters. Heres a current look at our temperatures in the 40s and 50s this morning. So it is a pretty cool day. Cheer skies, clear enough to see the changing colors this morning. And heres what we can expect. We are going to get the clouds to arrive here today. Cloudy skies and cool today and then the storm will get here around midnight bringing with it rain and wind. Look at the expected rainfall totals between a quarter to 1. 5. The north bay hills will get the most from the system. We are tracking an accident. We were just taking a look at highway 37 and speeds were in the green. They may not be for much longer. We have a big rig and a car that got into it there. Now that car is stuck under the big rig. So do expect delays if you are heading i would say in either direction along 37. Tha