Delay of aramcos ipo which made push to be the biggest share sail into 2019. We will ask why. China calls. Economic growth science shows signs of growth. Retail sales taking lower relative to expectations. Does the chinese economy peaked in the first half of the year . That we will be following story this morning. Also looking at european futures. Not a lot to push us around this morning so maybe we will get some impetus from the china data. We see the euro stoxx 50 futures down one third of 4 and dax futures down. 251 . If you take a look at bunds, the yield is rising so investors selling off the perceived safety of German Government debt albeit a miniscule amount there and pushing the yield up right now to 0. 41 percent. We are starting to get a little bit of a firmer picture this morning but not a lot of movement after the drop in asian stocks. Guy that is exactly what we are seeing on the gmm and the currency column telling the story. But how many are in great. A bit of movement in
Right now president obama is meeting with House Republican leaders at the white house. They are discussing a plan to end the dead lock over the debt ceiling and the Government Shutdown. This is taking place shortly after the president met with Senate Democrats. Wall street liked what it heard today and then some, the dow gained 323 points. We are hitting this from several fronts tonight. Mike viqueira at the white house, and libby casey from capital hill. Mike lets start with you. What is at steak in this meeting . One week from now the government could default, the first default in american history. Were all familiar with the rhetoric and the stances, but now a Surprise Initiative this morning. Offering a relatively clean, in other words no Strings Attached no talk about obamacare its only six weeks, but thats enough to satisfy a lot of people, including as you point out the Financial Markets. Democrats are unhappy about some aspects of this, namely that it is too short. Democrats are
Especially the bridges and overpasses. As a result, icy spots. If it looks wet, in fact, that could be ice. Treat it like that. Allow extra time as you leave this morning. Near freezing much of northern virginia. Much of maryland including montgomery, arlington, fairfax, and prince georges counties. Hour by hour through the morning, icy spots may still be lingering through 8 00 a. M. Well be getting above freezing by mid morning. And then by noontime, ought to be hitting the mid 40s. Well have lots of sunshine. Sunrise, 7 00. Sunset at 5 45. Arlington, our hometown forecast, thats going to be up near mid 40s by noontime with lots of sunshine. A few clouds building during the afternoon. A leak at the rest of the day and into this evening coming up in ten minutes. Now a look at how this iciness affecting traffic. Danellas here. Good morning. In the first 4 traffic office, very busy this morning because of icy conditions. First lets start with i270, the ramp to 355 shut down because of ic