Obstacles facing oil and gas and why the lock downs are a big deal but may not change much longer term. It is friday, october 16, and this is Worldwide Exchange. If i have it right, i think that is the black key and the song is 10 00 a. M. But were playing it at 5 00 welcome from yfr wherever in th world you are watching stock futures right now are in the green but lets be carefully here, they are basically flat. Dow futures are up 9 points, so in the green, yes, nasdaq up 22, but got a long i way to go the big money question on this bring is whether today will mark a rare four day losing streak for the nasdaq were down previous three sessions, although amazingly were still higher on the week outside of stocks, the big winner this week has been bitcoin. Thats right, up 4. 5 . Climbed earlier back above 11,500 bitcoin has been the winning asset class coming into a friday lets go around the world and it is looking like a nice session in europe as well. Lets ghets t get the trade, geoff c
The cost of going private. Var had its first real controversy in english football last night, as chelseas willian was booked for diving against norwich in the penalty area. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Strong winds and snow have been causing travel disruption this morning in many parts of the country. Winds gusting at more than 80 miles an hour have left more than 60,000 homes without power. Police in lincolnshire have appealed to the public to help clear trees which are blocking major roads. Fallen trees have also blocked Railway Lines and roads. Commuters in scotland and the north of england have been warned about treacherous driving conditions. The amber warning has been lifted, gales affecting other areas. Many of these pictures have been coming to us, travelling conditions are hazardous in many places. We mentioned the delays caused by trees down on Railway Lines. This isjust one example. These shots in, over the last while. A lot of people trying to clear the problem. Affecting
Spot left in the 60s . St. Petersburg, everybody else in the 50s. So grab your jackets, dry air in place as the sun comes up late this hour. Well start to warm things up quickly today and High Temperatures as a result will get in the mid to upper 70s. But quite a chilly start, van vanessa. Vanessa i like it, though. Thanks, dave. We want to get over here to the gandy bridge where we have police activity. We told you we dont have any official crashes reported and now were getting reports from people in the area they might look for something or searching in the area near the water so this piet be unrelated as far as traffic but as far as eastbound drivers are concerned, right lane closer to the saint pete side. Where were looking at right now construction has been reported here along 275 southbound at the exit to howard armenia. That right lane is going to be blocked on the exit. Laura an alert for students and staff at u. S. F. Russell Campus Police are looking for two men who robbed a
We are going to make America Great again. And now the candidates are turning their attention to the South Carolina primary. You will want to hear this before you head out the door, problems this morning with a big road project in largo. Those orange barrels lining ulmerton road are there to stay. For now. The Company Working on the project packed up and left. And now a new company is picking up the work. The ulmerton road project was supposed to be done already and now the hope, and this just the hope, it will be completed in a few months. And today is ash wednesday. Its one of the most important holy days for christians around the world. Ash wednesday kicks off lent, its a time believers are encouraged to give something up that represents the sacrifice jesus made on the cross. And lets get a check on the weather with meteorologist leigh spann. We still have a lot of clouds for some of us but they are scouring out as we speak. When you get the clearer sky, temperatures fall. The next t
Now the candidates are turning their attention to South Carolinas primary. You will want to hear this before you head out the door, problems this morning with a big road project in largo. Those orange barrels lining ulmerton road are there to stay for now. The Company Working on the project just packed up and left. And now a new company is picking up the work. The ulmerton road project was supposed to be done already and now the hope is it will be completed in a few months. And breaking news this morning, right now a home in Safety Harbor is seriously damaged. You can see in this video here, just in to the newsroom, the Pinellas County Sheriffs Office tells us a vehicle hit this home. Its on Martin Luther king street. And now all this happened this morning. And you can see now, the vehicle has been removed. And we are checking to find out what caused this crash. We will have more on this as we learn more this morning. Now at 6 01, lets get a check on weather with meteorologist leigh sp