More Domestic Travel to a little more overseas travel now. Theaad lets get to markets and have a look at what is going on. Nikkei, in with the leading japanese shares, just seeing stocks drifting to the upside. We did see jobless numbers come out. Slightly better than expected, looking for a 3 jobless rate, but 2. 9 . Looking elsewhere, retail sales out of hong kong, looking also at the futures for the u. S. , pretty much flat. Asian equities drifting slightly to the upside. Looking at the shanghai composite, lets look at how the gpi is behaving as well. Just about flat. The shanghai comp, 0. 2 lower. Chinese Economic Activity continued to rebound. Expansion in manufacturing activity, just slowing slightly there. A Rate Decision out of australia later on. Expecting the rba to keep rates. And the singapore market 0. 6 lower. Quick check on the currency is, weve got a fifth straight monthly drop for the dollar. Bloomberg dollar index down by 0. 25 . The yen, a tad weaker. Euro currently
To that story in just a minute, but first the latest battle between the Trump Administration and california. The Trump Administration carried out its promised today to revoke californias authority to set admission standards higher than federal levels. In a series of tweets President Trumps that his action would create jobs, as he predicted americans would buy more cars. He said the new cars will make the air cleaner by taking older models off the roads. However the epas own estimates dispute that claim. Californias governor and attorney general say they will fight the row back in court. We cannot afford to backslide in our battle against climate change. For us, this is about survival. Our communities are screaming for help to address the climate crisis. Governor newsom said the administrations move is intended to benefit oil companies, he said many automakers are on board with the lower emissions and higher mileage requirements under a deal made back in july. To make a San Francisco wo
I saw a man on the floor, just on the floor. Lycie the man she had is in serious condition and lives nearby, the officer, her dog and two other drivers escaped major injury. Chp came in to investigate to avoid any conflict of interest. Our police are always very cautious and highly respected. So to see an accident like this is kind of shocking. The chp Major Accident Investigation Team spent the day diagramming the scene. At the time of the crash that road was sick from morning just goes to show that writing in these riding in these conditions is really dangerous. The names of the officer and everyone else involved have not yet been released. Henry, thank you. For the second day in a week it was a wet commute for many parts of the bay area this morning. This is what it looked like in downtown oakland. People use whatever they could, a rain jacket or umbrella, to stay dry. Lets talk about the weather, how much rain did we actually get built . To make it rained in oakland, about 2 10 of
Lives nearby. The officer, her dog, and the two other drivers escaped major injury. Redwood city Police Brought in the chp to investigate, to avoid any conflict of interest. Our police are always very cautious. And highly respected, so to see an accident like this is kind of shocking. The chp Major Accident Investigation Team spent the day diagramming the scene. At the time of the crash, the road was slick from the morning rain. It goes to show riding in these conditions, the first rain of the year, is really dangerous. The names of the officer and other people involved have not been released. Now to marin county where a woman and two Young Children suffered various injuries when their car crashed and rolled over today. It happened at a 30 this morning on highway 101 year that exit for st. Vincent drive. Allison rodriguez tells us that authorities are looking for Good Samaritans who pulled those victims to safety. Reporter drivers zoomed past the 101 near san rafael now, but it was a s
Thats it for abc 7 news at 5 00. Request see you tomorrow at 6 00. For tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. President trump back on the trail, and on the attack. Rolling out his slogan for 2020. Railing against democrats, the media, and why he wants to run against Oprah Winfrey. Plus, this just in. Where he may come facetoface with kim jongun. Also, breaking news. The new fertility clinic failure. Abc news has learned a second clinic reporting a critical malfunction. This, after another breakdown at a clinic near cleveland. More than 1,000 worried patients devastated over the possible loss. And police revealing new clues in the mystery disappearance of a husband not seen for more than two years. His wife never reporting him missing. New winter threat. The third noreaster in less
than two weeks, about to slam the east coast. This, as many are still digging out. And just getting their power back on. Sam champion standing by. And o. J. Simpson, the never before seen