For post storm rescue missions and lay the ground work for the long term recovery effort. The fema organization will do quick assess many try to find out where the most damaged areas are so we can get the teams out in the street and do much good quickly. Time zest essence. Reporter millions of residents here continue riding out the storm, many others headed for the mainland. They say they didnt want to leave their homes but they are putting safety first. It was just time for to us get off. We didnt stay for maria. Disastrous situation for the island. It will destroy some homes. Reporter right now the destructive winds are causin the most damage but in the followup to this storm there could be major flooding, storm surge of 9 feet and potentially deadly mudslides. In san juan, puerto rico, steve harrigan, fox news. And so here at home philadelphia sizeable Puerto Rico Community is watch and waiting for word from familiar and friends on that battered island. The fair hill section of cour
Im nejra cehic. Still seeing a little reaction from the fomc meeting. Ive got the stoxx 600. We were seeing stronger gains. It softened a little bit. We are still up 0. 2 . Stronger dollar against most major peers. Bloomberg dollar index up 0. 1 . It did gain more than that in yesterdays session. The 10year yield rising two basis points. We are at 2. 27 . Pretty steady right now. Also keeping an eye on crude oil. We are a little lower in todays session. 50. 52 dollars a barrel. Weve also got breaking news for you. Leaving its key rate unchanged at 0. 5 . Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Sebastian the bank of japan kept its monetary stimulus unchanged, but a dovish board member opposes the decision. He argued there was little chance of reaching the banks inflation target and the effects of the current yield curve program werent strong enough. That was an unexpected dissension on a board chosen by Prime Minister shinzo abe. The u. S. Secretary of state has told european allies the
While they are live in my headquarters in doha with me as the pronto also ahead. Of strategic patience is over a united front against north Korea Donald Trump and japans sions are they denounced pyongyang for the russian warning that all options are on the table lebanons former Prime Minister be mates with saudi arabias king solomon two days after he resigned leaked documents are real how this man Donald Trumps commerce secretary and other mega rich their money and offshore tax havens. At least twenty six people a day after a gunman opened fire at a church and texas the man who gave chase to the suspect is now speaking out he said he was driving near the church when he saw two men shooting at each other. I did what i thought i needed to do which is they said that theres a shooting i pursued and i just did what i thought was the right day. While a vigil has been held for those killed in Sundays Church shooting dozens of People Holding candles attended the gathering across the street fro
Good morning. Im mike santoli today in for wilfred frost. Lets get to the markets. Glad to have you today. A lot going on. U. S. Equity futures after a record close did not take much yesterday, but the s p and nasdaq finished at record levels. Dow futures are looking up more than 10 points this early morning. S p futures up a half point. Nasdaq futures up almost 2. As for the tenyear treasury note yield. Yields ticked a bit higher that boosted the dollar a bit. Still were hovering below 2. 40 on the tenyear. I guess thats an improvement from the 2. 30 level from last week. Its grinding slowly higher like the equity markets. Asian equities overnight, generally a mixed picture. We have the markets in south korea closed as they elect a new president. Japan was down, hang seng was up. The korean vote comes after the former leader was ousted on briarry charges. Polls close there at 7 00 a. M. Eastern time, in a couple hours. A live report in a few minutes. We have a chart issue. Why dont we
Tweets warns sacked fbi boss james comey not to leak information to the media. He also threatens to cancel press briefings. Christopher good to have you with us. More than 70 countries across the world have been struck by a cyber attack that has struck businesses and government institutions. Dozens of hospitals across britain forced into cancel clemens and turn away patients after an attack crippled their systems. Health facilities in england and scotland asking patients to seek medicalare only in emergencies. The attack use Malicious Software that takes Computer System hostage and water them and less a ransom is paid. Officials are working with hospitals to investigate this disruption. We have a screenshot of that malware popping up at medical facilities across britain. The picture has been widely retweeted and it says of the files have been encrypted and will only be made available if a 300 million ransom is paid. A homepage of the Health Service in one region close to london showing