Heres meteorologist leigh spann. Good morning. We felt the drier air, the less humid air yesterday. And its holding on today for the most part. You see the red shaded area. This is the moisture in the atmosphere. The red is dry. The blue is more humid. Its starting to creep back in. Its not quite as comfortable today. An afternoon high of 91 which is just above the average of 90. But with the drier area, notice the rain chance today, mostly south of i4. In weather and traffic on the 8s, i have an hourbyhour look at your wednesday. And leslee is going to help you plan the commute. Pretty good right now. Great in downtown tampa and downtown st. Pete. We have a road closure, reminder for you, seminole boulevard north of ulmerton. Some of the northbound lanes are blocked. During rush hour, take starkey through the area or move over northbound side. Lets take a live lookout here. Looking good across the Howard Frankland bridge. Only going to take you six minutes to cross it. And thats a loo
Freeze. Our road map begins with global volatility continuing. Jim mcgoggin. And apollo and adt are in a deal. And the death of Supreme Court justice ascalia has creatd a firestorm. First up, stock futures jumping sharply. Saudi arabia, russia, qatar and venezuela agreeing to freeze output at january levels provide that other major exporters follow suit. Crude prices rose off their highs of the morning. Some analysts expected an agreement to cut production. Thats not exactly what were talking about now iran on the tape is saying, maybe, we still want our piece. Thats going to be the question, iran and iraq as well who is also ramping up production to get money, its an expensive fight it has on its hands with isis. Thats the big caveat that Oil Producers will agree. Before this announcement, brent crude was up as much as 5 . Its still higher. The bulls would say, at least were getting diplomacy. This is the first coordinated move that the major producers are doing since the pain began,
Equity markets and check out the futures this morning. At this point there are very sharp upward moves. Dow futures are indicated up. S p futures indicated up by 22 and the nasdaq up by 56. Of course september hasnt been so good but with one trading session left, the dow, s p is and nasdaq are all sharply lower on the month. Nasdaq is down by 5. 4 . If you check things out for the quarter to date returns all three major indexes are poised to hit their worst record. You take a look at declines of 9 across the board. Heres the stories you need to be watching this morning. We start with the job market. Forecasters say the economy likely added 200,000 private sector jobs last month. Adp viewed as a key indicator ahead of this fridays big monthly payrolls number. In washington the senate and the house expected to pass a stop gap funding bill that will avert a shutdown for now. In the meantime, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says Congressional Republican leaders will begin a talk on
Having big repercussions on a major hotel. New at ten tonight, we are live now at the hotel, with how a mans suicide also plays into this story. Heather, a jump from this Highrise Hotel isnt something we would normally report on, but it turns out the man who took his life here crossed paths with a housekeeper who was assaulted. We were just grieving his loss at this point. Jack lewis is re presiding over a gathering of 10000 cardiologists around the world, exploring research and break through devices, but what happened sunday at the Headquarters Hotel has his attention now. All i know is we lost a young staff person and are very much in grieving. As the conventioning convention was beginning, a 26yearold employee jumped from the marriots roof and died instantly, hitting a fifth floor deck. Earlier that day, a housekeeper was choked and assaulted in a penthouse room where the young worker had previously been. The Hotel Workers union says if theres a connection. Certainly, the proximity
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