Im Francine Lacqua in london. We have a lot to get through today. We have quite a lot of news. Mark carney and Philip Hammond, and we will get on to brexit. First, let me show you your markets. A lot of the movement we saw in the last hour reports to what we heard from the chancellor and the boe governor. I would suggest it is really what is happening in the u. K. That many to look at. 675. Can see the pound, 1. 2 when it says market matrix, it is basically the difference between the two year gilt yield and the 30 year gilt yield. That curve is kind of flat. The u. S. Dollar, pretty much unchanged at 1197. The two year u. S. Yield, 1. 36. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Fourter barclays and former executives have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud. The u. K. Fraud office said john varley and roger jenkins, and oth faced charges, along with the bank. Barclays says it is closed considering his position in relation to the allegations. U. K. , a 47yearold man
The fire. This is a building that has been in the news lately. In march the vinick Family Foundation announced they were donating 2. 5 million to renovate this rec center. The largest individual gift in the 90year history of the boys and girls club in tampa bay. And it were set to be renamed the jeff and penny vinick family winston park boys and girls club. This will be a blow to the people in the area that depend on rec centers like this for after school care. It was set to community. I grew up here. Everybody here grew up here and just it just meant a lot to see something happening in the neighborhood for the kids. Reporter this building was closed while it was under construction but set to reopen sometime over the next few months. The fire marshal is currently on scene trying to figure out what caused this fire. If there is any good news no one was inside of the building when this fire did break out huge fire. Were told that close to 35 firefighters came on scene, again two ladder t
Beat. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Authorities outside new orleans tonight are defending their decision to release from custody the man who shot to death a former nfl player in an apparent case of road rage. The death of exnfl running back joe mcknight, who was unarmed, is generating a fair amount of outrage over early accounts of how the confrontation played out, and over the release of the shooter without charges. Tonight as questions mount, investigators are cautioning against a rush to judgment. Nbcs jacob rascon is on the story for us. Took somebody life. Reporter tonight a frustrated community demanding answers. What do we want . We want justice. Reporter horrified that Ronald Gasser would be ltd go without charges after he admitted to gunning down former nfl running back joe mcknight during a road rage incident. The sheriff says theres more to the story. Mr. Gasser did not st
Authorities need your help. And the holidays are here. And perhaps the biggest gift already. Can you guess our person of the week . Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin with the bombshell from the jury in a South Carolina courtroom. Walter scott, running off, the Police Officer chasing him, then firing eight times. Scott was not armed. The officer saying he fired until the threat was over. Just a short time ago, the jury revealing its deadlocked. One of the jurors saying i can not without reasonable doubt convict the defendant. Heres steve osunsami. Reporter it is very possible video shooting a black man in the back, could go home to the welcome arms of his family. Michael slager needed only one member of the nearly allwhite jury to see his side. To agree that he fired those eight bullets because he was afraid. Even though his victim had already run nearly 18 feet away. The judge read a letter from one lone juror explaining how he couldnt convict on e
And the holidays are here. And perhaps the biggest gift already. Can you guess our person of the week . Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin with the bombshell from the jury in a South Carolina courtroom. Walter scott, running off, the Police Officer chasing after him, then firing eight times. The officer saying he fired until the threat was over. Just a short time ago, the jury revealing its deadlocked. One of the jurors saying i can not without reasonable doubt convict the defendant. Heres steve osunsami. Reporter it is very possible tonight that this former Police Officer, seen on cell phone video shooting a black man in Michael Slager needed only one member of the nearly allwhite jury to see his side. To agree that he fired those eight bullets because he was afraid. Even though his victim had already run nearly 18 feet away. The judge read a letter from one lone juror explaining how he couldnt convict on either charge. I cant consider a guilty ver