This is the news hour live from coming up the next sixty minutes fighting in syria as another round of talks to end almost seven years of war. The killing of children and Doctors Without Borders they were among almost seven thousand victims and. South koreas president makes his first visit to china. North korea over its nuclear test. Top story in sport. One of the biggest prizes american football. A short break. Both the government and opposition are present and juta meet un special envoys to find them a story hes urging russia to convince the Syrian Government there is no time to lose on reaching a peace deal speaking through a Swiss Television channel and the story said failure to end the war quickly could lead to a fragmentation of syria. Our correspondent David Chaytor is in geneva joins us live from there so another day another round are they making any progress though david. Sami im afraid to say that the socalled Peace Process is fully again on rocky ground the sides have not ev
Those blasts sent massive fire balls into the nights sky. The initial blast erupted at a warehouse for Hazardous Materials and triggered other explosions at nearby businesses. Those explosions could be felt miles away. The cause at this point not immediately clear. Lets take a look at some live pictures this morning from tianjin china. You can still see the smoke cloud billowing. We heard from hyundai. Well take more of a look at whats happening with china in a bit. About 4,000 imported vehicles were destroyed by that blast. Heres the big stories today, China Central bank holding a News Conference in beijing overnight arguing theres no basis for continued currency depreciation. Earlier in the day they set the rate below yesterdays close. Well have a live report in a moment. Athens wants to see a vote before a euro zone identifinanc meeting tomorrow. It argued it lacked clarity on the direction of policies. Here in the u. S. A busy day on the data front. We get jobless claims, july reta
All the major averages are in the green and hanging onto gains. We have seen price swings pickup. That was anticipated. September can be a volatile month. It is the most volatile month of the year by far if you look at the bloomberg. This is the average percentage change for the s p 500 did you can see september is the highest this year. It is still lower than december and last year. We have the biggest swings of the year, it is dwarfed by what we saw a year ago. We still have a few weeks ago in this month. It is the most volatile we have seen, not compared with any volatility thus far this year. We will keep an eye on that trade retail is relatively strong area that we are watching. The gap is leaving the game. The old navy unit is worth 30 more than the total Companies Enterprise value. He said the divisional margins are being disclosed for the first time. About 75 ofrating the profit. Also one, l brands are the rise. Macys and nordstrom are trading higher. The latest Johnson Redbook
Stopping every hundred miles calling baton rouge welcome to squawk alley. With me at post 9, kayla tausche. A head bop. Yes. Jon fortt is at the vanity fair summit and joining me. Jason calacanis. Good morning to all of you. The clock is ticking to the start of the final president ial debate between donald trump and Hillary Clinton, 9 00 p. M. Eastern time from the university of nevada in las vegas. Our own john harwood is on the scene with a preview. Good morning again, john. Reporter good morning, carl. I want to play for you some of the sound that we talked about last hour showing highlights from the first two debates, which are the most important ones, because the viewership was higher than we expect it to be tonight. In the first debate, the most effective thing donald trump did was make an argument for change, and Hillary Clinton baited donald trump in ways that paid off later. Take a listen. Why are you just thinking about these solutions right now . For 30 years youve been doin
Jennifer humbug. There is big news on the environmental frown front today. So first bp, the worlds Third Largest oil Company Announced it was going to pay 4. 5 billion in fines and plead guilty to 14 criminal charges connected to, of course, the giant oil spill in the gulf of mexico. Thats number one. Meanwhile, in new york, the president surveyed the damage from hurricane sandy. Of course, which was everybody knows, precipitated by Climate Change. He met storm victims in staten island, one of the areas hardest hit by the storm. 23 of the 43 deaths in the new york region related to hurricane sandy. They were on staten island. Obama during difficult times like this, were reminded that were bound together and we have to look out for each other and a lot of the things that seem petty differences melt away and we focus on what binds us together and that we, as americans, are going to stand with each other in their hour of need. Jennifer in fact, there is new political coalitions emerging f