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Acres and continues to rage. The cooler temperatures and light rain have officials feeling more optimistic they may get a handle on the devastation in the oil stands region. More than 80,000 people have been evacuated in Fort Mcmurray. Officials say theres no timeline to return residents to the city. Its a pretty horrible devastation thats taken place there. Homes have been lost. But again, people evacuated and are out of the way. Oil prices are reacting as the wildfire has knocked out a Million Barrels as a result of the fire. Bp and oil firms warn they cannot deliver on certain contracts. Wt...

Could chalk up its biggest weekly advance in six months. We will continue to follow the story out of ukraine and keep you updated throughout the morning. The Russia Ukraine situation, that is not the only geopolitical story on the radar. Chuck hagel sounding the alarm on the situation in the middle east arguing that the longterm threat of isis is even more dangerous than al qaeda. Chuck hagel talking about the 9 11 threat to the United States. Jim, isil is as sophisticated and well funded as any group that we have seen. They marry ideology, sophistication of strategic and ticketical military p...

Morning. Its heading east. The pilots will take turns flying day and night. If goes as plan the trip will end in mid june. Four u. S. Stops are planned. Here are the big stories today. Apple holding a major press event in san francisco. The Company Expected to offer details on the watch including a high end model that some say could cost as much as 10,000. Well talk more about apple and the entry into the dow in a few moments. A new survey finding the fed to raise rates in the second half of the year. 57 of those polled by the National Association of business economists say uncertainty over th...

Clean debt limit increase. Under no circumstances . I told the president theres no way were going to pass one. The votes are not in the house and the president is risking default by not having a conversation with us. By moodys ceo says the chance of a u. S. Default is extremely unlikely. That reflects our thinking that it is extremely unlikely that the government treasury is not going to continue to pay on the treasury securities. Hopefully it is unlikely that we dont go past october 17th and fail to raise the debt ceiling, but even if that does happen, then we think the u. S. Treasury is stil...

At this hour, at least right now, there are some modest advances. Germany up by about 14 points. Ftse up by 8 points and in france, the cac up by about close to 10 points. In geopolitical news, we are watching the situation in ukrai ukraine. The Ukrainian Government warns a ceasefire with pro russian fighters would end tonight. If the two sides failed to reach a deal on lastminute talks. Meanwhile, there are reports of heavy fighting around separatist strong holds in the eastern part of that country. Its a situation we will continue to watch. Andrew, right now, baub back over to you. Dupont is...