AFN
NEWS
Thursday, September 13, 2018
1)
From ABC News, I’m Chuck Sivertsen.
More than 10 million people are now under storm watches or warnings in Carolina
and Virginia as Hurricane Florence
shifts south. “Florence is now a Category 3 storm, but don’t let that fool you.
We are on the wrong side of this storm where most of the damage is done.” North
Carolina Governor Roy Cooper says
life-threatening rain may last for days as he urges people who haven’t evacuated
the coast to leave now. “The Red Cross already housing more than 1600 people
fleeing storm from South and North Carolina. They’ll open more evacuation
centers today. Red Cross officials say as many as 100,000 residents may need
places to stay and wait out the storm. The Red Cross supplementing local
schools and stadium shelters with FEMA
making sure they get supplies they need. Andy
Field, ABC News. Forecasters say Florence will hit the Carolinas and then stall
extending the length of Hurricane-force winds, storm surge, and rainfall.
2)
Former Trump campaign Chairman Paul
Manafort is in negotiations with special counsel Robert Mueller’s office over a possible plea agreement. Sources
tell ABC News. Manafort’s second trial on failing to register as a foreign
agent is slated to begin later this month.
3)
President Trump has signed an executive order that will impose sanctions for
election interference. “Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats says the administration signs an attempted interference in
U.S. elections, not just by Russia but from China and capabilities from
potentially Iran and North Korea. Coats told reporters on a conference call, there’s
an ongoing effort to catch and stop these attempts. In an effort they will continue
on a 24-hour basis until the midterm election. The DNI said the administration wants
to have a full assessment after the election to, quote, ensure the American people know exactly what may or may not have
happened. Karen Travers, ABC News at
the White House.
4)
Food and Drug Administration calls e-cigarettes an epidemic among miners. The
agency has written fines to retailers found unlawfully selling e-cigarettes to
those underage. You’re listening to ABC News.
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From
the Fox Business Network, on Wall Street major averages ending mixed with weakness
in the tech sector pushing the NASDAQ in the red. The Dow closing up 28 points.
The NASDAQ down 18. S&P500 up a point. // And for the third straight year,
household income rising with a median average of $61,372, according to the
Census Bureau, boosted by a large number of Americans with full-time jobs and calling
back some losses in income from the great recession that started at the end of
2007. Yet, householders are still earning essentially the same income that they
did back then as inflation adjusted median income remains below the record for a
typical household which was $62,000 in 1999. // And mobile devices are driving
60% of all e-commerce traffic, according to data provided by customer
relationship management company Salesforce.
Additionally, 71% of shoppers use mobile devices in store to read reviews, make
purchases. With the Fox Business Report, I’m Hilarie Barsky.
