aside, pieces. joe biden stepped aside, backing his vice president, kamala harris, for the topjob in backing his vice president, kamala harris, for the top job in the backing his vice president, kamala harris, for the topjob in the us presidential race. and the prime minister has spoken at the farnborough airshow today. he paid tribute tojoe biden�*s time in office, saying it will not have been an easy decision for him to step down. welcome to bbc news. it is 2pm. two of the adults killed in a collision between a car on motorbike in west yorkshire have been locally as shane and shannon. two girls travelling in the car without him were also killed, along with a man and woman who were on board the motorbike. the collision happened on the a61 between wakefield and barnsley on sunday afternoon. police were still at the scene this morning. these pictures show some of the debris

from the vehicles that were still on the road surface. we are about to hear a press conference. let’s the road surface. we are about to hear a press conference. let's have a listen in- — hear a press conference. let's have a listen in. _ hear a press conference. let's have a listen in. reporting— hear a press conference. let's have a listen in. reporting a - a listen in. reporting a collision on the a61, near to stein cross, between wakefield and barnsley. emergency services attended and established there had been a collision between a motor vehicle and a motorcycle. the car involved was a ford focus and contained four people, a man, a woman, and two girls. the motorcycle was being driven by a man and a woman. very sadly, all six people died at the scene. this is obviously a tragic incident with a devastating loss of life. specialist police officers are supporting the family officers are supporting the family of the deceased, and i would ask that they privacy be respected at this time. the road between warren

lane and shaw lane is currently closed and will remain so for some time. this is obviously an extremely tragic incident for the officers and emergency services that attend the scene, and i would like to pass out my thanks to officers from west yorkshire and also south yorkshire who supported us, as well as west and south fire and rescue services, and south fire and rescue services, and the yorkshire ambulance service. my and the yorkshire ambulance service. my heart goes out to the family and loved ones who have lost people in this incident. this is a truly horrendous collision which we are currently in the early stages of investigating. i would ask that anyone who witnessed the incident or who has dash cam footage, please contact the major collision inquiry team. thank you. 50.

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forward, and indeed anyone who had any dash cam footage from the scene at the time, then they would like people to come forward. there, you can see the aftermath of the crash that did take place over the weekend. the authors are saying that it was just horrendous, truly horrendous, and extremely tragic. talking about how specialist officers were supporting the family that were there. one local man who said he knew shane, one of the adults killed in the car, told journalists what he knew. they are a localfamily- — journalists what he knew. they are a local family. we _ journalists what he knew. they are a local family. we are _ journalists what he knew. they are a local family. we are all _ journalists what he knew. they are a local family. we are all a _ journalists what he knew. they are a local family. we are all a close - local family. we are all a close area and everybody knows everybody. he used to deliver for the local takeaway. he is known by quite a lot, especially like us, where i'm a local lad from this area, so

basically i've known him for quite a while. it'sjust devastating, what's happened to him and the kids. i didn't know his partner, ijust knew him. obviously, being close, but it is a devastating time for us all. it sounds like they were really well loved family. sounds like they were really well loved family-— loved family. definitely, definitely. _ loved family. definitely, definitely. they - loved family. definitely, definitely. they kept - loved family. definitely, - definitely. they kept themselves loved family. definitely, _ definitely. they kept themselves to themselves and they were a normal working family. themselves and they were a normal working family-— themselves and they were a normal working family. what did you make of it when ou working family. what did you make of it when you heard _ working family. what did you make of it when you heard the _ working family. what did you make of it when you heard the new? _ working family. what did you make of it when you heard the new? it - working family. what did you make of it when you heard the new? it was - it when you heard the new? it was devastating _ it when you heard the new? it was devastating. like _ it when you heard the new? it was devastating. like i— it when you heard the new? it was devastating. like i say, _ it when you heard the new? it was devastating. like i say, it - it when you heard the new? it was devastating. like i say, it is- devastating. like i say, it is close. whatever happens around here, basically everybody gets to find out straightaway. i think a lot of people knew what had happened before. it's a horrible time for everybody. before. it's a horrible time for everybody-— before. it's a horrible time for eve bod . ~ ., ., ., before. it's a horrible time for eve bod .~ ., ., ., ., ., everybody. what a -- what sort of a cha was everybody. what a -- what sort of a chap was he? _ everybody. what a -- what sort of a chap was he? a _ everybody. what a -- what sort of a chap was he? a normal— everybody. what a -- what sort of a chap was he? a normal lad, - everybody. what a -- what sort of a chap was he? a normal lad, gets i everybody. what a -- what sort of a chap was he? a normal lad, gets on with day-to-day _ chap was he? a normal lad, gets on with day-to-day life. _ chap was he? a normal lad, gets on with day-to-day life. a _ chap was he? a normal lad, gets on with day-to-day life. a nice - chap was he? a normal lad, gets on with day-to-day life. a nice kid. - with day—to—day life. a nice kid. always smiling and cheerful, and loved his family. it's devastating,

what's happened. that loved his family. it's devastating, what's happened.— loved his family. it's devastating, what's happened. that is one local man who said _ what's happened. that is one local man who said he _ what's happened. that is one local man who said he knew _ what's happened. that is one local man who said he knew shane - what's happened. that is one local. man who said he knew shane roller. mr roller�*s brother calum said in a social media post that his heart had been ripped into a million pieces. he posted: it has absolutely broken my heart and it has absolutely broken both sides of the family. you all had a heart of gold. i'm going to miss you will like crazy. my heart goes out to shannon's side of the family and mine. meanwhile, the security minister, danjarvis, the mp for barnsley north, said it was devastating news. he posted on x, formerly known as twitter, that his heartfelt condolences go to the families. let's go live to the police station in west yorkshire, where our correspondent is. the superintendent was saying that it was a truly tragic incident.- was a truly tragic incident. that's ri . ht. was a truly tragic incident. that's right- within _ was a truly tragic incident. that's right. within the _ was a truly tragic incident. that's

right. within the last _ was a truly tragic incident. that's right. within the last few - was a truly tragic incident. that's i right. within the last few minutes, he has gone through some of the detail of this horrific crash on the border between west and south yorkshire yesterday. he described how a motorcyclist and his passenger were killed on that stretch of road, along with four people who were in that car, a couple and their two young girls. that couple have been named locally, as we know, as shannon morgan and shane roller. before you came to me, we heard some of the tributes paid to shame by one of the tributes paid to shame by one of his friends, jamie phillips, who arrived at the scene earlier to place some flowers. what police are saying is that this is an absolutely tragic incident. superintendent alan travis, in his short briefing earlier said his heart goes out to the loved ones of those people who

died in this tragedy yesterday afternoon. what they have done is, they have closed off a stretch of that a61. i'm told by people who live close by that that road is extremely busy. so investigations were clearly focused dust might will clearly focus on what happened, what led to the collision in the moments before the motorcycle and a car collided, and to do that of the superintendent said he needed anyone who may have witnessed something yesterday afternoon that could be witnesses who may have been driving past at the time, who may have seen either the vehicles that might either the vehicles that might either of the vehicle shortly before the crash. in this kind of situation, what is clearly really helpful is if anyone has dash cam footage. that was one of the reasons why west yorkshire police held this briefing here that their headquarters in normanton. this is just a few miles away from the scene of this accident. we have gone

through some of the tributes already paid by danjarvis, the security minister, whose constituency is not far from the scene of the accident. we've also heard from jamie phillips, a friend of shane roller. he also described how he was a delivery driver for a fast food company in the area stop a lot of people will know him. a lot of people will know him. a lot of people will know him. a lot of people will clearly feel what has happened here and will be shocked and devastated. a lot of people are in shock. it is a close—knit community will stop when i was there out there, i spoke to quite a few people, and you get a real sense of that. at this moment, people are trying to have the families and the loved ones in their thoughts and provide any support. west yorkshire police are doing that as well. as well as the investigation, they have officers who will be in contact with the loved ones of those who have died and they will be providing support.

died and they will be providing su ort. , , support. interestingly, the superintendent _ support. interestingly, the superintendent was - support. interestingly, the superintendent was also i support. interestingly, the - superintendent was also paying tribute to the emergency services who turned up at the scene, the police and paramedics, because it must�*ve been an awful seem to turn up must�*ve been an awful seem to turn up to. —— an awful scene. some of the footage and pictures that have emerged a truly horrific. you can imagine the distress that will cause to the emergency services. these officers are professionally trained to deal with this kind of situation, but even for them, this was a distressing image, distressing, what they saw, the wreckage of the motorcycle and also of that car, and clearly people were pronounced dead at the scene. the family with two two young girls and also the motorcyclist and his passenger. —— with two young girls. we don't often hear about the impact on emergency services who do this job daily, but even they are being supported at this time. thank you very much

indeed. senior members of the democratic party and the artist states have backed the current vice president kamala harris to stand against donald trump in this november's election afterjoe biden withdrew from the race. it has emerged that some of mr biden pulls my closest aides were only told of his decision to step aside one minute before it was announced on social media post that i have been weeks of speculation about his health and ms harris says she now intends to earn and when her party is nomination for the white house. from washington, this report from tom bateman. vice president kamala harris is seeing a surge of support as she moves to secure the democratic presidential nomination. despite the weeks of mounting _ presidential nomination. despite the weeks of mounting pressure - presidential nomination. despite the weeks of mounting pressure on - presidential nomination. despite the weeks of mounting pressure on him | presidential nomination. despite the i weeks of mounting pressure on him to step aside, joe biden had been holding firm, but he abruptly abandoned his campaign on a sunday afternoon. .. ., abandoned his campaign on a sunday afternoon. ., ., �* afternoon. reaction to joe biden dro -|n~ afternoon. reaction to joe biden

dropping out _ afternoon. reaction to joe biden dropping out of— afternoon. reaction to joe biden dropping out of the _ afternoon. reaction to joe biden dropping out of the race. - afternoon. reaction to joe biden dropping out of the race. as - afternoon. reaction to joe biden l dropping out of the race. as news channels went _ dropping out of the race. as news channels went into _ dropping out of the race. as news channels went into overdrive. - dropping out of the race. as news channels went into overdrive. in | dropping out of the race. as newsj channels went into overdrive. in a written statement he said: the last time the president was seen in public, having caught covid, he was gingerly descending the steps of our first one. that was wednesday. since then, huddled with his closest aides at his delaware home, he had been reflecting for a couple of days, say sources, before finally making up his mind yesterday morning. mr biden's campaign was fatally damaged from this point, almost a month ago, facing donald trump in a head—to—head debate. mr biden faltered, forgot things and couldn't finish sentences. dealing with everything — couldn't finish sentences. dealing with everything we _ couldn't finish sentences. dealing with everything we have - couldn't finish sentences. dealing with everything we have to - couldn't finish sentences. dealing with everything we have to do - with everything we have to do with... look... if... we finally

beat medicare. _ with... look... if... we finally beat medicare. by _ with... look... if... we finally beat medicare. by now, - with... look... if... we finally beat medicare. by now, there | with... look... if... we finally . beat medicare. by now, there are attempts to revive his campaign were damage limitation, but that was also might like. he had already flunked the moment that really mattered, and then there were more mistakes. including this at a nato summit. triage including this at a nato summit. now including this at a nato summit. now i want to hand _ including this at a nato summit. now i want to hand it _ including this at a nato summit. hm" i want to hand it over to the president of ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. ladies and gentlemen, president putin. president putin? he's going to beat president putin. presidents are lenski! in the end, it was a critical mass of democrats in congress that spelt the end of the road forjoe biden. i was following his for part of this last week and saw him up close as he tried but failed to regain momentum. let me ask you, are you all in? i'm all in. in let me ask you, are you all in? i'm all in. . , let me ask you, are you all in? i'm all in. ., , ., , let me ask you, are you all in? i'm all in. ., all in. in las vegas, back on the campaign _ all in. in las vegas, back on the

campaign trail— all in. in las vegas, back on the campaign trail last _ all in. in las vegas, back on the campaign trail last week, - all in. in las vegas, back on the campaign trail last week, the i campaign trail last week, the 81—year—old started out energised, but the next day he seemed to have slowed down. during a stop at a mexican restaurant, a pitch to hispanic voters, all the questions from reporters were about the growing calls for him to quit the race. this growing calls for him to quit the race. �* , , , growing calls for him to quit the race. ~ , , , ., , race. as the president, any response... _ race. as the president, any response... ? _ race. as the president, any response... ? then, - race. as the president, any response... ? then, after. race. as the president, any l response... ? then, after 90 race. as the president, any _ response... ? then, after 90 minutes held inside, — response... ? then, after 90 minutes held inside, the _ response... ? then, after 90 minutes held inside, the whole _ response... ? then, after 90 minutes held inside, the whole trip _ response... ? then, after 90 minutes held inside, the whole trip was - held inside, the whole trip was abandoned. we were raced away in the motorcade as it was confirmed the president had covid. the candidate was going home, and it felt like i campaign in crisis. and this always —— this race had already taken an extraordinary turn when donald trump survived an assassination attempt. now officially the republican nominee, mr trump last night hit out at his former rival. he said, kreukjoe biden was not fit to run for president, and he is certainly not

fit to serve and never was. democrats have paid tribute to mr biden, hailing his decision to pull out as a selfless act to serve his country. the former president bill clinton and his wife hillary said mr biden had advanced ourfounder and ultimate charge to create a perfect union and his own stated goal of restoring the soul of our nation. mr biden has backed kamala harris for the nomination. dozens of democrats in congress have now endorsed her, but she doesn't become the candidate automatically. there has to be a process, and others may still throw their hat in the ring.— their hat in the ring. welcome to their hat in the ring. welcome to the white house, _ their hat in the ring. welcome to the white house, everybody. - their hat in the ring. welcome to l the white house, everybody. one erson the white house, everybody. one person who _ the white house, everybody. one person who has — the white house, everybody. one person who has not explicitly backed ms harris, former president barack obama. withjoe biden out of the race, the democrats now find

themselves in a situation unprecedented in modern american history. without a presidential candidate, little more than three months out from the election. we are expecting kamala harris to appear at a preplanned event at the white housein a preplanned event at the white house in around two hours. she is meeting student sportsmen and women as part of a tour of the white house, but we expect her to make some comments on the lawn of the white house, and this of course will be her first public appearance since that announcement last night that joe biden is stepping down. sir keir starmer has announced plans for a new body, skills england to reduce what the government says is an over reliance on foreign workers. he was speaking at the farnborough airshow in hampshire. let's listen to what he says that it might had to say. it cannot be right that some people don't get to feel the pride of making a contribution, the dignity of work, just because we can't find

a way of creating a coherent skills system. that can't be right. so i have to say that we won't be content just to pull the easy lever of importing skills full stop we are turning the page on that. i want to be clear as well, we are going to make sure that there are highly motivated, ambitious, talented young people who want to work in your business. that is our long—term ambition stop we are going to fire up ambition stop we are going to fire up the training of more uk workers and much people's aspirations, which i know are there, with more opportunity. and, in doing this, we will drive growth, because if there is one thing we know that will drive innovation and accelerate productivity, it's having the skilled workers you need to grow your business. so, from the get go, first night will work with the

migration advisory committee. we will identify current and future skills gaps, put in place plans to address those gaps, and reduce our long—term reliance on overseas workers. 5ir long-term reliance on overseas workers. ,, ,, ., a workers. sir keir starmer. nick ardlev was _ workers. sir keir starmer. nick ardley was there _ workers. sir keir starmer. nick ardley was there at _ workers. sir keir starmer. nick ardley was there at the - workers. sir keir starmer. nick ardley was there at the news i ardley was there at the news conference and explains for us exactly what is known about this new body. exactly what is known about this new bod . , , , ., ., body. the biggest test for kia starmer will _ body. the biggest test for kia starmer will be _ body. the biggest test for kia starmer will be delivering - body. the biggest test for kia | starmer will be delivering that economic growth but he has promised. part of the plan is a reboot of the skill system, getting people into betterjobs, plugging skills gaps in the economy, and today in farnborough he has announced that body, first night. the idea is to bring businesses and government together to discuss what the priorities are. the body will have more of a say over where some government funding goes. sir keir has also linked this to another one of his big pledges, which is to bring down immigration. the idea there is that if you train people

for the jobs that need filled, there is less need to bring in people from other countries. sir kier puts it as reducing the overreliance on foreign workers. but training people to do newjobs workers. but training people to do new jobs takes workers. but training people to do newjobs takes time, so i asked the prime minister when people might start to see results. i prime minister when people might start to see results.— start to see results. i won't put an arbitrary date — start to see results. i won't put an arbitrary date on _ start to see results. i won't put an arbitrary date on this, _ start to see results. i won't put an arbitrary date on this, but - start to see results. i won't put an arbitrary date on this, but i - start to see results. i won't put an arbitrary date on this, but i am . arbitrary date on this, but i am absolutely— arbitrary date on this, but i am absolutely determined that we will -et absolutely determined that we will get the _ absolutely determined that we will get the skills which we knew in the areas _ get the skills which we knew in the areas that— get the skills which we knew in the areas that we need them. it has been areas that we need them. it has been a long-time _ areas that we need them. it has been a long—time problem. we know that. years _ a long—time problem. we know that. years and _ a long—time problem. we know that. years and years we have been talking about _ years and years we have been talking about this _ years and years we have been talking about this. so, years and years we have been talking about this. ., ., about this. so, no deadline there from the prime _ about this. so, no deadline there from the prime minister, - about this. so, no deadline there from the prime minister, no - from the prime minister, no timescale either. kia starmer has only been prime ministerfor two timescale either. kia starmer has only been prime minister for two and a half weeks. it is a reminder that some of those big pledges will take time. they certainly won't happen overnight and they will be hard to achieve. police have arrested six people on suspicion of murder after a teenage

boy was shot dead in west london. metropolitan police said officers were called after reports of a shooting in a park in ladbroke grove. six miles arrested on suspicion of murder remain in custody. the victim's identity has not yet been released. john donnison is at the scene. still a pretty heavy police presence here, as you might expect. forensics teams are on the ground and the blue and white tent behind it is where the body is located and that is where those forensics experts are operating. the shooting happened around 7:20 p m yesterday. there had actually been a family fun day taking place in the parkjust next door. music, food, that sort of thing. so it will have been busy. police say they believe the young boy who was shot was 15 years old. he has not yet been identified. officers say they are working to get in touch with his family and confirm his identification. as you say, six

miles arrested, and they are being questioned on suspicion of murder. i assume there is a lot of shock in the area that this could happen. yeah, absolutely. there is actually a school nearby here, and this morning i have been parents bringing their kids to school, finding this police called on in the way, having to go round. it is a busy, built—up residential neighbourhood. yesterday afternoon, a lot of people will have been at this fun day in the park, so a lot of shock, as you say. i assume olice a lot of shock, as you say. i assume police are — a lot of shock, as you say. i assume police are appealing _ a lot of shock, as you say. i assume police are appealing for— a lot of shock, as you say. i assume police are appealing for anyone - a lot of shock, as you say. i assume police are appealing for anyone who might have any information to come forward, and a big forensic operation happening there at the scene. . �* , , operation happening there at the scene. ., �* , , ., scene. that's right. they are appealing — scene. that's right. they are appealing for _ scene. that's right. they are appealing for information. i scene. that's right. they are | appealing for information. of course, there will have been a lot of people around, and the fact they have arrested six people so quickly suggests there might have been a lot

of witnesses to what happened. as you say, they are gathering that forensic material now so they can proceed with this operation as swiftly as possible. more than 20,000 people have taken part in a protest against mass tourism on the spanish island of majorca. around 80 million people visited majorca and the other balearic islands last year. this demonstration is the latest in a wave of anti—tourism protests across spain. nick beek is monitoring events for us and sent us this update. events for us and sent us this u date. ., ., , events for us and sent us this udate. ., ., , update. the authorities in spain say that 20.000 _ update. the authorities in spain say that 20,000 people _ update. the authorities in spain say that 20,000 people turned - update. the authorities in spain say that 20,000 people turned out - update. the authorities in spain say that 20,000 people turned out forl that 20,000 people turned out for it. we were there and suddenly there was a real strength of feeling amongst the people because basically they say that if you look at the figures, 18 million visitors to this island last year, and the other balearic islands. three quarters of those from abroad, and they say it is simply too much for the resources

they got here, for the space available, and also crucial plea for the accommodation, the housing. this is a specific source of anger for so many people. a lot of the flats are being brought up and then rented out, particularly over the summer, to foreign visitors, so that prices out a lot of local people. they are unable to find anywhere to live. that is what one after another desperate people were telling us yesterday. activists at the rally yesterday. activists at the rally yesterday were calling for limits to the number of people arriving, a reduction in the number of planes flying in, the number of cruise ships arriving on the island. we saw another huge boat arrived earlier today. no sign that the government here is willing to do that. and there are warnings that you don't want to jeopardise a sector of the economy that has really been performing extremely well and powering the whole national spanish economy. there have been other protests on the mainland in spain,

in barcelona, but also malaga and in the canary islands as well. of course, there has been this debate which has raged for years in tourist hotspots like this as to whether the visitors bring more problems than they do benefits, but it does feel that something has changed this summer in spain. a lot of people are saying it has reached an intolerable limit, the amount of people coming in. they say that is why something needs to be done urgently. i think we can see more protests in the weeks to come. prince george is celebrating his 11th birthday today, and kensington palace has shared this photograph to celebrate the moment. posting on x, the prince and princess of wales wished their son are very happy 11th birthday. the photo itself was taken by katherine, princess of wales. let me take you back to the white house. this is the live picture there. it is coming up to 9:30am washington

time, and we are showing this because a little later kamala harris will make her first public appearance sincejoe biden ended his re—election campaign yesterday. he endorsed her as the democratic nominee. that will happen at around four 30p an nominee. that will happen at around four30p an hourtime. nominee. that will happen at around four 30p an hour time. this was a scheduled event. the us vice president is set to deliver a speech to the women and men's national collegiate athletic association championship teams at the white house. we think there are about a0 teams that have won events for students across the country in various sporting events, but of course, the world will be watching this later, because it will be the first time that we have heard from kamala harris sincejoe biden ended his re—election campaign yesterday. of course, a number of top democrats have come out supporting her as the presidential nominee, but interestingly there are still some key democrats who have not done that, including former president

barack obama, and the former speaker nancy pelosi. it will be interesting to hear what kamala harris has to say. that speech at around a:30pm. we will have it live on bbc news. now, let's take a look at the weather in the uk with sarah keith lucas. a relatively quite picture for the rest of the day. a fair amount of cloud, so grey at times. there will be some sunshine, and that will be the picture through much of this week. most of us looking much drier than we have, but occasional showers around. in any sunny spells, it will feel pleasantly warm. at the moment, we are between weather systems. one clearing off to the east and another one approaching from the west. high pressure not far away, so no active weather fronts at the moment. for the rest of the day, showers are run from northern ireland, parts of central and southern scotland, northern england. further south and further north across parts of scotland, you have sunshine breaking through. breezy conditions in the south but we will see temperatures

up south but we will see temperatures up to about 2a celsius also. further north, typically high teens, 20s, less of a breeze, so when you catch a shower, they will be slow—moving. this is the pollen levels we expect for the rest of the day. high levels across central and eastern england. elsewhere, moderate to low. it is grass and nectar and pollen that is dominant at the moment. tonight, more showers moving in from the west. showers easing a way to the east, and clearer spells developing behind that. temperatures in the north 11 or 12 celsius in the cities, but 17 celsius for london, quite muggy in the south of england over night. tomorrow, low pressure out to the east, high pressure building in from the west, so initially perhaps more cloud, showery rain for south—east england. that should clear away. sunny spells and a few scattered showers for much of the day, most of them i think down the spine of the country, across the pennines, a few down to wales and south—west england as well. temperatures are between 17 and 2a celsius. the best of the sunshine will be close to coastal areas. in the week, high pressure is

building infora areas. in the week, high pressure is building in for a time must have a lot of dry and settled weather for wednesday. a bit more cloud in blustery showers moving into wales, northern ireland later on in the day, but keeping dry and sunny further towards the south and east. temperatures of 25 celsius in the warmer spots. typically high teens and low to mid 20s. the change into thursday, this waving front moving in from the south—west, bringing spells of persistent rain for a time on thursday. then back to sunny spells and a few showers later in the week.

this is business today, live from new york, where markets are closely attuned to the biggest story in the us: president biden's withdrawalfrom the 202a presidential race. so asjoe biden pulls out of november's election, wall street wonders in which direction the world's biggest economy will head. still stuck on the ground. us airline delta cancels hudreds more flights because of the global it outage, as many other businesses also struggle to recover. hello and welcome to business today. i'm erin delmore. the world's biggest economy is unprecedented terittory. president biden's decision to pull out of november's us election means, there will now be a new president injanuary, and that person's vision for america's economic path foward, could be crucial to the outcome.

the stock markets have just opened here in new york and as you can see the major indicies