i did talk with courtney's mother yesterday. told me when her daughter left her home late on friday night she did tell her to please be careful because of the dark and weather. family members spent the day searching for any sign of 27-year-old courtney ash, her 9-year-old cousin and 5-year-old son cameron. emergency crews rushed down ever green mills road monday evening after her car was spotted upside down in cycling creek. the three were reported missing saturday morning when they didn't return to her uncle's home in leesburg. they left ash burp 11:00 friday night it was dark and rainy with gusty winds. loudoun county sheriff investigators believe she hit a card rail, flipped over embankment and landed upside down in swollen creek. >> this is notoriously tough road when it comes to weather conditions. rain, winding road. so forth. it's not a great road to navigate in normal times let alone during bad weather. >> now, police that point say they don't know why what factor may have led to courtney losing control of the vehicle an

courtney's body was ejected from the car. courtney grew up in loudoun county. she was visiting relatives. we talked to jalen's stepmother before she went out on her own search. she and her husband found the crash scene. >> it's a nightmare. >> i never expected this. it's a shock to me. i never expected this at all. >> reporter: this family is really mourning tonight. now, as for the medical examiner they will conduct an autopsy and determine the exact cause of death. live in leesburg, i'm shomari stone, >>> new video just in from a deadly crash in temple hills on 28th avenue. the driver was in a parking lot off braunnch avenue and hit a second car with three people in it. they you aare all going to be o but the driver of the first car was killed. police are trying to determine what forced her out into the road. >>> down down with deportation. >> an emergency protest tonight to save a pair of brothers from deportation. the two were wrougbrought to th. as children and played socker with the bethesda soccer league. d i.c.e. agents detained the brothers on friday.

and one other thing courtney's mother told me her daughter was in town. she is from sufficient of course. her daughter was in town looking for eye job and wanting to dry to get her son into schools up here in the leesburg area. the lou and the cups inwas here in new jersey for the summer staying with his uncle. live in ashburn, i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> 5:04 is the time now. john rawlins is in and anthony are scaramucci is out. hours after john kelly was sworn in as chief of staff he announced scaramucci was fired after step days on the job. this comes one week after explicatives laden presidential view between scaramucci and reporter went public. >> vice-president mike pence is on final leg of his diplomatic trip in eastern europe this is video of him meeting with georgian prime minister. the goal was to re-- and the next up vice-presidentmont negro the latest member. >> new challenge against president trump voter mission will be heard in federal court. a watergate error law protecting voterer roz. president trump created commission afte

the bodies of her daughter, 27-year-old courtney ash, her grandson cameron and courtney's 9-year-old cousin jaylen are also here. courtney left her mother's house before the crash. >> it was raining really, really hard when they left here friday. didn't you make them stay. >> loudoun county sheriff michael chapman. >> it's a tragic end to a tragic scenario. we really feel for the family. >> sheriff chapman believes the car hit the guardrail in a small bridge over the creek on evergreen mills road 5 yards from the embankment. investigators believe it happened in the stormy weather. the impact ejected courtney's body from the car. there's no indication that there's any foul play. >> she was visiting relatives. we talked to her stepmother, russell, before she went out on her own search. she and her husband found the crash scene. >> it's a nightmare. >> yeah. >> and that was shomari stone reporting. right now, prince william county police need your help of finding a man whose name is graham ii left his home yesterday in virginia. he left around 2:00 p.m. i've actually posted a picture of

courtney donohoe is here.an areorea and warning north korea not to fire missiles towards the u.s. territory of qualm. -- guam. it would be legal for it to intercept the missiles. with three a has warned it may fire four missiles that could land 19 miles from mom -- qualm. .- guam than 80% of the decline was due to a drop in the cost of services. all of this indicates that pricing power remains modest. for has boosted estimates the demand of crude oil this year and next. the cartel projects in use to supply an additional 200,000 barrels a day because of stronger-than-expected fuel consumption and a weaker outlook for rival suppliers. in london police looking for a jogger who pushed a woman into .he path of the bus video shows a jogger bumping into the pedestrian. the bus stopped just before hitting her. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. up, the man at the center of google's diversity firestorm. our exclus

to wake up courtney.y didn't wake up, apparently. she came back out. >> reporter: they passed each other on the patio. he went in the house, then, stopped by courtney's room to make sure she was awake and then right back outside and saw his wife floating face down in the spa. he called courtney then, he said, and they began a frantic effort to revive her. >> i can tell we were losing her. >> reporter: from what? a fall? must have been. >> in your gut, just tell me what you think happened. >> i think she slipped in. she slipped or something. i don't know. >> reporter: but chris, apparently he hadn't noticed the nasty three-inch laceration on cristi's head and here suddenly the point of the police interview is revealed. >> the gash she has on her head -- >> she's got a gash on her head? >> she's got a huge gash on her head. >> okay. >> something like that is not consistent with just falling down. >> reporter: not consistent with not just falling down? why would the police think that? >> you've been around f

vonnie: here's courtney donohoe. courtney: in venezuela high-profile opponents of president nicolas maduro are being rounded up. the wife of leopoldo lopez says he was taken from his home at gunpoint. the mayor of caracas also seized. that came hours after the u.s. impose new sanctions on madero and his government. maduro once to rewrite the constitution after a photo on sunday. many refuse to recognize. critics called it a power grab. it's one of the biggest moves yet in putin's military buildup. up to 100,000 russian troops will hold maneuvers close to the eastern edge of nato territory this summer. military officers say this could be a pretext to increasing russia's military presence in belarus, which borders 3 european countries. vice president mike pence says president trump will sign a bill on new sanctions against russia soon. to thent pence spoke former soviet republic of georgia and he said the administration did have concerns about the bill at first. russia retaliated against sanctions by ordering u.s. dipl

they spent the day searching for any sign of 27-year-old courtney ash her 9-year-old cousin jay lynn sils russel and 5-year-old son cameron martin. emergency crews rushed down ever green mills road monday evening after courtney ash's car was spotted unside down in cycling creek. the three were reported missing saturday morning when they did not return to courtney's uncle's home in l leesburg. courtney with the two boys left her mother's home in ashburn around 11 friday night it was dark and rainy with gusty winds out on county sheriff investigators and s shutting guardrail and flipped car over embankment and landed upside down in swollen creek. >> it's just a tramingic end to traumatic scenario and we really feel for the family and thundershower thoughts and prayers difficult time for everybody. dove consult for deputies unfortunately we see more of this than we would like to. it's part of the job. >> now police at this point cannot say if there was some other factor. that might have contributed to the crash. perhaps there was another car on road or animal or anything like that. part

i'm wilfred frost along with courtney reagan.for our must-read stories my pick is in "usa today." "donald trump's new american strategy for afghanistan will undo past failures qu i focused on the elevated rhetoric about pakistan. mike pence writing pakistan like afghanistan is a haven for terrorist activity between the two countries, no fewer than 20 u.s. designated foreign terrorist organizations have haven and conduct operations the highest concentration of any region in the world. pakistan too often turns a blind eye to the cancer of terrorism and in many cases pakistan contributed to the growth of terrorist groups very strong rhetoric towards pakistan for the president and vice president i'm sure heads will be currented in islamabad and the other thing we mentioned is the relationship building between india and the united states. >>> my pick is from the "wall street journal." it's titled "the navy's mccain moment." it talks about the increasing number of navy incidents the collision of the "uss john s. mccain" is the fourth t

investigators say friday night, courtney was visiting her mother at their home in ashburn. that night they had it to her uncle's home where the three were staying, but they never made it to the house. officers believe on the drive, courtney accidentally drove off the road. >> it appears as though she had crossed the road coming towards leesburg, hit the embankment, the car went in the year, flipped over, hit part of a tree, and landed upside down in the water. jeff: friday night it was raining, the roads were slick. there are no street lights out here and courtney lived in virginia beach, so it is familiar with these roads. earlier tonight i spoke with a family member of the victim who was far too distraught to make a comment. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. alison: just all full, jeff, thank you. and the police aren't the scene of a deadly crash in temple hills. -- are on the scene of a deadly crash in temple hills. this is on 20th avenue in st. barnabas road. there is no word of the exact circumstances, but stay with us for updates. jonathan: part of the ocean city beach had t

late yesterday afternoon, courtney's car was found overturned in a creek.he sheriff says the carca was driving in stormy weather when the car was found off of evergreen mills road in leesburg. officials say ash's body was ejected from the car. her son and 9-year-old cousin were found in the water. her mother says this is heartbreaking. >> it was raining really, really hard when they left here friday. i, again, ask myself why didn't you make them stay. found that car yesterday afternoon. and the family says the young woman also has three other children, including a 2-month-old. >>> prince william county police need your help finding this man, robert bruce graham ii left his home in bristow. that was around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. police believe he may need help. if you see him, please call police. >>> we're working to learn why a woman lost control of her car and caused a deadly crash. this happened on 28th avenue in temple hills last night. prince george's county police say the driver was in a parking lot off of branch avenue and somehow lost control of h

the bodies of her daughter, 27-year-old courtney ash, her grandson cameron and courtney's 9-year-old courtney left her mother's house before the crash. >> it was raining really, really hard when they left here friday.

courtney donahoe has more from new york.il refiners in texas have two big fears about hurricane harvey and that's floods and power outages. harvey said to be the worst storm to hit the region in a decade when it makes landfall sometime tonight or early tomorrow. a storm surge as much as 12 feet may bring saltwater pouring into refineries or terminals evening the gulf coast. some refineries shutting down. those involved in the volkswagen cheating scandal went to great lengths to hide their actions. v.w. operated a top secret site out of their headquarters to test diesel technology, hear of the cheating. it kept those not involved in entering.t from not they're not commenting. stuck in the doldrums. they rose 1% in july. if you factor out fresh food and energy, they were up .1%. the bank of japan hand goetten inflation up despite years of easing. powered by 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. vonny? vonnie: courtney, thanks. let's get back to jackson hole, wyoming. janet yellen is spea

here is courtney donohoe. of the energy department has responded to tropical storm harvey's disruption and authorized the relief of half a million dollar -- half a billion barrels of oil . almost a quarter of u.s. oil refining. u.s. consumer spending rose by less than expected last month. revision toward june purchases and rising incomes put the economy unstable footing. it makes up about 70% of the u.s. economy. a show of force over south korea. over northn -- korea. -- u.s. and south korea joined together and had position strikes. called. pacific command it a direct response to north korea to launch. china has announced a start today for the communist party reshuffle. the 2300 delegates will gather on october 18 and president xi jinping will have the ability to reshuffle and as many as five of the seven officials could be replaced. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries, i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. theie: more intrigue of family of j

courtney ashe is from suffolk virginia. was visiting family in ashburn friday, and as the rain poured down, she got in the car with her 5-year-old son, cameron martin and 9-year-old cousin jay lynn sills russell. ash's mother said she warned her daughter to be careful driving in the storm. investigators believe that ash hit a guardrail and flipped into the creek. >> the car was flipped over and partially under water, and based on the rain, may have been under much deeper water yesterday. so it's cleared up some, so the water has receded. it may have been quite under deep water yesterday >> i think the response on anything like this because you don't know until you get to the scene, until you see a car overturned, you're hoping that they're still alive in there, and you're going to make effort you can to get there as quickly as you can and try to save lives. but unfortunately, that wasn't the case. it really is a credit to the, you know, our men fire and rescue, a deputies to how well they respond to think and to these kinds

you work at google, courtney, you're here in your own capacity not representing the company. there was supposed to be an all-hands on meeting yesterday with the ceo, it got cancelled what happened? >> the town hall was cancelled because of fears of employee safety being violated. there are people leaking information about wear employees live. so people don't want to make a statement and then have somebody knock on their door they don't know. >> as i understand, isn't there a board that you have where people can ask questions that you want to have at the meeting. >> exactly. the questions are being leaked and that's part of the whole conversation is that these -- it's set up to allow people to have a conversation and some kind of vote on topics that they think are interesting. and when you can't do that knowing that it's going to be protected, then you feel nervous about even making a statement. >> what is your reaction and opinion to james damore's memo? >> in my opinion, it is a rebuttal to the diversity efforts that have been going on in the sense that it's scared about cha

let's check in on the first word news with courtney donohoe.ney: tropical storm harvey could become hurricane by tomorrow. texas has that been hit by a hurricane since 2008. oil workers began leaving the platforms in the gulf and airlines are preparing for flight disruptions. china has accused u.s. of sabotaging the international trading system and warns it will defend its interest if necessary. the issue is the u.s. investigation into china's intellectual property practices. the trump administration says it will determine whether china's actions in areas such a technology transfer are unreasonable or discriminatory. qatar is returning its ambassador to iran and will seek closer ties with its persian gulf neighbors. this was after an assault on saudi arabia's diplomatic mission in tehran in 2016, but the saudi's are leaving the isolation of qatar over its alleged ties to islamic extremists. germany, angela merkel second term allies say they are wary of does wary of rejoining if she wins another term from suggesting the democratic party will ret

courtney kubae is at the pentagon many keir simmons is following international reaction from our london newsroom, i want to start with kristen and where craig left off a moment ago, we asked whether the white house has had a response to this. has the white house had a chance to be briefed on this, should we expect any sort of announcement from the president of the united states today. >> we just spoke with one of the officials and asked if there was any reaction. no reaction yet. we know president trump at 3:00 is going to be meeting with hhs secretary. the focus of the meeting is going to be the opiod epidemic, i would be very surprised if reporters didn't shout a question at president trump about this latest discovery. we'll have to see if he decides to respond. he has had very tough words, tough talk for north korea, in recent days, we know he spent an hour on the phone with his secretary of state as well as his chief of staff yesterday talking about the latest threat from north korea, and, of course, all of this comes in the context is important, after the u.n. unanimously voted to

when i talked with courtney's mother yesterday before the car was found she told me that she had told her daughter to be careful and watch out because of the bad weather. family members searching a long with police and other deputies for any sign of 27-year-old courtney ash and 9-year-old cousin jay lynn stils russel and 5-year-old son cameron martin. emergency crews rushed down ever green mills monday evening after courtney ash's car was spotted upside down in cycling creek. the three were reported missing saturday morning when didn't return to courtney's uncle's home in leesburg. courtney with the two boys left her morning's home in ashburn around 11 friday night and it was dark and rainy with loudoun county sheriff investigators believed her car hit a guardrail, and flipped over embankment and landed upside down in the swollen creek. >> this is notoriously tough road when it comes to weather conditions, rain, winding road and so forth. one lane each direction. it's not a great road to navigate in normal times let alone during you know very bad weather. >>> now, police at this point

courtney there for us.istration is trying to quell questions about who was and who is not involved and aware of the president's fire and fury remarks before he gave them. the "new york times" citing several people with direct knowledge of what unfolded. reports that the president's comments were improvised and wording not discussed with advisors prior to being delivered. although they were reportedly aware that trump planned to deliver a message to north korea, advisors were caught off guard by the language. chief of staff general john kelly specifically taken by surprise. that report appears to be partially backed up by press secretary sarah huckabee sanders who said in a statement yesterday that the nfc and general kelly were both aware of the tone and strength of the message beforehand, although they add the words were his own. one person apparently caught out of the loop. secretary of state rex tillerson who was reportedly not aware the president would give a statement. nonetheless, state department spo

courtney, thank you.d interview stock is getting a little bit of relief today 2.5%, still down 50% over the last year. courtney reagan. >>> we'll stick with retail now. nike shares down 9% in the last week footlocker's big miss. that stock now the worst s&p performer on the year after a disastrous quarter just last week retail analyst randy connick who downgraded the stock yesterday thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> i read a note mainly competition from adidas. hasn't that been the story last year, too? >> we used data analytics in our research process for over a year we've been tracking the share shifts between adidas, nike and under armour in the running and basketball categories. adidas gained share through the stan smith platforms what we nd noticed in the data the last couple of months was a real acceleration in the running category for adidas, primarily around the boost platform, mmd platform and given that change to performance-driven products from just fashion-oriented products, w

courtney and dom >> thank you very much, tracie potts.here's a lot to think about with the economic impacts of this proposal. >>> president trump is getting ready to go after china on trade. what you need to know about that straight ahead stay tuned, you're watching "worldwide exchange" on cnbc >>> 22,000 here to stay? the rally fades in the premarket as invests wait on earnings and data >>> trump's trade war. the president prepares to take action against china what he's expected to announce coming up. >>> plus upping his followers. rumors that mark zuckerberg is making a run for the white house just got a little bit more believable we'll tell you why it's wednesday, august 3, 2017 you're watching "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. >>> good morning welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. i'm courtney reagan in for sara eisen today. >> i'm dominic chu in for wilfred frost. it's throwback thursday, today we're going back to the '90s and the hip-hop scene. we'll have some dr. dre, snoop dogg in the mix as well. >> makes me so nostalgic, back hom

the victims are believed to be courtney ashe, her 5-year-old son and 9-year-old cousin.ee had been missing since friday night. they left a relative's home in ashburn during the rain storms and they've been missing ever vince. one of ash's family members was out the one who discovered the car in sick link creek in leesburg. investigators are saying there's no indication of foul play, the loudoun county sheriff said this is a tragic end to a tragic scenario. >>> members of the bethesda soccer league protested tonight hoping to save two local boys from deportation. reporting to routine ice check in evan lambert following this story tonight. >> reporter: the league held a protest out here in front of dhs headquarters asking for the players on their team to be released. the brothers came here years ago from al salvador and the team says all they did wrong was come here illegally to seek a better life. they went to check in with ice officials on friday in baltimore and they never left that appointment. ice says they are working to deport those brothers and the team is calling

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nbc's courtney kubi's been tracking the day's developments from there. know this is asking a lot because the statement's just been made and it's somewhat lacking in specificity. but north korea is threatening to attack the united states and president trump says he means fight fire with fire. have you had any chance to get any response as to what that actually means? >> no. so so far the pentagon is not getting any specific response to either this new intelligence assessment that came out in the "washington post" today or to president trump's most recent comments about meeting fire with fire and fury. i would say that, you know, after every one of these more recent tests, particularly the icbms in july, the u.s. military has actually had a response and they have been somewhat escalating. we saw oftentimes after a more medium-range missile test earlier in the year they would fly some bombers, the u.s. would fly some bombers near the korean peninsula or over the korean peninsula. the u.s. moved some additional ships into the sea of japan off the coast of th

courtney, let's start with you. >> shares of walmart are down today. you mentioned dragging the dow lower. pessimism, of course, hanging or the entire retail sector, and while there was a solid quarter for walmart expectations were high going in and walmart's quarter earnings only meet expectations on the high end some of the pressure down 2% walmart's profit and revenue beat expectations and raised the lower end of its previous full-year guidance range now, profit is still held down in part due to some of the investments walmart is making to improve e-commerce, prices, wages, stores and a lot more, but the investments do seem to be working walmart's u.s. comp sales grew 1.8% that marks 12 straight quarters of comp sales growth in this country. traffic also higher for the 11th straight quarter it's pretty hard to find or beat a trend like that in retail right now. sam's club saw its comp sales grow for six straight quarters and 9 of 11 countries where walmart operates also grew the comp sales the big box retailer says sales strengths, pretty broad-base

nbc's national security and military reporter courtney cube here with me. thank you very much. peter, let's talk about afghanistan. i want to ask you a quick question about the north korean sanctions just announced. but starting with afghanistan, the president did not give details, didn't talk about the numbers of troops, didn't give an end date, timeline specifically. and general mattis today not filling in any details on a trip that he's on in iraq. how does the president now deal with the political reaction from his base and he'll be seeing them all tonight in arizona. >> yeah, i think that's exactly right. that's one of the challenges he faces right now, but be clear, the president recognizes as we can hear marine one in the background as he prepares to leave from the south lawn en route to joint base andrews to arizona within this next hour, the president does expect, and this is what he really enjoys, to be greeted by a huge crowd at the phoenix convention center of his most loyal, hard core supporters. this will be the eighth campaign style rally he's held, last night be

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we have courtney donohoe. courtney: president trump has signed the russian sanctions bill that congress forced on him but he added a statement saying his reservations about its impact and whether parts of the law are constitutional. the measure gives congress the power to block the president from lifting sanctions. additional sanctions have been discussed on venezuela. president maduro held an election over the weekend that could lead to his grabbing more power. heator marco rubio says spoke about more penalties will visiting the white house. yesterdayhe president , i talked to the vice president yesterday, i've been in contact -- constant contact with them. every time the white house -- every time maduro does something , for the reaction, there will be a strong -- for every action, there will be a strong reaction. the u.s. successfully tested and unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile just days after north korea conducted its own icbm testfiring. the minutemen 3 roared into the skies from california. acco

. >> i am courtney reagan.t is your birthday and sara eisen's birthday. >> bill griffin's as well. >> that's cool what a day, august 7th >> she's doing closing bell later with bill. >> wonder if we get cake let's get to the global market action futures pointing higher at this hour another week of gains for the dow. last week up a third percent friday taking it to 1.2% higher for the week nine straight sessions of gains in a row for the dow last week goldman, sachs had the biggest impact, best returning sector in the s&p 500. only had small gains and nasdaq was lower for the week this morning, pointing at slight gains. 23 points for the dow. ten year fresh renote, not much ending at 2.6% 2.27 on the ten year treasury note more on markets in a moment. >>> first, getting reaction from the white house. new economic sanctions against north korea. tracy potts is live with that from washington. >> reporter: good morning. reaction from north korea saying they'll take righteous action against what they think is infringe

courtney, i'll start with you. because i want you to take us through the facts, right?lts about this u.s. nuclear arsenal, this revamp that is happening. >> so there's been some increased interest in this in the past 24 hours because president trump tweeted about it yesterday, saying that under his presidency, it's more modernized than ever and it's the strongest it's ever been sp. so the reality has been, in 2010, president obama agreed to a nuclear modernization effort, that actually began several years later in 2014, when he ordered it to begin. what this is is a 30-year, as you said, $1 trillion, estimated $1 trillion project that would modernize all three legs of the nuclear triad. so that means, at sea, in the air, and on land. that includes, as you mentioned, hallie, that includes nuclear submarines. it includes, potentially, also this new surface-to-air missile, that's one of the more contentious parts of this, and one of more expensive parts of this, is the development of this new missile. so, in fact, president trump did order something new when he came into o

let's check in the bloomberg first word news with courtney donohoe.ourtney: tropical storm harvey is not letting up on houston. the fourth largest in the u.s. has been inundated by floodwaters and up to 20 inches of rain is in the forecast. harvey has drifted out into the gulf of mexico and is set to crash ashore want to get tomorrow on the texas-louisiana border. president trump is on his way to the region right now. refiners in south texas starting to recover from the storm. valero and citgo said to be on the verge of restarting refineries in corpus christi. the secondmakes landfall as expected, the nation's largest oil refinery could be hit. the loss of refineries in that region would leave only facilities in louisiana supplying fuel to new york and other demand centers. president trump is promising that taxes will get emergency disaster aid quickly. he said there will be "very rapid reaction from congress." still there are signs that there may be a political fight over the money. a top texas conservative, financial services committee chairman, say

courtney reagan has more. >> reporter: watch out, amazon, alexa is getting more competition as two big companies team up. people will be able to place walmart orders for hundreds of thousands of items by using only their voice. while google already partners with about 40 retailers like target, costco and whole foods, walmart is the first to offer linking your personal account history with google's home assistance, allowing shoppers to simply order detergent, prompting the assistant to order tide plus febreze, 92 ounces, based on what you purchased before instead of guessing. which is why walmart e-commerce ceo says reordering is one of the best features. however, the alexa assistant already has the talent of your previous history. >> it is clear that amazon is the leader of retail, and now you have walmart aggressive in becoming more innovative than amazon. it's gone to kind of one person leading the pack to a two-horse race. >> reporter: only about 11% of americans use a voice-activated assistant one time or more a month right now. but of those that do, more than 70% are talking to am

. >>> sergeant courtney joined the air force in 2005. pilots last names are not disclosed for security reasons. she's had a number of roles in intelligence, surveillance, and recognizance. and now sergeant courtney will be piloting a massive aircraft, without ever stepping inside it. >> i'm in full control of the aircraft, and constantly know exactly what the aircraft is doing, and where it's heading. >> for decades, the air force relied on officers to pilot its aircraft, but due to a series pilot shortage, a program was launched to reach out to the li >>> coming up at 6:00, animal shelters here in our area prepare to take in pets abandoned by their owners because of harvey. >> but up next, we get answers on how school districts are taking steps to stop attacks like this one, caught on camera, onboard a metro train. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than mos

courtney reagan has more in retail. >> it's wrecking retailer sales and profits. and this quarter target is one of them. comparable sales thanks to the highest store traffic in it 2 1/2 years and online sales growth of more than 30%. target is more confident about the sales and profit expectations for the rest of the year, it says it's still being prudent. >> we have seen this with target before where we've seen good quarters with good traffic and good e-commerce and sometimes it's not been that consistent. so i think it's a step in the right direction and they're doing a lot to improve their business, but we need more sustainable improvement to feel better about the direction they're moving? >> target paid a price. it costs target more to fulfill online orders and have lowered price toss better compete. as a result, profit fell. while sales growth was broad, grocery is still struggling to find growth. the problem, because grocery is what gets customers into the store, the retailer has hired two new executives to help, one from general mills and one from walmart.

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for "nightly business report", i'm courtney reagan. >> it wasn't just macy's and kohl's. dillards ha had a disappointing quarter. and the stock got on the down escalator falling 15%. >>> it was a different story though for nordstrom. that retailer reported a rise in key sales metrics during the second quarter. its first advance since last year. ruts were stronger than expected y sales for helping rediting t its results. it raisee lower end of guidance for the year and that sent shares high er in initial afterhours traying. chairman of wells fargo could step down. steven sanger is part of a broader shake up at the bank that's been meiered in scandals. this involves charging auto loan customers for insurance they didn't need and didn't ask for and this follows the fake account scandal which first emerged last fall. but take a look at the stock price over the past year, you .ight think it would b so when it comes to a scandal ridden company like a wells fargo, does wall street view them differently than the public and should you care if you own that stock? joining uss chris,

we heard from brian and courtney. everything seems to be working beautifully at home depot. why did the stock go down? >> there is an easy answer. today was a very tough tape for retail stocks. i said before i thought home depot's results were really good. there were a couple other retailers reported bad results today. >> baby and bath water thing, right? >> that's exactly right. the tape was very tough for retail stocks today. >> interesting you should say that. i'm reading in the notes you say home depot was one of the best-run retailers in the world. is it just that the street gets too picky? i understand the retail sector as a whole has been under pressure this week and last week for that matter. is the street getting too picky about some of the internal components of the report? >> i think that's a big piece of it. the other real big piece is everyone invests in retail stocks now is worrieded about the overall impact of amazon. you are seeing retailers clearly impacted and you have a retailer like home depot which is not. from an investment standpoint you wonder at some

. >> reporter: john courtney has worked in public transportation for 40 years. >> i believe we have good trainers but maybe this is a time to reassess. >> reporter: reassess after major accidents like the death of the long time vta employee chong that was intoxicated and hit and killed by the bus he was just riding in the manner of death made public the leak of an internal memo. >> hopefully we can refocus and take a good look at the system. >> reporter: the chief operating officer agreed to a phone interview. >> reporter: considering the recent death of benny chong is the vta taking a look at the safety features? >> where conscious to always look at the safety of our system, our safety protocols. >> reporter: two investigates shows the vta collision rate lower compared to other similar site agencies and since 2014 the injury-accident rate has been significantly lower than the ac transit and the sf mta. >> we have found it takes nearly 5 months to get retraining done. >> reporter: can you respond to that?>> i can tell you that we are addressing our accidents based on the staffing and bas

courtney ash's car was found overturned in a creek on evergreen mills road in loudoun county. chopper 4 flew over the scene yesterday. ash, her son cameron and his cousin jaylen were missing since friday. the sheriff says the car hit a guardrail, flipped over and fell into the creek. her mother says, looking back, the weather conditions were too dangerous >> it was raining rile, really hard when they left here friday. i, again, ask myself why didn't you make them stay? >> it was 9-year-old jaylen's stepmother who eventually found the car in the creek. courtney ash leaves behind three other children. >>> prince william county need your help finding robert bruce graham ii. he left his home around 2:00 p.m. yesterday. >> police believe he may need help. if you see him, call police. >>> developing this morning, we're working to learn why a woman lost control of her car and caused a deadly crash. this happened on 28th avenue and st. barnabas road in temple hills last night. prince george's county police say the driver was in a parking lot off branch avenue and somehow lost control

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. >> safety is not number one pick >> john courtney and this woman work -- worked for gta for 15 yearsshe does not want her identity revealed because she has a wrongful termination complaint against the agency. she watched our report in may with fellow drivers and she had a strong reaction. >> everybody started to say i am guilty i probably don't pull up to the curb post enough. >> she was not surprised when she learned the vta bus ran over an elderly couple in 2015. according to documents one driver already had multiple collisions on her record at the time. for one of the accident she received a single day of retraining five months after the fact. what does the public need to know? >> the retraining varies depending on the trainer. for example we went driving and he wanted to go pick up a couple of things so we drove he went to the store we got back on the bus and went back to the art and that was it. >> she claims that is if it even happens. >> the retraining is not immediate. it happens months or years down the road >> there are some pieces of safety that are missing. >> john courtn

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courtney reagan is back at hq with the story and it involves google courtney >> reporter: walmart launchedumber of innovative programs from employees dropping off orders to shoppers on their way home, to pick up discount, now the largest retailer is bringing out a big partner to take on amazon, google so next month shoppers will be able to order hundreds of thousands of items from walmart with just voice commands using google's assistant the best case is for reordering by linking your walmart account to google, the assistant will have your complete order history, allowing consumers to order peanut butter instead of jif creamy 16 ounce, for instance grocery order will be added to some locations or the ability to pick up orders in the store for a pickup discount, if eligible i asked the walmart ceo what the financial opportunity is with artificial intelligence ordering, but he doesn't expect massive volume flowing through right away, but did say, quote, one day as the experience improves and as artificial intelligence continues to get bett better, i do see this as being a primary way for con