and is the meeting between chancellor merkel and francois hollande starts.yous been dubbed the think -- "you st ink" protest. tensions, growing prime minister salaam has threatened to resign, saying that lebanon problem was not the uncollected trash, but the political garbage. chaos in the streets of beirut knighted by tensions over a month-long waste crisis. thousands of protesters came face-to-face with riot police as they descended upon the government headquarters. undeterred by the water cantered -- water cannons and tear gas being fired at them. in tomy was called control the clashes. politicians have been unable to decide where to dump the rubbish piling up in the lebanese capital since the main landfill was closed in july. the prime minister is calling lm. column -- ca >> i'm extending my hand to members of society to sit and have a discussion with them, so we can work together during this testing time. >> lebanon's cabinet will meet in the coming weeks to tackle the problem, but it could be to legal -- too little, too late. president salaam has shown

therancois hollande gave highest honor to three u.s. citizens and also to a british business consultant. >> your heroism has been an example for many people. this faced with the evil of terrorism. you show the good of humanity. >> the four men were all passengers on friday evening. them and another french citizen who wish to remain anonymous confronted the moroccan man who brought an ak-47 into the carriage. a dual french u.s. national was only wounded. the suspect ayoub el-khazzani weapon ing of brussels and was meant to scare passengers, not carry out a massacre. >> the suspected gunman ayoub el-khazzani spoke of the intended that his son to carry up the massacre. it is said that the two had not spoken in a year. he said that he was poor and homeless and just intended to rob passengers on the train. suspect --er of the he called his wife and five children over. madrid andwas in then moved to the south. he told the father that he could not understand. his son never talked politics and was only interested in foot wall and fishing. >> he

michael holland this year. let's ask the question -- michael holland is here this morning.n that also in china? michael: china is a big part of it. china's relationship with your -- germany. it is of a piece. the psychological part we talked about earlier is in all markets, commodities, emerging markets, or european. the real world for germany is less good, for china it is less good. michael: this is the month where everybody disappears and goes on vacation. we are seeing enormous volume in germany today. the dax -- you can see the volume there -- at this time of day you would have 43 million shares traded. 100 and 88 million shares traded so far on the dax index. -- 188 million shares traded. people seem to be coming back into get out. michael: that may be part of the story, but i think you put your finger on another part of the story. machines are doing a lot of the trading. bots are involved. when things hit the headlines, the machines say sell. and they are not out of the riviera. you'll have to get up to have the computer say sell. michael: let's look at the long term.

francois hollande says he will have no difficulty selling the ships. there were lower claims from natural catastrophe and net income increased from a year earlier. lower catastrophe claims also help to the insurer's property and casualty division increased 39%. further problems hit berlin's airport. a dutch engineering firm has filed for bankruptcy. it was working on a heating and ventilation system at the airport. workers failed to turn up on friday. the site was scheduled to open in 2012 after construction began in 2000 six. you don't normally associate germany with delays. moving on. the u.s. secretary of state is confident a transpacific trade agreement can be reached this year. the partnership involves 12 countries and covers 40% of the global economy. earlier this year, talks broke down in hawaii. here is john kerry speaking from hanoi a little earlier. secretary john kerry: we are hoping that before the end of the year, tpp can be completed. i am very, very confident that tothe tpp will boost trade improve worker standards, improve environmental

holland 10 minutes in. let's go to the other camera, van wyck, bumper to bumper traffic southbound into kew gardens. alternate side parking rules are in in effect. back to you, shirleen, ken? >> thank you very much. >>> the an accident causing delays in the area where the harlem river drive turns into the fdr at that meeting point. >> let's check in with shannon sohn in newscopter 7. how is it looking. >> it's a bit of a mess. you can see the accident here. there was two cars in the accident. one was able to pull away. the one in the front is disabled from the accident. a second car just pulled up a few seconds ago to see if they can help them out. the police are blocking off the center lane around 125th street. it's a mess getting through the area. the southbound delay takes you into the 150s. we want to show you this as well. out of the bronx third avenue bridge this volume is trying to exit to harlem river drive. if you take it to the fdr you have this to look forward to as well. reporting over the harle

let me bring back mike holland of holland & company.t sure that the devaluation of the chinese market of 4% that we've seen is warranted. what do you think? >> the market in the u.s. is searching for things to get crazy about. liz: they found it. >> led with china and now talking about the fed. i think at the end of the day what we're ends up is a repriced market and looking good. liz: looking good with 18 minutes left on the session. >> this is a big deal. if we finish up over 200 points today. forget about the 380 earlier. that's a big deal. liz: what mike is saying, let me translate here, because he lives in connecticut, they speak a different language. >> speak mandarin. liz: you speak mandarin as well? no. he's right, if anybody is look for a reason to sell on the rally, they could have today. we saw a little shake. >> margin calls had a lot to do with the last several days cascading down. no question that was part of it. not the only reason, none of that yesterday and today at the close. liz: let's show the oil stocks once again.

this disruption in the middle of the rush-hour is the holland tunnel. we will bring this picture back. it is limited in the amount of lanes that are available but that's the intersection right there where it meets up with seventh avenue and you can see huge delays. it is going to cost you at least 45 minutes trying to get into the holland tunnel because you have to get around the scene which literally happens on route -- en route to the tunnel along varick street with the intersection of west houston so keep in mind as you travel through if you can take it to the lincoln tunnel, one of those nights where i would say it would be a better bet for you. reporting live over lower manhattan, shannon sohn, eyewitness news. >> please keep on top of that and keep us in touch with the situation going on right there. we are tracking breaking news that happened within the hour, this happened down in lower manhattan. there was a shooting inside the federal building at 201 varick street from, a security guard has been shot. he has been taken to lenox hill hospital. w

holland 10 minutes. new york state thruway north near exit 18 an overturned vehicle being out to 78, westbound side out by exit 3. they are still trying to clean up the tractor trailer fire. one lane getting by as a result. we have alternate side of the street parking rules in effect today. ken, over to you. >> thank you. >>> in new jersey, police are talking to the driver behind the wheel of a minivan that slammed into people on a jersey city street. police officer was one of several people injured when the van crashed into other cars eyewitness news reporter kristin thorne is live in kristin. >> reporter: good morning, ken. the exact condition of the officer recovering here is still unclear. we know the officer was one of just multiple people brought to local hospitals after this accident happened shortly after 8:00 last night in jersey city on ocean avenue near myrtle. police say the driver of this minivan was speeding, lost control of the car, smashed into another car forcing that car up to the sidew

holland's hero is january go, a german shepherd dog u.s. army service number a.m. k9.d hundreds of us servicemen's lives. searching for explosives around base walton in afghanistan's kandahar province. when holland got injured in the line of duty, the inseparable was separated. >> an hour before he was taken away from me i said to him i'll fulfill a promise i made to you along the whole journey i'm going to bring him home and we're going to be together. >> reporter: it's not easy to get dog out of afghanistan. but after journey taking two weeks, holland was finally told he could come and collect the animal from quarantine. >> i'm lost for words. i'm so over women, happy, nervous, emotions at the moment. and i've been waiting a long time for this day. >> here, boy. come to daddy! >> here, boy. >> reporter: after a journey of 5,000 miles this american war hero a.m. k9 reunited with his handler but daschle don holland has only fulfilled half of his promise to his best friend. >> you see, back in the afghanistan desert kandahar holland promised january go he'd take him to

holland with a 10 to 15 delay. juliet and ben. >> thank you ines. [laughter] juliet. >> trying to get it out. what is the worst thing he's ever done. a conversation going on for couple of days whiewl you think -- first seems like captain derek jeter told president obama at a fundraiser that last november he played jeter in a round of golf and jeter was shanking ball >> where so he asked how long he had been playing he said two weeks. obama gave him a handicap and a cash bet needless to say, president obama was lighter at the end of the day and had to take a picture of him giving money to jeter. confessed to cheating on his wife and addicted to porn now josh duggar into rehab. the post calls it a, quote, long journey towards wholeness and recovery. it didn't say where or what kind of fig m he's getting last week 27-year-old apologized saying he was biggest hypocrite ever after a reports surfaced surfaced that he was subscriber to hacked cheating website ashley madison. duggar admitted to molesting underaged girls including two of his own sisters. and

alexander: top of president hollande's agenda is to replace -- his successor has his work cut out for him. france has seen its unemployment rate reached record highs in recent months, and it is the subject of vital importance for hollande. he plans to reduce unemployment before the end of his term and has made it a condition of his candidacy in 2017. another urgent item is the pig farmer crisis. big pork -- angry pig farmers are demanding that the government do more. more key dates follow the end of the year. in december, the climate change conference in paris is being billed as a last chance to put the brakes on global warming. to the play host presidents of 95 countries. he much hopes the meeting produces a significant agreement. passrench people will their verdict in regional elections. polls suggest a national front in place to make further gains if aland disappoint -- if francois hollande disappoints. aurore: for those of you who have just joined us on "france stories.e are our top the german parliament overwhelmingly approves the greek ale out. the -- the greek bailout. the news

. >> now french president franÇois hollande has thanked a group of passengers being hailed as heroesbut overpowering a heavily armed gunman on a train in northern france. u.s. president barack obama has telephoned the men to thank them personally. the suspect was able to fire off a shot before being tackled to the ground. >> tied up and subdued. mobile phone footage shows the gunman who tried to create carnage. pedestrian been confronted by a french passenger and then overpowered by a group of american travelers. spencer stone received cuts on his neck and hand. >> we didn't know if thinks gun was working or anything like that. spencer just ran any way. if anybody would have gotten shot, it would have been spencer for sure. we're lucky that nobody got killed, especially spencer. >> the swift intervention of those passengers prevented a potential massacre. the gunman was armed with an ak-47 rifle, nine magazines of ammunition, a pistol and a blocks cutter blade. >> my thoughts was i'm probably going to die anyway, so let's go. i would rather die being activity trying to get him down t

but today, sheldon holland has only fulfilled half of his promise to his best friend. back in the afghan desert, holland promised the dogs were taken to see the ocean for the first time. so the dog caught known as the glory hound, and his handler left for the golden beaches of south africa's south coast. pull tools, fox news.>> that is a happy ending. >>> will the show go on? the ruling is in. we will tell you whether the burning man festival will take place this year.>>> a 30 mile swim ended at the golden gate. we will hear from the first woman ever to make the journey and why she says she almost quit. >>> while you were sleeping last night, a woman was swimming. she was swimming at breakfast time. she was still swimming after lunch. she swam for more than 30 miles and did something no other woman has ever done. ann rubin was there as she passed and the golden gate bridge.>> reporter: kemberly chambers brave shark, icy waters, and 17 hours of agony to get your.. -- here. >> i'm overwhelmed. i wanted this so long. i cannot believe i did it.>> reporter: she is the first

in berlin, angela merkel and francois hollande to work out what to do about it. the great fall of china -- the asian tiger in a bearish freefall. how low will they go? north and south korea step back from brinksmanship will stop they have moved from saber rattling to apologies and talks on improving ties. thank you very much for joining us. 100,000 migrants arrived in europe last month and nearly 21,000 sought refuge in greece last week alone. staggering figures in a crisis that could post a threat to european unity. the german chancellor met the french president to work on an eu response to the problem will stop -- problem. reporter: thousands of refugees have arrived in southern serbia. they are lacking basic necessities. >> we are really suffering. if i stay here two days, my baby will die. look. reporter: they all want to head further north to the european union. at the meeting in berlin, the german chancellor and the french president called for a more even distribution of refugees and appeal to all countries to shoulder the responsibility. chancellor merkel:

in berlin, angela merkel and francois hollande to work out what to do about it. the great fall of china -- the asian tiger in a bearish freefall. how low will they go? north and south korea step back from brinksmanship will stop they have moved from saber rattling to apologies and talks on improving ties. thank you very much for joining us. 100,000 migrants arrived in europe last month and nearly 21,000 sought refuge in greece last week alone. staggering figures in a crisis that could post a threat to european unity. the german chancellor met the french president to work on an eu response to the problem will stop -- problem. reporter: thousands of refugees have arrived in southern serbia. they are lacking basic necessities. >> we are really suffering. if i stay here two days, my baby will die. look. reporter: they all want to head further north to the european union. at the meeting in berlin, the german chancellor and the french president called for a more even distribution of refugees and appeal to all countries to shoulder the responsibility. chancellor merkel:

holland's hero is january go asher german shepherd dog.team they potentially saved hundreds of u.s. service men's lives. searching for explosives around base walton in afghanistan's. when he got injured in the line of duty they were separated. >> before he was taken a way forty three me i said to him i'll fulfill a promise i made to you along the whole journey i'll bring him home and we're going to be together. >> reporter: it's not easy to get a dog ought of afghanistan. but after journey taking two weeks holland was finally told he could come and collect the animal from quarantine. >> i'm lost for words. i'm so overwhelmed happy nervous, emotions at the moment. i've and waiting a long time for this day. >> here boy. >> here, boy. >> come to daddy. >> here, boy. >> for journey of more than 5,000 miles this american war hero has been reuniteed with his handler but daschle don holland has only fulfilled half of his promise to his best friend. >> you see back in the afghanistan desert of kandahar holland promised the dog he'd take him to see

holland 10. if you're heading to the bronx river parkway north at thompson street in yonkers a downed tree. accident on the 1 train downtown terminating at 14th street with maintenance and also 2 and 3 local only 34th to chambers. let's go outside to the inbound bqe, just some stop-and-go traffic as we head to the webcam getting up toward the brooklyn bridge. alternate side in effect. >>> thank you so much. breaking news in brooklyn. we are learning more about a child critically injured in an overnight fire. the little boy is 2 years old, suffered from smoke inhalation. he's at the hospital. dray clark is live in marine park with the efforts to save this little one. dray. >> good morning michelle. we understand that 2-year-old little boy's transfer from beth israel to staten island university hospital where he's still listed in critical condition. the 2-year-old suffered severe smoke inhalation and emts were able to resuscitate him here in front of the home where the fire happened. here is a look

holland's who are row is january go a german shepherd dog u.s. army service number a.m. k9.o potentially saved hundreds of u.s. servicemen's lives. searching for explosives around fort operating base walton in afghanistan's kandahar province. when holland got injured in the line of duty, the inseparable were separated. >> an hour before he was taken away from me i said to him, i'm going to fulfill a promise i made to you along the whole journey, that i'm going to bring him home and we going to be together. >> reporter: it's not easy to get dog out of afghanistan. but after journey taking two weeks, holland was finally told he could come and collect the animal from quarantine. >> i'm lost for words. i'm so overwhelmed. happy, nervous. so many emotions at the moment. i've been waiting a long time for this day. >> here, boy. here, boy. come to daddy. here, boy. >> reporter: after a journey of 5,000 miles this american war hero a.m. k9 has been reunited with his handler but daschle don holland has only fulfilled half of his promise to his best friend. >> you see, back in the afg

holland tunnel is moving okay at this point. waterbury branch of metro north a 20-minute delay with mechanical issues. new jersey transit, l.i.r.r. on or close. sways on time. problem on the cross county west at the sawmill in yonkers with a crash. 80-95 up to the george washington bridge very heavy to the upper level. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back to you, shirleen, ken. >> thank you. >>> this morning a memorial is growing outside the studios of wdbj in roanoke, virginia, paying contribute to the two jour that lifts.

the dog was taken away from holland when holland got hurt. >> an hour he was taken away from me i saidmade to him along the whole journey. i will bring him home and be together to get. >> after getting approval from the air my to get dajango. he was finally told to pick up his best friend from the quarantine facility. >> hey boy. come on. >> holland immediately took him to play in toegsen off of south africa. he said it was part of another promise he made while patrolling in the desert. >> do you think they were happy? >> alittle happy. you never get tired of looking at that video. beautiful weather too. >> you said it would burn off faster today. it's burning off faster. >> the marine layer not as thick, wide spread or unirl form. we had pockets of it early on mostly clear skies. as we get into the afternoon temperatures warming over ned yesterday. here the comparison. oakland to 57 today. bring along the sun block. 65 in san francisco yesterday today, 69. you're going to notice that concord by 6:00. ridge of high pressure in place today. along the coast partly to mostly cloudy skies.

mike holland joins us after the break. ♪ olivia: futures are firmly in the red.tresses have been building in global markets and have reached the u.s. s&p 500 index had been a source of stability despite the slow in china and the greek crisis, but 500 tumbledhe s&p the most in 18 months. michael holland joins us now on set. great to have you on. -- is the bull market over? michael: absolutely no. you had me going. history oft this august september -- august, september and followed by october is pretty clear. we have an amount of selloffs during these months over the 50, 100 years. it is interesting. i just heard doug kass, a great friend, i always listen to him because i have a tennessee tort optimism and he keeps me -- i have a tendency toward optimism and the key sleep rushed to the dangers out there and they are all real. it is absolutely real. the fact is that the markets are not overpriced. they are not inexpensive as there were several years ago as we talked about but they are ok. there are some good values out there and i think the concerns that we have rig

the lincoln and the holland looking pretty today. the new jersey turnpike, this is 13a. we are going to issue in the area. this is a live shot. things are moving fine. we are getting word of an accident there taking out a lane of the traffic. street cleaning rules in effect. juliet: thank you. ferguson, missouri, the town seeing so much violence following the shooting of michael brown is seeing gun fire. greg: robert moses is following the developments over night. robert? >> reporter: according to the police chief a man fired at police who were inside of an unmarked van. four officers then returned fire from inside of the van and chased after the suspect,s he was hit and in critical condition and it was a sad day. gun fire in ferguson last night cover. everyone to leave the area. a st. louis county officer coming under fire and bullets hitting two unmarked cars. the bullets capped what was otherwise a peaceful day. they gathered at the spot of the killing of michael brown a year ago. they said nothing for four and a half minutes. >> i just want justice and that's all. >>

lincoln holland tunnel free and clear for you so far this morning. lirr forth jefferson branch service suspended right now temporarily we have downed trees and powerlines so you want to budget extra travel time this morning. everything else on or close to schedule, and alternate side rules they are in effect. ben and juliet back to you. juliet: thanks kelly. new jersey state police are hunting for a gunman after a two people requester shot following a hip-hop concert last nooghts. ben: happened in one of the plgts at the pny arts center where fox 5's robert moses is this morning with details. robert, good morning. reporter: took place in lot number four. i'll step out of the way and you can there's still police tape blocking any access to that parking lot that's where this investigation is focused this morning. shortly after this shooting a man posted a picture on twitter showing one of the victims on the ground. here's what we know so far. according to state police, the shooting took place last night at about 11:15 rights after that hip-hop concert

holland moving okay. the staten island expressway eastbound heavy into clove road with construction. keep in mind 35 by 440 perth amboy a debris spill. out to the webcam, the tappan zee moving fine heading into rockland county. no problems into westchester county. alternate sides in effect. back to you, ken, shirleen. >> debbie, thank you. >>> apple scheduled the latest product announcement in san francisco. >> facebook marks a major announcement around the world. here is reena ninan and phillip mena. >> apple sent out invitations for an event in september 9th. it's expected apple will use the event to introduce a new iphone. reports say it will be called the 6 s and 6 x plus. >> and an upgrade to apple tv. milestone for social media. the first time everyone billion people used facebook in a single day. >> to put that in perspective, one in seven people on the planet using facebook during the day. >> coming this fall to independent university northwest, selfie 101. the class will examine research on selfi

this is video of hollande last year on a visit to san francisco. he would meet with them at the presidential palace in the coming days to express france's gratitude. >>> the belgium government has stepped up security following the attack. security patrols are beefed up on the high speed trains which link major cities in the netherlands to belgium and paris. as the story continues to unfold, depend on abc 7 news for all the updates. >>> a man died in fairfield today after being crushed by a military style armored vehicle. the man was riding on the front of the vehicle on abernathy road when it went down hill. he fell off, it ran him over. he did have permission to drive it. no one else was hurt. >> a two top democrats are taking unexpected breaks from their summer vacations, one is running for president, it's not clear what the other is doing, chuck sievertson has more. >> hillary clinton had expected to spend the rest of august off the campaign trail at the new york vacation home she's rending in the hamptons. now her campaign says she'll be stumpi

holland minor. street cleaning rules are in effect. >>> the giants will remember two of their corner stones every time they take the field this season. the team officially announced decals with the number 16 will be placed on player's helmets to honor frank gifford. he died at the age of 84. the giants will honor ann meira with a batch on their jersey. she died in february at the age of 85. >>> mayor de blasio is telling folks to stop sweating him about his workout schedule. the mayor's routine includes a trip from gracie mansion to a gym in his old home and he took heat for being in the gym during the stand off in long island. he said he is constantly in touch with aides no matter where he is. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news this morning," we are live in rockland county after rosie o'donnell was reunited with her 17-year-old daughter. she was returned home last night after disappearing for a week. >> an end to the heat wave today. but the humidity will still around. leave early go roam sleep in

hudson river crossings still holland tunnel. everything is moving smoothly. watch for slowdowns on the staten island expressway east at bradley avenue. ongoing construction. ed koch, 59th street bridge inbound disabled truck being cleared. expect delays. alternate sides are in effect. back to you, shirleen, ken. >> debbie, thank you. >>> now we are following a developing story in china where rescue crews pulled a survivor out of the smoldering wreckage of a massive explosion. a firefighter being treated after surviving more than a day trapped in debris. a dozen firefighters are among the 50 people killed in the blast on wednesday night. more than 700 people are hurt. dozens critically. >>> now to a developing story in new jersey. a woman is shot driving overnight in newark. police say the victim was hit by multiple gunshots as she was heading to an on-ramp for route 21 north. the woman is in the hospital. no word on her condition. police don't have suspects. >>> connecticut's death row will be emptied of 11 men now set to spend the rest of their lives behind

simon mcgregor-wood has more >>> president francis hollande honoured them with a high reward. they awarded the college. they had, according to the president, prevented it. france and europe's trains - how to keep them safe from attack is a question. the suspect boarded. the transport minister suggested more random stop and search checks. >> when we talk about random stop and search, people say it can be discriminatory, but i would prefer that. would prefer that.c >> reporter: under e.u. law trains across the boarders without the passport, control and baggage checks of air travel. politicians face a dilemma, how to improve security on the high-speed rail network and electric individuals while allowing the freedom of movement, a crucial part of the movement, a crucial part of the way of life. nowhere is it more true. than the tgb network. it's a crucial life-line for the economy, carrying 250,000 people a day from 250 stations across 1500 kilometres of high-speed track. across france into neighbouring e.u. states. monday, they ruled out but it may be the only safe travel. . >> w

when holland got hurt in the line of duty the inseparables were separated.week holland was finally told he could come and get january go from quarantine. >> an hour before he was taken away from me i said to him, i'm going to fulfill a promise i made him along the whole journey i'm going to bring him home, and we're going to be together. >> now that they're reunited, holland has taken january go to see and ocean for the very first time. >>> you know it's as easy taking out your et smart phone and pressing a button and ordering up a ride. uber x is one of the most popular ways to get around philadelphia moving more than 1 million people since the ride sharing service launched. >> but technically it's illegal. fox 29's alex holly gets in the passenger seat of an uber x car to fine out what that means down the road for the city's transportation options. >> the first day i started working uber i was very scared. >> reporter: philip lopez imagined he'd drive people around for a living. >> once you pass your first three drivers you feel like you know them when the

lincoln and holland construction as well. outside, the staten island expressway eastbound slowing down by 440. that is due to the ongoing construction heading through that stretch. let's go to the other camera, rfk bridge, some construction being cleared. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back to you, michelle, ken. >> all right, debbie, thank you. >>> we have that breaking news for you in new jersey where a cab driver has been shot to death. eyewitness news reporter kala rama is live in rahway with the details. kala? >> reporter: ken, we can tell thank you that cab driver was shot and moments later crashed into another car on this quiet street sheer. it's a residential area, it happened by the tree. bedford is quiet. an hour ago what a different story. take a look. let me show you what it looked like then. police swarming the area. the yellow cab with doors open was analyzed by crime scene investigators. the street was robbed off by police tape. a mother and her adult son were in the car hit by the cab. we are told

the three americans and british citizsicitizen meeting presiden hollande. and painting a different picture for us is correspondent nic robertson live in paris. nic, it is different to see these difficults up on the podium with the french president being awarded for their gut instincts. >> reporter: absolutely. the french president said these men are an inspiration for all of us. he talked about how they potentially they were going to sacrifice their lives to save so many people. the gunman on the train, his lawyer has tried to claim he was merely on a run when he found the weapons in the park. he had more than 300 bullet was him. there were 500 or more people on the train. these men saved many lives. the carnage is what the president said that could have happened. still so hard to believe. they described their own actions this way. >> i turned around and saw he had what looked to be an ak-47. it looked like it was jammed or wasn't working. he was trying to charge the weapon and alek said let's go. we tackled him. alek took him down on the ground and i put h

francois hollande was among world leaders witnessing the opening of a new part of the suez canal. the president of egypt took center stage. it was on his orders it was finished in one year in stead of three. it is hoped it will be a boost to the economy. claire williams has the story. claire: welcome to egypt. this is the egypt sisi wants the world to see. it was a moment of national pride. the president arrived on the same yacht that sailed on the canal when it opened in 1869. >> we needed to reassure ourselves and reassure the world that we are capable of building. >> i believe this is the first step, the very first step. it is the first step of a thousand more we will make. the first step on a long road, i tell you. claire: there was a flight path from some warplanes. the french president was among leaders from europe, africa, and the middle east. the new project was completed in one year instead of three as was initially planned. it is intended to power an economic turnaround. 49 ships pass through the canal every day. egypt hopes twice as money will in eight years. many econo

francois hollande will be beginning his vacation this week, soaking up the sun for nine days. french president is staying tightlipped about where he will be. >> in france? hollande: i will be on holiday in france. >> there is little chance that -- ill -- he was >> it raised questions about how presidential he looks, so today there is a tendency to be more discreet when it comes to presidential vacations. near thede may holiday elysees palace this year. he was reported to be at that site 30 minutes from paris. from barack obama, it is far less discreet. the u.s. president has left the white house with his family from our visit in your, even posing for the cameras during a round of golf. he is expected to stay there for 17 days. angela merkel and her husband are expected to go to the mountains of italy, as they have done for the last eight years. portugal is a holiday destination for every cameron and his wife. vladimir putin has not yet announced where he is going, but he is likely to invite the media along, as is the case every year. annette: time for a look at the day's busin

lincoln tunnel and holland are moving well if you take these as alternates. the bqe the delays continue to build. stretching back to the prospect if you are traveling northbound. construction on the bridge manhattan bound is still there for another ten minutes. but better news if you are traveling in new jersey. we don't have any alerts here as you make your way on the turnpike at newark liberty. around the area are also moving well and alternate side is in effect citywide. remember be safe, don't text and drive. chris and mary, back to you. >>> okay alex thank you. on the health watch this morning, health experts say it's time to pay closer attention to the nutritional value of foods rather than counting calories. it did the editorial in the journal of open heart points out that nuts or olive oil are associated with the reduced risk of heart attack and stroke. attention to calories may be slight little misplace -- slightly police maced. >>> a new study finds that people around the world are living longer. globalized expectancy rose by more than six years sin

no problems with the gwb towards the lincoln and holland, trains on or close. dramatically with union square and prospect park station topping the list. teresa priolo live in union story. >> reporter: different hours, you often see kinds of people you don't want to encounter and things you normally see the middle of the day. all kinds of people, some in the right frame of mind, others are not. the new york post is reporting this subway station, a very busy subway station ranks no. one city wide for serious assaults. it is the kind of news no subway rider wants to hear according to the new york post, a felony assaults on the subway are soaring up 24% this year. crimes that may involve a dangerous object, victims may be the nypd confirms 151 assaults were reported through august 16th compared to 122 the same time last year. the paper says union square and prospect park subway stops have seen the biggest increases due in large part to the influx of people from all different walks of life. we also want to mention we have been in touch with the nypd all morning and are waiting for more lit

french president franÇois hollande has thanked a group of passengers and hailed them as heroes.a gunman managed to fire a shot wounding two people before being tackled to the ground. >> tied up and subdued. mobile phone footage shows the gunman who tried to cause carnage on a french high speed train. the man had been confronted first by a french passenger and then over powered by a group of american travelers, including off duty u.s. military personn personnel. their spend spencer stone was injured with cuts to his neck and hand, but his condition in hospital is not serious. >> spencer ran a good ten meters to get to the guy. we didn't know that his gun was not working or anything like that. spencer was running any way. if anyone would have gotten shot it would have been spencer. we're lucky nobody got killed, especially spencer. >> they prevented a potential massacre. the gunman was armed with an ak-47 rifle, nine magazines of ammunition, and a box-cutter blade. >> my thoughts were, i'm probably going to die any way. so let's go. i'd rather die being active trying to get him do

. >> sergeant john holland is the only fireman on duty in white lake township when the call comes in. >> when i first arrived there, i see the aircraft, the nose down. i can still see the pilot in the plane. with that type of impact, an aircraft has basically fallen out of the sky hitting the water, my biggest concerns are spinal injuries. >> the situation seems under control, but sergeant holland knows there are hidden dangers. a two-ton plane leaking 75 gallons of jet fuel can be a recipe for disaster. >> when you get any type of incident like this, you start getting everybody wants to come and look. you've got fuel in the water. you have a combustion engine coming in. the fuel could be ignited. >> despite the danger, holland goes in after the pilot. >> i actually received first-degree burns around my upper chest and under my arms from the fuel. it was burning. it felt like having acid on your skin. >> but in the adrenaline-fueled moment, holland doesn't feel his injuries yet. he's focused on rescuing the pilot. >> i just kind of floated a backboard underneath him to support his spi

moving to france, president francois hollande has sent a message to beleaguered taxpayers, pledging thataxes will come down after several years of rising. going for growth, during a visit to a factory in the france southeast, francois hollande announced lower taxes for 2016. he is betting that a stronger economy will give him leeway. expecting great growth. there will be lower taxes next year. we are working on the question of the size of that reduction, which will depend on the growth we reach in 2016. the president's optimistic after a stronger than usual first quarter. the economy stood still between april and the end of june. still, officials are confident 2015 will see an overall 1.8% growth rate followed by 1.5% in 2015. yup petition is crying foul. >> i cannot tell if this is amateur politics or plain irresponsible. reporter: millions of lower earning families have seen their income taxes go down in recent years. but that is not the case for the middle-- four upper income households. in 2014, the french government morered 2.8 billion euros than the year before. relative to the siz

. >>> the french president france soy holland has thanked a group of passengers for overpowering a heavily armed gunman on a train in northern france. the attacker managed to fire a shot wounding one person before being tackled to the ground. we have the latest from paris. >> film footage shows a gunman who tried to cause carnage. he was confronted first by a french passenger and then tackled by american passengers. spencer stone was injured with cuts to his neck and hand, but his condition in hospital is not serious. >> he ran a good ten meters to get to the guy. we didn't know that his gun wasn't working or anything like that. spencer just ran any way. if anybody would have gotten shot it would have been spencer for sure. we're lucky nobody got killed, especially spencer. >> authorities say that the swift intervention of those passengers prevented a potential massacre. the gunman was armed with an ak-47 rifle, nine magazines of ammunition, spare bullets and a box-cutter played. >> my thoughts were that i'm probably going to die anyway, so let's go. i'd rather die being active trying to g

quiet, overnight construction wrapping up but no delays if you are traveling inbound, lincoln and holland and mass transit on or close to schedule. >> the senate has forward republican agenda cut federal funding for planned parenthood, yesterday's the follows the release videos secretly recorded by an anti-abortion group showing planned parenthood officials describing how they sell aborted fetal tissue to researchers. the vote was seven short of 60 votes needed to move toward passage but there will be another chance to get it passed when the house is back in action. juliet: bernie sanders has a new campaign ads out. >> going to send a message to the billionaire class, you can't have it all. juliet: an immigrant in new york city and his family life. the clip details the senator's proposal on critical issues facing the country including climate change and college costs. >> meteorologist: donald trump meantime lead in the polls. the focus is on a different kind of number. website dr. publish the phone number that belongs to the billionaire. they did it to give him a taste of his own medicine

the hudson river crossing, lincoln tunnel looked good, and the gwb and holland. >> bill deblasio's wife has been excused from a federal jury duty, she went to brooklyn federal court yesterday asking for a postponement until the end of her husband's term in 2018 citing her busy schedule as first lady but turned out she will not have to serve anyway because it is well-known she resided graze dimension in manhattan which is not the eastern district of new york, but the southern district of new york. she is no longer eligible to serve in brooklyn. when asked bill deblasio said his wife can serve in october when she has gotten kids off to college. >> joining us to talk about this and so much more is curtis who has been attacked by a drone. show them the drama going on. that scratch right there, the drone attacks you. >> attacked me and came at me as second time. downwind the drone. instead of worrying about the blood coming out of my neck, you hurt my jerome. juliet: the drone is worth more than you are. >> charlene. ben: her name is shirlaine. >> the point being the both in brooklyn have to

. >>> four men who thwarted an attack on a french train have been honored by president hollande. mcgregor-wood reports now from the french capitol. >> reporter: president hollande honored them with france's highest award. they had, according to the president prevented real carnage. how to keep france and europe's trains safe from attack is now a real question. the suspect in friday's attack boarded the train at brussel's station with neither passport nor baggage being checked. france's transport minister promised more stop and search checks. >> translator: people say the checks could be discriminatory, but i would prefer to discriminate efficiently, than to remain a spectator. >> reporter: trains pass borders without the control of air travel. europe's politicians and police forces now face a huge dilemma, how to improve security on the high-speed rail network, while preserving the principles of freedom of movement, which have become such a crucial part of the european economy and its way of life. nowhere is that more true than on france's famous tshg gb network. carrying 250,000

for allt hollande spoke of the frenchman he paid tribute in tackling the gunman on the train. they were, he said, an example to the world. >> on behalf of france, i would like to thank you for what you have done. the entire world has remarked on your behavior in this sense of solidarity that allowed you to control an individual so determined. your heroism should be an exam will to many of us and a source of inspiration. it was gut instinct, survival, the men said that got them out of their seat as the attacker prepared to open fire. they beat him to the ground, and one of the americans with injured. they tied him up until the train stopped. and to aizarre dramatic holiday for the three americans who were traveling around europe visiting friends. now here they are at the palace receiving the highest honor in the land from the french president himself. reporter: afterwards him of the british man said he hoped what they did would give others courage in the future. >> one way or another, we are going to be facing this problem in the future. thinkd invite you all to about what what

no delays at the holland. more weather and traffic on the 4s. >> thank you, lauren. >>> the gas line linked to -- the explosion happened at a motel 6 in bremerton. this was west of seattle. it's believed all the guests got out safely because of a manager did pull the fire alarm about 20 minutes before that ex ploepgs. a utility worker was not as lucky, though. he's being treated for second and third degree burns. >>> happening now, four people are missing in the aftermath of several landslides in alaska. officials in sitka, southwest of juneau say heavy rains caused landslides and a sinkhole to emerge. the city's fire marl shal is missing. it sent down a sea of logs and debris on tuesday morning. one home was destroyed. >>> firefighters trying to contain more than 90 wildfires that are burning in boise, idaho. one firefighter captured this video. they're calling it a firenado. sent flames shooting 100 feet into the air and more than a million acres burned across seven states. firefighting resources stretched r

were just out here on holiday and they ended up stopping a terrorist and preventing from president holland during that ceremony called a blood bath or carnage, betty. >> quite incredible. congratulations to them. thank you so much, claude yoe. over the weekend, the men who were honored this morning, they described what it was like overpowering the gunman on that train. take a listen. >> i turned around and i saw what looked to be an ak-47 and it looked like it was jammed or it wasn't working and he was trying to charge the weapon. alex just sit me on the shoulder and said let's go. we tackled him, hit the ground. alex grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a choke hold. he pulled a handgun out, took out a box cutter, started jabbing at me with that. we let go, all three of us started punching him while he was in the middle of us. i was able to grab him again and choke him unconscious while alec was hitting him in the head with the pistol or rifle. that's pretty much it. >> i want the lesson to be learned that basically in times of basis like that i would want it to be learned t

they are there with the french president, francois hollande.their lives will change forever from here on. and of course, they have made quite a mark on the 500 or so people who were on that train because this could have ended, as we heard from the president there, as a terrible massacre. >> we want to continue to look into all the aspects of this now. and kind of analyze some of the lessons from the incident and the security implications. we are joined by the international security director of the asia security agency and hopefully you heard the ceremony there. the french president saying this is an incredible story. these men who were not armed stopped a potential mass killer. witnesses say it looked as if ayoub el khazzani was well arm bud not well trained in how to use his ak-47. what do you make of the man they all took down? >> this is a very important incident that's taken place. because it shows the design and the intent of terrorism now, that we're witnessing. and this is the third effort where weapons have been brought in from belgium

reopened honorable, no issues with the upper level, 495 towards the lincoln tunnel doing fine and the holland, trains running on or close to schedule. juliet: thanks, pretty much anybody's guess what we can expect to see on a roller coaster the we know as wall street. overnight chinese stocks continued to slump. most asian markets did rebound heather: liz column tracking things in the newsroom. what do we know. >> reporter: signs point toward a positive direction so that is the good news here but let's look at the numbers, you can see asia, the hang seng up 1% after markets closed and european stocks climbing so could this be a directional change after a crazy couple days on wall street? five minutes after the opening bell the dow jones industrial average fell 1,000 points monday but why? blame china. the country's main index fell 8.5% monday, the biggest drop >> got to keep your head at a time like this because as you know these stocks and move around all over the place. >> the selloff comes after fear of a potential global economic slowdown, china is the world's second-largest economy so wh

holland said he would take him to see the ocean for the first time.nd the dog known as a glory hound and his hand willer went to the south africa south coast. in jo hans burg approximate --. >> a spluj has reached new mexico. the lead and arsenic spilled in the river earlier this week when a clean up crew breached a debris dam. emergency management officials are trying to make sure the tainted river water does not treat water treatment plants. tests are ongoing. >> and shelling out more money for eggs may be the new normal. the price for a single carton could be $6 due to an outbreak in the avyan flu hitting the poultry population. the average price rose 76 percent between may and june. >> who do you think won the republican presidential debate and why? collone tweets. rubio and kasich tied and christie did well as well. knoll writes. carly early debate. i liked cruz and carson a lot. big no to bush and graham. huckabee answered the questions true to conservative principles. tweet me and more of your responses right after the break. seems like we've h