. -- $2.35 for regular unleaded. effect. >> here is a live satellite and radar image of hurricane harvey, continuing to gain strength in the gulf of mexico. rain and wind already impacting parts of the immediate coastline. galveston, texas, this is live. a few people walking along the shore which is not a good idea. car still running around. get out now, if you haven't already with the storm surge having a major effect as well as running rain and maximum wind gusts in the galveston area of 60 miles per hour. classify the still storm as category two with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour. the storm is still gaining strength. it should do that before making landfall overnight tonight and into the early half of saturday. it should be a major hurricane, classified as a category three. we the extended outlook and have your weekend outlook. >> developing now, a virginia couple being held without bond, accused in a shocking a case of child abuse. the couple were arrested tuesday after their 10-year-old son had k

here we have a great chart on unleaded gas. this is pretty phenomenal.lease walk us through this, explain to us exactly what is happening. mike: i appreciate it. this is the key try like to look at. this is the 52 week average. they are curbing and going town. and then the bottom one is the 52-week chart of unleaded going back up. exports of gas are pretty high. 10% or 11% of our production. we are still importing, but we're exporting more of our incremental production. for keepingnk you us smart before hurricane harvey hits. thank you. julie: it is now time for the bloomberg business flash. we work agreed to a $4.4 billion investments. . it provides a shared workspaces. the vice-chairman and external director will join its force. spacex successfully launched its 12th rocket of the year and related it on a drone ship for future reuse. the falcon 9 carried a satellite to orbit. this follows a post yesterday from ceo elon musk receive a first look at the spacesuit the company has been developing for future manned missions. i am not sure if he is modeling i

pay $2.17 for gallon of unleaded there. find the cheapest places to fill up no matter where you are going at wjla.com. it is very important to note how because prices are going up a lot since harvey. larry: and will keep going up as brad bell said in his report earlier this h center tracking what is coming with harvey and also irma in the ocean. doug: absolutely. we have the latest on both. we start with a look at the national harbor. clouds around and a comfortable evening to be out. i think the threat of the sprinkles and the showers diminish as we speak. it's 83 in washington. lower 80's for martinsburg, hagerstown. 8 in dale city. the numbers will fall through the 70's. by 11:00 tonight it's 73 downtown with cloudy skies and cooler in the suburbs. overnight, temperatures drop further as the cooler northerly winds develop. drop temperatures in the 50's. satellite and radar locally. the heavier clouds south. not so much to the north. that allowed us to warm up. lurking farther south the front edge of the rain pattern on t

the average cost of a gallon of unleaded gas has increased over the last few weeks that's because of slightly higher crude oil prices. the average cost stands at $2.97. that's up more than 30 cents from the same time last year. in san francisco the average price is 3.13, oakland is at 3:02 and san jose at $3.01. >>> scaring away the competition. >> ana belle creation topped the charts and brought in $35 million during its weekend debut. that is the horror prequel to ana bell, it centers around a possessed doll that haunts children. the dramatic true story the mass evacuation of soldiers during the start of world war ii. >> we're not going to make any comments about nut job 2 or nut job 3 as we toss to the sports reporter with us tonight, fallon smith. >> so kbafl you're calling me a nut job. that's okay because people that i work with, they call me crazy all the time. >> fair enough. >> in a good way. >> in a. >> way. >> yeah, in a good way. any ways, coming up in sports, plus giants double dipping in our nation's capital but maybe the biggest story is what happened last night before

interesting according to this you see that unleaded gasoline futures spiked and then came down to whereular gasol ine just spiked. obviously there's a longer-term impact on those prices too. >> this is an area that's used to seeing her again straight it's not like refiners aren't completely unaware these things can pass through the region from time to time. it is going to be a substantial storm and if for looking at that much water, you have to think about it these things will be shut down for several days on end, isn't not going to have power for several days. those will be the things that really affect the supply and you saw the concern starting yesterday when the category of the storm was upgraded, you saw serious concerns we would lose a substantial amount of the refining capacity at least for some period of time. vonnie: it takes a while for refiners to get back up online. really, it's a very dangerous process to try and started off again. >> we have about 10% of the refineries in the region that are off-line right now. the region accounts for about 1/2 of what the united states ha

the average cost of a gallon of unleaded gas has increased over the past few weeks. that's because of slightly higher crude oil prices. in california the average cost for a gallon of gas is $2.97. that's up more than 30 cents from the same time last year. in san francisco the average price is $3.13. oakland at $3.02 and san jose at $3.01. >> our birds eye view of the rare total solar eclipse is possible next week. nasa identified specific flights to get the best looks at the eclipse. delta has three flights. america airlines will have a flight to philadelphia. both will pass directly through the total eclipse zone. alaska air lines has a special charter heading out over the pacific but some people say it's too much money. >> i just wouldn't see investing that kind of money in something of that nature when you have the opportunity to see it from the ground. >> then there's a southwest air lines special flight from denver. you can get free viewing glasses and enjoy what they're calling c cosmic cocktails. >> smart marketing. >> well speaking of the eclipse hopefully it

in the last week in the devastation of harvey, we have had a massive rally for unleaded gasoline. we see it up about 28%. vonnie, this reflects something in an interesting way that mike mcglone is calling a short squeeze. online capacity from the refineries has gone off-line, but if we look at the difference between the september and october contract, there is a big distortion. mike lafleur and say -- mike mcglone says that on the year, it will only be up about 1%. vonnie: we will follow it tick by tick. let's check in on the first word news. two explosions rocked a chemical plant in the houston area that lost power during tropical storm harvey. the french company warned that the plant without power to refrigerate chemicals could become volatile. authorities expect the fire to burn itself out. floodwaters have receded in houston today. firefighters plan to conduct a block by block search in areas that were inaccessible. the death toll has risen to 31. harvey has knocked out one off-line.capacity the cost of rebuilding from the storm may be a roadblock for president trump's tax cut

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nature dealing a bad hand to the las vegas strip tore own will shane turning roadways into vers, unleadinghis casino parking lot. >> six people rescued this taxi driver waiting for hem on the roof of his car. >> it's fast. >> the water rises, he pulls his passenger up through a window. cars are also drowned in new orleans. rain in pennsylvania and wreaking havoc near salt lake city. >> two teenagers struck by lie ning. >> three sisters struck during a family camping trip. >> the father told the three young girls to go over into some trees and try to avoid the lightning. >> something you should not do in a thunderstorm. tonight two of the girls in critical condition after being airlifted to the hospital. their faench revive will them with cpr. the northeast drying out after flooding there. plaps rebounding. >> abc news, new york. >> a california town with a population of o 20 has been sold to an arizona marijuana company to create a pot friendly tourist destination. the town acalled niptin, it's an hour across from vegas. it is three hours from l.a. american green bought the town lock, stoc

this a year to date chart and what we are looking at is the september month contract for unleaded gasoline up 29% and you can see much coming to the last few days as the refineries in texas are shutting and taking capacity off-line and there's really world demand. thever, mica says most of spike is not really fundamental demand but a short squeeze and some are getting out. thereason he believes that, yellow berbers is the october contract up about 5%. -- and the yellow line represents the october contract up about 5%. finally, a look at some of the leaders and laggers. marathon, upaders, 3% in sympathy with oil and gas trading higher. biogenic is up with the biotech sector. nasdaq higher up more than 2% sprint -- 2%. gilead purchase to buy a company, a cancer deal giving a bid to biotech. on the ladder, dollar general down on paper worst day in a year after they beat estimates but the guidance disappointing. backly, insight giving some of yesterday's big rally. thanrday it was up more 10% and investors are taking some chip off the table. vonnie: thank you, abigail. breaking news on apple.

lower gas prices and the national average for regular unleaded droping a bit this week.lon will cost you $2.34 and choppers feel better about spending more at least for n now. consumer sentiment raising in the month of august with more americans feeling better that solar eclipse will be next. pookings directly in the trajectory of the eclipse. more than 50,000 women are staying in rentals this weekend compared to >> we're breaking down the three d's of sew ar eclipse. starting with driving. what to do if you're on the road during the eclipse what you do and don't want to do. >> you don't want to drive with these glasses on because you won't be able to sew a thing. secondly don't have any distractions. and if the eclipse occurs while you're driving, don't pull to the side of the road or to the shoulder especially on the highway to catch the total eclipse of the sun it could be fatal. headlights on we tell you that when it's raining it will be dark in middle of the day. >> like one of the temptations songs. >> dark in the middle of the day. >> he's a comedian on friday. >>

on crude oil though bhar ris for unleaded gas and you see gasoline is down a bit this morning >> mere are othshares ofs fo sf sharply. the company is projecting a third quarter loss and announced its cfo has resigned never a good sign. stock whacked 24%. hertz revenues were in line. the car rental company says it is making significant progress with its turnaround plan, but still faces a challenging market in the u.s shares responding better in fact than those avis results earlier in the week. true ca truecar second quarter beats expectations stock down 13% almost. >> a tough business. >> a lot of negative reaction. i'm thinking priceline, disney, netflix. could be having an impact. >> active sell in response even though the overall markets held up pretty well other stocks to watch, monster beverage beat forecasts, but the energy drink maker says results continue to be impacted by currency headwinds and production shortages and there is another one down about 3% that had been a pretty strong stock go daddy oig reporting better than expected second quarter results. it was helped by acqu

national average for regular unleaded gas, rising again, this week, a gallon costing you $2.36.ents higher then this time last year. stocks bouncing back after thursday's big sell off, dow jones up 14 but still, finishing letter for the week, a long with the nasdaq and s and p500. did you know, that next tuesday is national relaxation day, and according to a survey by wake filed research eight out of 10 americans say they don't set aside enough time to chill out. at some point during the day. half of americans say they are not getting enough sleep. so take it easy, that is good ness i'm trish reag an. uber is changing how they travel. new study shows people are re line the on the ride sharing services they are choosing not to buy a car. several university conducted the study, they looked at riders habits in austin, texas after sitting ordinance kicked in. that ordinance banned services like uber and lyft. they found 9 percent of people surveyed bought a car to fill that travel void, 42 percent used another ride sharing company, and 41 percent drove their car. >>> if you are conc

. >> those are the september unleaded gas futures that's looking like it may be a little bit supply constrainedoctober also up. so stretching into weeks when we might actually have a little bit of a, you know, mini shortages of gasoline in some markets. >> interestingly, we are seeing energy companies rally on the back of higher crude oil prices which is not a dynamic we have seen after the storm that put pressure on oil prices because the worry was the refineries shut down with demand -- decrease demand for oil, mike, that's sort of going the other way here >> it s arguably kind of got stretched. it was declining for days and recovering here right now which is helping things like some of the oil exploration stocks which had been very weak throughout this storm. >> marathon oil, newfield exploration, cabbot oil. as far as the rest of the market, another rally in biotech and health care stocks technology is strong today this is the last trading day of the month of august. one where everybody feared the season alt would interfere and a doomy and gloomy month there was more saber-rattling around n

this is unleaded gasoline over the last three months. because of the spike we have seen this week. are saying about the rumor, what do you attribute that v-shaped action to? tina: when you look at gasoline and oil, there were white or swings yesterday when it wasn't clear what was happening. it became clear yesterday at midday there would be a possibly category three. we saw oil prices start to fall as refineries shut and we saw gas spike. today, it was more of a holding pattern. we haven't seen more refineries shut down. we are expecting more to come in. we haven't seen the production shut in the gulf. most perkins go from east to west. this one just side -- most hurricanes go from east to west. this one went from south. said it is already affecting houston. are there gasoline shortages there already and how widespread are they? c.: it is all anecdotal. they are increasing. at play, asm always people pour north to get to higher ground they are using all the gasoline. who are notpeople familiar with the gulf coast, you mentioned the area a few hours south of houston is expected to

. >>> a live look in san jose this morning at a gas station where the price for unleaded gas consideredin. $2.58, the lowest we could find anywhere in the city. but it turns out the effect of hurricane harvey are already starting to be felt in america's fuel supply. overnight analysts told today in the bay that u.s. production is already about 1 million barrels short of demand. most people say even if gas price dos go higher, it will not change their labor day holiday travel plans. >>> and a live look at walnut creek bart station where the effort continues to crack down on recent bart-related crimes. today in the bay as been talking about bart leaders over the past few days. they tell us officers are putting more focus on recent crime hot spots. department is seeking to hire more officers. bart acknowledges that recent surge in the number of fare jumpers. >>> taking a live look outside from downtown livermore this morning. we are in that microclimate weather alert we've been fwaulk as we track an intense heat waive in the bay area. inland areas like livermore will get especially hot, ex

but we are still 5p or 6p cheaper than in february when the average price of a litre of unleaded was thatis pound is a little bit stronger and that is important because feel is traded in dollars so we need the pound to be strong against the dollar. it is also interesting that there is strong regional differences as to where it is now more expensive to fill up your car? we do see regional differences. generally, the southeast is the most expensive to buy fuel and northern ireland the cheapest. you sometimes see the north—east coming up and they have suffered the biggest increase this time. it very much depends where you live and what is going on at the time. there is still a global oil glut despite attempts from opec producers to reduce the supply. where could the supply price go? prices will stay in the general region. in 2016 we were enjoying playing under £1 a userfor region. in 2016 we were enjoying playing under £1 a user for petrol and diesel. that was aged result of oil being sold for $26 a barrel. opec were over supplying the market to prevent america producing oil from fracki

this week california drivers are paying on average of $2.96 for a gallon of unleaded regular gas.hat's up 3 cents from a month ago according to triple a. in the bay area, drivers are paying on average $3.02 per gallon. in oakland and vallejo, gas prices rose 3 cents and in san jose prices rose by 4 cents. san francisco had the highest gas prices in the bay area, and second-highest in the state, at $3.12 per gallon. (steve) a 66-year-old man is lucky to be alive tonight and it's all thanks to a fast-acting police officer... (vicki) it all happened before six last night at kezar stadium... san francisco officer robert fung was working a basketball event starring golden state warriors star steph curry... when he saw a man in the crowd lose consciousness and stop breathing... officer fung sprung into action... he called for medical back up and began giving the man c-p-r until medics arrived... the man was rushed to the hospital where he is now in stable condition... and it's all because of officer fung's quick response. the s-f-p-d released a statement on facebook saying how proud the

>> i'm a price guide and the unleaded gas, we are coming off the highs. they got up to 165.le bit less pressure. if i look further out, that's the october futures out. it's at 150. it not a long-term disruption here in 150 is where the market was before the event. >> you and i did do this in prior storms are incident that it played a rubber band that stretches. the question is how long it takes to snap back. i was listening to governors, particularly in texas he seemed to be alluding to the fact this is a monthlong phenomenon getting texas back in order and that i can understand. is it a monthlong naaman on for the energy market, what do you think? >> i don't think so. 20% of the refining is done in the houston area. that's why it's a big deal initially. crude oil itself has to be refined and products. crude oil has come down because there is an excess they can't refine. the concern that i think you are talking about is something called sticky pricing. let's go back to something like coffee. coffee rocketed up to $2.30 a pound a few years ago and the prices haven't come back