Of sustained, abovetrend economic growth. Now at this meeting as you recall fed members voted to taper by another 10 billion a month and recommit to keeping shortterm Interest Rates lower for longer but minutes show they also discussed how to eventually raise rates and shrink the feds unprecedented 4. 5 trillion Balance Sheet but said, quote, the committees discussion of this topic was undertaken as part of prudent planning and did not imply normalization would necessarily begin sometime soon. Melissa. Melissa a lot of stuff there, peter. Thank you so much. For more lets bring in our panel. We have james freel man of wall street journal, greg rayburn, kobe partners, former ceo of hostess. Thanks for joining us. James, what is your reaction . I think the economy is improving. Charles plosser, Philadelphia Fed president saying this week he sees rates coming higher, maybe quicker than people expect. Melissa they said too early to see if were on a path to above trend growth. Are you kiddin
The unions made a small step toward management saying they would agree to sit down and talk over the differences but, a huge but, only if the board agrees to ratify the contract today in the vote. The board has said it does not plan to do that or has indicated it will not be ratifying the contract. The board is calling the family leave section a mistake saying it is too expensive. Riders say they are tired of all of this and some are managing to ignore all of the details. I dont really get into it because you never know why they are going backandforth. I dont depend on bart. I have a car. I have options. The unions or management will not say what will happen if the contract is not ratified. There is fear there could be a strike. Commuters in pittsburg say it is a long way to go to San Francisco from here in the cars and they are asking both sides to think of them, the commuters, who need the trains. This morning, three San Jose State University students facing hate crime charges accuse
Young girl playing outside viciously attacked by a neighbor pit bull. Tonight the toddler is in the hospital after a desperate move to save her. Good evenin evening. It happened around 5 45 tonight on louisiana street in vallejo. 7 News Reporter allen live at sutter solana Medical Center how is she diagnose. Okay. She was brought here to the emergency room with gas gashes and bite mark all over the back of her head, neck and face. Now shes going to be okay but once again, we have a pit bull that bricks away from its owner and attacks an innocent child. From what we understand, it could have been a lot worse. So you hold it like this. The turn it over. Reporter she was watching her 2 daughters play with their 3yearold next door neighbor when this pit bull got away from the owner, woman seen her here. It was obvious the dog was walking the owner. Reporter the dog named blue was on leash a a long leasd pounced on the little girl putting her head and neck in its mouth. I dont think the dog
And upper 80s and as hot as yesterday and comfort am, comfortable with pockets of sun on the coast and lowtomid 60s. Leyla gulen . We arm wrestled for this, and this is just beautiful. Look at this. The Golden Gate Bridge shows the peaks headed over to the Marin Headlands and it will cause impact on the visibility if you drive into the city. Use low beams. Not the high beams. The rest our commute is clear and it is friday lite and we do not have accidents right now. We are seeing congestion oh the Altamont Pass. This is the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights show traffic stacking to the maze. Happening today, a bay area congressman plans to tour the perimeter of mineta san jose airport to see how easy it is if someone to breach supreme securr a teen stowed away on a flight to hawaii. Matt keller has more from the airport. The airport broach was the fourth in the United States in five years which is what motivating a congressman to come here today to find out how it was pos
85 and hot inland with 81 to nine as a spread and in San Francisco 63 to 69. The rest us get it tomorrow and through the weekend and now the commute with leyla gulen. C. H. P. Is on the scene of a structure fire. It is in the east bay in san leandro at 153rd avenue. You may start to see street closing but it is near 580. So far 580 is fine and moving along. Over to the Altamont Pass, can you see the yellow which is traffic build up so we can have a friday light situation on our hands and 26 Miles Per Hour is on that transition. The rest of the commute is not too bad at 26 minutes from tracy to dublin. The bay bridge has had the early construction picked up. Got to love the friday lite. A bay area congressman plans to tour the perimeter of mineta san jose airport to see how easy it is for someone to breach security there. And this comes after a teen managed to stow away on a flight to hawaii. Matt keller is there with more. A lot of questions on Airport Security after the stow away jump