Rain. Shiri over into Central Massachusetts and metrowest has fog lingering through much of 9 00 this morning. We get breaks in the clouds for the afternoon with high temperatures that will make their way into the 80s. Thats check on the forecast for now we do want to get check on the roadways. We got Julie Grauert standing by with live drive time traffic. Julie i want to point out cameras looking better as far as the fog concerned. Theres the expressway as you approach the oneill tunnel and Financial Center and completedly fogged out earlier. Look at the zakim for mass general starting to look a still leave ten, 15 minutes earlier though just in case you hit some of those foggy patches. New accident on the pike eastbound, right after route 9 in framingham. As we shift north just kind of some spotty volume picking up along route 1 in saugus and 93 south around route 16. Here are live drive times, 41 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave. 27 minutes on the expressway. 44 mi
Comcast and mcdonalds. After the bell we have amgen, at t and yum brands. Screen. Oard futures flat. Tenyear yields flat. Eurodollar flat. Loyal 104 per barrel. Monitor. The existing home sales. Here is the housing boom of the middle part of the last decade. Sales have rolled over again off of the trend line back 20 years ago. Existing home sales just cannot get it going. That is an ugly chart. Now what . Unemployment stalled out. More on that through the next number of days. Here is scarlet fu. Top frontpage story about changing up the guard at ford. The chief operating officer, mark fields, will be named ceo eventually. The announcement may come as soon as may 1. Alan mulally probably stepping down by the end of the year. He is 68 years old. A former executive who turned around ford and kept the company from pursuing a federal bailout. Billiond up on the 23 loan before the financial crisis. A stroke of brilliance. They never had to pay government take government money. The point is,
There is always a bull market somewhere. I will see you tomorrow. As we await the state of theion onthe ion use union address. Here is what Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnel told me a molt ament a what he has been doing doesnt create jobs. All right later in the show as we prepare to hear the president s take on the economy. But will he make a compromise deal on the budget cut iting se quester. The kudlow report begins right now. First up, this evening lets set the scene for tonight. Aamon joins us now from the hill. What is the buzz about tonight over there good evening to you. Reporter well good evening larry. If history is any guide, the last 12 to 18 months might represent the opportunity. After that, history shows that second term president s tend to peter out a bit. The president knows what is at stake here tonight. But especially the economy we have exerts from what the president is going to say. He is going to say it is our Generations Task then to ignite the true engine of Economic