Streak yesterday look at whats been happening with the markets youll see overnight in asia, you can see what happened with japan. Down by 0. 4 hang seng slightly weaker. As the president is preparing to speak in poland, market theres are a bit weaker dax is down by 0. 6 . The cac is the biggest decliner, down by 0. the ftse is off by a half percent. Crude oil prices, which yesterday fell for the first time after eight days in a row of gains are up once again a gain of 65 cents to 45. 78. Sorkin, is he back tomorrow no. He may be back on monday not sure i will tell you about the three big stories. I hit this up to see what three big stories. Look how much i have to read look at that im looking on my machine about what is heavy duty lifting that youre feeling i dont even have andrew i even want him to come back to take no ill do this. Ill give it the Royal Treatment it deserves. The enthusiasm here are the big stories today tloos three of them. New this morning a crash test brings into q
75 around the bay to 70 around noon to 4 00. Very comfortable inland at 83 to 75 at 7 00. So temperatures getting back to average after being so obnoxiously hot. Ill show you the newest numbers coming up. Alex ips. Good morning. Taking a look at the bay bridge once again were starting to pick up speed here. We had a piece of debris, some type of metal lid that they ran a traffic break for on that ramp, thats all clear as maybe seven, eight minutes ago so we should start to see those speeds improve. Drive times looking good too. Southbound 680 to walnut creek six minutes, walnut creek to highway 13 another nine and then westbound 580 phrasesy to dublin even out of the Central Valley youre in the yellow at 39 minutes. We ray crash in mill pete as well track that next. Two gop senators say they oppose the Health Care Bill and that means its leaving the party short of the required votes to move forward. They said they will not support the current repeal and replace bill. Mitch mcconnell co
Washington worries the manager of the Biggest Hedge Fund wrote a post saying im watching how conflict is being handled as a guide, im not encouraged the bridgewater founder was initially confident that President Trump could stimulate growth tru throuhrough tax refo dered deregulation well hear more from ray dalio next month when he joins the delivering alpha conference. A los angeles jury ordering Johnson Johnson to pay 417 million to a woman who claimed that the talc in the baby powder caused ovarian cancer. J j says it will appeal the ruling its the largest yet in lawsuits saying the company failed toed a quickly warn consumers about the cancer risk of its talcbased products Johnson Johnson faces 5,000 cases nationwide long long ago, the ceo of i think it was after ralph larsen i had read about this probably ten years ago. 5, 10 years ago. Sometimes the shape of a carcinogen im not slaying talc is a carcinogen there was scuttlebutt about this, at least ten years ago i have not touche
Good morning, everybody. I am pleased to hold the nomination hearing for two outstanding nominees. Rod rosenstein and rachel rink. They have been nominated for two very important senior positions in the department of justice. Deputy attorney general and associate attorney general. The Deputy Attorney general, who is the second in command at the department oversees the day to day operations. The associate attorney general overseas the departments civil litigation. It is critical that we fill so themportant positions department can operate at full capacity. We cannot have two better nominees for these positions, mr. Rosenstein shares a lot in common. They both are dedicated Civil Servants. They have both been confirmed by the senate before. Twice. Brands case, they both served during president obamas administration. Externallyth talented and fairminded lawyers, dedicated to the full and evenhanded enforcement of our laws and they will serve the department with distinction as to rosenstei
Attorney general, rachel brand, also testified as part of her confirmation process. Good morning, everybody. Im pleased to hold this nomination hearing for two very outstanding nominees, rod ros rosenstein and rachel brand. Theyve been nominated for two very important senior positions in the department of justice. Deputy attorney general and associate attorney general. The Deputy Attorney general, who is the second in command at the department oversees the daytoday operations. The associate attorney general oversees the civil litigation departments. Its critical we fill these two important positions so the department can operate at full capacity. We couldnt have two better nominees for this position. They share a lot in common. They both are dedicated Civil Servants. Theyve both been confirmed by the senate before. In miss brands case, twice. They both served in confirmed positions during president obamas administration. Theyre both talented and fairminded lawyers, dedicated to the ful