For the president to speak. Theres a bright spotlight on the issue right now. Good morning. Good morning to you, sam. If you look down there behind me you can catch a glimpse of his motorcade coming here to Stanford University and off camera, there is a crowd of people waiting his arrival. Lets take a live look inside the stanford Memorial Auditorium where the president will speak and sign an executive order urging companies, especially Tech Companies in Silicon Valley to partner with the government to against cybersecurity, and right now on the podium, apple ceo tim cook addressing the cybersecurity summit being put on by the white house, and he was emphasizing just moments ago that everyone customers have a right to privacy and security. Earlier, the secretaries of Homeland Security and commerce moderated panels with ceos from some of the most prominent companies. To talk about what each side needs from the other in order to better combat the cyberthreat. Companies are asking that th
Orange new Jersey School superintendent that explained that the schools principal and district administrators vehemently deny any knowledge of the assignment and preliminary inquiries find that no approval was ever sought nor were parents notified about this unauthorized activity. The teacher has been suspended with pay and that further investigation will continue after the district returns from spring break. Parents in the community may not have been aware of the plans to write the letters to abu jamal but they had plenty of responses to them. Kids should be writing to role model not to prisoners. I mean theyre third graders. What can a prisoner tell a third grader . My kid is in the sixth grade. Of course hes not there but if that was him i would have a heart attack. Social media played a huge part in this controversy as the letters were disclosed on social media by professor Joanna Fernandez who delivered them to abu jamal. Heat discussion continues on social media. Although feedbac
Correct s. E. Sectors that look good. Isperks in play. The stock up big today and 72 this year. And one more big story on our radar, and that is the radar. A lot of cold is moving in with a chance for significant snowfall. The forecast is coming up. Tyler and sue are out. Im melissa lee and simon hobbs at the nyse. Happy new year, simon. Happy new year to you as well and what a year, melissa. The dow up 26 , even as we speak. A good year for those in the market. Its beg your pardon, the s p is up 29 , 29 gain for the s p. As for the nasdaq, lets take sto stock. A gain of 38 . Nasdaq outperforming and small caps outperforming a 30 rise for the russell. All of those are record breakers except, of course, the nasdaq. If you remember, dotcom, happy new year. This has been a great year for a lot of people. Its been a great year. If youve invested in stocks and stayed invested in stocks and ending the year, simon, about the way we began it with modest gains. Take a look at major indices, on
Happy new year everybody. Happy new year pam. Or if you were partying last night good night we should say. Lets go to steve paulson. So we are off to a good start. A great start. Thank you. We have mostly clear skies. A little patchy fog on the coast. Those high and mid level clouds are gone. A lot of 30s and 20s. You lose that cloud cover and its noticeably cooler in the north bay. 21 up in tahoe. 31 ukiah. They were 29. So a little pump up in those temps. It will be another sunny and hazy day and proposals warming up a bit. It will billion sunny and nice today. Some patchy fog and just a little bit warmer. Highs today 60s to upper 60s. Back to the desk. Thank you. We begin with developing news this morning. The chp is investigating a deadly new years day freeway crash in oakland. Happened just hours ago on interstate 580 near park boulevard. Tara moriarty is joining us live from the crash scene with what we have learned from investigators. Reporter the onramp to 580 westbound is now
Dives town into the Northern Plains and great lakes. Sunny and nice. It will be a hazy day. 60s to near 70. Lets go back to the desk. Sal is is off this morning. But we are still keeping an eye on traffic for you. Over on the east bay taking a look at highway 4 in bay point, still pretty dark out there. But things are moving well this morning. And this is a look at highway 24 near lafayette. Traffic on the right moving toward the new caldecott tunnel. There is been a few accidents. Excuse you, pam. That weaver been telling you about that weve been telling you about. We do have a crew keeping an eye on things here and we will bring any new information as we get it. Fremont police are still trying to piece together an accident that killed a teenager and seriously injured a baby. Claudine wong is joining us now where it happened. Reporter good morning, pam. This is where the three victims were walking across the street when they were hit by a vehicle going southbound down this road. They