Busy in the east bay and still pretty busy in the southbound and northbound stretch near the 23rd avenue exit, but its equally busy on the bay bridge toll plaza. The metering lights have been on since 5 20 this morning. If this is part of your commute, extra time to enjoy the beautiful skies this morning and the nice sunrise building up and here is a look at what you expect in terms of the drive times. Towards the Richmond Bridge, youre looking at nine minutes and westbound 80 towards the bay bridge 16 minutes and aside from that, we do have a couple crashes in the south bay that might slow you down. A look at how the south bay is doing and the rest of the area coming up. Thanks, vianey. Breaking news this morning, two people rescued from a south bay river and now were working to find out their condition. Bob redell live at the scene in south san jose. This happened in the Early Morning hours, bob . Correct during the 1 00 hour at the Guadalupe River. We know one of the people, we beli
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with katie phang in for ari starts right now. Hi, katie. Hi, nicolle. Thank you so much. Welcome to the beat for the rest offuous. I am katie phang in for ari melber. We start with flashing Warning Signs for american democracy at a Pivotal Moment in the American Campaign season. As of tonight President Biden and former President Trump have clenched the threshold for meeting they primaries. Its the earliest matchup in nearly a quarter of a century. In 2000 al gore and george w. Bush clenched their nominations just four days earlier than joe biden and donald trump. Of course, that election ended at the United States Supreme Court. And this election starts there. Trump set to make the unprecedented argument for total president ial immunity in his coup case next month, as accountability for january 6th rioters dpriends forward. Just today a federal judge ordering that a trump
And all right, there may be no hope to tame inflation. That is the subject of the riff. Stock market bulls continue to taught Federal Reserve Interest Rate cuts but latest fed minutes out today throw cold water on that. The stocks dont need extra juice from the fed. Consumer prices increases around 4. 5 annual rate over first third of the year. 20 over course of joe bidens presidency. Prices risen faster than wages during mr. Bidens term. You could addon personal borrowing costs. Like car loans, home mortgages, credit cards. All those are not counted in the cpi but they weigh heavily on families. Then there is never ending biden spending machine. And soaring deficits and debt that go with it. You are looking at two trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see. The root cause of those, is over spending. Which is running nearly a quarter of gdp, that is a peacetime record, cbo estimates that budget deficits will run close to 3 trillion dollars by 2034. Spending continues unabated f
And all right, there may be no hope to tame inflation. That is the subject of the riff. Stock market bulls continue to taught Federal Reserve Interest Rate cuts but latest fed minutes out today throw cold water on that. The stocks dont need extra juice from the fed. Consumer prices increases around 4. 5 annual rate over first third of the year. 20 over course of joe bidens presidency. Prices risen faster than wages during mr. Bidens term. You could addon personal borrowing costs. Like car loans, home mortgages, credit cards. All those are not counted in the cpi but they weigh heavily on families. Then there is never ending biden spending machine. And soaring deficits and debt that go with it. You are looking at two trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see. The root cause of those, is over spending. Which is running nearly a quarter of gdp, that is a peacetime record, cbo estimates that budget deficits will run close to 3 trillion dollars by 2034. Spending continues unabated f
Cryptocurrency donations for his campaign, how about that . There may be no hope to truly tame inflation. Thats a subject of the riff. Stock market bulls continue to tout Federal Reserve Interest Rate cuts but the latest fed minutes out day throw cold water on that proposition. By the way, stocks dont need any extra juice from the fed. The current rally is based on solid profits which are always the mothers milk of stocks and the lifeblood of the economy but consumers prices have increased 4 1 2 at an annual rate over the first third of the year and of course nearly 20 over the course of joe bidens entire presidency. Prices have risen faster than wages during mr. Bidens term as typical working families find it difficult to live in the biden economy. You could add on personal borrowing costs like car loans, home mortgages, credit cards, all those are not even counted in the cpi but they weigh heavily on families nonetheless. Then there is the never ending biden spending machine and the