8 up. A bit of a conundrum, it weaker than anticipated growth number when weve got Industrial Production and retail sales beating what was going on. Graphically, there you go. Retail sales, 3. 3 to the upside and that is what has been going on in aggregate. A mixed bag, a miss on the headline gdp but certainly a beat for Industrial Production and retail sales. Yeah, the topline picture is that China Remains the only major economy that is recovering at a pace like this but nonetheless, yeartodate, growth around 0. 7 . Year, beginning of the officials had hoped to get around 6 growth for 2020. Nonetheless, the fact retail sales came in well above the estimates will for economists who say we should see a broader economic recovery in china fueled by infrastructure. Straight cap to the pandemic, there would be focus on whether or not the consumer would step up and the numbers suggest that is happening. Ubss headore from of asia economics and achieve china economist. Always great to get your
Yesterday we kind of had a rough w. Here. You know what i mean. Highway 4 off to a rough start. I like the way it looks so far. And hopefully it will be a better day than yesterday. The commute every single day was slow. Just get on here and say its slow, back to you, steve. Its not that way right now. It looks pretty good. A little bit of fog in southern marin here. Traffic is moving well and theres a small delay at the toll plaza. 4 31. Topping our news this morning the first impeachment inquiry is set to begin on capitol hill. Doug luzader joins us live from washington d. C. With what to expect and whats at steak. Doug. What we know in broad terms how this is going to play out today but once it actually begins it could go in any direction. This hearing room will be packed today and the eyes of the nation may be glued to this table where the first two public impeachment inquiry witnesses will testify. William taylor and george kent the state Department Official will tell what they kn
Mountains upper 40s to 50 and also campbell mostly cloudy a lot of hazy conditions as well. It will be cooler today and tomorrow. 5 01. Lets see. Tracy time. Your first instinct was correct all the viewers are going to take you there right now and there is some slow traffic coming out of tracy. If you live. Ive always wondered this. I dont hear from you much. Sometimes i hear when things are bad. Go ahead and let me know what your commute is like. Getting up over to 580 we know that people are out there sometimes i hear from you. Livermore, dublin there are no major problems here. This is a look at interstate 880 in oakland and traffic is looking good. Bay bridge toll plaza looks good as well. There are no problems in the south bay right now. So if youre watching in the south bay and im not mentioning you, your commute is wonderful. All right. Sal just two hours from now. Public hearings will begin in washington d. C. Ktvus Christina Rendon is in our newsroom with a preview on what to
Quarter mile visibility in Half Moon Bay. Thats really the only bad one on these panels. 70 at the airport also livermore. Thats the only one i could find thats below a mile. Few upper 30s. A lot of 40s here. Higher clouds will get us along with a little on shore push. Bay bridge, sal. Trying to send out a tweet about this, steve but i guess i should do my tv job first. These turn arounds. It sounds like the injuries are minor. Westbound bay bridge lets go to the picture i have up here. The Fire Department and the tow trucks have arrived. We heard that the injuries werent as serious as first thought. A pickup truck and a car tied it up this is obviously a big problem for the bridge because its going to slow traffic on the span and when that happens they toll the metering lights. Ill show you what i mean by this. I can put my cursor on someone here and see how fast theyre moving. That pickup truck its actually not that bad. As they clear that thing up as fast as they can if i were you i
Conditions and a fourmilesperhour breeze from the west. 40s and 50s for just about everybody. 45 degrees, you wanter 40s, low 50s bunt temperatures are pretty close there and i dont think theyll change much due to the cloud cover coming in. 40s and 50s, very few 30s. Higher clouds holding temps up a little bit but thatll lead to a cooler pattern as a weak little system brushes us. Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. Cooler conditions. 60s and 70s on your temps. Still above average but coming down even more so tomorrow. 7 01. Sal is here and the bay bridge is better or damage done . The damages done but its better because a crash has been cleared, steve. Some people may avoid the bay bridge or give it extra time. This is one of those commutes where other commutes might be affected because of the bay bridge. For example some people might say, ill just take the Richmond Bridge across and get to marine and head down to the Golden Gate Bridge. Some people do that although its pretty expensive w