We got three reporters covering it all there. Phil lebeau on the cars and the crash tests. Housing, diana olick and the economy, steve leisman. But we do start with phil and these new crash tests on the ford f150. Give us more details, phil. Mandy this is a mixed review from the Insurance Institute for highway safety. Look at the crash test video. The good news for ford and for f150 owners they tested two versions of the truck, the super crew version which is the most popular version, all good ratings across the board. Extended cab, four good ratings but one acceptable citing injuries to the driver. Ford says it is making changes in the extended cab for 2016 to ensure that it passes all of the safety tests. But heres the negative news in this review by the iihs. It has to do with the cost of repairing the aluminum panels on the f150. They say those repair costs could be 26 more than the old repairs against a steel panel version. They say that repairing aluminum is timelier or takes mor
The last time San Francisco hit 100 degrees or near 100 or at 100 degrees was 18 years ago. And this is one of the since 1874, theres only been in San Francisco 10 days of 100 degree readings. That is amazing to me. I mean, thats how significant today is. And with that said, theres major heat. A heat warning for the entire bay area. Now, that extends to bakersfield in Southern California, los angeles, hence the flex alert. You also have a fire danger, a red flag warning and you also have a spare the air day. So it is baking out there. Here are some of the current numbers. My buddy mark tamayo is in livermore where we did an experiment. We looked at he has a very Accurate Temperature sensor. Its hot. 105. Put it down on the turf, it was a buck 21, right . Reporter yeah, topped out at about 120, bill. Yes, we have been in this heat. I have been Drinking Water for hours. Right now, this is an estimate of the air temperature now. 108 degrees according to this sensor. Im going to put this o
Welcome to power lunch the s p joining the dow in having its best day since march 1st. The three major averages now positive for the month all 11 s p sectors are trading higher right now health care, tech, trading above their record closes. Financial also a big winner today. The dow utility setting an alltime intraday high as melissa mentioned, irma, not as bad as it could have been the floridabased insurers and the reinsurers, they are soaring, up anywhere between 5 and 15 . Im Brian Sullivan out in San Francisco. Perhaps no stock important for the dow as much as apple tomorrow, apple, the first event at their brandnew billion dollar headquarters. Expected to launch not one, not two but perhaps three new phones with a price tag of upwards of 1,000 Analysts Expect this to be revolutionary. Not evolutionary the stock has becoen on a tear well get you details perhaps on apple watch, apple tv. Its all going to be about this device, the computer in your hand, ten years after the release of
My daughter loved it. She didnt want to go to bed. Did you enjoy it. Yeah. We were watching it from inside. We had the total sound of music moment where the thunder hits and all of the kids come rushing to you. The boys were concerned. Quite the show out of our dining room window. Everyone out there who sent in videos and photos to the news room. A lot of good photographers out there. A lot of folks were using their phones, not using the old camcorders. What is a camcorder, dad. People know what phones are these days, especially the smart phone. Today were going inside apples new cupertino campus as the company prepares to announce new technology, including the newest iphone. With the base price tag over 1,000. It will be interesting who will spring for the newest model. Jessie gary is outside of apple park with more on the activity. It is lively there, i bet, jessie. Reporter sal, good morning to you. Good morning to all of you. Let me start with a question. Which one of you would put
New iphones go on sale as the stock feels pressured this morning. Plus, geopolitics over the market, north korea leader is say hell test a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific. First up, though, stocks are looking to regain momentum after the dow snapped a nineday winning streak and hit an interday high early in thursdays market. War of words between the president and kim jongun. We had the sanctions yesterday of the u. S. And china and now a threat over the pacific. The escalation is notable this week, michelle. Journalists know that the statement of kim jongun came from him directly. Usually north korean media, et cetera an escalation certainly but still not that much response i mean, considering what donald trump, the president said on the floor of the u. N. General assembly on tuesday, not a huge reaction yet over the concerns markets are putting it in that file that says, its been going on for decades maybe an incremental escalation and theres no clear path to handicapping where this go