Temperatures sinking below freezing once again for our inland communities in the north bay. Also waking up with patchy fog this morning, especially thick for our north bay valley floors, into your afternoon, Cool Temperatures under dry conditions, we will be in the 50s and then by tonight the scattered showers move in and will linger into Christmas Day. Details on this coming up in a bit. 7 01. Dublin, pleasanton, livermore areas, one northbound 680 north of 84, also westbound 580 at springtown. This is the problem spot we continue to watch for the last 45 minutes or so. This is a crash involving three vehicles. It is in the clearing stages, according to our crew that just arrived, crews tow trucks have cleared this out of the way. Only minor injuries reported. You can still see some of the emergency vehicles on scene. This is westbound direction of the bay bridge headed into San Francisco just past Treasure Island. This is a view from our san p we will have a check of the south bay co
I tried to imagine myself in a house that was burning and i was not going to carry on business as usual. I thought the only thing i can do is put my whole body on the line, have regular actions, and include the historically noble thing called civil disobedience. Amy then becoming a dangerous woman, embracing risk to change the world. That is a new book by media legend pat mitchell who was arrested alongside jane fonda and 140 others friday. Mitchell was the first woman president of pbs, cnn productions, and of the paley cent f for mia. What do i mea by dangerous . Dodont mean being fear o or feararfu but i io mean ing more fearless. I i dontt mean abusgower, but i mean using it, sharing it tompower others. D speaki up and showing up for those without voice or representation. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A house judiciary commitittee lawyer has raised the possibility of additional articles of im
Joining us from sunny arizona. Your clients havent done too badly this year. Jeff its been a great year, and what a difference a year makes. Vonnie why is that, jeff . Jeff the reason for that is because this year, we had a lot of very supportive factors pushing the market higher. First and foremost, weve got a very strong and resilient consumer, and that is evidenced Online Retail sales. Next, weve got Central Banks. Central banks have been supportive and accommodative here in the u. S. And overseas. Next, weve got earnings. Earnings are looking like they are going to improve not only in the end of this year, but into next year. Finally, and probably most importantly, shortterm, weve had improvement on the trade front. It looks like we have that phase one trade deal ready in the nottoodistant future. Vonnie you say what a difference a year makes. Obviously, a lot could happen in the coming year as well. What are the greatest risks for 2020 . Jeff the greatest risks we see are policy r
Cutting back production of the 737 max. Could announce a decision as soon as today. The board began a regularlyscheduled meeting yesterday that is set to continue today just last week the head of the faa told us right here on squawk box that the 737 max wouldnt be cleared to fly before the end of the year u. S. Regulars then warned boeing that it had been setting Unrealistic Expectations for the jet to return to service further Production Cuts would inflate boeings costs and take a toll on Financial Results as fixed expenses would be split among fewer planes the ability to effectively amoretize all of those costs and would also be a real pushback on the company and on the companys ceo. To me, if there really is a production halt, then theres going to be a succession story that i think we havent had yet. The Ripple Effects of what that means not only for boeing but all their suppliers along the way. Thats a much the reason you halt it, i mean, youre just blowing money if you keep making
It right here live. And we are looking for more market records today. The dow and s p and the nasdaq, all expected to make records. It was a year ago today that the market was in freefall. Remember that . It was about 6,000 points lower on the dow. That is very much not the case today. Varney company is about to begin. David and there is news overseas. We are watching hong kong this morning. Monthslong protests are flaring up once again. Riot police fired tear gas at protesters this morning. We are going to be monitoring this throughout the morning right here. But lets focus on some positive news at home. A brand new sales record, Super Saturday sales hit 34. 4 billion, the biggest single day of retail sales in u. S. History. The figures coming from Customer Growth partners. Joining us is retail watcher michael zacore. Ive got to think this is all about the economy. We have fatter wallets because people are making more. Weve had increase in wages and we have jobs galore. Is that why pe