Making that commute from pleasanton down through sunol grade we have some major backups because of an earlier crash involving an overturned vehicle. They are trying to clear everything out that all lanes are still stopped temporarily. Caltrans tumors have been sweeping up some gravel. We have the maps. If you are taking 680 from 580 to 237 that will take you 52 minutes for we have more cards using 84 as an alternate. Traffic is heavy. If you want to use westbound 580 words at 238 or 880, you will see delays to the dublin interchange with a broken down vehicle at san ramon road. This just in from indiana, a federal execution has just been carried out. It is the first in nearly 2 decades. The inmate put to death was convicted of killing arkansas family and the 1990s and a plot to build a white only nation in the pacific northwest. The execution faced a series of legal challenges related to the pandemic. We are continuing to follow the huge fire burning in san diego on the baby warship ca
Congress now considering a temporary Unemployment Insurance extension. Ahead on todays show, as more government money flows into vaccine efforts, well speak with the ceo of thur ermo fishe. Plus micro Loan Campaign affirm striking a deal with shopify well teex wispeak with marks ln about that and a number of names are reporting after the close including microsoft, tesla and chipotle those numbers could move the market this evening. Lets get straight to the big stories were watching today mike santoli is tracking all of the action meg tirrell has the latest funding for pfizer and phil lebeau has fresh comments from the ceo of united about what a vaccine would mean for his business subdued summer choppy action the Market Holding up near recent highs the major takeaway from the action so far. The s p 500 on a oneyear basis, you could look at this and say were laboring to make further upside from where we got in early june that is true this looks like relatively defined uptrend. The questi
Unemployment claims last week, but we are seeing sectors most sensitive to economic reopening. Sharply hire American Airlines rilgt now, trade iing up some 45 wilfred. Its actually pared some of those gains. About 43 . Ahead on todays show, tim ryan has a six step plan outlining his companys pledge to support black lives and it goes well beyond cash donations. Hell join us with his message plus, a key question for millions of newly unemployed americans. What happens when federal stimulus programs run out . Lets focus though on the big stories were watching today first of all mike is tracking the Market Action phil lebeau is watching a huge surge for airlines before the pullback and Courtney Reagan covering a battle between landlords and retailers, but mike, lets start with you and the broader markets. Hard to make too much of this headline softness after such a sprint that the market has had take a look at the two year chart the s p has had. We did see today mostly, the nasdaq 100, cli
Jim and Tammy Fay Baker and muhammed ali. Thank you for attending our session on this beautiful friday afternoon. Ill have to compete with the outdoors and hopefully well convince you youve made the right choice hanging out with us to talk about media and biography in political history. Between the four of us, we have written at least 17 biographies and it might be more than that. I was losing count because Randy Roberts has written so many. More than half of our total number, i think. So we have a lot of experience in this genre that weve been drawn to and have an affinity for it in some way or another. So before we begin let me introduce the panelists and as i introduce each of you if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it you love about the genre . And first we have larry masslon from the tish school of arts and as particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy and written biographies. Richard rogers
Introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography, and what is it you love about the genre . First we have a professor in the graduate acting program at new york universitys tish school of the arts with an affiliation in the graduate musical theater writing program, and is particularly interested in the history of broadway and of comedy. He has written biographies of xoeter Richard Rogers and p playwright. His most recent is a documentary film sammy davis jr. Ive got to be me. So, larry, tell us what has drawn you to biography. Well, i may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So obviously in entertainment youre dealing with the public persona of performers, what they sang, what they danced, what they acted. And then, of course, what happens off stage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of wha