The president fires one of his own top officials, the man in charge of Election Security out in an overnight tweet after saying november 3rd was the most secure election in u. S. History. And with the president s legal claims fizzling around the country, the Top Senate Republican vows an orderly transfer of power. All of it will happen right on time and well swear in the next administration on january 20th. Cleared for takeoff. This morning boeing 737 max set to receive the green light to fly again nearly two years after fatal crashes grounded the fleet worldwide. Straight head, the changes being made to get them back in the sky. Panic mode. Empty shelves in stores from coast to coast once again as people stock up on essential fly supplies. Buying up everything hurts everybody. Why Officials Say that the supply chain is solid. No parade . New orleans cancels its traditional mardi gras celebration, but there is a way that you can help keep the iconic party going, today, wednesday, novem
Doses ready to ship once they get the green light and speaking of green light, joe biden wants to go ahead and raise Corporate Taxes, he is tapping his inner Bernie Sanders and outlining his economic plans using terms like fair share and calling for an end to what he calls shareholder capitalism. We are all over that story you can bet. We may hear the president s response to mr. Bidens plan shortly, he will be leaving for an event in florida this hour. We expect he will speak to reporters before boarding marine one as he likes to do and you will certainly see that right here when it happens. You will also see very little let up in the tech rally, despite theyre down day overall, the big tech names holding their own with more record gains. Amazon, it is hit an alltime high for six days in a row. Not bad. Apple, not much of a pullback of the stays above 380 a share, same story for microsoft, not much of a drop there, for microsoft still at 213 box. Facebook is above 240, despite constant
At the table, we have u. S. And we have the chinese reformers and we have the chinese hardliners hsbc is reportedly set to slash up to 10,000 jobs as they look to cut costs on the new interim ceo. Buyer shares tick higher after another trial over the roundup weed killer is delayed the German Chemicals giant is inching closer to an out of court settlement. And ams fails in its 4. 5 billion euro takeover bid sending shares in the german Lighting Group lower, but they tell us the company is open to collaboration with the austrian chip maker well, good morning and welcome to street signs. Its the start of a new trading week so lets get into some of the price action wall street saw a higher close on friday. We had goldie locks employment report the headline number came inside lower than expectations still showed pretty firm backdrop with Unemployment Rate at 50year low. That yielded to somewhat of a mixed session for asia the focus overnight has shifted to those upcoming trade talks taking
A new chapter for the Oakland Police department. Chief Floyd Mitchell officially steps into his new role. Well examine his plans and priorities for the east bays largest city. Plus, tragedy in contra costa county, a five year old boy dies after being pulled from the waters of bethel island. The warning from First Responders as summer is just around the corner. Live from Jack London Square this is morning time two. The night. Well, todays monday, may 13th. Youre looking live from our emeryville camera at the bay bridge and San Francisco skyline in the distance. And you can see right there. Yeah, weve got some cloudy skies that were dealing with. Were going to check in with roberta gonzalez. Shes in for steve. Shell give us an update on how long this weather will be sticking around for us today. Jay. Well, triple a is predicting close to 44 Million People will be traveling for memorial day weekend. This years numbers is a 4 increase since last year and closely matches 2005 record travel.
Traffic, this is ktvu. Fox two news at noon. Good afternoon. Im Gasia Mikaelian im andre senior. Thank you for joining us. Lets get right to some breaking news from the east bay. Now a vehicle has crashed into the carquinez bridge toll plaza. So if youre planning to travel in the area, be prepared for delays as you approach the toll plaza, the crockett Martinez Fire Department says at least four people were injured. We do not know the extent of their injuries right now, but as you can imagine, this type of thing can cause backups heading north on the towards the toll plaza. So if youre heading in that area, maybe you want to try and find an alternate route for the time being, or expect some slowdowns in the meantime, we will keep following this story and bring you all the latest developments as they become available. Now to this story. Oaklands Newest Police chief is officially on the job. Thats after the city went more than a year without a Permanent Police chief. As ktvu james torres