This whole digital revolution. So it used to be that there was a stationary screen and with hdtv that was a big screen in the living room. But with the internet and the reless world extending things, now you have tab lets wifi all phones and over the place. Such that tv is not just a stationary leanback experience in the living room but very much of a mobile experience wherever you want to go. And its also video. The Brookings Institution recently released a study place such that tv is not just a ationary leanback with suggestions on how to make Financial Services more accessible around the globe. Last week the Brookings Institution host add discussion on that study. Good morning. E have set up a twitter feed so we would welcome any comments that you have on that. Globely there are about 2 billion individuals who suggestions on do not accounts. This and identify opportunities to broaden access to Financial Services. E examine four dimensions commitments make a difference in terms of pr
Malaysian flight mh370. Welcome to the program. Namer and chad announced a joint ground offensive against boko haram after deadly attacks in a Northern City and follows boko harams pledge of allegiance to isil via audio message posted on line. Lets get more live from the nigeria capitol. What more do we know about this new ground offensive Just Announced by niger and chad against boko haram . Well, the ground offensive by chad and niger is coming on the heels of another coordinated efforts by the Nigerian Military to push back boko haram from territories they occupied previously. So far the troops from this chad niger have taken back 30 towns and villages. Basically, niger and chad have a lot of interest in what is going on in nigeria because of two things, one, there is as lot of trade between these countries and nigeria and lots items they get from nigeria is coming from the border states on the front line. Also there is that fear of the fight by boko haram being extended into these
Up at the top. I am familiar. A data check after he learns where north dakota is. Commodities focus on oil. They have been soggy and a little bit correlated. The euro is stronger. American oil, 106. 94. S some of the tension, moving from the rana. Nirvana. 113. 05 on crude right now. Let me look at oil here. This is from the news and we will discuss this in a moment. To 2003, sturgeon oil surge in oil and collapse. That 100 level and we have moved a lot this week from 110 to 115. With theusy morning papers. Here is scarlet fu. On the heels of that oil chart, we have to talk but this crumbling situation in iraq. That is the front page story. Nter groupas spli is on the way toward baghdad. A civil war is brewing and the white houses and scramble mode. The president says he will not rule out airstrikes. Is just so ramped up. Did we undo all the work of the last eight years . Prime minister cameron is talking about the british experience. Thiswhere you sit, what is between the british and
Nick . Hello. It was a busy commute and police say that after 7 00 a. M. They arrived on the scene and they expect this intersection to remain closed for at least another hour. Take a look at this view from sky 7. Western over the scene minutes after Police Arrived this is what we know after the First Responders got here for an injury accident between a big rig and a motorcycle they found out the motorcycle was tramped under the rear wheels of the truck much the man on the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene and police say that the motorcyclist was traveling in the fast lane and the truck was in the slow lane. Traffic investigators believe the truck driver made a uturn without seeing the motorcycle. They are not early stages of the investigation but Officials Say preliminary evidence gives clues as to who may have been at fault. Anyone making a uturn from a slow lane of traffic and crossing over a fast lane of traffic is obviously putting other motorists in danger and this is c
Up at midweek with another cool down on friday. The sevenday forecast will be here in a few minutes but, first, travel shows a couple of problems, an accident in oakland and your construction across the bay area and, too, two major ferries are taken out of service. Highway 92 has new meters installed eastbound and westbound direction and that going to be tough. We will see things operating by june 24. This is to prepare you. You can expect some delays. We will move into the east bay where over the Altamont Pass we have a high wind advisory. We also have one for the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay bridge and a high wind crash advisory. Lots of things going on in weather and traffic. More to come ahead. Developing news, marin county fire investigators are trying to crackdown a serial arsonist after two days or two fires in three days. Both came close to homes. Amy hollyfield is in san rafael with that story. Investigators will be back out here this morning trying to solve this mystery, th