And we have a large response from cal fire and county task force so about 120 firefighters are assigned to the scene. Reporter the fire started at 12 20 along santa teresa boulevard near bailey avenue. It took cress about two hours to stop the forward progress of the fire. More than a dozen homes had to be evacuated. We spoke to a neighbor as she arrived at the scene. I thought what am i up against. When i saw that our blocks were you know, being protected by police and cars are backed up, i am truly frightened one firefighter suffered a heat related issue. Neighbors thankful for the work of First Responders. That was chris nguyen reporting. The cause confident fire remains under investigation. However, there were initial reports of a vehicle colliding with a power pole in that area. Pg e says up to 1700 customers were witho pow tteoon. Ght ch for hotpoontra coa fe of not gone up yet. Most residents are looking for ways to keep cool. Eric thomas is live in walnut creek with the story.
You know i love it when you lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren. Lauren cheryl casone. Lauren dow futures are down 23 points, s p down 3, nasdaq down 15. Of course, after a monster rally yesterday. Cheryl after a brief fall yesterday after the fed minute, taking a look at the 10 year right now, actually at 1. 58 , were Holding Steady when it comes to the 10 year treasury today. Lauren oil prices are higher. The quote right now is 55. 97 a barrel, a gain of half of 1 . We saw that drawdown in stocks yesterday. Cheryl breaking overnight, chinese officials telling washington we need to meet halfway or face retaliation. The nikkei, the shanghai closing higher but the hang seng and the kospi actually losing fractionally. Lauren and stocks in europe are tradeing to the downside. Take a look at at the ftse in great britain, down half of 1 . Angela merkel says a solution for the irish border is possible in 30 days. Cheryl
Ambassador to mexico and el salvador. Ester george joining us on the company with another inversion to talk about. Former economic senator United Nuclear iran chairman joe linerman, kyle beth, great insights there on markets and china he will be here onset. Dont miss a moment of it, we have a big show this morning, futures are down, we know why, markets are lower right now by about 60 points, down 7 on s p and nasdaq down 32 after yesterdays big rally boosted by positive retail earnings and stimulus hopes, china issued trade warning increased tariffs could escalate tensions and they are urging washington to meet beijing halfway, President Trump spoke about it yesterday. We are winning against china, they lost 2 and a half Million Dollars in a short period of time, has to be a deal fit for the United States, they want to make a deal, probably we will make a deal, somebody had to do it. I am the chosen one, somebody had to do it and im taking on china. Maria have to admit, the president
Woman in congress could be sitting in this very room. Im really excited to bring up our next speaker. She has more than 30 three yeaf experience in National Security and defense, both in the federal government and the private sector. Shes an expert in the fence, government services, and has extensive leadership experience. She was the 23rd secretary of the air force. [cheers and applause] one of two women to hold the position. And i know she will probably talk but her new book. We have available in the bookstore here on the Convention Floor and i just got a cup and i look forward to reading it. Id like now to bring up ms. Deborah james and moderator colonel carol. [applause] good morning, everybody. Good morning. All right. Well, good morning and im honored to be able to moderate you this morning. So as she just mentioned were going to be talking about secretary james new book. I read it. Listen to. It is absolutely amazing i will say to you today thats what were going to talk about. S
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