Luxury vehicles and then the fbi descended upon the home and towed most of them away. No one around here knew exactly why until now. We know so many people in the community that it is shocking here. Human trafficking and forced prostitution can happen anywheeven in the most affluent communities. Investigators say the leaders, 50yearold james joseph and his common law wife, 34yearold wife operated out of san ramon and later this home in danville. Police say for nearly 15 years they arranged for women to be flown to rich clients around the countr they were being lured in and forced into prostitution. The women between 18 and 25 years of age were enticed with international make up artists and modeling contracts. There were a lot of ways people were kept in this business and namely by fear and ultimate intimidation that if they didnt cooperate they could be hurt or killed. Police along with the fin arrested the couple along with the fbi arrested the couple at their homes. They also arreste
They will start to fill in, and please be nice and show them where there are seats available. Tonight is an elson lecture, and we thank our sponsor, ambassador and mrs. Edward elson, for supporting this program. Tonight angela j. Davis just to be really clear, this is angela j. Davis for anyone who is confused, okay . [laughter] shes going to be talking, shes the editor of policing the black man arrests, prosecution and imprisonment, which she will be discussing this evening. She is, throughout her career as a lawyer, author and professor, angela j. Davis has dedicated her efforts to studying and bettering the criminal Justice System in america, particularly as it relates to prosecutional power and racism within the system. Tonights program is being broadcast for cspan, so this will probably show up in about a week. But that does mean that if you have a question, you should go to the microphone to ask it. And i forgot to say that, so now im going to go back to her bio, but i wanted to
As Iraqi Forces Advance on kir kuk. Road m as we kick off a busy week for earnings. Plus a win for workers, the white house pitching the tax cut plan countering democratic criticism and seeing middle class americans would see incomes rise. Eye on subs, netflix after the bell and is expected to hit another record today stocks are looking to hit record highs, dow and s p 500 coming off five straight weeks of gains. Yellen saying the ongoing strength will warrant a gradual increase in rates. Meantime oil prices are higher this fighting between iraqi and Kurdish Fighting escalating and wti up almost a buck. 600,000 barrels in play and you also have to believe the area being destabilized has made it at least for a couple of days you get over 50. Ive got to tell you, ive got at least a dozen Oil Companies i monday ter that will be in there selling again today. They have to sell because they are exceeding their cash flow. So when you see 52, you need to see a breakout to like 56 to realize th
Bezos, hes now the second richest person in the world. Right behind bill gates. And bezos has around 79 billion. He made 3 billion just overnight. Lets not forget google. This is extraordinary. Thats revenue up every single quarter for seven straight years, thats a juggernaut. That stock also going straight up at the opening bell today. All right, thats money. Now, politics. It takes longer than 100 days to drain the swamp. Oh, yes, it does. No vote on obamacare today, or tomorrow. It may be next week. And the left, no growth plan for the democrats. The New York Times and democrat leaders call the president s growth agenda, a give away to the pitch. They dont like it. Your money looking good. Politics and that swamp is still there. But its friday and were glad youre with us. Varney company is about to begin. Aint no stopping us now were on the move all right, okay, ill go with that. It seems like theres no stopping, certainly no stopping the big, big tech names that have been on such a
Friendly. Even the name of this capital means a boat of love. Until recently, tonga was best known for its rugby player. And the care his matic queen, an International Celebrity in the 1950s for her ever present smile. But theres big trouble in this poll tunisian paradise and the trouble is an explosion of diabetes and other known communicable diseases. Today this nation of just over 100,000 people also known as the Friendly Island has a new moniker. Tonga tops the scales as the most obese country on earth. 90 of the Adult Population is either overweight or obese. Now the government is fighting back. That the hospital, scores of pash ent patients have come to the specialize the diabetes clinic. They have they have deadly type 2 diabetes, a disease triggered by their obesity. Among the patients is this 72yearold eight tated. The mother of 12 lives two hours boat ride away on tongas eastern island. Shes accompanied by her son, a 47yearold fisherman and her daughterinlaw. She has been a d