The woman was shot in the hand, she suffered minor injuries and was taken to alta bates. There are two cars, a red suv and a silver minivan on the freeway. At one point we didnt know if the victims were in one car or separate cars. Now were being told that both victims were in the same car, and apparently the person in the red car stopped to help them. From sky 7 you can see that the windows were blown out. Now, within a very short period of time, police were at a home in the Iron Triangle area of richmond on 17th street. Police made arrests and a Dodge Charger was towed from that locati location. We did have multiple witnesses that called this in, this was how we had the information to be on the lookout. Trafficwise, yes, this is a nightmare, they were trying to persuade the chp to open at least one lane of traffic to alleviate things a little bit, but because this is an active crime scene, the chp said no, they are trying still to gather as much evidence as possible, and what can i t
Live where you live. This is abc 7 news. Now at 11 00, rush hour chaos. The bay area evening commute comes to a halt. Sky 7 shows the scene. Countless drivers were going nowhere. This is the reason why. Gunfire broke out on a busy freeway. The Highway Patrol says this was a targeted shooting. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. It 80 reopened around 9 00 after a fivehour closure. The shooting happened at 3 30 on eastbound 80 near san pablo avenue and richmond 80. Were live in richmond with the developing story, cornell in. Reporter traffic is flowing on i80 again tonight. Three men are being questioned by Richmond Police about the shooting which targeted two motorists. Sky 7 shows the shattered window of this honda minute vee van, fired by a passing car, eastbound 80 in richmond at the start of the commute, forced the closure of the freeway for hours. The man and woman inside were body shot. His multiple gunshot wounds so critical an air ambulance had to land on the freeway to t
President jim bullard said the fed could begin winding down its massive Balance Sheet later this year. He suggests the shift makes it nez to raise fund rates but bullard told reporters it differs on the topic. Janet yellen is speaking at the university of michigan this afternoon. Wednesday, look for import prices, thursday brings jobless claims and march cpi. Markets as i just told andrew closed on good friday. So there is no work. Is that why you didnt know . I said to you how great a morning it is on squawk box. I did realize that there might not be a squawk box on friday morning. Ill give you the benefit of the doubt because easter is early this year. Its like so, i wasnt thinking. I mean, im not going to be here as of wednesday. Right. You already planned your so, i knew that was coming because there was packing involved and things like that. But im glad that that set you off in a good mood. As you know, positivity is my new mantra. Three steps forward and two steps back last week.
I want to introduce to you the gentleman on my right, bob rosencrans, our first chairman, gave first seed money to get cspan started in 1977, believe it or not. In august 1977, bob rosencrans, president of ua columbia cable and Business Partner ken gunter, were the first Cable Operators to agree to support the idea for cspan. At that time only about 19 percent of American Homes were wired for cable. Mr. Rosencrans, who passed away this week, wrote a check for 25,000. With that seed money, cspan created the infrastructure to send out cable televisions first live views of the u. S. House of representatives. On march 19th, 1979, to some 3. 5 million homes, served by 350 cable systems. Let the public understand what goes on in washington, what the issues are and how to deal with them. And i think above all, the mission here at cspan has been just that. And were very proud of that. Mr. Rosencrans steered the Nonprofit Network through its initial challenging years and continued to serve on c
, Radio Free Europe broadcasting as well. Well learn how the Government Agencies broadcast americas message to the world. We want to introduce you to amanda bennett, who just today as started a new job. Ms. Bennett. What is the new job . I am director of voice of america. What does that mean . It means i get to work with a couple of thousands of the most talented and interesting journalists in the world which is really exciting. How did you get this job . They were looking for a new director and i have been in journalism my whole life. Ive been overseas. I have some international experience. I have run some organizations. I think we both thought it was a good fit. That we could really do well by each other. Youve been executive editor of bloomberg news. You were editor of the philadelphia enquirerer. You spent time at wall street journal you were an author. This is a government job. How will that be different. Its journalism. Its journalism and journalism is the same no matter who prac