Collaborating with local, federal and state partners. There are no known threats in the bay area, but we are going to stay on top of this breaking news. Stay with abc 7 news. And sign up for push alerts through our abc 7 news app. Stay tuned, after abc 7 news at 5 00 for world news at 5 30. Hello, im eric thomas. Now to our top story. Growing political divide on display around the country today. This is being called the march for truth. Protesters in new york, chicago, boston, washington, d. C. , among those rallying today against President Trump. Those demonstrators joined with ralliers here in the bay area to ask for impartial investigation into russian interference in last years president ial election. Abc 7 news reporter, Cornell Bernard joins us from the newsroom. Push back from the Trump Administration getting louder in the bay area. Many democrats are angry and getting organized. All people need to stand together. We can no longer afford to allow ourselves to be divided. March f
We will have more on it with bloomberg politics. Definitely stay tuned for that. We are halfway into the trading day. Lets head over to julie hyman. Julie thanks, guys. We had Economic Data later today. We see the 10 year yield taking a leg lower earlier. That is when we got the retail sale data lower than estimates. ,etail sales unchanged overall but if you include auto sales, they fell. We also saw inflation falling. 1. 49 is the yield on that 10year note. After we got these earlier numbers, we got Consumer Confidence that came in a little worse than estimated. The dollar fell. It is lower on the day. It had a sharp move in the wake of that earlier data. We are watching fed futures. The way we track that and the probability that is baked into that that the fed is going to raise rates. You see how that economic side affected it. What is the read through two stocks . Not much changed today. Dipped today. At the moment, not doing much at all. We are also watching the commodities complex
Three hours left in the trading session. The dow is down fractionally, 57 points down. 3m, verizon and chevron are your laggards. A couple of dow stocks are up, however, there is one massive move out there. Not in stocks. It is in gold. Gold is trading at a threemonth low, it is down 35 an ounce. As you might imagine, gold miners also getting wha inting they are deep in the red at this hour. Google unveiling a new phone at a product event under way in San Francisco. Google says the new phone costs 649 and has unlimited storage. Delta posted a smaller than expected drop in passenger unit revenues for the month of september. And sears popping within just the past two hours on reports that bids for the companys draftsman unit due by the end of this month. If you are a retailer or a shopper, this may be the most important number in the show. 81 shopping days left until christmas. A new report by the National Retail federation telling us that santa claus is coming to town this year. Courtne
Here and talked with warren, you said you were in the middle of a transition to an impact Decision Maker more effectively, is this book the culmination of this . This book is a big part of that. Yes, i learned a lesson particularly working in conflict areas, and there is, that is where you really need to have government engagement that if you dont impact policy, you know, if you are working you can have great people but if you are wrking under really poor policy they are not going to succeed so we really started to embrace advocacy as part of our tool. Rose and you believe that we can do a significantly better job at trying to eliminate poverty . Absolutely. I think one of the things is we have been living too much in history, and, yo, you know, technology has changed but also i think thinking has to change and thinking is changing, you know, the younger people in philanthropy today think differently today, they are more innovative and more focused and those people that are thinking an
Lower 80s. Tomorrow featuring warmer weather. Ill have a look at that and a first look at june in a few. We begin with developing news out of oakland. Police are investigating the death of a man hit by a b. A. R. T. Train. It happened around 10 15 last night. Authorities say the man was walking along the tracks when he was hit. The accident shut down service between oakland and San Francisco. Passengers on the train stayed inside the cars as emergency crews cleared the scene. Service resumed just after midnight. The victim has not been identified. A family feud that started overseas exploded inside an Oakland School bathroom. Police say a mother beat a third grade wr with a hammer. Alan wong has the story. Reporter parents at Lafayette Elementary School are finding out the mother of a second Grade Student attacked a girl with a hammer. Thats scary. If i would see a lady with a hammer, i would take my daughter out right away. Thats scary to hear. Reporter Oakland School district Officia