Little bit more on what happened. It is wednesday, december 18th im pam cook. And im dave clark. The moon was bright and beautiful. Full moon yesterday. It is there unless you are near the south bay. Two systems one to the south in the morning. Temperatures are definitely starting to drop. More 50s and 60s. 47 san windy conditions. North and east bay hills we have wind advisories. A little bit of light rain and monterey. Also to watsonville. Most of that will clear out. This system right there will sweep in tonight and tomorrow and give us a cooler pattern and much cooler tomorrow. Turning cooler today. Sun to the north and clouds to the south. It will be breezy for some. Here is sal. All right, steve, good morning. We are still looking at a commute that is doing well. Lets take a look at the toll plaza. We still have traffic that is looking good getting into the city. We also have a look at interstate 880 where traffic on both sides of 880 in front of the Oakland Coliseum look good. W
Allamerica survey. Meantime lets check in with sue down at the nyse. Hey, sue. Hey, ty. Two companies under siege today. Jc penney and blackberry. Can these companies reverse their fortunes . Both were trading in Single Digits today. Jc penney rebounding just a bit. But at a 13year low, nonetheless. While blackberry way below the 9 a share that fairfax says its willing to buy it for. Right now jc penney is up 5. 25 in terms of percentage points. We have Courtney Reagan on jc penney and jon fortt in san jose with the latest on blackberry. Courtney, you first. Thats right,ist been a tumultuous week as the stock price fluctuates to sharply positive on a mix of father and news. Cnbc has learned that jc penney ceo met with investors in new york city yesterday telling them jc penney doesnt see conditions this year where it would need to raise liquidity. They adding well see how we do in the Fourth Quarter. Reports that jc penney was considering raising up to 1 billion did in funding had push
For that. Lets take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Not a bad commute at all. It has been a very nice drive going through the area. Northbound and southbound 880 here as you drive through the coliseum area that traffic looks good. 580 all lanes open. Traffic looks good from the Altamont Pass through the Castro Valley area. If you are looking at the nimitz freeway southbound 880 is off to a good start. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. We begin with breaking news out of oakland. That is where an Early Morning fire has danged three homes. Katie utehs first reporter on the scene and katie, we are hearing that the fire was definitely challenging for our firefighters. Are you there katie . Reporter that is right. Because of budget cuts the second engine from station 20 just eight blocks away from our location here at 90th avenue and eighth street was unable to respond. The manufacture home where this started presented extra challenges to firefighters because of the nature of th
Its 6 00. It feels twice as humid. Thats saying something. Marty is over at first warning weather. Good morning. Lets take a look at first warning doppler weather radar. We dont have any rain on our current scan. That is going to change as we move through the day. Humid, you bet. Look at that dew point. Thats about 93 humidity on that 73 degrees. 2 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. By lunch 83 going to a high of the mid upper 80s. After 11 00 a shower or thunderstorm in the area. Here a Christy Breslin in for Sharon Gibala at wjz Traffic Control. Hi, everyone. Yes, on the somewhere v jones falls expressway in the northbound direction thats closed off at falls road due to a crash. More details as they become available. Other problems include a disable vehicle at keller avenue at pair aing parkway. An accident eastbound 195 at metropolitan boulevard. In the Carroll County area, a downed tree route 97 at hoods mills. Its at the Carroll County and Howard County line. If 87 to 95, 55
Is there a way to break the ice . And wall street grinch delivering a nosedive to stocks as the president launches another attack on the federal reserve. But was it the treasury secretarys phone calls that sparked the slide . Welcome to a special Holiday Edition of the lead im jim sciutto in for jake tapper. We begin with a not so Merry Christmas eve. Here in the nations capital, federal government is in the third day of a partial shutdown with lawmakers home for the holidays and the threat of political paralysis stretching well into the new year and the next congress. Nearly 1 million federal employees are impacted by the shutdown. Some, including tsa and Border Patrol agents forced to work without pay. Meanwhile, President Trump is holed up at 1600 pennsylvania, instead of in his Maralago Club in florida, stewing and tweeting up a storm. Quote, i am all alone. Poor me in the white house, waiting for the democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security. Cnn