It right here live. And we are looking for more market records today. The dow and s p and the nasdaq, all expected to make records. It was a year ago today that the market was in freefall. Remember that . It was about 6,000 points lower on the dow. That is very much not the case today. Varney company is about to begin. David and there is news overseas. We are watching hong kong this morning. Monthslong protests are flaring up once again. Riot police fired tear gas at protesters this morning. We are going to be monitoring this throughout the morning right here. But lets focus on some positive news at home. A brand new sales record, Super Saturday sales hit 34. 4 billion, the biggest single day of retail sales in u. S. History. The figures coming from Customer Growth partners. Joining us is retail watcher michael zacore. Ive got to think this is all about the economy. We have fatter wallets because people are making more. Weve had increase in wages and we have jobs galore. Is that why pe
Need it next week. Cover my ears, chuck. Were following breaking news. Were loworking to learn more about how a car crashed into a home. The home is in upper marlboro. No word if anyone is injured. But were working this story hard. Stick with us for any updates. Lets go to another breaking story. Federal safety investigators say the train that derailed in Washington State was going more than twice the speed allowed around a curve. Ntsb says it was traveling 80 miles an hour in a 30 mile zone. The train was making its way from seattle to portland. Three people were killed. More than 70 others had to be rushed to the hospital including ten with serious injuries. One couple talked about what happened from their hospital bed. Tossing and squealing and ra kind of got dark. On the floor. Count your blessings. Try to live daytoday. Keep out of trouble. That couple has been discharged from the hospital with only minor injuries thankfully. Ntsb investigators are expected back on the street toda
In fact some are already on the street. And heres probably the most interesting aspect, the Public Utilities Commission Charges 0. 33 Gross Revenue tax on companies that operate in california and we have estimated that based on Public Comments by the cos of the companies, theyre probably making upwards of 10 million just from San Francisco trips alone. And thats pretty interesting. The San Francisco Airport Charges a 3. 80 trip fee and our document identifies how much money they made last year, about 30 million. Relative to the point, the puc considers that to be highly classified information and wont tell you how much money they have and how much they are spending it on. I was just about to say that. Were unaware of how the money is spent. It goes into a fund and we ask them how its spent and didnt get a clearance. It is just the height of lunacy that a Public Agency will not give this information to the public. It boggles the mind. You dont have to respond to it. Its just obscene. Im
Through at least thursday. Therefore, a heat advisory remains in effect for most inland areas through thursday. More substantial cooling is then expected from friday into the upcoming weekend. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james summer officially begins today but the bay area is already in the midst of a heat wave. California is calling on people to conserve energy during the heat wave. A statewide flex alert has been issued, due to high demand of electricity. Power officials are asking people to avoid using major appliances and set air conditioners to 78 degrees or higher. Its all an attempt to ease the strain on the power grid. Officials expect usage to exceed 47 thousand megawatts. The record is around 50thousand back in 2006. james meanwhile, firefighters se
No other and we are welcoming america. We will loath you know where to get in on the fun where ever you may live. Good day, everybody it is Scott Williams and myself because everybody else is off, thomas drayton, sue serio, bob kelly enjoying the holiday. We hope you enjoy the holiday in your house. You have brought the best thing which is perfect july weather. It has been a nice, long Holiday Weekend for most, yesterday folks had day off and then today we are finally at the fourth of july, been a long holiday week end. As far as those weather headlines we are looking at warm, muggy conditions. There could be a few spotty storms, across the area coming up we will have that fire works forecast but weather by the numbers on this tuesday on a scale of one to 10, today we will give it an eight. We will have cloud. We will have some sun and we will have a threat of the couple pop up showers across the area live look outside our studios and also we will head toward the parkway you can see th