Come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today, a select subcommittee is pleased to welcome our distinguished panel, dr. Ben bernanke and dr. Janet yellen. Dr. Bernanke was appointed chair of the Federal Reserve by president george w. Bush in 2006 and oversaw the Federal Reserves response to the Global Financial crisis. Before his tenure as fed chair, dr. Bernanke served as the chair of president bushs council of economic advisers. Dr. Yellen served as vice chair of the Federal Reserve until 2010 to 2014, before being appointed chair in 2014 by president barack obama. Dr. Yellen also previously served in the white house as chair of the council of economic advisers. This is the first time that either dr. Bernanke or dr. Yellen has testified before Congress Since stepping down from the Federal Reserve these extraordinary times require congress to seek out advice from expert
Just second hitting an intoxicated man. Meet the worker that saved his life. I was like dude, you almost didnt make it. It really feels awkward to be called a hero. Um, because, phew. Kpix 5 news at 7 00 starts now with an outrage over a Halloween Costume that got one south bay teacher suspended. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im veronica de la cruz. The question tonight, what was the teacher thinking . Kpix 5s devin fehely reports from milpitas. Reporter this teachers job is in jeopardy, and because of his actions, an entire School Community has been drawn into an uncomfortable conversation about race. Students at Milpitas High School said the teacher had discussed the costume meant to look nicpper and activist comm before halloween. Mr. Carter has been planning this costume for about a month. Reporter its not clear, however, when the teacher, who is white, decided to add black face to the outfit. There are a couple of people of color in that class, and despite, um, feedback for hi
News is that most of them are still in the green but those in the yellow arent too terrible. The usual suspect is all two month pass and two minutes faster than 15 minutes ago with a 37 minute ride hour of the ultimate pass and a 30 minute ride to the maze and the bay bridge has a delay and it looks like that is improving a little bit with highway 4 and 101 having drive times in the green and not in the green where the drives are in the red if you are going northbound on the nimitz past oracle arena and you have construction and effect that will have lane closures until now but for whatever reason, we have a slow down. The bay bridge is backed up and the skies are getting sunny. In fire watch, smoke is creeping into the bay area as a Wildfire Forces evacuations in Mendocino County. The socalled moose fire broke out yesterday northwest of hopland and near cloverdale. Its 25 contained and firefighters said that all the residents in the area are told to get out of that area. Hundreds of f
Its less than ten seconds and hes lying on the street, mortally wounded. Reporter in a statement, an attorney for the officers, kevin fry and lou toth, calls the shooting justified. And argues officer fry opened fire after chatman pointed a dark object at them. A black iphone box was recovered on chatman, but no weapon. Weve had enough. Our voices are going to be heard. Our young people are going to be on the street. And we want justice. Reporter and prosecutors did review the case but determined criminal charges against the officers were not warrant bpd alex perez, abc news, chicago. Parts of the northeast are bracing for a noreaster this weekend and some have already gotten a taste of what may come. Lakeeffect snow made for a treacherous commute around watertown new york last night, my first tv market where visibility was down to less than a quarter of a mile at times. Mild with rain in much of the northeast. The coldest air of the season freezes midwest. Mountain snow in the rockies
Driving on two flat tires when stopped. She reportedly served her two days in jail after she was crowned. Kefler is also involved in another Police Investigation into the stabbing of a soccer star. Okay. The National Park service is celebrating a blessed event in southern california. Two Mountain Lion kittens were discovered in a well hidden den. They were born early last month and already have tracking imimplants. Those eyes are incredible. Ark service biology biologists are wondering who the kittens father is. Theres not enough genetic diversity in that population. The biologies have been tracking their struggle to survive in an youre banized area. Who you baby daddy . Theyre going to go amare to figure it out. Coming up in the skinny from prison to the red carpet, a real housewife back in the spotlight. Also ahead, a consumer alert about a celebrity endorsed lip lm. That one woman says gave her now theres a legal action pending. And the socalled hipster ban did known for his apparen