Susan but lets take to you d. C. First. The white house scrambling to the save the usmca as mexicos top negotiator heading back to washington. A big hangup here, sending labor inspectors into mexico. Edward lawrence standing by with the very details, edward . Reporter susan, new Sticking Point emerged for the usmca. Mexico says their version which was ratified does not include specific inspections by the u. S. Of Mexican Plant to make sure theyre complying to changes to the labor issues there. The changes in the u. S. Version, of five experts can make sure that mexico is compliant. Mexico says that they support following through with a neutral third party along with u. S. And mexican representatives on a panel to verify enforcement which is also in the agreement. The mexican undersecretary flew to the u. S. Today to talk with u. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer about this. Lighthizer worked to alleviate mexicos fears, that the attache would only assist mexico in complying but
[applause] good afternoon. Thank you so much for joining us. We are coauthors of the politico playbook. We are very excited for the event this afternoon. I want to thank all of you in the room and those on livestream and the cameras in the back who are joining us to have this great conversation with congressman kevin brady. Obviously the timing could not have been better. Hes chairman of the ways and Means Committee, writing the tax proposal that came out yesterday. So were going to be going into all of the details of whats happened so far, what to expect in the coming days. Thanks. Before we get started with the program, id like to extend a special thank you to our partners at the business round table for their support in making this event possible. Here to say a few words is joshua bolten, president and c. E. O. Of the business round table. Joshua good afternoon. Business round table is pleased to partner with politico for this event and to introduce chairman kevin brady. Mr. Chairma
This is where the rain has been a lot more steady. There could be standing water on the roads as well. And looking now at a pretty good coverage from the north bay now extending beyond the peninsula. Still in the rain hold in parts of the south bay. Still not seeing much rain there but its starting to move into the east bay. We will have heavier rain moving in. Ill give you an update on that. A look at the forecast in a few minutes. Kerry, thank you very much. You mentioned moving inland. Lets go to bob up close and personal look at whats going on right now on the road for us. Bob, how are conditions changed since youve been out there this morning . Reporter much improved compared to the morning commute. Good morning to you. You can see were heading northbound on 880 approaching Marina Boulevard in san leandro. The roads are wet but you can see based on what is going on with our windshield there is hardly any rain. It could change in an hour, hour and a half from meteorologist kerry ha
Roadmap begins with the market and chase for 20k. Plus the Auto Industry remains in the cross hairs. Well get Sales Numbers today following teslas numbers last night. And another trump tweet, this one about ford. And some fresh scrutiny for the president elect ceo cabinet. Tillersons pay package with comm exxon. First up, stocks end up with more gains with a best day in more than three weeks including tuesdays triple digit increase for the dow. The watch is on for the 2 00 p. M. Eastern release for the minutes from the feds december meeting which might disclose some clues about policymakers views about inflation, strong data and the president elect as well, jim. There was a time when i feared those minutes. They come out at 2 00, Steve Liesman come on, start thinking, wow, oh my, so worried they may have to raise rates. I have to tell you, theyre not talking about raising rates three more times than j. P. Morgan which is one of my fafrt stocks in the dow can go down big. Remember, four
For the entire bay area. Basically the street Flooding Risk which is already out there. That will not expire until 11 45 tonight and Flash Flood Watch for the burn zone in the Santa Cruz Mountains. And its windy outside. There was a wind advisory in effect for the next six to eight hours. We could see isolated wind gusts to 45 Miles Per Hour. It is wet. And it is windy. The big story at the coast tonight is that wind. Sharon chen is live at the pier where it has been wet and windy all evening, right. Reporter yes, it sure has paul. That wind advisory is no joke. You can see that i am hanging on to the railing as we look over the ocean here at pacifica. Because if i dont and one of those wind gusts come our way it would blow me away. Along the pacifica pier, fishermen who thought they could get away with wearing a poncho had something to deal with, the whipping wind. Its rainy and windy. Reporter winds between 20 Miles Per Hour and gusts of up to 45 Miles Per Hour. Gusts so strong they