Weekend opening. The chairman of californias transportation competent says he likes the idea. You want people off the old bridge because it has been this since 1989 we are told explicitly if there is another earthquake that bridge will fail dramatically. According to federal officials, crews could put in steel shims to reinforce the cracked bolts in just a few weeks that could stay in place until the permanent fix is done. Federal Authorities Say they see no reason to delay the opening. This is an idea from the feds that needs to be considered and voteed on biological authorities tonight, caltran plans to switch on all the lights on the new eastern span of the bay bridge including the lights in the suspension spans main cable. Crews tested the light in appropriation for the lighting event which happens at 8 00. Today, hayward city workers are going on strike this morning with more than 350 city workers say they will walk off the job at 6 00 a. M. To begin a threeday strike. Union offic
The federal government indicates there could actually be a glimmer of hope for cars driving operate bridge by lab day if you week away. Process that will you undoubtedly take month. Grinding away at the saddle that take the weight off cracked bolt on the new bay bridge. Bolt part of what are sheer key device that stabilize the bridge when earthquake. Now theres word the bridge could still open on time even while this work is going on. Letter to caltrans the federal Highway Administration gave the approval to a temporary fix. Steel shim that reinforce the cracked bolt installed in just week and stay in place until the permanent fix is done. As such the letter reads we see no reason to delay opening the bridge to traffic prior to the sheer key retrofit completed. Reassuring that they believe the new bridge can be opened quickly. State senator mark cheers the transportation committee. Says they will rae view the federal government findings but on First Reading he would favor opening the b
Coming under pressure amid questions about the feds commitment to keeping borrowing costs low and the spigot open. Economic tests, key reads on jobs, inflation and housing and on the corporate front, really Important Quarterly results from dow component walmart. Its thursday, february 21st, 2013 and squawk box begins right now. Morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Stocks selling off late yesterday after the release of the fomc minutes. The s p and the nasdaq turned in their worst sess sessions of 2013 on the heaviest Trading Volume of the year. Not good news. The pain is not over yet. If you take a look right now, dow futures are down by about 61 points. S p futures off by about 7 1 2 points below fair value. Were going to talk much more about the fed with central bank watcher greg iff. Thats 7 00 eastern time. Walmart is likely to be a big driver of the market conversation today. Courtney reagan will be jo
Lines everywhere. Already this morning, several videos popping up online, allegedly showing chaos in the aisles, as customers battle to save a few bucks. The International Council of Shopping Centers estimates black friday is now such an event in our country, four out of ten american shoppers do their holiday buying today. The question thats on a lot of consumers minds is do you actually go out and buy today or do you maybe play the waiting game. The answers both. You probably do a little bit of shopping today. And then you supplement that in subsequent days. Retailers hope this years falling gas prices will help accelerate sales it its estimated for every one penny drop in the price of gas at the pump, consumers have an additional 1 billion in congressional spending money. The outlook for Holiday Spending is good. Stronger than what weve seen in a number of years. Many folks are forecatting well see holiday sales grow overall more than 4 which is quite strong. For parents my teenage s
And the fbi are release notes from her marathon interview along with a report recommending no charges in the email investigation. Could a fired generals secret life as a swinger have him exposed to blackmail . And how did his sex club visits go undetected for years . Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, in an unprecedented announcement, isis says a Senior Leadership has been killed in syria. The terror group is vowing revenge. He was the most public face of isis and may have overseen bloody attacks in europe. The oust officially labelled him a terrorist two years ago and put a steep price on his head. A Coalition Air strike today did target a senior isis leader. Also breaking right now, on the eve of Donald Trumps big speech on immigration, his son says he is not softening his position at all. His father will still push to deport undocumented immigrants, but there are babysteps that need to come first. The issue of race is dominating a