Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the president and Top Democrats went the rounds today over whether to sit down together and talk about keeping the government operating. As they did, a republican tax reform bill moved another big step forward. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins President Trump criticized senate and House Minority leaders Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi for refusing to meet at the white house today. They decided not to show up. Theyve been all talk and theyve been no action. And now its even worse. Desjardins in a morning tweet, mr. Trump preempted todays scheduled meeting with democratic leaders, writing, i dont see a deal hours later, schumer and pelosi pulled out of that meeting, saying the president s tweet indi
In japan and india in the u. S. Hope for moderate fed leadership mr. Powell and the arrival of a tax bill. Here in the United States, stocks also opened at historic highs. It helps tech had a monstrous month in okay. S p up 2. 3 october. Its all lopsided gains, though. Technology was up nearly 8 and its worse than that really five stocks are most of the gain, facebook, amazon, apple, google, microsoft accounted for half of the 2. 3 gain without these five stocks, s p would only be up about 1 . Sarah, thats the amazing thing about market cap weighted indexes. When the biggest names all of a sudden just move together, they move all of the indexes along. Without them s p would only be up about 1 . Sarah, back to you. That helps explain it bob, thank you for more on the markets, lets bring in our own mike santoli. Starting off november after the best month for stocks since back in february and it kicks off with another bang here. Interesting theres first of the month effect in some months.
Accidental and not related to terrorism. So tough to see, knowing we have so many tourist landmarks here that are poplar across the nation. You can see on your screen, not a portions of times square are still closed at this hour as Police Continue to collect estigace and make sure that this is not a diversion in anticipation of something else. Ged Investigative Team with our sister station new york has rightered many more details, and the leading theory from police s oat this was a drunk or drugged driving incident. Rivingiver undergoing tests right now as we speak, and we mentioned his history. We know two dwis on his record including one in which he was driving 99 Miles Per Hour in a of oure per hour zone. Mayor de blasio says it was a tough day for new york city, but is 2sve tremendous faith in the work of our first responders. Thanks for joining us. The times square crash tops our i ional news this midday hour, but we also have local headlines. Good to have you with us. Im sam broc
Its the same city where officers searched an apartment in connection with rahami. The county is extremely safe. Businesses are open. The trains are running. The schools are open. People need to move on with their daily lives. Reporter earlier this afternoon congressman Eric Swalwell told ktvu Law Enforcement officials indicate the investigation is far from over and rahami is not the only suspect. Ive been briefed a couple times today , of two up to six others out there based on footage observed of three individuals at both sites, placing bombs. The suspect in custody could have been one of them, now you have three or five possibly six. The fbi and local Law Enforcement are investigating and have acted stridently. Reporter its not known how clear those surveillance images are and if they will be released. We do know it only took a few hours for rahami to be spotted after his pictures were posted in news reports. Ken wayne following the latest. Thank you. President obama is in new york f
If you are driving on westbound 580 through the livermore valley, its doing very well through livermore to dublin. Traffic is light expect for those using those cash lanes. In 280 in san jose, that is a nice looking commute. That is northbound 280 on the right hand side. Traffic is moving along well. Today could be an easier commute for some San Francisco workers. That is after muni made changes to its transit schedule. Allie rasmus is in San Francisco to explain what is different. Allie. Sal, starting this morning the first weekday of some of these changes that muni has made some of these routes. Where we are is carl street in San Francisco. Two of the muni lines that run through here will be effected by these changes. They hope it makes the ride easier. And for people who take the n judah they are running a two car train. Muni is changing routes. Its part of a series of changes muni has enacted since the beginning of the year and since april some of the newer routes on some of the ne