The far side from me. This is the right approach. The crash happened on this side. Four of these lanes on the right side are closed for the time being. We dont know how long it will continue. That will be an issue for these folks. These two lanes, they will open up by 5 00. We should see this back up ease a tad bit. This is on the approach to the bay bridge. 880 coming up, making this bend around the area. That will be a huge problem. If ux get to grand avenue, that makes the approach easier. You have the opportunity to get to the left lanes. These folks coming over, the back up continues to build out. Look at the feeder freeways that head into there. The maze of freeways, we call that, interstate 80, 24, even highway 13 will be of no help. That is a big issue. Heading to where pete suratos is, ill give you alternates. Pete, what happened there and why did it happen . Reporter good morning to you. Well get into what caused this. The traffic back up, we are used to seeing it on the brid
Overnight in asia, youre going to see whats happening. Well talk more about whats happening here with the futures. Overnight in asia the nikkei down by 1 2 a percentage point the hang seng up by. 2 . The shanghai composite down by a similar amount in europe this morning with the green arrows there, youre going to take a look and see that gains across the board dax up by 1. 25 . Cac up by. 9 . Crude oil prices, take a look at that, too. Last week for the week they were down by 60 cents down this morning another 55 cents to 57. 82 for wti. You think you can keep bringing things in here and yes. Driving your yes. To thats exactly what i think. Because you can. Because i can. That definitely is i try to spread cheer. Grat grasso messaged me, imt on youre trying to create tension. You bring me like back you know remember your thumb was sore and i got you some epsom salt. And today you brought coffee. Thats a way to do it. Hes the man. Im half italian, half sicilian. That means dont cross hi
Its of expansion also says the Unemployment Rate is down to 4. 1 , down for two straight months the holding at a 17year low. What is the reason for some of these positive figures . Guest we have been in a long stretch of economic expansion to we have been growing fairly consistently in this country since the middle of 2009, so we are starting to see that they all for more and more americans. Businesses are seeing demands for their products and services, and they need workers to meet those demands. Are there any surprises in this report so far . Is the economy over performing . Guest i think it is performing pretty close to its peak capacity, which is what a lot of people are reporting. The other is the wages figure. We are not seeing the pickup in wages that we have seen when the Unemployment Rate has been near 4 . Host what does this say about the outlook . Ahe can we expect to come ad . Can we expect to see this continual uptick . The jobs far as market, i would expect to see a bit o
As a Health Care Company rather than a drugstore. Talk about that. Talk about the significance of a major drugstore chain merging with a Health Care Insurance provider. Dr. Gellad it is a must like this transition has been happening for decades. Cvs started in the 1960s as a single store. Kind of been expanding its footprint since that time. The Minute Clinics a decade ago, and then a joint with a pharmacy benefits manager to do other things and then it added some longterm care services, and some infusion services. It changed its name and got rid of tobacco. It really has been the evolution of the pharmacy. You set it. This is what makes it so unique atthat this happening pharmacy which is probably the first time this has happened in terms of integrating pharmacy more into the structure of health care. Host talk a bit more about wha is trying tok cvs achieve with this merger. Dr. Gellad yeah, only they know, but you can, your imagination can fly in terms of what is possible for this. I
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