The immigration topic was a huge topic. Visas allows people to come over who have special skills. Some employers have brought individuals at lower wages, and i have a bill to help reform that to make sure every person would earn a median wage. But there are a lot of people who have contributed like elon musk or the ceo of microsoft. So we have brought in the best and the brightest. We need to continue the program, but make sure people are earning the median wage. Guest how does the program work and why do we need to continue it . Guest if you have specialized studiedr if you have and one of our universities where we subsidize, and we need those individuals in the united if there is no one in the United States aixa and a particular job. As a result, we have had some of the best and brightest from around the world come to the United States, people like elon musk. It has helped our innovation and our economy. At the same time, it has been abused at times. It has been used by some corporat
The immigration topic was a huge topic. Visas allows people to come over who have special skills. Some employers have brought individuals at lower wages, and i have a bill to help reform that to make sure every person would earn a median wage. But there are a lot of people who have contributed like elon musk or the ceo of microsoft. So we have brought in the best and the brightest. We need to continue the program, but make sure people are earning the median wage. Guest how does the program work and why do we need to continue it . Guest if you have specialized studiedr if you have and one of our universities where we subsidize, and we need those individuals in the united if there is no one in the United States aixa and a particular job. As a result, we have had some of the best and brightest from around the world come to the United States, people like elon musk. It has helped our innovation and our economy. At the same time, it has been abused at times. It has been used by some corporat
Welcome to the Halftime Report. Im melissa lee in today for scott wapner top trade this hour, nike just did it the Worlds Largest Footwear Company posting strong earnings. The street buying the stock hand over phys today. With us for the hour, josh brown, Jim Leventhal, jon najari najarian, head of Global Investments at ubs shares of nike are rallying. Jim, you own it. Are you buying more . I bought a little bit more. I was hoping to load up the boat today, but i just cant, for two reasons. And i would love to get jays opinion on this, but its up 9 today. Im not going to go chasing it i think it will go higher from here, but the question is, i thought the Earnings Quality was really kind of low you had Gross Margins that went do down you had revenues that were okay, but a tax rate beat. So whyd you buy a little when the stock was up so much when youre throwing shade on the quality of earnings . Ive got a lot of dry powder left to go in this name. Im not going to buy it all today. Look,
Through the next hour to hour and a half. From Mount Tamalpais you can see the anything are clouds it our east and they are dying showers as they come at the eat enpart of solano and contra costa county, so a sprinkle is possible the rest rough us are dealing with drizzle this morning. Temperatures this afternoon, are below average with mostly sunny conditions and 60 at the coast and 71 around bay and 82 inland and we are 5 to 10degrees cooler for lunch. Bart is spending big money trying to solve the problem of people using their elevators as bathrooms. Delays are mounting. Costs are increasing. Amy hollyfield is in Pleasanton Hill with the new attempt to fix the issue. We have been talking to commuter about it and they do not have hope this will solve the problem saying people are not going do change their behavior. The Bay Area News Group is reporting that bart is now going do try to spray a coating on the floors of their elevators and it is urine resistant. Bart said it is also nont
From the roof camera. 56 to 62 through 7 00. We will top out at 68 to 80 with more sunshine this afternoon. Leyla . The bay bridge toll plaza shows it is looking busy here if you pay cash in the far left. We do have fast trackers moving along at a from clip. We still have a sigalert. This is in glen ellen traveling along highway 12 a good update is we have when way Traffic Control with all lanes blocked after a car slammed and a power pole and all the lines came down and no word weapon lanes will be reopened. Reggie and kristen . Crews worked all night in Los Angeles County to clear a major portion of i5 shut down by flash flooding. Highway is the clean up going . Still going. I5 is still closed both direction through the grapevine. Crews are working to clean up the mess but their work is out out nor them trigger by severe flood asking thunderstorms in northern Los Angeles County yesterday afternoon. Drivers say they saw a rush of water and debris spilling on to i5 and a river of mud t