Reporter yeah, deirdre this could be the biggest trade agreement of alltime, possibly. We have to look at the numbers here. The u. S. Touting some real structural changes in china, saying also that this agreement will be signed on paper and signed the first week of january now the chinese are saying this covers some very big items, really big sections, including protecting intellectual property , increasing those protections, those deals of the force transfer of property, ending that, opening Market Access for Financial Services firms, and china agrees to stop manipulating its currency. The president also says chinas agreed to buy a lot more agriculture from the u. S. But would not put that number in writing. President trump i think they will hit 50 billion in agriculture, much more because its also manufacturing and other but i think in agriculture they will hit 50 billion. They were already buying, even before the deal is signed, theyre buying. Reporter and as Senior Administration o
Engineering as a focus area or something we should spend more time on. Im actually going to go to rob first just from an industry perspective, i mean, thats i will give you the first crack at it and if anybody else wants to weigh in briefly, happy great. I will be quick. Cyber security is a top priority and security across the board for that matter, but cyber is one of the big big issues we are paying a lot of attention to. Its a continuous, you know, challenge because the enemy gets better, weve got to get better, they get better, weve got to get better and we are continuing to try to keep that advantage versus what our adversaries are doing to basically steal our technology. So its at the forefront of what were doing every day. I would also say that theres an element of taking the fight to the enemy, if you will, that offensive cyber. So you dont want to just be playing defense all the time. And there are things that are happening that will keep them playing some defense. I will leav
Im sam brock. The rap is back. Mother nature trying to keep the bay area saturated. Lets get a look at your micro climate forecast with kari hall. Some of the heavier rain will stay over the north bay while the rest will see off and on showers throughout the day. We have yet to see the rain make it into the south bay. We will see that as we go into this afternoon. Temperatures starting out very mild. Well hold steady in the upper 50s to lower 60s into the afternoon. Well talk about this weekend with another round of scattered showers moving in. Thats coming up in a few minutes. Lets see how the traffic is moving now with mike. Kari, im glad you are holding off. Im glad we are holding off on the rain in the south bay for now. We have that crash. That would add to the slowing. This is north 101. Unexpectedly slow for a friday at 680. It is starting just before you get there. Right around tully road. Northbound 101 at oakland, the rest of the south bay showing friday light as you would ex
Open lower by 37 points. Nasdaq lower by 2. Goldman sachs holding a technology and Energy Conference today. Yahoo ceo and twitter ceo are expected to give keynote speeches later on today. In other media news nbc news announcing it is suspending Brian Williams for six months without pay effective immediately. He personally admitted he misrepresented events about coming under fire while flying in an helicopter during the iraq war. While on nbc news friday january 30th 2015 brian amissmisrepresented events that happened during the iraq war in 2013. Then it became clear that brian had done the same while telling that story in other venues. She added this was a very hard decision. Certainly there will be those that disagree but we believe this suspension is appropriate and proportionate action. Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of americans place in nbc news. His actions are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate. appropriate. He says williams deserves a Second Cha