But we begin with the war on conference. The research conference. Novartis stock is up about 12 this year. But what exactly is this new treatment . What does it mean for those with cancer . Meg terrell got an exclusive tour of the manufacturing plant. Meg, run us through. Mandy, thats right. It sounds a little like Science Fiction but its close to becoming a reality. All you need to know is its a form of immune owe therapy helping your own immune system fight cancer. It will help patients with leukemia that stop responding to other treatments. It takes a patients t cells out of their body manipulating them in the lab so they better attack cancer and reinfusing them. This requires a whole new way of manufacturing because each patient gets a personalized treatment. We visited the new plant in Morris Plains new jersey to see how it works. They have a system of tracking a patients cells all the way from the hospital where theyre being treated to the plant. Similar to air traffic control. T
After we saw contraction and our Steve Liesman has new information on where the crowd is standing at this time. Thanks very much. From positive to negative what was first reported at 0. 2 . The result of less growth and it made econ 50s less optimistic. Our cnbc update falling by 2 10 of a percentage point. With a wide range to 4 . Let me show you where people are. At 4 . Goldman right about the middle at 2. 4. Morgan stanley. We are now including that atlanta fed in the survey at 0. 8 . Some of the commentary saying we lowered the q2 estimate to 22 due to downward revisions of sales. Barclays saying it will point it an acceleration in activity in q2. The under performance of the economy is likely to extend the timeline for the first fed rate hike. Meanwhile new Research Shows the First Quarter productivity data are also suspect. In part because they rely on the gdp data. Productivity a critical measure averaging 1. 1 in the First Quarter over the past 30 years. That compares to the gr
Live in the newsroom. Mourners in Pretoria South Africa gathered to view the body of Nelson Mandela as they say their final farewells. A Bay Area Group of kids pays a special tribute in the Nations Capital and here at home. A busy day on the highways. Lets check in with liz. Suddenly it looks like a rough ride. If you are trying to get out of San Francisco, this is an accident now multicar crash and blocking three left lanes southbound 101 cesar chavez. Chp also telling us that a person may be trapped inside one of those vehicles. So traffic is just beginning to back up. Consider using 280 right now as an alternate. Taking outside heres a live look at the nimitz freeway. Northbound and southbound 880 this is a great spot. No big delays between 238 and the maze. And the bay bridge at 6 01 this morning we are still waiting for the metering lights to be switched on. So far they havent. We are just seeing delays in the cash lanes. Fastrak users are looking good. No delay at all approaching
Upset that Deputy Erick Gelhaus the man who shot and killed andy lopez back in october put on a Sonoma County uniform again. [ screaming ] Reporter Police and the crowds clashed at city hall. They said you couldnt come in. They started pushing the crowd and as they started pushing these guys, i snuck around the side and the cop stomped on my foot as i was getting past him. Reporter ending in one arrest. [ screaming and beeping ] reporter from there, the protest went through the streets of santa rosa ending up at the Sonoma County Detention Center the crowd insisting they had the bail money to free arrested protestor ramon only to be told by cops that the protest turned into an unlawful gathering. They then moved to the Sonoma County sheriffs hq with riot officers hot on their tail. Stay back reporter the protest ended peacefully but the message is not forgotten that this protest was for andy and just for his family. We cant have the Police Investigating the police and the sheriff inves
In concord, we have live pictures of the scene you see here on stanwell drive near concord avenue in concord. The large warehouse went up in flames about 1 a. M. Fire was knocked up but it flared up again. At one point 70 firefighters were trying to get a hold on this fire. Nobody was in the building when that fire started. Several investigators now on the scene to determine a cause of that overnight fire. Lets get a check on weather right now with lawrence. These major changes are coming and im happy about it. Yeah. I think most folks are. Its been day after day after day of bitter cold mornings. Today, yeah, its still cold out there. But we can see some improvement. In fact, inside the bay you will see 39 degrees in oakland. 44 in San Francisco. Some of the valleys still dipping into the 20s. But not those cold low 20s that we had just a day ago. Still freeze warnings are up for the interior valleys. Frost advisories inside the bay. Its a cold start to the morning just not as cold as