Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Cheryl the song is block hawk. Were going to have black hawk. Well have that coffee, donut debate later on in the show. Good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren good morning, im lauren simonetti. Cheryl you may have been surprised if you saw markets react to the yo attacks in iraq against u. S. Soldiers. 24 hours ago we were talking about a Global Market selloff. Futures are now higher by 89, s p is up 11 and a quarter, nasdaq up 43 andahalf. The nasdaq closed at a new record last night. Lauren lets take a look at commodities, oil prices are up today by 16cents, below 60 a barrel, after rock he et a rockn baghdads green zone. Gold continues its sell off. Cheryl taking a look at stocks in asia, stocks finishing broadly higher with japan leading the way. The nikkei gaining more than 2 and a quarter percent. Hang seng and kospi, strong numbers in asia. Lauren investors reading all this as a deescalation of conflict in the middle east and iran. The dax is gaining
The north bay. We will be looking at 40s to near 50 this morning, but were going to clear sooner and we will be milder today. So much more sunshine, mid and upper 50s by noontime, and some low 60s by 4 00 this afternoon. Good morning, sue. Good morning. Well take another look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Traffic flowing nicely. As you can see the dense fog is down on the deck and it is reason for concern and reason for slowing down. Your drive from hercules into San Francisco, though, is looking really good. A quick look at your mass transit if youd rather not drive. 38 b. A. R. T. Trains running on schedule. Ace train number 1 is on schedule. Train 3 will be leaving shortly. We are staying on top of breaking news in san jose after a huge Apartment Fire overnight. Many units were destroyed and many people are without a home. Reporter matt keller is there now. He spoke to people who helped save some of those victims. Matt . Reporter these are the most dangerous fires happened in the mi
Of blow festers came out protesters came out to march today. Sky fox flew overhead to show the thousands of people marching today. The organizer of the group, joey gibson of Patriot Prayer, came out of the shadows to hold an impromptu press conference today, as mayor lee and the police chief spoke at city hall. Reporter by noon, thousands of people had taken over the streets surrounding alamo square. After plans for a Patriot Prayer rally at chrissy field were scrapped, the Group Announced plans to come here. But the barricades were up, and police in full force, as were protesters carrying antihate signs. The Patriot Prayer group was nowhere to be seen. They should hide, because i just see its a lot of love is always going to push hate back. I think they were outnumbered. They realized it wasnt going to be as easy as they thought. Reporter but protesters marched, and the Patriot Prayer rally organizer secretly announced a press conference at a park in pacifica. I have to go from spot t
Theaters, our businesses in our offices. In the only thing consistent and all of them is the guns. I would like to introduce one of our cosponsors of the legislation we hope to introduce a lot with the house of representatives, the senior senator from the greek state of connecticut going the great state of connecticut going through a difficult time. Thank you. Let me first thank you for your leadership going back to 1993 and before when i was speaking to advocate in the state of connecticut a similar law to the one adopted here banning assault weapons. This has been a heroin, terrific week in the state of connecticut, culminating in todays moment of silence at 9 30. The end of the week and i spent the better part of the time meeting with first responders, families, going to funerals and wakes and speaking with ordinary people of newtown and the state of connecticut. The refrain i have heard over and over again from newtown and connecticut and all the run the country is you need to do s
Those unilateral sanctions on iran, it was a different time. We were at a different place with iran. What do you think that the Iranian Foreign ministry so strongly supported your nomination to be the secretary of defense . I have a difficult enough time with american politics, senator. I have no idea. But thank you. Im on the record many times designating and saying that hezbollah and hamas are terrorist organizations. Saying iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. I have always said im a supporter of israel. And some cases, i have said im a strong supporter of israel. I have never voted in against israel ever in the 12 years i was in the senate. Committee deserves your judgment as to whether you were right or wrong about the surge. Ill explain why i made those comments. I want to know if you were right or wrong. Thats a direct question. I expect a direct answer. The surge assisted in the objective but if we review the record a little bit. Will you please answer the question . Were you