[applause] can you hear me . Can you hear me . No . Yes . Oh the hand mic. Gotcha. Hi everybody. Welcome. Thank you for coming out tonight and for providing refuge from the heat but also some intellectual stimulation in the form of this excellent book long haul. I read the book with completely rapt fascination. There is so much in here but i wanted to start, why dont we start at the beginning and you talked in the book about how you got into longhaul trucking as a young man, a very young man, barely out of high school. So tell the story of how you got into this business. Will a series of missteps actually the here we are. I got into it, there was a moving company right down the street where i grew up and we all went to the same church. It was called Callahan Brothers incorporated and my name is murphy and we have this irish thing going on so if you went to saint siena church and you were 17 years old and you wanted to work for Callahan Brothers then you were allowed to do that and it w
Station. The Richland County Sheriffs Department says the woman who was shot saturday had non life threating injuries. But many who visit that area. Say they are nervous about the crime thats happening so close to home. 3 i generally night grocery anyway, but had an incident Grocery Store i certainly will night or after the sheriffs 3 Department Says to always keep your keys in your hand. Keep your head up and scan the area 3 3 3 South Carolina is getting nearly 157 million in federal aid to help pay for recovery from the historic floods last fall. The money is coming in million to state agencies. 23point5 million to Richland County. 20 million to columbia. And 16point3 million to lexington county. The money will help pay for damage to roads, homes and businesses. Officials at the Us Department of housing and urban development called for midlands for future storms. 3 after months of being closed because of flood damage. Spears creek church road in northeast columbia is reopened this mo
He will join us in just a few minutes. Tylers down at the nyse. But first, breaking news. John harwood, it concerns russia. John joins us from washington. John . Sue, the white house and european union, as they signaled at last weeks nato meeting, have Just Announced deepened sanctions on the natural, energy and defense sectors on russia over the crisis in ukraine. They did that despite the ceasefire agreement that has a Peace Process under way. They indicated that if the Peace Process progresses, those sanctions can be rolled back. But russia has reacted instantly and said that this shows a lack of faith and an undermining of the Peace Process by the United States and the european union, but the United States and its allies believe they need to move forward with these. Of course, the president s got his hands full all over the world including in ukraine where whatever process is going on right now, they have not gotten the russians and the prorussian separatists to stand down in ukrai
Gold, crude moving lower this morning. The dollar setting some new highs. Just now, jobless claims rise to the highest levels since june. Poised for a higher open, lulu lemon beats on the top and bottom line. Raises forecast for the rest of the year. Another retailer trying to regain its cool. More from target, as well. The exclusive interview we just mentioned, that newly minted chief of sprint will sit down with favre. Oil prices falling on worries about growing supply, International Energy agency lowering its oil demand forecast. This on the morning after the president delivered that primetime address outlining his strategy for combatting the threat from those islamic militants, including american air strikes in syria. This Counterterrorism Campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out isil wherever they exist and support for our Partner Forces on the ground. This strategy taking out terrorists who threaten us while supporting partners on the front line is o
Burning in El Dorado County the fire shows no signs of slowing down. Good evening, im dan ashley. Well get back to ta story in just a moment. New calls to help americans stranded in cabo for several nights. The hurricane struck sunday evening the next morning six of seven resorts were flooded and there was mud and muck the family had to wade through at the hotel. Most of the staff, gone. Outside of the resort were armed looters the couple with two sons, ages 1 and 3 had no electricy and very little food or water the mexican military got them out on wednesday. They arrived at sfo today. After getting home and being able to step back and look at what we went through, its horrific. The couple told us canadians at the same hotel were rescued by their government. They want to know where their government was. He says eric stallwall received dozens of messages and told us there are only 40 state Department Employees on the ground in mexico assisting americans and 80 other u. S. Lawmakers sign