Of the united state congress. [cheers and applause] thats honestly the only applause the United States congress has gotten in [laughter] god knows how long. First weve seen a lot of reaction to tuesdays state of the union address. Perhaps the most alarming reaction came from senator Lindsey Graham who told roll call that the world is literally about to blow up. I wish it had been on camera. I cant help but wonder what it must have sounded like when Lindsey Graham said that. How would that sound if Lindsey Graham would say hello governor no that wont be it. The world is literally about to blow up. No new york city. Hey what are you gonna do the world no, no, not it. I, senator graham do believe i do declare that this vessel which we inhabit is about to just explode and me just here all along in my sitting room surrounded by sweet tea and just my figurines. [ laughter ] i didnt take graham seriously, you know, that the world is about to blow up. You know how excitable southerners can get
What, 263. Wow. Down from 3 not long ago. All right, europe looked pretty good at least last time i checked. That continues to be the case. Largely green, of course. You had the nikkei up after the 4. 2 drop the day previous. Kind of going back around the world the other way as in positively at least so far. Lets get to our roadmap this morning and it starts with those markets which are preparing for as you saw a decline at the open after private Sector Employment data comes in below forecast. Also weighing on investors s p downgrades puerto ricos general obligation yesterday they go to junk level status. Merck misses by a penny due to patent expirations and ralph rawrn beat lauren beats. And twitter set to report its First Quarter as a Public Company after the bell today. And big news from cvs caremark announcing it will stop selling cigarettes and other Tobacco Products at its 7,600 stores by october 1st of this year. Whoa. That is an interesting story. Futures extending their losses
Francisco. South of daily city, almost to the city of san mateo. Getting some showers right now and its raining from petaluma south to nevada. Mill valley, across the bridge to richmond, and some showers now in vali hoe. Theres a significant amount of snowfall toward reno and truce and truckee. Rumbles of thunder north of sacramento. This is all needed rain fall because we just saw an upgrade of our drought severity. From extreme to exceptional. When it comes to government forecaster, it doesnt get worse than that. Thats what is going on in portions of santa clara county. Likely we are coming up next. Well talk about how much rain for tonight and theres another rain chance to talk about. Well talk about the timing on that coming up, too. Theres muchneeded snow tonight, but we have a long way to go to get where we should be for this time of year. Andrea is live tonight. Anymore snow flakes falling tonight, andrea . I dont know if you can see, we are getting the lightest of flurries, we
Seahawks fan, nicole hill and her friend sarah passed through sfo. Nicole said someone snatched her wallet out of her luggage. I had a wonderful new yorker who drove me from the airport to the hotel last night. It just so happened that nfl commissioner was watching cbs 2 news in new york tonight. Within an hour of appearing on air, nfl officials made a special call. Would i like to go to the super bowl in yes. We flew here. Are you serious . Oh my god. You guys are so awesome. And it was a bittersweet moment for sarah. That was a woman in a white baseball cap. Her father used to be a trainer for the seahawks in the early 90s and both of her parents were killed by a drunk driver four years ago. Now i spoke to the airport duty manager tonight at sfo. He wasnt aware of the theft, but was happy to hear about the wonderful ending. Live at sfo, betty, kpix5. Just two days before the super bowl. Fbi is investigating suspicious white powder sent to several hotels near metlife stadium. The join
Theyll be holding off for another year. Well sit down with the Team President and find out why the delay. This week in the state of the Union President obama made lofty goals. This morning we brought in congressman eric to see if the president is a lame duck or if he can get these things done. It is raining if you have not looked outside your window. Which is good news since we have been dealing with this drought for months. This is our live Doppler Radar. You can see light to moderate rain and lightning strikes off the coast. We are going to see that rain continue through the day. Live look at San Francisco where there are arrival delays up to two hours. Check your flight if you know somebody coming in or if you are flying out. That can have a rip. Le effect. In the 40s around the bay area. Well make it into the 50s. It will be raining all day long. Breezy conditions. Possibility of more rain ahead in the next seven days. Details coming up. Developing news. A violent night in west oak