Spacex. Fortunately there are people fighting against the cronies. Drain the swamp. John will present a swamp drained the swamp and fight the cronies . Thats our show, tonight. And now, john stossel. John when donald trump talks about the swamp of washington is talking about selfdealing between washington insiders and the politically connected. That comes in many forms. The optic high wall Street Movement was angry because as they see it wa enables corporate greed. [chanting] corporate greed has got to go. John corporate welfare, thats a different point those protesters have a lot of silly ideas but they are right to complain about welfare for corporations. After the housing bubble bursts, banks got real doubts with your money. They paid it back but it might not have been paid back and it might not be next time. When big business goes to washington to partner with politicians it really means they seek privilege is from government. Subsidies and rules that make it tougher for competitor
So im going to tell some stories, and you oregonians may know some of the stories, and you may not know others. But ill start with how i came to this story. And, actually, whats surprising about it is how this story was very well known in its day. In 1836 when Washington Irving was commissioned by John Jacob Astor to write the story of these events 20 years after they occurred, irvings book, also called astoria, was a best seller of 1836. And those events have been largely forgotten in the american consciousness. I think you in oregon know a little bit more about them or im sure some of you know a lot more about them. But in the national consciousness, theyre largely forgotten, except among historians and people who really follow western history. So it is a really important story. Its historically significant, and its a great adventure story. And thats partly what attracted me to it. And its also a story that i feel needs to be told because those events have had a big impact on the sha
Weekend with lots of sunshine. Afternoon highs will top out in the mid and upper 90s to start off our next workweek. However, the winds will pick up on tuesday as another system passes mostly to our north. System passes mostly to our north. Next workweek. However, the winds will pick up on tuesday as another system passes mostly to our north. And we were the first to report this on air and online. Unlv athletics just received the largest single gift in departments history the fertitta family has pledged 10 million toward the construction of a stateoftheart football training facility. It will will be known as the fertitta football complex. This is a look at the campaign trail with one notable omission. Hillary clinton is still taking time off to recover from pneumonia. So she has president obama out on the road to make her white house pitch. As Dianne Gallagher reports donald trump continues to go after clinton for a controversial comment she made last week. The clock is ticking. With j
The day planner is starting off cooler today with temperatures in the midtoupper 50s. We will end up in the slow 60s at the coast, upper 60s at the bay and upper 70s inland. It will be breezy this afternoon. What to expect during the commute, alexis . A lot going on, misty on the bay bridge, westbound, we have value filling and the lower deck, we have eastbound 80 offramp to Treasure Island fully closed because of a significant mud spill trying to get cleaned up. Westbound 580 tracy to Castro Valley a couch was in the road near grant line road northbound 101 highway 85 to san jose airport, 15 minutes and northbound 280 good into downtown San Francisco. Southbound 880 bumping that from early travel and i will show you that ahead. Move to keep you safe when you use uber and lyft. Lawmakers are cracking down on the drivers would pick you up and matt is at Mineta San Jose International airport to explain. Matt . Good morning, the bill overwhelmingly passed the assembly yesterday and now it
Tomorrow morning. We have activity already in the sierra. Look at the line from carson city, kirk wood, reports of hail at bear valley. Some of that is drifting towards the valley. I mention for lake, napa. Low clouds tend to favor the north bay more than anywhere else. Fairfield is 49. Thats really cool for this time of year. Santa cruz is stuck at 59. Thats pretty warm for them. Coopertino. It looks like a rainy day around south lake tahoe. Oh, thats close. I would put it in the mix here for maybe most of the east today and the north. 60s and 70s, way below average on the temps. Sal, what do you have . We have slow traffic, steve. Its getting busier on the east shore freeway. Lets start with interstate 880 and west bound traffic will be moderately happy as you drive from the bridge to the maze. Its not too bad. It is still early enough for a decent commute. When you good et to the bay bridge get to the bay bridge, traffic is backed up for 10 to 15 minutes. Traffic is okay into the li