Cell phoenix, and cell phones, tonight we have Something Special going on, cspan is recording. So, when we do the q a if youll just raise your hand, well bring over a microphone for you. And so we can just get it nice and loudly recorded for the show. So, id like to crow dues 0 toe you julie lythcotthaim, about how to raise an adult, has ba from stanford, a msa in writing from California College of the hearts. Tonight she is their read from her new book, real american. Please become please welcome julie. [applause] hi, everyone, wow, its so cool to be here at book people. So cool to be near austin, texas. I bring you greet little from the San Francisco bay area, we think of you often and always. Anney, thank you for introducing me and have you at this marvelous story. Its good to see friends, former students and fellow authors, jessica, so lovely to see the people i know and recognize. My former students. But also strangers, because when strangers come out to see you, that feels pretty
Year stocks falling for a third day. , luxembourg and portugal higher. As a whole, the stoxx 600 is down for a third day. We are seeing the euro rise to a threeyear high against the dollar. All these currencies rising against the dollar as yields are gaining across europe today. Fairly hawkish comments from the ecb about the qe program. We will talk to Richard Jones about that one a little later. We had some pmi manufacturing data out of the u. K. Today. Lets look at the eurozone equivalent, rising by a record in december, capping a solid year. 60. 6 was the figure. That is a big increase in line with flash estimates since the survey began in 1997. The performance in december was not a flash in the pan. The average reading for 2017, new orders rose the most in 17 years, export demand at or close to record levels in a number of countries as well. Eurozone manufacturing, this is u. K. House prices. Two coastal areas saw the biggest house price increases in the u. K. Last year. Cheltenham
Gilroy at 40 degrees. There are 50s, including saratoga at 55. Los gatos at 57. San jose is at 53. There is enough of an off shore breeze and northerly breeze to keep this pattern going, which means probably another sixth day of record highs for many. There is a lot of fog in Southern California. Coastal variety. Not june bloom. Heading towards Santa Barbara and san luis obispo. Then it will run into resistance. Napa airport says 60. Fairfield is 59. Livermore is 57. One observation in oakland is 60. Berkeley lab is 63. City now 61 officially. I mean, the record is 77. They may get close to that if that continues. I dont see any reason why it wont. High pressure is here and not doing anything except getting us near record highs. 70s for just about everybody. 7 01. Sal, do you have good news, bad news, or what . I would say it is about the same. Traffic is beginning to normalize a little bit. I want to show you the traffic at the toll plaza will be backed up all the way to the maze whic
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