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Its up about 0. 3 today the dow as we said up over 1 at session highs. The sara crazy to see the s p 500 just wiping out all the pandemic losses the todays show, clorox is a standout winner. Up more than 50 so far this year people stock up on cleaning supplies but can the company keep up with the huge demand for wipes and disinfectants . Were going to talk to the ceo plus, well talk renovations, Small Businesses and more with the ceo of Angie Home Services of that company reporting earnings after the bell. Along with iac, tilray and many more names lets focus in on the big stories that were watching in this final hour of trade mike santoli tracking todays market action. We have the latest on the increasingly complicated stimulus discussion in washington and kate rogers has the details on a scandal involving former mcdonalds ceo steve east easterbrook. Mike, start us off with the Broader Market and the gap were seeing. This is a good illustration of how a broadening out of the market be
Run up and out the dore. Were at 57 degrees at 8 00. We go from 57 to 85 over the course of a few hours and its going to be hot for our inland areas again today. More on that in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for that commute . Kari, we continue with a Traffic Alert. Now the good news is we start with a big view of the bay and the majority of our viewers are able to see a smooth drive, no surprises for most of the drive as we look at the big map but south of the Santa Cruz Mountains and heading south to santa cruz and the summit we have a crash blocking both lanes. Traffic is being diverted off at redwood estate. Locals will know the highway. If you dont know the area, i suggest you hold off until we get this cleared. No word on when they expect to get the lanes cleared. A standard build through san jose. Back to you, laura . All right, thank you very much, mike. 6 01. And developing right now another long and chaotic night outside the federal courthouse in portland as proteste
As we head into our holiday weekend. Lets check in with steve. Good morning. Good morning pam and david we have a bigger fog bank and the trend is to cool down after a quick warmup yesterday, there might be another one on saturday but that is four days away. Until then, low pressure is going to settle in on the west coast and we are seeing fog moving up the coast. It is not widespread but there is much more of a presence this morning that we had yesterday. It will continue to work its way up. It is not really deeper anything but has made it over parts of san pablo bay. Everyone is very close here. Santa rosa 53, so look for cooler for most, might take another day for you well inland. Cool to very warm, 90s is hot for some but along embarcadero west f15. Thats pretty good. Low clouds making a bigger push there. Some locations are beginning a little cooler. Napa is 4 because the it is overcast. Today and friday, bigger fog bank, cool and breezy. It will warm up as we head toward the holi
On the Golden Gate Bridge. Were talking about the Golden Gate Bridge, lets talk about this. The highway and transportation district is starting a study this week on the sound the wind makes when its passing through the new railings. You heard about this probably. If you havent, when the high winds hit the bridge at a certain angle it creates a humming sound that some describe as singing and others call it screeching. City leaders say they have gotten dozen of emails about the noise. District officials are discussing plans to learn the cause of the noise and develop changes to muffle it. I cant believe as we bring in mike and gus, i cant believe they didnt think about this. 0. This is what it does in nature. You remember crossing the Golden Gate Bridge for 2. You remember i brought my husband here to the bay area for the first time 20 plus years ago and we rode the cable cars and those rides were 2 a pop. I havent driven across a bridge in how long so i would weep for joy to cross the G