Feet from a north korean official. Plus, the concerns about teenagers using ecigarettes after new Research Shows they may not be safer than tobacco. How teens are using social media to show off their skills. Your world in 90 seconds. Deadly storms across the south. A mess out here, a wave of storms unleashed winds, devastating lightning and tornadoes. Roofs ripped off of buildings. I was crying. It just barely missed my house. Florida lawmakers demand the sheriff be suspended by the way the deputies responded. Its not the responsible of the general if you have a deserter. The president of south korea says north korea is ready to open diplomatic talks with the United States. The president will talk about guns with the nations governors today at the white house. Well make mathat first on o list because we have to end the country with whats happening. Deadly fighting in syria. Ignoring the u. N. Resolution, demanding a 30day ceasefire. All that the fiery crash at a racing event, believe i
A medal gb in the Winter Olympics . Yes, it has been a little bit in the coming. A bronze in the mens skeleton courtesy of dom parsons. There could be another at least in the womens event with Lizzie Yarnold and laura deas in contention half way through their competition. Details later. We will see you later on. And stav has the weather. A decent weekend ahead . Clear skies has the weather. A decent weekend ahead . Clear skies across has the weather. A decent weekend ahead . Clear skies across the country today. There are some changes as it later. Join me later for details. Also coming up this afternoon. Building bridges the team from chester zoo helping the endangered orangutans of borneo move around their habitat. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Im ben brown. President trump is expected to visit the scene of the Florida High School shooting in the next few days. Police say a former pupil who was expelled from the school has now confessed to the massacre, which left 17 people
Statement the fed held back from changing its line on the balance of risks. A number of Committee Meetings were edging in that direction. What did they do . It seems a compromise here. They do not change the balance of the risk statement but they add that word further a couple of times in the statement. That change was explicitly in the context of the brightening outlook that fomc officials have for growth in 2018. Said they agreed to update the characterization of the expectation for the evolution of the federal funds rate in the postmeeting statement to point to further gradual increases. It appears this was a half step by the committee in january. Ok. Towards signaling a quicker pace of increases but a half step. Lisa thank you so much for that. U. S. Markets close in two hours. We are getting so much reaction and bond markets to the fed meeting minutes. Lets get a check on where stocks are trading. Taylor we are seeing highs of the day. Gains accelerate going into the meeting. We w
From new yorkorth koreas top g plus concerns about teenagers using ececigarettes after new Research Shows they may not be safer than tobacco. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Holy hell. Devastating damage. Debris as far as the eye can see. Deadly storms carve a pass of destruction across the south and midwest. It is a mess out here. A wave of storms, floods, devastating wind, lightning, hail, and tornadoes. Roofs were ripped off homes. I was crying. Florida demands the Broward County sheriff resign. Its not the responsibility of the general if you have a deserter. The president of north korea is ready to open talks with the United States. I think well make that first on our list because we have to end whats happening. Deadly fighting continues in syria, ignoring the u. N. Resolution, demanding a 30day ceasefire. All that a fiery crash at a racing event. Believe it or not, both drivers are okay. And all that matters usa, usa. Firework
About how cold it is this morning and even a little bit of some rain moving through parts of the bay area and that is helping to keep us a little bit milder and just above freezing in many spots. As were seeing a lot of green here in San Francisco, down toward pacifica and also in burlingame, san mateo, sprinkles this morning, watch out for that as you head out for your drive. Temperatures now in the mid 40s. Its not only cold but it is getting soggy in parts of the bay area so i will be tracking that. Mike, you now have a Traffic Alert for a motorcycle crash. I do. We talked about the crash on the upper east shore freeway, i said i would give it a few minutes for chp to give us more detail. From san jose into San Francisco both sides of the bay look great. A slower lighter build on both sides of the bay but over here westbound your commute direction at pinole valley road reports of a motorcycle down and the rider may be still down in lanes. So this is a big concern. Only the fast lane