Christiane and ben next have a lot to get to so lets get started. Heres a headline that will surprise no one in 2020 the u. S. Economy had its worst performance in 74 years since the end of world war 2 it contracted 3. 5 percent now this was of course because of the coronavirus lockdowns and the impact of the worldwide pandemic so whats in store for 2021 especially in an economy that remains so uncertain joining me now to discuss this and more. On it chrystia i ben lets start with you can you give us a rundown of how the economy did or didnt perform in 2020. Yeah i mean as you said in the beginning here its really no surprise to anybody the economy did not do well contract at 3. 5 percent as you said the worst its done since 1946 so its been a long time since the economys contracted that much in a single year and that came off of the 2. 2 percent growth that we saw the year before in 1900 the bottom line here is this is basically every sector was down because of the coronavirus with th
This is a boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss. In washington coming up u. S. G. D. P. Close out 2020 at its worst rate since 1046. 00 and shrank by 3. 5 percent and the game stop saga continues as robin hood and other Major Trading partners are stressed in trading as the battle between wall street and small investors continues well explain what this means for future trading with the us pros with christiane and ben next have a lot to get to so lets get started. Heres a headline that will surprise no one in 2020 the u. S. Economy had its worst performance in 74 years since the end of world war 2 it contracted 3. 5 percent now this was of course because of the coronavirus lockdowns and the impact of the worldwide pandemic so whats in store for 2021 especially in an economy that remains so uncertain joining me now to discuss this and more. On it chrystia i ben lets start with you can you give us a rundown of how the economy did or didnt perform in 2020. Yeah i mean as y
Fairfield one of our only spots still hanging on to the 30s. Im talking the rest of the weekends forecast still to come of course you got to get a look at traffic and we have Rebecca Strom in this morning for robin and rebecca it is such a nice view at the paper right now really is because its so sunny, its dry. I know we need the rain but at least it makes it easy on the roads and drivers the outside right now. The bay bridge has been a perfect commute all morning long in fact this is going to be a really nice trip for you its friday light is we like to call it. 8 minutes on your westbound 80 right coming out of the macarthur maze across the upper deck and into San Francisco, not a bad commute all i am still tracking a hot spot, a Traffic Alert northbound 2. 80 magdalena its an overturned big rig. Its been out there much of the morning. The 2 right lanes are still tied up so definitely want to avoid this area if you can take one to one. Thats a good alternate for now ill be back with
Today rebeccas been talking some nicer conditions on roadways then i think we normally do see with a few exceptions one of those 2. 80 yeah thats right john just minor exceptions, its friday. So at least were seeing friday light traffic so that is the good news out there. But yeah. I am following a Traffic Alert that high causing some snags on southbound 2. 80 run it magdalena its an overturned big rig. So its been out there for quite some time because folks are trying to get thats a big rig. Good uprighted and onto a flatbed tow truck to get out of there. But in the meantime the 2 right lanes are tied up so try to take one oh one or all camino real in the meantime as your alternates those that really good right now. Another commute that looks great as euro. Drive into San Francisco, a lot of sunshine and its just beautiful lightly traveled of course friday light eightminute drive time for your westbound 80 right over to the fremont street exit across the upper deck also called the bri
Approved. Plus stay at home as much as possible. Thats the message from l. A. County. The strict new rule about to take effect down south also a holiday tradition continues despite the pandemic. The major transformation they made to keep families safe and happy. We begin with breaking news in sacramento. A mall shooting leaves one person dead, another critically hurt. Sacramento police say they were called out to the ardent fair mall just after 6 00 tonight after reports of a shooting. It did happen in the mall, sent people running for safety. Some people stuck inside mall stores for hours. Turns out the mall was busy because there were a lot of black friday shoppers there. Police say it was not an active shooter scenario and the gunman was able to get away. At this point no suspect description has been released. Good evening, everyone. Even covid19 could not stop the day after thanksgiving shopping push. Black friday a go albeit with some modifications. That includes masks, shorter li