In earthquake country. It sounds like not much damage was done. That is great. It is a wakeup call literally and figuratively for all of us. We should be prepared. It wasnt a major earthquake and no reports of injuries or major damage, the middle of the night jolt was enough to get people talking about what they felt all morning long. Reporter a loud thump and a couple seconds of shaking. The earthquake this morning doesnt look that impressive on the nest camera inside of this oakland apartment but it was enough to startle people awake at 2 39 in the morning. It felt like a sharp jolt with a few shakes afterwards. I havent been able to go to sleep since. I felt the walkway shake. Like the metal on the walkway. You could hear rattling. Yeah. I dont know what to do yet. Drop and cover. Thats what i did. The sound was intense. Everybody was trying to make sure that they werent dreaming. It didnt seem but we live in california. Reporter the owner of dream plus donuts was already up and at
The Semiconductor Index is catching my eye. Up 6 10 of 1 . The story is told much better when we look at the individual movers. Intel is down more than 2 , based on a story that researchers have found vulnerabilities in their chips. That vulnerability has not necessarily been found. Advanced micro devices and macron, they are some of the smaller rivals getting a boost. The best performer today is based on a Goldman Sachs report that financials will continue to outperform in 2018, based on tax reform. Some of their favorites are bank of america, a big outperform are here at 2 . Lets go to the chart. Continuing. 2017 is highs, inof record the s p 500 index, coupled with record lows in the volatility index. Has a nine print. Volatility nowhere. Julia lets go to the bloomberg first word news with Mark Crumpton. Says chainrump migration provides a gateway for terrorists. Today as hecomment sat down with republican senators, to discuss future immigration policies. Hundreds of thousands broug
Marijuana. In states for pot is legal, attorney general Jeff Sessions has directed federal prosecutors to use their discretion in deciding how aggressively to enforce federal law. The death toll from a passenger train crash in south africa is now at 18. A South African officials said the train slammed into a truck driver mistakenly thought he could cross the tracks in time. Ministerrys transport said an additional 260 people were injured. In freedent occurred state province. The United States and south korea will not hold their angle joint military drills during the Winter Olympics next month. According to a statement from the office of the south korean president , in President Trump agreed during a phone call today at the gates the games in pyeongchang should be kept peaceful. South korea plans to cornett talks withs. For north korea that are scheduled for next week. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Mark Cru
Against terrorism. The Trump Administration is proposing to open almost all u. S. Coastal waters to oil drilling, including those off of california and florida. The proposal released today by the interior department proposes 47 possible auctions of drilling rights. They are in more than 90 of the u. S. Outer continental shelf. The department of justice has issued a memo rescinding an obama era policy that helped states legalize Recreational Marijuana use. In states where marijuana is legal, attorney general Jeff Sessions has directed federal prosecutors to use their own discretion in enforcing federal law. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Emily i am emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, fall out from the intel chip saga, how a design flaw could impact almost every computer, smartphone, and server out there. We will tell you what you need to know.
Break is because there is so much water and ice now all over the road. Just a skating rink here now. D. C. Water says its an 8inch main and they did get the water turned off it appears. We dont know when theyre going to be able to come and start actually working to repair this main. They also say that there may be some customers in the area affected without water, too, so definitely causing a number of problems here. Not only for residents but also for commuters. And its its just the kind of thing that they know they have to deal with. They have wssc and d. C. Water have extra crews on hand. D. C. Water says theyve been dealing with some 200 water emergencies a day since this cold snap began and we know that theres going to be more of these to come. They really are just kind of bringing in those extra crews, having everyone else on standby and were going to be here this morning. Hopefully this is not the the beginning of many, many that were going to be covering today but to stay here