That vehicle was traveling at highway speeds, they would have been hard to see. Reporter the chp says this is the 25th accident involving a wrong way driver in the bay area. Ten were fatal resulting in 19 deaths. 18 of the 25 accidents involved dui drivers. Its very sad to here. Reporter solomon knew the driver who was killed. He said the night shift is tough, drivers on the road can be tired or drunk which is a big concern for taxi drivers. This is the second wrong way accident in which he knew the taxi driver. Its not safe. Its not the first time. We see a lot of that. Reporter chp is also investigating whether the passengers in the taxicab were wearing their seat belts because on tofe he p was ejected. Reporting live, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news is admitted building a better bay area. Some b. A. R. T. Riders are worried the systems vision or the future will undermine their needs for today. As part of the longterm plan, b. A. R. T. Is converting many of the parking lots at its east bay st
Service sector, employment rose slightly and it was slowed by worker shortages, Household Spending was solid. Agricultural conditions across the country deteriorated some of the detail we were talking about in terms of around the country. Boston said signs of slowing were more widespread than they had been in the past chicago said manufacturing declined with a slight increase in growth overall. Kansas city had a slight expansion. New york reported a subdued pace of growth. And dallas a moderate expansion. Tariff guys were mentioned 24 times versus 24. Its been elevated as you know, for the past 1e6r8 months. Steve, thank you, sir steve liesman. Markets digesting the beige book lets go to bob pisani basically flat response here, with the s p down 8 bank stocks still slightly to the down side. The key is to watch the Global Growth commentary. Remember what happened yesterday . The imf lowered its outlook for Global Growth to 3 from 3. 2 back in july this is the lowest growth weve seen si
Coming up, lets check in with a Traffic Alert. Northbound 101, look out for a crash causing a backup. A lane closure of 30 minutes of more has been announced. It is blocking at least a right lane. It is a one car crash a vehicle did go down the embankment so they have the right lane close. Also injuries are being reported. You are back up to 286. In the meantime you can use 280 as an alternate. South we do have a crash on 101 that has one lane blocked. We will check the freeway coming up. A red warning in effect for parts of the north bay, that means pg e will determine if they will turn off to power 2000. Jackie ward is live in downtown santa rosa with more. Reporter as you can see santa rosa but that may change starting tonight. Pg e watching the weather trying to see what does before they make the decision. That means parts of sonoma, and lake county could be dealing with power outages. Pg e will make the call sometime today. If they do decide to turn things off they expect sonoma w
The dow has been up seven sessions in a row. S p is up six out of the last seven sessions you are talking the highest closes since late july overnight in asia, the sang high deposit was closed for a public holiday. The hang seng up almost 1 in europe, it looks like now most of those markets are in the green, one exception is the ftse down by about. 1 . If you check out treasury yields in the united states, another big story is what happens to the yields some of that movement started after treasury secretary told us that Treasury Department is looking seriously at the idea of a 50year bond for some time next year. Right now, the 30 year is yielding 2. 28 i saw him later in washington and he started talking about 100year bond for the next consideration. Did you prepare for seeing him by watching the interview we conducted . I did thats why i decided to take the 50 and up theante and ask him about 100. To beat the record, he would have to serve 13 years see, i knew it were you talking abo
Theyre not h here, theyre on manus. Hey, jamal or hey, faizel, where are you . Eric i started covering manus island more than 3 years ago, and when i first met these men, i wondered how their stories would end. I nevever thought itt would be here, on the other side of the world, in the suburbs of north america. Some peoplple mit think this is a prpretty good outcome to what was a diabolical political and social p problem. And now theyre here, australia might forget these guys, but they wontt fget what australia did to them, and they might not forgive, either. Amir it can be lonely sometimes. Super lonely. Its just i feel like im still there and i hear this d daily stuff. Its not ending, it just kekes happening. Its getting worse and worse. Something that i will always remember it. I will never be able to forget it. Stuff that happened, my friends that they were killed in front of me. This shouldnt have happened ever. And i am sure theres gonna be a day that in the future that australia