49 towers needed to be replaced entirely. The journal says a 2017 internal presentation by pg e, estimated their transmission towers were 68 years old with the oldest towers being 108 years old. The Life Expectancy was 65 years. Pg e neglected and failed to make up grades. Since the campfire in the past year, pg e worked to intensify the inspections on transmission lines in the last year, pg e inspected 222 substations, 50,000 transmission structures, 30,500 miles of power lines and 700,000 distribution poles. We brought in more than 2000 qualified linemen outside of california to help us with all of the inspection work in terms of doing the inspection as well as being able to do the repair. The journal says detailed inspections include workers physically climbing the towers to inspect them. It hasnt been done in decades. We are waiting on a response, we reached out to them this morning as of air time, nothing has come in to our newsroom. We will keep you posted when it does. To san pa
The east of San Bernardino. Police say they received a tip earlier today and issued a search warrant on that residence. Thats when they located the two suspects and then there was the police chase that led them back to San Bernardino and then we had the Police Shootout where the two services one a man one a woman were shot and killed by Police Officers. We understand one officer was injured during that shootout but his injuries were told are not life threat nipping. Already jennifer thank you. There is unconfirmed report that there is more Police Activity, we do not have more on that yet. Well get back to that in a moment. President obama responded to the shootings by calling on lawmakers to take action on gun control, lisa stark is in washington with that. Reporter the president was informed shortly after the shooting began, the white house continuing to monitor it throughout the day and into the evening. President obama has become increasingly frustrated as these Mass Shootings have
Anonymous tip line. In all caps, david, very active, avoid. This is coming from the San Bernardino Sheriff Department saying 18 minutes ago this was still an active scene. Theyre asking people with any information to call the tip line. Theyre asking people to avoid the area. Of course, incally nation i ininclination is that many wanting find out if their loved one is safe. Thats the last thing you should do. Do not come to the area if youre outside of the area that theyre trying to secure right now. There was a statement put out by the ceo of the Southern California social services. By the way were looking at a picture from earlier. We see the s. W. A. T. Team responding and moving in. There was a statement put out by the ceo social Services Center who is based there in the center of the shooting who said that this happened in a Conference Room area. It involves a group renting space. Im in the sure if anything else has come out about that . Anything more about the group who may be usi
We saw this selloff after the yellen remarks. It really began after she was done speaking. At the same time, she did not say anything particularly different than what she has been saying. She emphasized her confidence in the strength of the u. S. Economy. A rateugh to stand increase. There is a data dependent clause, but nonetheless staying steady. We are seeing stocks fall to the lowest in the session. Look at the s p 500 for more of a snapshot of what we have seen. It is pretty steady throughout the day. Much has changed. When she stopped speaking was really when the drop started to accelerate. Take a look at what is suffering the most. I want to point out energy and what we are seeing in particular today. Down 3. 3 the county for the biggest percentage decline here, though it is a broadbased decline. With energy down that much, oil is the other big story of the day. Oil prices were lower even before she spoke. After, the losses began she got weekly inventory numbers, which showed un
Oil pairing some losses after dipping below 40 barrel. As a report suggests saudi arabia and others could consider a Production Cut at this weeks opec meeting. Terrorism has not been ruled out as a motive behind the shooting in california that left 14 people dead and 17 wounded. Based upon what we have seen and based upon how they were equipped there had to have been some degree of planning that went into this. So i dont think they ran home and put on these tactical clothes and grabbed guns and came back on a spur of the moment thing. We have not ruled out terrorism. Brazils lower house approves impeachment proceedings against the president. Assets moving higher on the news. Good morning, everyone, the euro zone november services pmi, 54. 2. Thats slightly below forecasts. Were looking for a print of 54. 6. Now the october services pmi was 54. 1 so what were seeing is a slight acceleration. If we break it down, the German Services pmi came in line with expectations. It did accelerate s