Responses on thursday morning prices spiked after u. S. President donald trump responded to the incident on twitter brant crude prices surged as much as 3. 9 percent while west texas intermediate jump by 6 percent before falling back to the mid pfizer around noon iranian officials claim the drone was in their air space when it was down while the u. S. Armed forces directorate for the region Central Command insisted that the drone was attacked over International Waters now joining us deeper into the dilemma are david mack ommaney the c. E. O. Of mckelvey Wealth Management and former pentagon official Michael Maloof thank you both for being here so michael lets start off with the geopolitical aspects of everything going on here we know the importance of the strait of hormuz when it came to congress can you tell us how this has been a soft spot for iran in the past its been a contentious period contentious area for quite some time you can go back to. To the socalled tanker war during the
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Okay it is cooler. Fog has returned now. Most of the fog, the heavier fog bank is to the north, not so much. Theres plenty of breaks to the south. 50 on the temps, though. Low clouds and system got helped by that clipped right along there. You can see that up in the sierra nevada, oregon. But that knocked down the high and thats going to give us a cooler pattern probably for the next 3 or 4 days here. Big fog bank returns breezy to windy for some, but cooler for all. 6070s and 80s. Well, if youre thinking of getting on the san mateo bridge from the hayward side, i probably reconsider that. Yeah unless you like costco on saturdays or maybe the alameda fair trying to get out at, say, 2 00. I mean, those are the analogies that come up with. Let me show you what the san mateo bridge looks like westbound 92 heading across all the way across to foster city. This is because of a crash and theyre waiting for a special kind of tow truck to arrive. And thats why its taken so long. Look at this p
But something to keep an eye on over the next couple of days. Thursday into about sunday, monday, i think low clouds, a much bigger fog bank north. It is beginning to fill in to the south. Temperatures are settled in here and i think theyre not changing all that much here, 60s, 70s and 80s. All right, sal, all of a sudden picked up this time he is going to begin where im agreeing with you that alexan rasmus is a decent is a solid anchor. Solid, solid, solid thank pros pro i, i mess with her and i call her lets go to the bay bridge, steve, to answer your question, the bay bridge is going to be okay. Its typical. It is backed up for a 10 to 15 minute delay, which you would expect on a day like today, middle of the week, wednesday and thats what you get. Yesterday, the san mateo bridge was terrible. Today, its not so much it looks a lot more normal as you drive across highway four. Weve had an issue with that. Weve had several crashes is the latest. One is westbound four right near the bo
Thats open the door releasing the grip of the high. So temperatures coming down 60, 70 and now everyones below average on these highs. All right. Over to sound now. Hell tell us what , well, you know, things are doing pretty well, steve, i would say, for this early hour of the morning. My goodness its 401. Its early and traffic is moving well. Lets go to the san jose area. That traffic looks pretty good. No major problems here. If youre on the san mateo bridge anytime soon, that commute looks very nice. And if youre driving on the bay bridge, it looks even 401. Lets get back to the headlines. Thank you, sal. Topping our news this morning, the owners of 7eleven stores in oakland say thieves are targeting them and the problem is getting worse. They say there have been at least six incidents around oakland since the beginning of this month. Amber League Reports the store owners believe the same group is committing these crimes. Loud and brazen. Surveillance video shows thieves breaking in