forecasted for the next few days are a major concern. so obviously with the higher temperatures that is going to increase a fire behavior and intensity of fire, the flames broke out on thursday prompting evacuations by friday afternoon. the community of will want to the campground will want a campground the golf course there. highway 41 on the south entrance coming from fresno has a hard closure to the rest of the park is still open and be a highway. one, 40 firefighters say one of the initial challenges was getting resources. there is fire in northern california resources kind of held out that fire is wrapping up. so we are starting to get those resources and obviously it is in an area where it is getting into wilderness. so it is getting into steep country as far as these giant sequoias are known for surviving fire. but wildfires burn hotter and quicker than ever before because of dry conditions. the sequoia trees are a fire, adapted tree so they actually need fire to repro
Quietly introduced yesterday and promises to be an in home assistant to respond to the voice commands. If you have sy ri on the iphone, do you need that . Stock continues to lag. A lot may be riding on the surprise new device. What its about and what it means and brings to the table here in technology. Yes. We will. And now market where markets stand in the final hour of trade. Back and forth today, up and down on the back of the payroll report. Right now, the dow off 8. Is weaker by about 1. Nasdaq off 13. We should mention, of course, yesterday at least the dow and the s p closing at alltime highs here and just slightly below the levels for right now. Musics like game of thrones, isnt it . Parallels, im sure. Lets get to the Closing Bell Exchange for a friday. We have jeff taylor with us today. Ken mahoney, mike laguni, heather loo mismis and rick santelli. Heather, what did you make of the jobs report . Pretty strong. I think it continues a long trajectory of pretty good trends on j
We begin with the latest on the National Debate over race, policing and the use of force. It has been a week since significance Baltimore Police officers were charged in the death of a black man who was in their custody. Today u. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch opened a federal civil rights investigation in baltimore. Lets bring in lisa stark in washington for us. Lisa, is any surprised by todays developments . Well, what is surprise something just how quickly the Justice Department decided to move. As you said theyve opened an investigation. Its called a pattern or practice investigation. Theyll be looking taking a deep look at the Police Department in baltimore and all the officers there looking how they do their daytoday jobs. Do they violate the u. S. Constitution . Do they violate the civil rights of those theyre sworn to protect . Just days after her visit to baltimore the attorney general made the call. The department of justice is launching a comprehensive investigation into
The purchasing power for American households has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, according to an analysis published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In 2023, the median American worker can afford the same goods and services as they did in 2019, plus an additional $1,000 to spend or save because median earnings rose faster than prices, the analysis says.