Facing opposition from both sides of the aisle, Larry Summers pulling out of the race for fed chairman. The onetime Clinton Administration secretary called the president to notify him. In a letter following the call, he wrote, i have reluctantly concluded that any possible confirmation for me would be acrimonious and would not serve the interest of the federal reserve, the administration or ultimately the interests of the nations john gog economic recovery. Janet yellen seen as a leading candidate, seen by the markets as less likely to scale back the Stimulus Program as aggressively as summers would have had he become fed chairman. Is this all about summers or Something Else . Summers is a patriot. He knew this was going to tear the country up. I know he wanted the jobs. It is kind of a big thing for him to do. He did not press it. I dont know why the president would pick yellen, because she is everything he doesnt seem to want. Total dark horse, probably doesnt get it. Stanley fisher,
Uc berkeley tonight after several robberies on campus. Theres been four armed robberies and one attempted robbery in less than a week. Thieves are targeting students la it at night and taking cell phones and other electronics of at gun point. Monty francis is at the cal campus with more on whats being don to keep students safe during finals this coming week. Monty . Good evening. That is a big reason that Campus Police are urging students not to walk alone late at night, but to walk in groups. They also say that there are these code blue phones all over campus, press the red button, the blue light starts flashing and youre immediately connected to Campus Police. With finals week at hand, students are burning the midnight oil and Campus Police say robbers are mostly robbing student from the library late at night, taking their backpacks, cell phones and laptops. The most recent happened about 2 45 this morn when a robber tried to steal a students purse. She was able to break free and the
The general election match basically seven, Hillary Clinton versus donald trump as we wait for senator Bernie Sanders to speak. Tuesday evening in west. Welcome to americas election headquarters, Hillary Clinton basked in the cheers of her supporters as she became the first female nominee, a historic night, the first one have a Major Political party. This as fox news can project that after multiple wins tuesday night clinton will have enough pledged delegates to secure the democratic nomination. Weve reached a milestone. First time in our nations history that a woman will be a major party nominee. So now she has pledged and the super delegates as well. Mrs. Clinton faced a tough fight in california from senator sanders. He is expected to speak from santa monica any moment now. President obama called the senator earlier in the night to thank him for energizing the voters and were told the two will meet on thursday. Donald trump has already clinched his partys nomination and he won five
He says he was in another balloon when it happened. According to officials there was a fire and an explosion before the balloon plunged several hundred feet from the sky. Residents of japan and britain are among the dead. Several schools are canceling student trips to south america after a young bay area couple disappeared while traveling through peru. Jamie neal and garrett hand while on a tour on bicycles disappeared. The couple is shown on a bus to lima, peru, january 26, when communications on facebook and with friends and family on skype stopped. Along with their bank activity. In midfebruary the state department issued a warning to american tourists about possibly being kidnapped by terrorists in peru. As a result, a school in lafayette canceled a trip for 30 students. Relieved we did not end up going with a situation like this. I was bummed we could not go but i am glad it was canceled. Another school in oakland canceled a trip. The families are homing the couple are in a remote