Critical condition. What were learning about the investigation. Then a fire breaks out at an east bay high school. What students can expect as classes are back in session this morning, plus a string of car break ins in the north bay in just 24 hours. Theres several one, two three cars were smashed in. The reason people who say theyre sy this crime spree london square. This is morning time two. The nine. Todays monday, march 18th. Were looking live at the ba bridge. Steve has said that there is some fog out there and that you can see it there in San Francisco. Its definitely an id well talk about the weather in just a little bit. Careers in stem are projected to grow 15 by the year 2031. Educators say spits critical that children ae introduced to stem fields at an early age. Thats science, technology, engineering and math. A special event was held this past weekend at a museum outside minneapolis to encourage girls, in particular, a stem cat tell them to go for it. You can never have su
Immigration have we found a good reason to spend our limited Immigration Enforcement resources on dreamers. The premise of daca was and continues to be that we need permanent comprehensive Immigration Reform. But until then, dreamers, who contribute to our society, should be allowed to come out of the shadows and lead healthy, productive lives. Rather than pursuing these young americans, our Immigration Enforcement resources should focus on practical measures that make us safe, not wasteful and symbolic projects like a border wall. We share apprehensions of more illegal entrants. We should incentivize Legal Immigration and make it feasible for people to come here and pursue better opportunities. And im eager to work with my colleagues to craft a tough but fair and comprehensive Immigration Reform package that incorporates good ideas from both sides of the aisle. Until then, however, we accomplish nothing by forcing hundreds of thousands of families who live in fear and regret ever trus
Yields, and the dollar. Volatility spiked. For weeks wall street mostly sharehold shrugged off any d. C. Drama. Today, the shrugging stopped. It came amid President Trump asked james comey to back off of his investigation of National Security adviser michael flynn. The allegations in an asyet unseen comey memo may mean nothing for the economy, not now and maybe not ever. But the trump gop agenda of tax cuts, deregulation and Infrastructure Spending could founder or fail amid a hail storm of investigations. The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 372 points to 20,606. Nasdaq off 158. The s p 500 fell 43. Although it was the worst day of the year for the indexes, we should point out that remain near record levels. What was the response in washington that the markets were so focused on . Eamon javers joins us. What was the response from capitol hill and especially republican lawmakers . Reporter for the most part, republicans held firm today in support of the president. Speaker of the ho
Future. Jobs at Top Tech Companies are overwhelmingly held by white males. But theres an effort under way to break that glass ceiling. Black girls code is a nonprofit reaching young africanamerican girls and showing them coding and computers can be fun. Together theyre working on cracking the code and its our cover story this week. I had no interest in doing this. I thought it was boring at first. When i actually started doing it it was fun. Reporter 11yearold Madison Harvey is one of 300 girls learning how to build a robot at this weekend workshop. Its put on by black girls code, a nonprofit aiming to bridge the gap in Stem Education for young girls of color. Shes excited about science and math and engineering. And what other opportunity for her to be around other girls that look just like her couldnt this one goo here . Many of these girls dont have role models in engineering or Computer Science. Black women make up less than 3 of the workforce at the biggest tech companies. Kimberly
Learning how to build a robot at this weekend workshop. Its put on by black girls code, a nonprofit aiming to bridge the gap in Stem Education for young girls of color. Shes excited about science and math and engineering. And what other opportunity for her to be around other girls that look just like her couldnt this one goo here . Many of these girls dont have role models in engineering or Computer Science. Black women make up less than 3 of the workforce at the biggest tech companies. Kimberly bryant, electrical engineer who worked in biotech over 20 years, understand their dilemma. I was one of maybe two or three students of color in my Electrical Engineering class when i went to college. Reporter bryant founded black girls code with hopes of literally changing the face of technology. When we generally think of a Computer Scientist now, it does not look like a woman of color. Its very much white, male dominant. Show that black girls can code. Most black girls arent into computers an