And now we turn to the meat and potatoes of power lunch. Playing the weather. Today on the big show the cold, commodities and stocks. Winter weather moving in early. Watch for an impact on your portfolio. And a car in 30 minutes. Auto nation says it can do that. It can make it happen. Its plan that can revolutionize the way we buy from dealers. And the soap opraw looked like it was on the track to better transparency. Wait until you see what the president and his wife are up to. Down to sue at the new york stock exchange. We are going to begin with the arctic blast enveloping parts of the country and the impact of Energy Prices heading into early winter. Nat gas traders preparing for one of the favorite trades this time of year, the socalled widow maker. Dominic chu is looking at which stocks may be impacted the most by the cold. First we go to kate kelly in texas on that nat gas trade. Reporter its only mid november and already a changing Weather Forecast is roiling the natural gas ma
Retail sales and import export prices. Also worth watching today, november Consumer Sentiment and business inventories. Andrew, over to you. Corporate news this morning, Oil Field Services provider baker hughes confirming its now in talks with rival halliburton. This after the wall street journal reported on negotiations between the two. A merger would create a want korth 67 billion or possibly more. This years drop in Energy Prices has hurt and sent stock prices in the nasdaq much lower. Industry watchers note a deal would likely face antitrust concerns. Well talk to an analyst who covers the company in the next hour. Theres a real bet that oil price res going lower and that they need to consolidate to compete with schlumberger and the rest of them. Stock deal. They exchange cheaper stock for cheaper stock . Cheaper stock for cheaper stock. I imagine there would be a lot of layoffs because part of the whole idea is you would be trying to get your costs down. Speaking of energy, the ie
Driving in california. Still those receiving them say they will change their lives. I am really proud and i know that now he can go anywhere and feel free. Reporter the drivers licenses look different from other california drivers licenses. Written on them are the words federal restrictions apply. California is one of 10 states offering these drivers licenses. Ann rubin, thank you. Locking ahead to tomorrow looking ahead to tomorrow, saturday is a spare the air day. The cold temperatures combined with light winds are creating conditions for poor air quality. No wood burning unless it is your only source of heat. Today it was cold again and it isnt showing signs of letting up. We have Team Coverage beginning with our chief meteorologist bill martin. Another cold night. Third in a row we had freeze warnings and frost advisories and tomorrow is no different. It will be cold, upper 20s. Look at the numbers we had this morning. You push them into saturday morning. They will be similar. Sant
Open, debora. Reporter frank, you will still be able to walk across the bridge. And the Golden Gate Bridge district buses will still be running. But there wont be any regular traffic. Which is bound to have a spill over effect. Reporter plastic tubes and a lot of luck are all that separates cars coming opposite directions on the Golden Gate Bridge. Of the 36 People Killed in crashes since the 70s, about half were in head on wrecks. So now the landmark is getting a rare structural change. Its a great idea, you cant argue against it. Inconvenience for two or three days its not a big deal. If it saves lives its a good thing. Reporter the barrier can be lifted, concrete and steel sections shifted to allow lanes to adapt to traffic flow. Hundreds of sections are ready for installation. The zipper truck one on each side of the bridge are visible now. With the Richmond Bridge which is problematic or take golden gate transit. Or ride my bike. Reporter the Richmond San Rafael bridge carries abo
The annual celebration of 4 20. It might be the highlight of the year for marijuana enthusiasts but not everyone is looking forward to it. Its the one day police in San Francisco turn a blind eye on pot smokers getting high in public because there are too many to ticket. Thats just crazy. But city leaders do try to control the chaos on 4 20 as much as they can. We never know what to expect. We prepare for large crowds. Last year the city spent 100,000 on extra police and cleaning up the mess left behind. Still Business Owners said it wasnt enough. Its pretty sketchy. She works on way street and last year the crowd got out of control. You cant really work. Theres people throwing trash everywhere and disrespecting the streets. Its good for business. This will be the stores first Unofficial National marijuana celebration day. The goal is to have everybody check out our product. While he hopes sales are high city leaders hope the trouble is low and the fact it lands on a week day could be