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I want to knowledge the people in houston and those suffering from hurricane harvey. I wish them on behalf of the chamber all the safety and swift as possible recovery from what they are dealing with. The economy is in its 9th year of expansion which is fairly notable. That makes of the third longest in the modern era. By next spring, we we will have tied for second. Curiously, despite the length of the recovery and expansion, we seem to be now possibly heading into aperiod of acceleration. Norm...

Staff testified about the ssi disability program. And the process for filing disability claims. Sam johnson chairs the ways and means subcommittee on Social Security. This is an hour and 40 minutes. Good morning to all of you. And welcome to todays hearing. On the challenges Social Security faces when deciding if a person should receive disability benefits. Since i have been chairman, we have held 18 hearings including today on the Disability Insurance program. On one topic or another. Now thats...

I will pass it over to jd foster. Pleasure to have you with us today. Nice to be here with my colleague, randy. Before we begin i want to acknowledge the people in houston and those suffering from hurricane harvey. Wish them on behalf of the chamber the safety and swiftest possible recovery from what theyre dealing with. The economy is in its ninth year of expansion. Which is fairly notable. That makes it the third longest in modern era. By next spring we will have tied for second and curiously,...

Hurricane irma. 20 people confirmed dead from irma so far. Devastation on many fronts, Mother Nature showing her impact embracing over the weekend in florida. It is almost our part of the world is being attacked by Mother Nature. First harvey and irma and katia in the gulf. Here in the bay area we cant complain which is the heat wave which is nothing. Lets start with the newest story we are talking it is that massive earthquake. It has left at least 32 people. Magnitude 8. 1. An update on the da...

Right now, if youre not under evacuation you still should be ready to leave. Hurricane irma looking like floridas worstcase scenario. It has the making of a catastrophic storm the likes of which the state has never seen. The majority of florida will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge and lifethreatening winds, if youre still in the keys get out now. We will quickly run out of good weather to evacuate. David areas on the coast could see storm surges of water up to 12 feet. That ...

With the backlog forhose of drawing applyingor benefits. The challenges faces, since i have been chairman we have held 18 hearings including today on the Disability Insurance program. On one topic or another. Now thats a lot of hearings. But the Disability Insurance program is too important for Social Security not to get it right. Americans pay taxes on their hard earned wages for the promise of future social secuty benefits. When the worker retires, and is unable to work unable to disability or...

Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Amy, thank you. Were certainly wide awake now. It is 4 30. If youre just joining us a quick update on your weather and traffic. Mike, definitely some drizzle outside. There is so you need to work out for that. It will hang around all through the morning commute. Well keep an eye on the thunderstorms in the Central Valley and see if theyre going to make their way anywhere closer to us over the next couple of hours or so. Well keep that threat of thunderstorms in the foreca...

It does sound like one lane gets by. Three lanes down. Ill talk more about alternates in a few. Surface streets are a better bet at this point. Another crash that has cleared but some pretty long delays into tracy. Lets check in with meteorologist nik nicco. Mother nature did set the alarm for 5 00 this morning for places like Discovery Bay, byron, brentwood and i hope you were planning on getting up that early. This is going right across highway 4. It should be in brentwood any minute. Antioch ...

Brief downpours and lightning and thunder. It will head off to the east. Berkeley in about 18 minutes. Richmond about 23. San rafael in about 38 if it holds together. The one around Discovery Bay is just about the same track so youre getting hit twice. A look at walnut creek right now and you can see it looks damp from the drizzle we had this morning. And thats what most of us will be dealing with outside of those thunderstorms. The chance lingers through noon and then the chances over this afte...

That exclusive cnbc investigation coming up as power lunch starts right now welcome, everybody i am Brian Sullivan. It may not look like stocks are doing much the dow is up 43 points. Modest gains but dont let the numbers fool you. As michelle said, those are all new intraday highs for the major indexes and hopefully for your money as well. This despite the north korean threat oils recovery helping some of the battered energy stocks, which is helping the overall market some big individual stock ...