Investors are increasingly pinning their hopes to a virus recovery on the vaccine so modernas news is helping the market this monday morning. And its own stock, of course. The dow industrials, probably going to go up a few points, maybe 70. S p up about 12. The nasdaq, up 85 points. Green this monday morning. Next headline, gold. The price is now at an alltime high, closing in on 2,000 an ounce. A weak dollar plus the fear of a postvirus bout of inflation, plus the u. S. china escalation, all pushing the price to, what, 1956 per ounce as of right now. Were expecting the republicans to detail their trillion dollar stimulus plan perhaps today. 1200 checks, Liability Protection for business extended but reduced emergency unemployment bonuses. Larry kudlow on that later on todays program right here. Now, look at big tech. Top executives from four of them virtually testify to Congress Later this week. This is important. What are we going to do with the crown jewels of americas business . Ta
Reporter floyd joined self owitnesss to deliver powerful testimony to the house judiciary committee, one day after he and his family buried his brother, george floyd. My family, they just cry, cry every day and just ask why, why. He pleaded for his life. Reporter mass demonstrations erupted around the world calling for police changes. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle vowed to work towards solution, but the Republican Committee members also bashed calls to Defund Police departments. If you believe that we should defund the police, will you please raise your hand . This is really not about Defunding Police. It is about funding other thicks. Reporter the hearing comes days after the democrats introduce stair massive reform bill djustice in policing act. The Senate Republicans are also working on their proposals. The white house chief of staff mark meadows and Jared Kushner met with tim scott on capitol hill to discuss police reform. Well have an opportunity to compare notes in the n
Injured a motorcyclist that a biker stru on thepringfield interchange on the westbound lanes of the beltway that lead 9to i5 south. Police say theyc motorcle and a box truck were involved in the crash with another car that drove away. And a big reward announced to caedh a suspect wa in of makiya. U. S. Marshals are offering 5,000 for leading to the arrest of this man whose name is isaiah murchison, one of 11 indicted by a grand jur for wilsons murder. She was shot and killed while trying to buy ice cream last summer innortheast d. C. Murchison is charged with firstdegree murder, and hes a known member of a d. C. Street crew. How could you forget this image from yesterdays hfltoric h flooding . People on their way to work cddenly caught in those floodwaters onnal road here. The only place to go on top of tirke cars. Dn h guy in the pink shirt there. News 4s Meagan Fitzgerald nalked about a day that hell remember for awful long time. No one expected to start m theironday morning like thi
Dont waste your time and Vacation Days on a twoweek vacation unless you switch it up in the middle because the brain cant remember things from a week ago or so. Long vacations become one. Yeah. It makes perfect sense. Do you want to share where you honeymooned. Mexico. Mexico. Jamaica for us. It was incredible. Do you remember anything past the relaxing. No. It was a while ago. Yeah. I remember not being here at work. There you go. It seems like a hundred years ago for me. We will talk about your vacation plans for the summer and how to maximize them. First we start with news as we always do. Happening today, one of the biggest water districts in the bay area could raise rate as much as 19 . The board of the east bay municipal utility district will vote on that today. The first phase would go into tomorrow if approved. East bay mud says it has a budget gap after customers cut back on their water use during the drought. It says it needs the money now to maintain and upgrade systems, esp
Missed. In the dark of night, there were only sounds. I heard someone hollering and screaming. Ruth rushed to her window to see her 92yearold neighbors row home glowing from fire. I saw the flames. I said, oh, my gosh. The screaming and hollering. Thats when i got the phone and dialed 911. Good firefighters were on the scene three minutes later. 11 Fire Companies and 40 firefighters and medics rushed to his aid. Despite their best efforts, they werent able to save the veteran. He was not able to make it out on his own. He had one leg, but he used a wheelchair and a walker. When resuwas no longer an option, firefighters went in to recover benjamin boones body. His burned out wheelchair and other personal belongings a reminder to everyone here of exactly what was lost. He was a very nice person. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Whether there were working smoke detectors inside of the home, something theyre working very hard to figure out right now. Reporting live in south ph