. >> i'm ready for the hyperloop. business and civic leaders in cupertino are floating this as one of several high-tech ways to address road congestion and to get people to their jobs faster. >> david louie looks at the proposal and explains hyperloop. >> even during nonrush hour, it can take 26 minutes by car to drive eight miles from downtown san jose to cupertino, home to the new spaceship offices at apple park, and double that, one full hour to go by bus. how do you get across silicon valley smarter and faster? the answer could be a hyperloop, at speeds up to 670 miles per hour. about as fast as a commercial jtliner. the potential benefit came up at cupertino's city council meeting. >> if this is come to a realization, it only will take five minutes to downtown san jose. >> andrew walters says hyperloop is one of several ideas to address congestion. he is board chair of the cupertino chamber of commerce. busy stevens creek boulevard has a center median that could support an elevated path for a hyperloop or a dedic

the answer could be a hyperloop.ehicle propelled by electric propulsion inside a low-power tube at speeds as fast as a commercial jetliner. the idea came up at cupertino's city council meeting. >> if this comes to a realization, it would only take five minutes. >> reporter: andrew walter says hyperloop is one of several ideas to address congestion. busy stevens creek boulevard has an evaluated pass that could house a hyperloop. >> hyperloop within cupertino is not something that would produce a lot of benefits. you need something that would be more of a regional solution. >> reporter: the idea is so new, no one has bothered to crunch the numbers yet, but it's expected a hyperloop could cost in the billions and billions of dollars. to help pay for that, they're thinking about a public/private partnership. so far, version hyperloop one says it has not had any discussions about cupertino's initiative. it's the only company that has built a working hyperloop system. >> it's possible, you could see a new system, the most

and he's already met with a hyperloop company.be your fast speed alternative to sitting in traffic for an hour? during last night's cupertino city council meeting, council member barry chang says he's investigating whether building a hyperloop could ease transportation apple employee who is work in cupertino. >> we are talking to hyperloop to have hopefully on the stevens creek to the college. >> reporter: elon musk was one of the first to envision the idea of a hyperloop, a high speed system using vacuum sealed tubes. >> if this comes to a realization, the -- >> reporter: commuters like the sound of it. >> that would be a great idea and i would prefer that to happen so that we get most of the cars off the road. >> i think it's a great idea. i think the south bay in particular needs more mass transit options. traffic is typically horrendous. >> reporter: the big question is who would pay for a hyperloop? the city of cupertino is hoping apple would consider subsidizing some of the cost. i talked with one city council member who tol

hyperloop within cupertino is not something that would produce benefits.dea is so new. it's expected it could cost in the billions and billions of dollars. to help pay for that, they're thinking about a public/private partnership. so far version hyperloop one says it's not had any discussions about cupertino's initiative. >> it's possible you could see a new system, most optimistic, somewhere in the neighborhood of five to eight years. >> entails brainstorming with neighboring cities. in cupertino, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> whether it's a hyperloop or some other system, in the start in san jose, and extend to danza college. the goal, service every two minutes. you can get the latest news anytime with the abc 7 news app. it is enhanced live features and personalized push alerts to get the news you want to your phone in realtime. thank you for joining us today for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama dates. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >>> huge relief, seeing all my stuff there. >> returning home. talking with people allowed back to their houses today. plus the

the answer could be a hyperloop.le carried by electric propulsion about as fast as a commercial jetliner. the potential benefit came up at cupertino's city council meeting. >> if this comes to a realization, it would only take five minutes. >> reporter: andrew walter says hyperloop is one of several ideas to address congestion. he's board share of the cupertino chamb chamb >> it needs to be broader than just cupertino. hyperloop within cupertino is obviously not something that would produce a lot of benefit. you need something that would be more of a regional solution. >> reporter: the idea is so new, biionsf expected to cost thinking about private/public partnership. hyperloop one is the only company that has biltduilt a wog hyperloop system. >> the most optimistic sense would be in the neighborhood of five to eight years. >> reporter: it would also entail brainstorming with neighboring cities. david liouis abc 7 news. >>> good sunday morning. i'm meteorologist frances dinglasan. live doppler 7 and the satellite ima

construction of a hyperloop is being debated. the concept is in the preliminary fraphases.ne council member says they have a location in mind. >> we are talking to hyperloop, to have stevens creek, to the end of college. >> he says that the hyperloop becomes a reality, would take five minute to get from de anza college to downtown san jose. now that trip takes 20 minutes without traffic. >> i'm in. >>> up next, we'll tell you wha. something we're talking about this franchise that they haven't done in a few years. we'll explain. games... you )re the a )s are doing so well...they )re now tied for a playoff spot. >>> okay. are we going to an a's game es, soon? >> the a's are doing so well they are tied for a playoff spot. hello to manager bob melvin. he could be manager of the year. he's doing wonderful things with this team. jonathan lucroy with a two-run olson. lucroy had four rbis. bottom of the eighth, a little insurance. franklin baretto with a solo home run. a's beat the blue jays, 8-3. the tigers are coming into oakland friday. the dodgers come into town next week. >>>

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to potentially to hyperloop which is even faster and cheaper and doesn't require federal investment. so both of them are in various stages of study with marilyn and washington, d.c. maryland and washington, d.c. >> life science issue? >> the two great strength we have in maryland. we are great and bio health and life sciences. where the number three in america. austin is number one. my friend charlie baker, we and i are -- he and i are always fighting for number one. we are very friendly. very competitive. we are working hard. we started a thing called xl maryland to focus all the resources with all of our state agencies and universities. to try to pool all of those ideas to say what can we do to go from really great to the greatest in life sciences? we are beating the heck out of virginia and all of our neighbors. the second thing we are good at cyber. and particularly we are the cyber capital of america. we are second only to silicon valley in i.t. we have the highest educated population in america. the highest median household income in america. we have more i.t. jobs than anywher

and hyperloop with tesla musk is revolutionizing the car industry by building electric cars a business for which he has come under pressure the company has spent more than ten billion dollars without ever making a profit but that hasn't stopped musk he wants to change long distance travel with hyperloop b. idea is to send an electromagnetic levitated vehicle through a long pressure tube over thousands of miles. liftoff his space x. project is aimed at sending the first people to mars it seems that not even the stars can limit elon musk thirty seconds away. ten years ago today europe's first war of the twenty first century started between russia and georgia erupted at erupted over the russian backed breakaway provinces of south ossetia and a cuts which most of the international community do not recognize as independent states well the short lived conflict killed several hundred people and displaced thousands the war only lasted a few days but ten years on locals on the boundary line still live in uncertainty and our reporter emily sure went took a closer look into the georgian town of d

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the technology, which he seems to have his hands around, not only there, but with face spacex and hyperloopguy is clearly a brilliant individual >> bob, always great to get your thoughts robert nardelli, thank you >> thank you >>> bottom of the hour, let's get a news update with sue herrera at hq. good morning, sue. >> good morning, carl and everyone here's what is happening at this hour the republican representative chris collins has been indicted on charges he used inside information about a biotech company to make elicit stock trades the indictment charges him and two others including his son collins has denied any wrongdoing, as did his son >>> an apparent murder-suicide has locked down westchester medical center in new york as gun fired erupted on the fourth floor of the hospital. an official with knowledge of the case telling wnbc, that's the nbc affiliate in new york, that the situation is under control. >>> and some 14,000 firefighters continue to battle raging wildfires in california. the so-called holy fire has burned some 3,400 acres in the cleveland national forest. nearby campg

. >>> new this morning, forget spacex or the hyperloop. speaking of musk, his latest idea strictly inside baseball. the boring company is proposing a new ling between dodges stadium and one of several underground l.a. metro stations. a zero mission underground loop to and from downtown. total trip time, four minutes. if you have been to dodgers stadium to see the giants, you know most everyone drives and the dodgers look at the pitch and love it. takes a long time to get in and out of dodgers stadium. i sat there for a while. >> hey, if you stayed up late to watch the end of the giants/dodgers game last night at dodgers stadium, maybe you're a little blue. >> that's because the giants couldn't hold on after an exciting comeback, andrew mccutchen's three run homer in the eighth inning tied the game, but in the 12th, the dodgers won an a sacrifice fly. final score, 4-3, capped an all around off day for the bay area baseball scene. the a's actually lost to seattle earlier. also in the 12th inning. >>> okay, so what are you doing for the next

not only is he running tesla, spacex, the hyperloop people. is this too much for one person? is the company to dependent on this one guy? alix: if you're not sleeping. in a real way, if you are struggling and you need help, where is the board? the yield curve and the fed, we were just talking about it. it's an unbelievable move. the question is what does jay powell say on friday the change the conversation? we have a neutral rate of interest. that's according to conventional thinking. policymakers should navigate by the stars. they are very much akin to the celeste deal stars. i would not think he would talk about stars. : they are notel fixed in the star. the fed is trying to steer by stars that are moving around. he made itestion is clear they are going to continue raising rates click -- gradually. does that invert deal curve? that was a major topic of conversation with fed officials out there. they are not convinced of the yield curve is telling us the same story as in the past. there are safe havens coming into the united states. you have a massive budget deficit. growtho

so he may make a great car, make great space rockets, a great hyperloop, he's surely not good at makingint, being able to articulate this, this is one of the areas where the rub comes when he's on these conference calls and he has to answer questions. listen, i get where any ceo might be frustrated with some sell-side analysts and what their own agendas may or may not be, but he's got to answer this question, and he better do it satisfactorily tonight or we're going to see the stock take a big hit. >> you are absolutely right, charles. there's one thing elon musk has to realize, he's a public company. he has $10 billion worth of debt holders, billions of dollars worth of stockholders. he owes these people an explanation of what he's doing with their money. for him to have this curt attitude and say, look, i'm not -- this is a boring question, let's get on to things i'm more interested in, no, he has to be interested in things his shareholders are interested in. and if he's not, he's going to lose those shareholders and potentially lose his company. i think elon musk is a bright guy, i t