jim knapp. divorced father. bit of an odd duck, some people said. but easy to get along with. at least that's what carol told her friends. the man didn't cause any trouble. >> jim knapp was just sort of this free-spirited surfer dude from hawaii who -- hang ten. >> but she took him in as a boarder? >> it was my understanding that he was -- had been diagnosed with cancer. and i think they sort of co-supported each other through a lot of the painful times that they were both experiencing. >> reporter: once inside her house, carol put together a salad for dinner, answered a few emails. settled in for an evening alone. she picked up the phone and called her mother, ruth, who lived way off in nashville, tennessee. >> she was an amazing daughter who still called her mom every day. >> reporter: ruth was 83. the call, a nightly ritual. and then at 8:00 p.m., the oddest thing. the line went dead. but not before ruth heard something rather terrifying. ruth tried to call back. nothing. and there she was, s

barry knapp and bill rodgers on the future of benefits >>> let's switch to markets with big headlines this afternoon gold hitting the $2,000 mark to hit a record high of 2.$2.19 a share. meanwhile, the nasdaq hit another five day win streak. the s&p touched its higher intra-day level since fed. let's welcome in gina sanchez, ceo of sanchez global and area investments. gina, i'll start with you. what's your expectation of gold today? >> they're not surprising. the conditions that helped fuel a rally in gold are present and continue to be present if you look at when gold performs well, it tends to be when interest rates are low or falling. and that's a check mark there. if there's uncertainty in the markets, that's a check mark there. if there is concern around the strength of the dollar so all these things taken together are continuing to fuel gold, and you just -- you have nowhere to turn to for yield and so the rally in gold has been extraordinary since the beginning of the pandemic, and i think it actually has a ways to go >> all right and charlie, i know in the meantime, you've bee

joining me now to talk about that, barry knapp is managing partner and jeff crumpleman is chief adviser at maritime advisers jeff, do you think the market has been sensing that the news on coronavirus might turn better, or is it too soon to even be talking about better trends on the covid front? >> we don't want to get ahead of ourselves on the coronavirus i do think it will skew towards the positive, and with the policy support that we've had and the improvement in the fundamentals over the last several months, i think that that has given a lift to confidence and psychology in the market, and then just on the margin, the incremental positive news on vaccine, on various hasi don't think we're out of the woods yet. >> you have a target of 3500 on the markets. even as the market has come back and surprised many observers, what are your thoughts here, barry, etf definitely in greed territory. do you think things have gone too far too fast >> knyou know, in terms of the absolute level, we were inclined to stay with that 3500 target and maybe raise that if we did get some positive incrementa

knapp at times you will also see visibility being affected by these foggy conditions this morning. worst air quality is up in marine in sonoma county is where we do have unhealthy levels of pollutants and smoke in the air coastal areas, some of your best well looking at east and south facing some unhealthy spots to kick off this thursday. winds right now nice and calm for the most part and temperatures in the 50's and 60's so through the jacket on as you venture outside it is cool and it does have a brisk feel to it as you're getting out there later today expect comfortable conditions with highs in the 60's for san francisco low 70's in oakland and some 80's in san jose. back to you james all right, thank you very much john. back to the fires now crews are making progress on 3 major fires burning across the bay area according to cal fire the lnu lightning complex fires up in the north bay are now 33% contained. >>the scu lightning complex fires in parts of the east bay and south bay is now 30% contained and the czu august lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties

knapp at times you will also see visibility being affected by these foggy conditions this morning. worst air quality is up in marine in sonoma county is

tom: barry knapp has been around the block a number of times with ironside macro economics.ows if you are not get the reward. another barry knows that as well. his name is barry ritholtz. i'm jealous he gets to do masters in business, these long conversations with all sorts of interesting people and he manages real moneys where he enjoys occasionally losing money as well. we are thrilled barry ritholtz could join anna edwards and myself. -- dow up six, del potro futures up 41. barry, i want you to explain the street fixation which is always there, in this case on apple, on amazon, and how you can get the same return from something as a two by four. home depot up 28% per year in the last two years, and kaplan ghosn does not get any of the sex appeal of tim cook, does he? barry: hindsight bias. now everyone knows of pandemic will cause a lot of people to flee to the suburbs. when we look at technology, there are game changers. the world is different because we walk around with a high-powered computer in our pocket. we have connectivity wherever we go. look at how amazon has ch

and biden is now the hollow man that just will be the vessel for all the extremism of the squad of knappthe to-antifa -- pro-antifa blm party that has become an extremist party. it should disturb all americans that this man could have a position beyond welcome county dogcatcher, let alone the president of the united states. lou: and we've got just about a minute but, seb, i'm not sure this country is color blind anymore, and i wonder about hispanics' concern about the fact that this nominee is -- has reduced his vice president possibilities down to two black women. your thoughts about why, why not hispanic. >> i think martin luther king is spinning in his grave. the democratic pear's picking -- party's picking their vice presidential nominee based on their skin color. that should horrify everybody who believes in the message that we are based upon our character, not our skin color. lou: yeah. all americans should be concerned. seb, thank you so much. sebastian gorka. we'll be right back with much more, stay with us. lou: breaking news, the radical dems, the left-wing radical mob close to

you can see the knapp airport, west southwest, concord, oakland, fairfield, that's nothing. if they get that all the time. monterey, the harbor buoys 56, bodega bay is called at 50. novato is down, one of the coolest ones. 40s to the north, and mainly tahoe, 74 in palm springs. 57 degrees in santa barbara. the high and the pacific is nosing in a little bit. it is allowing inland temperatures to bump up a little bit. 60s, 70s, 80s for some. these are close to seasonal averages. the santa rosa should be on the high side. the temperatures are not really having much change coast and bands that we can. it looks warmer inland and then we ease up early next week. >>> businessesr a very slow spring. >>> what you think about dining inside of a bubble? the unique safety measure that one restaurant is taking. >>> good morning, it is 5:22 am. mornings on fox 2 for the next 30 seconds sounds like a piano bar. order up your drinks. it is billy joel. sherry, in pleasant hill, thank you, sherry. it is 522 on a saturday. thank you, if you have a song, let meor instagram. use the hashtag ktvu

knapp at 90 sonoma at 93 so that's reduced a little bit with more humidity 84 petaluma check out the 7 day and we stay in the 90's alternext we keep it here more on >>we're just about to wrap things up for the kron 4 morning news this find out what they're going not to cover on kron on sanaz tahernia live in the newsroom. she has it all. >>good morning. marty we continue our coverage of the wildfires ravaging of the bay area this morning we'll be providing updates on acreage and containment numbers throughout the day. we'll also be speaking a fire officials up route the progress that they're making plus a little later on this morning, the governor will be holding a press conference addressing the wildfires burning across the state so download the kron on app to stay live with us all day long party all right, thanks a lot, let's go ahead and take a look at the seven-day forecast as we head into the weekend. we're expecting. >>temperatures to remain in london in the low 90's a still hazy throughout the weekend so be extra careful if you decide to head out to take that in 95 mask. >>if

journalist lisa knapp only with a history of cable news and the rise of the 24 hour news cycle. princeton's julian l is or describes the political ascendancy of former speaker of the house newt gingrich. environmental progress founder michael schonberg are offered his thoughts on what he calls apocalyptic environmentalism. benjamin and dorothy roberts offered a thoughts on how some new technologies reinforce racial discrimination. that starts tonight at 7:00 pm eastern, for more information visit booktv.org or check your program guide. >> during a virtual event by the manhattan institute douglas murray, associate editor of the spectator talks about the impact of covid-19 on political discourse. here's a portion. >> my only expectation with this virus is it makes people double down on what they already thought. doesn't mean they will get much reach with it but as for instance there have been figures in the eu who always wants to pull sovereignty more that the coronavirus is evidence for why we need to pull sovereignty more, advocating tighter borders, this is a justification so e

i'm major general knapp. the adjunct yesterday for the wisconsin national guard. i grew up here in wisconsin. it's where i make my home and where i'm raising my kids, and what's happening in this community goes beyond city and county borders. it affects us all as wisconsinites and americans. and with that, i'm here to give you an update on the role of the national guard, as we continue to serve in a supporting role to local law enforcement. we're here to help preserve public safety, but we're also here to insure individuals' rights to exercise their first amendment rights to demonstrate. yesterday, i spoke about the sacrifices of the national guard service members leaving their families and homes to come here to support kenosha. today, i want to make sure and reemphasize that there are also other people from all over the state, law enforcement, who have done the same thing. they have picked up what they were doing, left their jobs, left their families, and they rallied here behind this mission to bring peaceful conclusion to this event. so i think that's really im

good or well-known books about drinking and women, including some of the people like tara or carolyn knapp and one thing that's unusual about your book, you stay with it at every step. often what happens with drinking books-- >> are you calling it relentless? >> i'm calling it relentless. let's jump ahead to the relentless question. the book, not only do you stay with it, you stay with it in theme. you don't start to generallylize -- generalize what happens, you take us moment to moment to moment. and i want to acknowledge the structure and writing of the book. it's completist, it's exhaustive and as i said at times here, exhausting and i mean that in a good way. we feel your weariness and inability to escape and you hold us to the story in a way that's quite unusual. can you talk about how you structured the book and especially the length of the book. it quite big. it's funny that you say that because the original manuscript that i turned in. i don't know what we eventually got to, but i think it's under 100,000 now. i think the manuscript it was 125, 135. we cut so much from this book an

this week, the lender appointed a new chairman but is looking for a ceo who knapp -- navigate the conflictingshareholders. theo attracted new money in second quarter, blunting the impact of outflows in the first three months of the year. the u.s. bond giant brought in 23 billion euros in the period, allianz took a hit with profits declining 19%. pressure from cheaper alternatives before the coronavirus crisis. virgin atlantic files for chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the u.s. after telling a london court it is set to run out of cash next month of a rescue deal is not approved. 15 allows foreign companies with u.s. assets to protect themselves against claims while the work for a turnaround plan at home. virgin hopes to secure a rescue package. that is your bloomberg business flash. matt: laura wright in london with your business flash. 80% of europe's biggest companies have reported numbers for the second quarter and while most forecasters saw the coronavirus crushing earnings, maybe they were too pessimistic. bloomberg's surprise index shows 40% of companies beat expectations significantl