this is a big step forward for waymo and google. the permit does not allow transporting passengers, that requires a separate permit. people here could start seeing the self-driving cars as soon as tomorrow. >> it's a first for california, the dmv new permit gives way month -- waymo a green light. >> the new permit allows waymo to test a fleet of three dozen vehicles without drivers. >> the designated test areas are palo alto, mountain view, loss altos, lot altos hills. >> this is the next step we're keeping the public safety in mind. >> the permit requires waymo have 5 million in insurance or a bond. to notify lot governments about the route and provide first responderring with an interaction plan for emergencies. even without a driver in the vehicle there must and a trained operator overseeing the test drive. >> they must have remote operators monitoring the vehicles they are operating. >> the ymo had multiple reports there was a review and none with serious enough to disqualify waymo. >> most have been minor and might not have bee

>> safety is our focus every day at waymo. there is the possibility that there will be a mistake, like there has been in the self-driving technology space. so we don't walk around laboring under the delusion mistakes won't happen. >> reporter: waymo intends to completely remove the safety driver, which means there will be no one up front. the ride hailing service available to the public here in arizona is expected to launch by the end of the year. chris van cleve, cbs news, chandler, arizona. >>> a big rig with a broken trailer caused some major traffic delays in the east bay. crews shut down eastbound lanes of the carcinas bridge for nearly three hours today. it happened around 10:30 a.m. chp arrived to move the broken trailer and clear the scene. no one was hurt. lanes reopened just after 1:00. >>> happening today, state capital recognizing the 30th anniversary of california's vietnam veterans memorial. three new names were added, honoring those who died in the war. speakers paid tribute. >> you have the emotional scars of b

is waymo ready for the general public?is ready to give more people the opportunity to ride in our cars. >> reporter: how's it gone so far? samantha jackson and her 17-year-old daughter are waymo early riders. she uses the service almost daily to get to school and work. >> i get in, air conditioning's on so it's nice and cool and i'm just doing my homework all the way to work. >> reporter: the promise of self-driving cars is to free up commuters while reducing the crashes caused by human error. after last march's deadly collision between a self-driving uber and pedestrian, only 21% of people say they're willing to ride in a driverless car. how do you combat the concern that's out there about whether or not autonomous vehicles are safe enough to be on the roads? >> we found again and again and again, when people come and they experience the technology firsthand, they have their own personal transformation. they say, oh, i get it. >> reporter: while waymo ato autonomous vehicles have been involved in crash, they've been the r

waymo no longer needs a human behind the wheel. the first time california has allowed tests on public roads without a test driver sitting in the driver seat. >> i think it will be pretty interesting to see what happens with that. i mean the cars, they drive by my apartments so many times a day. i assume they have a lot of driving data now. but at some point they need to make that transition, right? if they want to make their goal happen? >> sounds great. i like driverless cars, not having humans behind the wheel. i certainly don't trust human drivers very much. >> reporter: as part of the permitting process, the vehicle must have among other things, a $5 million insurance po. laenfo plan, and continuous monitoring and a two-way communication system. >> the way these things are going to be controlled is going to be somebody or somewhere who is sort of talking to them remotely and supposedly controlling them. it's like a video game. >> reporter: the group consumer watchdog based in l.a. has raised doubts about the safety of self-driv

this is a big step forward for waymo and google.ermit does not allow transporting passengers, that requires a separate permit. people here could start seeing the self-driving cars as soon as tomorrow. >> it's a first for california, the dmv new permit gives way month -- waymo

honda had been checking out waymo from what some time. >> a kick in the tires of waymo.t was 2016 when both companies waymo and honda were saying we are thinking about doing some research together to try to get this up and running. now new announcement surprised a lot of people. $2.75 billion as you said. it really makes this a competitive industry now between waymo and crews. at 14.6 ninevalued dollars. that is $3 billion more than what it was valued at a few months ago. softbank which is also a backer of cruz decided to throw in a couple of billion dollars there. this major investment really brings up the timeline for some kind of launch for a self driving car. you better get ready for that. he spoke to bloomberg television talking about what that $2.75 billion really means. >> 750 million is a direct equity investment. cruz is getting a 5% stake. they are bringing another $2 billion to the table in conjunction with that in terms of supporting development and other financial streams that will accrue to the benefit. a great partnership. >> let's look at the share price.

waymo have to report any collisions within 10 days. a pi arizona. the company in phoenix plans to expand the program so that people will be able to use these robotic cars as a taxi or ride healing service. live in sunnyvale, allie rasmus. >>> the bart luding brandishing a weapon and making criminal threats against other passengers. that was cell phone video of the man waving a chainsaw threatening to cut off the head of other part passengers on a richmond bound train earlier. the who recorded the video said it first more most passengers try to ignore him and he continued very bizarre behavior as the train made five stops. >> he approached somebody and went like that with the chainsaw and the guy is like no. stop that. it's not funny and he said okay and kind of backed off. >> someone called bart police and the man was arrested merritt station, 22 minutes after police were called. the man is ck alan bingaman and there were three outstanding warrants against them for drug and bart says kingman is banned from its property for 30 days. park defended its

the company behind the program is waymo and they are a spinoff of google and the plan is to have it waymo use the driverless cars first with their own employees in mountain view and then it will expand to four other cities in the south bay. the permit goes into effect immediately. it was granted by the california dmv. any day you can be driving down the street in sunnyvale and look at the car next to you at the intersection and you discovered that nobody is behind the steering wheel. there are other companies in california that are allowed to test self driving cars on the road. they are required to have a safety driver behind the wheel. the waymo permit is different because it is the first to allow autonomous cars without drivers. they will be able to drive on all highways and city streets in the cities we mentioned. south bay drivers had reservations about it. >> this new permit allows waymo to test a fleet of about three dozen vehicles without drivers behind the wheel. >> i think that there should be a driver behind the wheel. it is proven -- until it is proven that there can be no driv

the d-m-v d first-of-its-kind testing for silicon valley company waymo...ron 4's ella sogomonian has the details. sot: ella sogomonian// " there may be a real reason why the company chose silicon valley for this historica and first of its kind testing. people i talked to out here are all about innovation and emerging technology so theyre all for it."google owned company waymo is the first in the state to get approval from the dmv to go totally driverless... they've had autonomous cars on the roads out here for years but this will be the first time there will be no human inside and its totally controlled remotely.the cars will be seen in mountain view, los altos, los altos hills, sunnyvale and in palo alto. while some people out here are skeptical of the safety and ped construction and bad human drivers behind the wheel...i spoke with others who embrace the next step in autonomous vehicle testing in the area. sot: nick gilly, palo alto resident// "i think its inevitable honestly. so i'm not surprised it's happening. i'm glad it's far along is it, how safe is

. >> waymo has driven across 25 cities since 2009. today you don't have to look far for the white vans tricked out with technology. >> waymo by my outside observation of the industry is certainly among the most advanced companies in this. >> reporter: sven is the managing director of silicon valley mobility. he says the permit will create a world of possibilities such as mobility options for seniors, those was disabilities or anyone unable to operate a vehicle them selves or autonomous buss that operate when drivers aren't available. >> exciting thing is we don't really know what it might generate. i mean think about the internet. who would have thought what the internet enabled. >> reporter: it will be sometime before the public has a chance to experience the full little driverless technology. >> and we've reached out to the chp and several police departments in cities that are going to be impacted by this testing. i'm told it's way too early to determine or discuss how this testing might impact those communities and i just got at up

waymo posted it's data to their website claiming they've driven their autonomous cars for ten million miles. sot: alex napier, palo alto resident// "there's a pretty good chance that if they've approved to do this they've shown the data where this is correct and okay. i guess we will all learn and that's kind of the scary thing that we don't see in front of us. but if it's been approved we have to trust our government and if it comes up short i'm sure we'll all know about it."in the past a waymo autonomous minivan crashed in arizona...but police there said the technology had nothing to do with it because the van was in manual mode at the time and drivin by a human.sot: ella sogomonian// "its unclear how local law enforcement will be regualting the cars. san jose chp and santa clara county officials have not gotten back to me in regard to how the waymo self driving cars will be regulated once they are rolled out. in palo alto ella sogomonian kron 4news. (pam) coming up: a high school in the north bay is dealing with a wave of reported suspensions... related to drugs. why some students

waymo posted it's data to their website claiming they've driven their autonomous cars for ten millions a pretty good chance that if they've approved to do this they've shown the data where this is correct and okay. i guess we will all learn and that's kind of the scary thing that we don't see in front of us. but if it's been approved we have to trust our government and if it comes up short i'm sure we'll all know about it."in the past a waymo autonomous minivan crashed in arizona...but police there technology had nothing to do with it van was in manual mode drivin by a human.sot: ella sogomonian// "its unclear how local law enforcement will be regualting the cars. san jose chp and santa clara county officials have not gotten back to me in regard to how the waymo self driving cars will be regulated once they are rolled out. in palo alto ella sogomonian kron 4news. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ...why some businesses are asking that you not wear masks inside their stores. ( darya ) and tyler perry's madea character is going away....for good. why he says its time to say

waymo...f parent company alphabet -- will begin testing on public roads and highways -- for the first time in california --- near its silicon valley headquarters. (ken)thank you for joining us. i'm ken wayne. (pam) and i'm pam moore. this is the latest step forward in driverless technology for waymo -- which started working on self- driving technology at google, back in 2009. grant lodes is here in the studio with more on what comes next.. grant (grant)that means fully autonomous vehicles -- without a test driver in the car. however -- an operator must continuously monitor the vehicle remotely.while this is brand new to california... accordg to waymo -- theyve already driven 10 million autonomous miles on public roads.they also boast that they've driven nearly 7 billion ásimulatedá miles. waymo's permit includes day and night testing on city streets as well as highways --- up to 65 miles per hour. and although this tech has been tested largely in arizona... waymo says the vehicles are safe to

waymo will be the first one. they got the green light to test in these five silicon valley cities. betty yu is in palo alto where fully driverless cars will soon be on the roads. >> reporter: after 10 years and 10 million miles, waymo no longer needs a person behind the wheel. this is the first time that california has allowed tests on public roads without a test driver sitting in the driver's seat. >> i think it will be interesting to see what happens. cars drive by my apartment so many times a day. i assume they have a lot of driving data. at some point they want to make the transition to achieve their goal. >> i like the idea of driverless cars. i don't trust human drivers. >> reporter: as part of the dmv permitting process, the vehicle must have, among other things, a $5 million insurance policy, a law enforcement communication plan and continuous monitoring and a two-way communications system. >> the way that these things are going to be controlled is going to be somebody somewhere talking to them remotely and supposedly control them. that's like a videogame. >> reporter: a wa

this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: it is a big win for waymo.y have been granted a permit to test self driverless cars. the state is allowing waymo to be the first to feel cars without a safety driver behind the wheel. this comes at an important time for automakers and the self driving tech companies. there's a narrow window to pass a measure and house democrats are thinking about next steps for after the elections. newcomer.ic what is the significant of getting this? insisted they wanted to build the technology but do not require the driver so they would be the first company to get a permit to do that. that is fitting. it has made them go really slowly. they have been reluctant to have these pilot programs with the driver in the front seat. we will see if their theory of the world, if you need a fully all-time in this vehicle i can work without a driver, will pay off. emily: i was one of the first ones to get into a google self driving car in 2011. it has been years. about the importance of having federal legislation here. >> there is nothing i

waymo wins. the first company to get permission to operate on state roads without a driver. >> matt keller live in mountain view with where you will see this truly driverless cars. matt? >> reporter: good morning, reggie and jessica. yeah. waymo has been their driverless cars for 10 years. they're not going to need someone sitting in this driver's seat anymore. the dmv has given them the green light. they sent out a tweet yesterday, waymo did. they were just granted the first driverless permit by the state of california. palo alto, sunnyvale, mountain view, los alto altos hills. >> the exciting thing is we don't know what it will generate. >> reporter: if they expand to other communities, they will let the other communities know about it. matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> a woman is facing murder charges after a crash that killed a father and his daughter in walnut creek last thursday on south broadway off highway 680. this woman, jessica martin, plowed into three other cars. she is being charged with

waymo is own by google. >>> apple ceo tim to be cook was in brooklyn, new york to unveil a number of new products. >> it's time for a new mack book air. one -- one that cakes the mac book air experience even further in the areas mostnt impor to our cuomers. and of course what we all want in a mac book air is a retina display [ cheers and applause ] >> the mac book's new design is notewortause it had gone relatively unchanged sinceco010. thany released a revamped mac mini and an upgraded pair of ipad pro tablets, all new devices have higher starting prices. have combinedad billion.venues of $45 >>> amazon is still promising a decision this year on where it will locate its $5 billion second headquarters. heading into the time two months of the year, speculation is heirling among 20 finalist cities. scott cohn has been visiting al ofthem. and tonight he reports for us from nashville, tennertee. >>re: in music city usa they're convinced nashville strikes the perfect chord. >> we have the lowest taxes and lowest debt per capita in the country. and people realize that we value business her

in one arizona town, hundreds of autonomous driving waymo vans, operate every day. within a relatively 100 mile square area. for now they typically have a safety driver, upfront who can take control, if need be. the promise of self driving cars, is to free up commuters, while reducing the 94% of crashes caused by human error. but after last march deadly collision between a self driving goober and a jaywalking pedestrian, only 21% of people say they are willing -- willing to write in a driverless car while waymo have been involved in crashes, usually minor ones, they have been the fault of people, not the machine. >> there is a possibility, that there will be a mistake. like there has been, in this self driving technology space, so we don't walk around, laboring under the delusion that mistakes won't happen. >> waymo's right service is expected to be available to the public in arizona, by the end of this year. >> live weather tonight from valley christian high school in san jose where it has rained once in the past half year. will that change in the seven- day foreca

>> waymo has been doing this in the silicon valley for several years. they have accumulated millions of miles. they have had a safety operator behind the wheel ready to take control if that person didn't think they were handling the situation. does not going to be anybody there. the computer has been trained to put itself in a position if it doesn't understand or it gets too complicated it goes to a safe status. that will be one of the challenges. seeing these cars on the freeway without people in them. >> they will top out at 65 miles per hour. they will be in mountain view, sunnyvale, palo alto. what should drivers know when they see these vehicles on the road? >> one of the things we have seen is these test vehicles, human drivers tend to run into them. fender bender's are quite prolific. in this case it illustrates the world is messy and we humans get into a lot of crashes that we don't rise to the level of being in the news on a regular basis. so this has underscored the dangerous nature of driving. one of the reasons why waymo and other self drivi

dmv has given waymo green light. they have just grabbed the first driverless test permanent in the state of california. they can go ahead with test fully driverless cars on five silicon valley cities. sven says this could create a world of possibilities for people who can't operate a vehicle themselves. >> the exciting thing is we don't really know what it might generate. think about the internet. who would have thought about the internet. >>> thank you, matt. a woman is facing murder killed a father and his daughter in walnut creek last thursday on south broadway off highway 680. this woman, jessica martin, plowed into three other cars. she is being charged with two counts of murder and drunk driving. a go fund me page for hector garza was in one of the cars and died. his 8-year-old daughter also died. they have raised near $70,000. we have a link at abc7news.com. >>> in the east bay, a father faces charges after his 3-year-old son was shot. the boy is in critical condition following the shooting monday night. oakla

waymo expects to have at least an initial public use vehicle in phoenix area by the end of the year gmruise next year, that's the target date and a whole bunch in 2021. ford by itself and bmw teaming up with intel and toyota with irish. take a lock at shares of general motors, this is important that you remember cruise is now valued at $14.6 billion, guys, an increase of basically 11.5 billion just a few months ago. as that valuation continues to creep higher, that's the reason you see investors, at least initially moving into shares of general motors because the thought is they may spin this off at some point in the future, and it's that valuation that people will be focused on. >> all right thanks for the setup please stay right there for this conversation joining me for more to talk about the partnership is michelle krebbs, executive analyst from autotrader. phil just laid out the timeline of when we're expecting all the autonomous vehicles. how big of a deal do you see the honda and gm cruise partnership today towards pushing gm to the top that have list to help them win that race

the dmv granted its first permit for the driverless cars without any backup driver to waymo.ive in sunnyvale, there are restrictions that come with this permit. >> reporter: yes. waymo will start first by having its own employee use the driverless cars in mountain view and that eventually it will go up to four other cities in santa clara, palo alto, los altos, los altos hills and in sunnyvale. it goes into effect immediately. the dmv granted to waymo the permit so it could be any day that you are driving down the street in sunnyvale and you look over in the car next to yo the drivers seat. there are other companies that are allowed to test the self driving cars. they are required to have a safety driver behind the wheel. the permitwithout drivers. they will be able to drive on all highways and city streets in the cities that we mentioned. southbay drivers that we spoke to were a little bit unsure about it. >> i think that there should be a driver behind the steering wheel. it is really proven that i can actually be no driver. >> i work in computers and i know that you cannot

it's no surprise waymo was first. >> okay, it's the experience that people have been working on it, the duration of the time. investing their time and money and the number of years as well as miles that they have put behind them. >> reporter: since they began testing in 2009, there have been several dozen minor crashes. the vast majority caused by other drivers. the computer was to blame for just one of them in 2016 ught o >> would you feel comfortable crossing the street with your family in front of these waymo cars? >> i would like to do it to myself initially and then maybe i could bring my family in later. >> reporter: and so at first it will be just waymo employees riding in them. but after a while, they will invite members of the public to invite them just like they did. >> okay, what is the protocol here? what happens if there are collision involving these self- driving cars? >> and so they do have a protocol, a set of rules that they will have to follow where they contact law enforcement. but also by law they have to tell the dmv about the accident within ten days. if you want,

the dmv issued permits to waymo and they can operate today in santa clara county. there are other restrictions. >> the new permit allows waymo to test a fleet of three dozen vehicles without drivers behind the wheels. they must have remote operators monitoring the vehicles they are operating. >> the dmv requires waymo to have $5 million in insurance and they have to look fat -- notified local insurance of when their is an accident and there should be a plan in case of emergency. the cars cannot carry passengers. >>> a man is suing tesla after crashing his car while in autopilot mode. sean was driving when his car's line -- slammed into a ford fiesta. no one was in the ford. according to the lawsuit the autopilot feature never alerted him to that stopped car. >> i very little pay attention, you know. i am paying attention half the time of what i used to because the car was on autopilot. >> tesla's response was is -- it's the drivers responsibility to remain attentive. >>> one of the largest school -- scooter companies have pulled thousands of scooters off the street

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. >>> waymo, the electric car company by google, has been granted permission to test its cars withoutan on board in california. it will be in santa clara county. the driverless vehicles will be able to cruise at speeds of up to 65 miles per hour. waymo cars have already traveled millions of miles on california roadways, but until now a backup driver had been on board. for these tests, an engineer will monitor the vehicles from a remote locations. remote location. >>> fedex is ending a program that offered discounts for business members of the national rifle association. fedex says the closure of its discount program had nothing to do with the pittsburgh synagogue shooting, but that the nra didn't bring in enough business to merit its own deal. eight months ago they stood by the gun lobby after 17 students and staff were killed at a florida high school. >>> an ice cream maker ben and jerry's has come up with a new flavor to promote activism in this country. pecan resist is a limited edition of eye crease with white and dark chocolate, pecans and almonds. it's donating $25,000 to four o

waymo posted it's data to their website claiming they've driven their autonomous cars for ten million miles. in the past a waymo autonomous minivan crashed in arizona...but police there said the technology had nothing to do with it because the van was in manual mode at the time and drivin by a human. san jose chp and santa clara county officials have not gotten back to me in regard to how the waymo self driving cars will be regulated once they are rolled out. there is no official date on when we can expect that to happen. live in palo alto ella sogomonian kron 4news. (grant) (grant) a dangerous and scary scene on bart...a man on a train... with two chainsaws... and there is video. he has since been arrested... bart responded saying, "we've never seen anything like this before." kron 4's gabe reports on the like something out of a horror movie this man 47 year old patrick bingman of san francisco, pulled out 2 chainsaws while riding in a bart train on monday around 430pm. sound from jalina bluford - bart passenger he was sweating bad jalina bluford recorded video of the incident on her

the dmv announced today that they had granted waymo a permit. the cars will be allowed only in certain parts of silicon valley, including mountain view and palo alto. it's unclear when they'll hit the road. waymo has been testing driverless cars in arizona since last year. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, marc benioff here at abc 7 news to talk to us about the measure on san francisco's ballot, proposition c. it would tax mpaesoom in the ci >> he's here in the studio with us. >> a terrifying ride for east bay commuters. a man with a chainsaw roaming a train and this was not a halloween costume. you'll hear from the rider who caught him on camera. >>> are ahose attendants in b.a.r.t. elevators working? what b.a.r.t. is saying today about it. >>> first the new iphones, now apple heads to the >>> as part of our effort to build a better bay area, we're looking at the homeless problem in san francisco which is enormous. one is proposition c on the november 6th ballot next eus marc benioff. a big proponent of prop c. he's her proposition. glad y

he also said waymo may be ahead of companies overall.ig thing investors may want to be looking ahead to is this could be an indicator there is market consolidation starting and that these companies, gm as well as google, are the most dominant companies. looking at other possible competitors, uber comes to mind as one of the biggest ones. they have suspended their self driving vehicle efforts because of that the tally -- fatality that happened in march. it looks like it is going to be google as well as gm looking ahead. >> think you so much. heating up in the self driving car wars. coming up, theresa may has put on a display at the conservative conference. the party remains deeply on harmonious on brexit. analysis next. this is bloomberg. >> breaking news crossing the bloomberg. japanese 10 year yields hitting 0.145%, the level that has spurred boj buying in the past. that level back at the start of august. somewhat mixed messaging when it comes to that yield curve control policy and allowing greater flexibility in the movement. boj bonde

most powerful rival from the traditional automotive industry to technology upstarts led by alphabet‘s waymoanwhile, the south china morning post asks can electric—car company tesla flourish without elon musk as chairman, or, to put it in another way, can tesla survive with musk in control? musk was recently fined us$40 million for misleading investors over the funding he had in place to privatise the company. and finally in the guardian, astronomers believe they have discovered the first known moon beyond our solar system, in orbit around a gigantic planet 8,000 light years away. the so—called exomoon, which is estimated to be the size of neptune, would also be the biggest known moon, far exceeding anything known to exist in our own solar system. there we go. with me isjeremy cook, who's chief economist of the payments company world first. did you watch the speech?” did you watch the speech? i did. i had to watch the speeches. the conservative party conference could have been a minefield for brexit and stirling and uk assets. we had to watch it. you cannot miss these kinds of things with si

in one arizona town, hundreds of waymo vans operate. they have a driver up front who can take control. the promise is to free up commute, and reduce the 94% of crashes caused by human error. after last march's collision between a self-driving uber and jaywalking pedestrian, only 21% of people willing to ride in a driverless car. >> there is the possibility that there will be a mistake, like there has been in the self- driving technology space. so we don't walk around laboring under the delusion that mistakes won't happen. >> waymo is expected to be available to the public in arizona by the end of the year. >>> coming up, a tight turn ends with a tumble. >> paying a price for ignoring signs. >>> and actress maggie gyllenhall talks to us about the importance of giving women a voice. this is not a bed. it's a revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now, from $899, during sleep number's fall sale. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake

as recently as april, waymo was saying that was on track. to come out now, it is a bit of a surprise. in another sense, gm and honda have been getting closer together. they have got plenty of partnerships and they said there would be more. >> amazon workers are getting a pay bump. the online retail giant is raising wages for its u.s. and u.k. employees november 1. workers in the united states will be making $15 an hour. >> we said, what do we want to be as an employer, what do we want our focus on pay to be? we decided this was a place we could lead, so we decided to move to $15 starting in november 1 while we are moving to 9.50 pounds in the u k and the 10.50 pounds in london. effective november 1. >> i wouldn't say they were paying competitively to begin with. i think they were. it is above most brick and mortar retailers. coming out and saying they will set a floor in the u.s. at $15 is a pretty big move, considering most retailers are probably around $10. >> big names have surged this year listing in the united states. tencent music has

the dmv issued its first permit for a completely autonomous car to waymo. they need remote operators and first responders have to know where these cars will be and how to interact with them in case there's an emerge there will be more funerals in pittsburgh, pennsylvania for victims of the synagogue shooting. president trumps visit was met by protests. the president and first lady met with local leaders at the temple and they went to a hospital where some of the injured are recovering. >>> new this morning, novato po public's help to locate a missing 25-year-old man from arizona. a motorcycle belonging to connor edwards was found in novato. a resident contacted the police saying edwards had been on a road trip for the last nine months and had been calling his family every week. they had not been heard from since august. a debit card was used in san francisco after the date the motorcycle was found and they confirmed edwards was the peho used the card. >>> new information about a story we told you about yesterday morning investigators are calling it a tragic

the dmv approved first-of-its-kind testing for a silicon valley company called waymo who have alreadybeen testing their autonomous cars across silicon valley but never before without a human inside.(grant) kron 4's ella sogomonian is live in palo alto where those cars will sometime soon be seen. ella how are drivers feeling about this histortic move out there tonight? google owned company waymo is the first in the state to get approval from the dmv to go totally driverless...people i talked to out here are all about innovation and emerging technology so that may be why the company chose silicon valley for ground zero for this new testing.they've had autonomous cars out here for years but this will be the first time there will be no human inside and its totally controlled remotely.the cars will be seen in mountain view, los altos, los altos hills, sunnyvale and in palo alto. while some people out here are skeptical of the safety and whether the cars will successfully dodge pedestrians construction and bad human drivers behind the wheel...i spoke with others who embrace the next step in

are about 60 companies testing but always doing it with a safety driver behind the steering wheel waymoto take the safety driver out of the vehicles there are restrictions as you take a look keep in mind waymo will be starting a driverless ride share before the end of the year. we also want to point out that crews testing vehicles in san francisco, it is moving forward with plans for developing a ride share program in california starting likely next year whether it is in california or somewhere else that is the plan right now but they have yet to get that approval take a look at shares of general motors it reports third quarter earnings tomorrow morning. that is when we'll have a first on cnbc interview with the new cfo of general motors. want to hear what she has to say about crews and gm's investment and a host offer issues after they post their third quarter earnings back to you. >> thank you very much >>> shares of facebook a higher of an additional drop on earnings it was a giant eps beat. will it help save if you will the overall tech trade joining us now is a facebook shareholder

in the -- in the numbers waymo's prospects give the company a huge leg up on 2019.ew of the remaining analysts who still like alphabet, well, they didn't promote it i don't know everyone is so gun shy it's crazy okay now we have a lot of lunacy in the market last night facebook reported, it went up and then rebounded to the mid 140s i was watching the whole gang of f.a.n.g. like a hawk and they practically traded in lock step in after hours with facebook's hours of zigzags and the same thing happened today they were lock step. this is, ladies and gentlemen, irrational behavior but it's the power of etfs. when one rallies they all rally as we saw with facebook only gaining 4% and the rest of f.a.n.g. following suit. this kind of moronic action is stupid these four companies are so different. sure they have an overlap but you know what they have in common the fact that put them together using the first letter of their company and they used to spell the word f.a.n.g which is why at "mad money" coined the acronym five years ago. i never thought i'd say this but i don't

shery: gm is now seen as a serious contender to googles waymo economist vehicle unit.t's it for this edition of bloomberg markets, if you missed out on any of our charts, g tv is the library function. go to our terminal and check it out. this is bloomberg. ♪ with firstk crumpton word news, senators on both sides of the aisle are blasting president trump for mocking a woman who accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. mississippi, the president attacked the credibility of dr. ford, who testified before a senate panel last week. senna minority leader chuck schumer said the president has reached a new low, suzanne collins said the president's comments were just plain wrong. and jeff flake told nbc that it's appalling. state mike pompeo has announced the u.s. is canceling a 1955 training with establishing -- this follows by him ruling from the highest court to lift sanctions on iran is that affect imports of humanitarian goods. in july, they alleged violence -- violation of the treaty. they challenge the

start having the public use of its waymo self-driving minivans in limited capacity in the phoenix areay the end of the year. general motors says its self-driving vehicles developed by cruise should be ready for use by the end of next year. then in 2021 you haverd bored ford, bmw, working with intel. you have a number of other firms, toyota and uber working together a all looking to have some type of a vehicle out on the road either being used by the public or being used by corporations but out on the road in every day use by 2021. for general motors, the importance of the deal is that it now gives a valuation for its cruise subsidiary at 14.6 billion that's an increase from a couple of months ago when softbank made its investment in cruise, the valuation of cruise at that time was $11.5 billion. melissa, back to you. >> phil, thank you phil lebeau in chicago and karen has been bullish and gm this will have implications for gm's valuation if it has 75% of cruise and that's worth $15 billion or so. >> it should. >> it should. >> here is the thing it should we talk about being patient lon

the dmv announced today they've granted waymo a permit. to start, they'll only be allowed in certain parts of the county. unclear when they'll hit the road. >>> now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. >> we know one thing for sure, it's going to be an amazing day in terms of weather. we have a few clouds passing through the bay area right now. i do want to turn the attention. until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. still gusty in the hills. gusts could reach up to 55 miles an hour with at that low humidity. 9 to 19%. be extra careful. any fires that develop will spread rapidly and humidity levels now are low in spots. concord, 17%. vacaville, 10%. livermore down to 16%. concerning, of course, you combine that with the wind, gusting to 20. mt. diablo 20 miles an hour. that, of course, is something that we need to watch out for. temperatures right now, it is really just absolutely gorgeous. anywhere from the 50s to the 70s. those temperatures manage to rise a few degrees, low 60s to the low 80s. we'll keep that going. let's take a look at the al

waymo is well ahead especially in the pod scenario situation. but also a couple of years ago ford motor company invted $1.0 billion in argoai designed to get the artificial intelligence that the vehicles require. so it's coming from all different sources. which is why we see some strange bed fellows like honda and general motors. >> rebecca with kelly blue book. it's fascinating. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >>> margins come under pressure at acute brands where we begin tonight's market focuses. the lighting manufacturers topped quarterly profit and sales estimates. but saidtsigher c across the board hurt margins. the company pointed to wage inflation, the impact from tariffs and risin freight rates. shares plunged 13% to 135.01. >>> the mining company peabo energy h reportedly engaged in talks to buy columbia based drummond international for as much as $4.5 billion. the wall street a "wall street journal" says a potential transaction would involve peabody taking a807% stake in the coal exporter. shares of peabody energy rose a fraction

any other bettws you have businesses like verily and waymo moving into an increasingly diversified portfolio's part of the alphabet strategy. a big part is cloud computing, but another one hanging over group, the story it has sacked 48 people, including 13 senior managers over sexual harassment claims since 2016. the bosses claiming this as a win for the firm, taking a hard line on misconduct. what do you make of it?|j what do you make of it? i think they have come out and been clear that they will not accept this. they take a hard line and i think it's absolutely the right thing to be saying, and the actions to back it up. silicon valley is very much male dominated. do you think this sort of action will change that environment? will it become a more female friendly place to work?|j will it become a more female friendly place to work? i very much hope so, and that's part of the broader context, notjust gender balance, but diversity more generally. we are living in a world where companies realise their brand and reputation are notjust about their customer oriented view, but it's understanding

waymo will hit the road in palo alto, los altos, los altos hills, sunnyvale and mountain view. roads this morning, it has not been an easy commute. eastbound 92 past the 101 merge on the peninsula, we have a new crash involving three cars. one of those vehicles has flipped on to its side. and northbound 101 before ellis street, we just had a crash clear, but definitely have some heavy residual delays out of the downtown san jose area. >>> now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> a quick reminder, our fire danger continues until 11:00 this morning for all areas you see until red. and then lets focus on tonight, because it's all treats from mother nature. she's bringing us temperatures mainly in the 60s for trick or treating, and mainly cooler in the coast, in the 50s. mainly 70s and 80s, and that will continue for the first three days of november, reggie. >> sounds pretty nice. thanks, mike. another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and you can always find us on our news app and abc7news.com. >>> the '80s hands down the best decade ever. >> don't show pictures of me

stake ins honda a 5% cruz which has become a competitor to waymo.it forecast say melon of the world's largest maker of personal computers will continue to see robust demand. this tops analyst estimates. they had climbed to the top of pc markets. for bloomberg technology. tomorrow, we will be joined by jessica powell. she is out with her first book on medium. about silicon valley. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome to daybreak australia. we are counting down to asia's major market open. here are the top stories we are covering. treasury turmoil amid further evidence of the u.s. economy stocks. asust payrolls and services the fed indicates it will press on with gradual rate hikes area

complexity and cost and risk of substantial,o continuing to invest in what has been working in things like waymo is the way that google and alphabet should be investing right now. emily: do you think that google should not have dropped project maven? she talked about how it is important to continue working with military. when you talk to amazon, jeff bezos and send in a tele-, they think, look, our country needs to be defended. is i thinkon on that they should have continued to talk with the government about that contract. you are talking about a $10 billion opportunity, which would have been tremendous for google and its cloud business, which they had been investing in. that possibly would have been a game changer. how whatlear exactly the opposition was in terms of moving forward with that contract. you point out some very good rationale that other companies have articulated. that was a mistake to walk away from that contract, especially at this stage. emily: google and has some business being done in europe. fineare facing that record for the android issues. it remains to be seen how that wil

>> the ceo of alphabet is watching waymo you could have a 50 or $60 billion company but no one thinksike that no one >> all right, we got our "mad dash" come up with jim we have nine minutes to go before we get started at trading here one more look at futures, we like to give you that before we get started. you can see what reawe are hierpengctg. a gh oni when i was shopping fothe choice was easy. i switched to geico and saved hundreds. excuse me... winner! that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switched. hi! geico has licensed agents who i can reach 24/7. great savings and round the clock service? now that's a win-win. winner. winner. yay me! oh, hi! good luck. switch to geico®. it's a win-win. ♪ ♪ daddy, mommy's on the phone! hi! how are you guys? ♪ . >>> all right, we got six minutes before we get started with trading here. honeywell is one earnings name that we did not get to >> yes, it has come in and he's reorganizing the company and spinning off he puts out a figure these days. he has double digit growth in a business that's safety and protection but has the automation of