Apple is bringing home the bacon. Bacon being about 250-billion-dollars in cash it kept stashed overseas for tax purposes and at least 15-thousand new jobs spread across the country . But is this good business, good PR or a little of both for America's most valuable tech company? We will go In Depth.
Culver City is one of the places picked to host a new Apple office, and with it comes 1-thousand high paying jobs. But also coming with it: lots of new traffic and a further squeeze on affordable housing in an already expensive market. Is having Apple worth it for Culver City?
Virgin Galactic hit a new milestone today when its Space Ship Two hit the outer limits of Earth's atmosphere, technically making it into outer space. It's one of the last hurdles to clear before space tourism becomes a reality, so how soon before you can buy a ticket to blast off?
Also on the show, a stinging,bi partisan rebuke to President Trump by the US Senate...with symbolic votes condemning a Saudi crown prince for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi...and ending US military support for the Saudi's war in Yemen.
And FEMA's deputy administrator is here with us to talk about recovery after the Woolsey Fire, and looking ahead to the next natural disaster.
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