Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our roof cam right now out to the bay bridge. Good morning everyone, its thursday, september 10th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. The question of this morning, will the skies be orange again . Too soon to tell of course, still dark out but lets check in with mary lee and well have to wait to see what the sun reveals this morning, mary. Thats right len and michelle. We are still dealing with the smoke although things are not quite the same as yesterday. And the winds aloft a little bit of a wind direction. So not exactly the same as yesterday. But still were looking at those smoky skies and unhealthy air quality and you can see current air quality conditions all of the red dots and that does indicate unhealthy air this morning. As we start off our day. Were now going a record 24 days in a row with a spare the air alert for the bay area. This is our Mount Hamilton camerausuase something but
The mail . Should it build speedy trains . We look for answers at the seat of power. Who is winning . Washington they often dont let our camera around. Cant take a picture of the beautiful atrium . But there is so much money here, life is good. Once people see these they never leave. We start with myth number seven. Because americans are so fat it is governments job they help us eat better. Changing owed habits is never easy. Its not. First lady says to change behavior . It has to take government doing its part. If Michelle Obama wants to inspire us by exercising on the white house lawn, thats great, but government doing its part usually means force. This has nothing to do with banning the number of sugary drinks you want but the size of the cup you can use. Into my home town the mayor wants cups this size made illegal. It is the single bigs step this city has taken in order to curb obesity. Please, i can still buy two of these thats 32 ounces or go to a supermarket and buy one of thes
john: now, a we need government to invest in infrastructure. that does make sense. we need ways of getting places faster and blpg infrastructure. these days politicians want to spend more on trains. the train that would take us to la and san francisco. the politicians approved starts and ends in the boondocks where economist adrien moore lives. i live in a mountain town 50 miles to the nearest wal-mart. and the rail line in california comes right through my town. this thing is like the boondoggle of bond doing els. no one is living where you are living.