it, with a republican primary dominated by an ex-president who has centered his candidacy around his legal woes, look no further. this morning donald trump, fresh off a decisive win in the iowa caucuses, was at a federal courthouse in manhattan as the defendant in a second defamation trial brought by the writer e. jean carroll. this time there s no question of whether trump defamed her. judge kaplan has ruled trump is liable for remarks he made in 2019 mocking carroll s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a chance encounter at a department store dressing room in the 1990s. and trump is not allowed to dispute carroll s account. the question now is how much a jury should award e. jean carroll in damage for those comments. opening statements are currently under way. we ll have a live report from the courthouse when the trial wraps from the day. so far, donald trump was in the courtroom. alongside his lawyer, alina habba, as well as e. jean carroll and her attorneys. the firs
presidential actions on january 6th, and is disqualifiedro holding office under section iii of theh amendment. importantly eedd was the ticking countdown clock, giving any party, not just donald trump, until january 4th to appeal to the supreme court and saying if anyone asks the supreme court to review this case, then donald trump s name stays on the ballot until the supreme court weighs in. well, no surprise, the disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president made a lot of noise after the ruling came out whining and bloviating and promising to, quote, swiftly file an appeal to the supreme court. but then a funny thing happened. while trump and his lawye were working on that swift appeal look who beat him to t proverbial punch, the colorado republican party, who filed their owneal urging the justices to take up the case and d while mr. trump is expected toil his own petition in the coming days, the move by the colorado republican party has a, quote, practical i
ahead. possible indictment of a former president trump. wall street journal is today reporting this, that special counsel jack smith has all but finished obtaining his evidence into whether donald trump mishandled evidence at the mar-a-lago. and some of the trump close associates are bracing for his indictment. they say that clashes within the trump legal team have led to the departure of a delawyer. and the wall street journal goes on to report that jack smith appears to be tying up loose ends saying in recent weeks prosecutors working for smith have completed interviews with nearly every employee at trump s florida home from top aides to maintenance staff. they have pressed witnesses on questions that appear to hone in on specific elements that they need to show to include a crime. and questions aimed at undermining potential defenses that trump could raise reports are that the special counsel as assembled evidence and much of that appears to obliterate many ofhe argume
Precipitation. Gusty winds, as well. Todays event also north bay event with just scattered light rain showers here or there. Flash flood watch in effect for lake, mendocino and humboldt counties. You may say, yeah, but thats far to the north. Hey, theyre our viewers too and it encompasses over 300,000 people who will receive a half a foot of rain by tomorrow night. Also, the soberanes fire burn area with the potential of mudslides and landslides. Again, as we take a birdseye view out towards the embarcadero, you can see the bright lights of the port of oakland in the distance there and also the estuary where right now our temperatures are in the 50s. We are seeing limited visibility because we have a lot of light drizzle out there. Its all that lowlevel moisture and not a wind to speak of at this time. Temperatures later today 50s and 60s. I want you to get a good look at the Mountain View temperature. Also oakland, fremont, vallejo, san rafael, because all those 60s are going away. We
Where speeds pick up to 30 Miles Per Hour on 580 westbound between north tracy boulevard along 580 westbound to the Altamont Pass that will take you 34 minutes. Now moving over to richmond, the threecar crash is moved to the shoulder causing backups beyond highway 4, thats westbound 80 before el portal drive in richmond moving at just 19 Miles Per Hour. Down westbound 80 to the bay bridge toll plaza heres a live look at that heavy traffic. The maze to downtown will now take 33 minutes. Roberta . Roqui, you know what i call today . I call it a get it done day. Check your windshield wipers. Make sure youre ready to go on thursday. Also, batten down the hatches at home. Now what im talking about. Those snow globes out on the front yard, the santa claus inflatables, bring them down. Well have a high wind watch tomorrow morning through thursday night. A bit of a haze over the area right now. We have some heavy drizzle. And we have a passing shower primarily to the north bay and out towards