Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the battle over Affordable Care act, or obamacare is now joined, in earnest. House republicans pressed forward today, in the face of resistance from democrats, and from inside their own party. Lisa desjardins reports from capitol hill. Reporter it was day one of republicans push to sell their longawaited replacement plan for the Affordable Care act, obamacare. Greg walden chairs the energy and Commerce Committee and helped author the bill. Introduction of this bill is just the first step in helping American Families across the country obtain Truly Affordable Health Care and were eager to get started. Reporter named the American Health care act,
Petersburg. Another breezy day. But temperatures get right back up into the mid 80s. Where we left you yesterday afternoon. Vanessa. All right dave, thank you. We want to equilibrium which the roadways its been pretty and a situation a that have been developing, and a live look here at the a sunshine can i skyway bridge an earlier that cleared out i do want to point this out however, this is fairly new within the last few minutes or so were seeing motorcyclist there on side of road just be southbound direction it seems to be walking his bike in that left shoulder. We ran out gas or what we will watch that. 75 southbound got heavy delays here crash reported south of fletcher with left lane blocked. Big delays are back towards bruce b. Downs boulevard starting to trickle back towards junction with 275. Make sure youre either avoiding or planning extra time outdoor in case you missed it after this Early Morning fatal crash finally open and Heritage Harbor parkway. All right vanessa, thank
Now, to a developing story. A brooklyn street is cracked and buckled, after a sinkhole opens up. Cbs 2 emily smith is live in sunset park with more on how this is impacting the neighborhood. Emily . Reporter good evening, maurice. Look over my shoulder, you can see the sinkhole. It is about 20 feet long. And seven feet wide. This chopper 2 video shows a large sinkhole on 56th street and sunset park, in the center of a busy residential street. Those who live here have access to their homes and still have water and electricity. But gas had been shut off to a few buildings, Maria Rodriguez says it caved right after a garbage truck drove by. The garbage truck came first. And that is heavy. Thats when it started sinking more and more. Reporter there are no injuries reported. But neighbors say it is out of this world to see Something Like this on their street. Reporter getting my lunch, and what do you think . Amazing. Unreal. What is happening . Like i say, the big one on fifth avenue, six,
Lets talk about round number one. Latest computer model thinking is we may see an inch or more of rainfall over the next 24 hours. This is just the beginning. The weather storm is whats coming up later this week and into the weekend. Deep tails coming details coming up. Back to you. Thank you. Lets go out 0 pleasanton. Reporter take a look. Theres rain falling in pleasanton. Thats good news. Pleasanton is in what were calling an extreme drought. The Pleasanton City Council this week issued a statement to its residents asking for a 20 water reduction. This rain storm coming in over the next 24 hours will bring in as much rain as pleasanton has seen in the past seven months. We need rain. Farmers need rain. Ranchers need rain. The reservoir, Everybody Needs rain. Were absolutely thrilled with the rain. We need it. Reporter now, its possible that the storms over the next several days could bring in as much as 20 of the rains that pleasanton needs for the year. Time will tell. Back to you.
Punch. That paul says will a big dent in our drought. . Paul weather paul weather lets go outside to andria borba. Shes in pleasanton. Andria. Mill valley. I will zoom out and show you the rain thats yet to come. Everything has to work through the bay area before we wrap it up. Remember that ridge . The thing blocking all of the rain sending it up to alaska. Now its our buddy and friend. Now that its in a different position, its carrying the storms into the bay area. Lets talk about round number one. Latest computer model thinking is we may see an inch or more of rainfall over the next 24 hours. This is just the beginning. The weather storm is whats coming up later this week and into the weekend. Deep tails coming details coming up. Back to you. Thank you. Lets go out 0 pleasanton. Reporter take a look. Theres rain falling in pleasanton. Thats good news. Pleasanton is in what were calling an extreme drought. The Pleasanton City Council this week issued a statement to its residents aski