Right now for the super bowl. Theyre thinking the bay area weather seems just awful. Well, normally thats true. Well were all slivering like oh my gosh, this is so cold. Well it will warm up as we go into the next couple of days. Its not supposed to be this chilly. Were in the upper 30s right now in the south bay and 41 degrees in the north bay. Highs today only in the mid to upper 50s and well have some rain. And unfortunately it wont give us a good soaking, more of a nuisance light scattered rain into the evening commute. Well talk more about that but lets see how the morning commute is going now with mike. Were going to take the shot of the peninsula. These are flashing lights, northbound 101 before you get to the University Avenue offramp. North of the embarcadero offramp. You see the folks shifting over to one lane to the left. Its causing a big backup for a couple of minutes, still a crew there, another vehicle yet to be removed. More traffic as we look at your map leads to a lit
I will start you off with a bulletin mark for oil,s the price of brent crude fell to a five year low in the United States also dropped and hedge funds and other Money Managers i have that too much on rising prices. Merck is taking aim at superbugs per the drugmaker has of debt has agreed to buy cubist pharmaceuticals. Developing products to fight drugresistant bacteria. Has increased the target price of its ipo. The Company Plans to offer per ofto 14 these. In india whereer they had been banned and accused in uber driver of rape. The company will do everything to support the woman. Today withbama meets the duke of cambridge, Prince William who is taking a break from a visit to new york to visit the white house. He and his wife arrived yesterday and they will have a reception with Hillary Clinton and an nba game featuring the brooklyn nets. Its a, 14 years but citigroup the longer holds the record for the most valuable bank of america. That distinction now belongs to wells fargo was clo
The Justice Department has now launched a federal investigation. If you are choking a man who is down with other police helping and covering over him, even if the guidelines dont kick in your mind, even if the law dont kick on your mind, after 11 times of i cant breathe, when does your humanity kick in . Today, conversation, we bring you Graham Weatherspoon them retired Police Detective, and vince warren of the center for constitutional rights. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Justice Department has announced it will launch a civil rights investigation into the death of eric garner after grand jury decided not to charge a white Police Officer for causing his death. Garner, an africanamerican father of six, as well as a grant grand father, died after he was placed in a chokehold and wrestled to the ground by new york police. The grand jurys decision set off protests across new york that shut down p
And super stunner, the seahawks coming from behind against the packers. One of the greatest comebacks ever after new england crushed the colts. This morning two of the best quarterbacks in the League Heading for an epic showdown. And good morning, america. Boy, lots of smiles on both coasts this morning. Seattle new england in the super bowl. Im telling you, that comeback by the seahawks, you kind of knew. The packers couldnt put them away. To be down like that in the 4th quarter in front of the 12th man. And Russell Wilson, the tears, just feeling for him. Going for two in a row. Were going to get to that and, of course, were celebrating the life of dr. Martin luther king, jr. Theres a live look at the memorial in washington. And we have a very special tribute to him in selma and our own tribute coming up as well. President obama had a screening at the white house as well this morning. Were going to begin with the chaos on the road. Such dangerous conditions all across the country. Th
And thats because the family lived on that side of the building, they say the man was stuck there, again, in critical condition. That side is also where there were six people according to the fire chief, trapped on that fire escape. If you go down you can see that the ladder actually doesnt fall anywhere doesnt drop because it meets that awning. We spoke with several witnesses who said it wasnt just fire escapes malfupgzing but there were no working smoke alarms or Sprinkler Systems. Among the people a young boy hailed as a hero for saving his dog and himself. He said he thought someone was trying to break into his apartment, and they told him, your apartment is on fire. You need to get out. The window wouldnt open. I had to push it really hard. It broke, like shattered. I went down to the bottom fire escape. And the ladder i dont know something didnt work with the ladder, so they told me to drop my dog first. And then i had to drop myself. So, yeah the cops caught me. And thank god im