Now are higher as they answer questions in public. Today the Intelligence Committee chair says the evidence might support a charge of bribery. Resident trump says he has done nothing wrong. Public testimony wednesday begins with bill taylor, a top diplomat in ukraine. West point graduate, vietnam war veteran and career diplomat , who has served under both parties. Also testifying will be george pence, the Deputy Assistant secretary of state for europe and eurasia. The question at the center of the impeachment inquiry, did President Trump abuse his power commit and Impeachable Offense when he asked ukraines president for a favorite to investigate rival joe biden, his son hunter and the company boersma that paid hunter to be on the board. Intelligence Committee Chairman adam schiff sent out a memo saying he will have 45 minutes for questioning. Its a much more efficient, effective way to do it. Democratic Committee Chairman adam schiff and minority leader devon nunez will likely leave mu
Yesterday we kind of had a rough w. Here. You know what i mean. Highway 4 off to a rough start. I like the way it looks so far. And hopefully it will be a better day than yesterday. The commute every single day was slow. Just get on here and say its slow, back to you, steve. Its not that way right now. It looks pretty good. A little bit of fog in southern marin here. Traffic is moving well and theres a small delay at the toll plaza. 4 31. Topping our news this morning the first impeachment inquiry is set to begin on capitol hill. Doug luzader joins us live from washington d. C. With what to expect and whats at steak. Doug. What we know in broad terms how this is going to play out today but once it actually begins it could go in any direction. This hearing room will be packed today and the eyes of the nation may be glued to this table where the first two public impeachment inquiry witnesses will testify. William taylor and george kent the state Department Official will tell what they kn
Conditions and a fourmilesperhour breeze from the west. 40s and 50s for just about everybody. 45 degrees, you wanter 40s, low 50s bunt temperatures are pretty close there and i dont think theyll change much due to the cloud cover coming in. 40s and 50s, very few 30s. Higher clouds holding temps up a little bit but thatll lead to a cooler pattern as a weak little system brushes us. Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. Cooler conditions. 60s and 70s on your temps. Still above average but coming down even more so tomorrow. 7 01. Sal is here and the bay bridge is better or damage done . The damages done but its better because a crash has been cleared, steve. Some people may avoid the bay bridge or give it extra time. This is one of those commutes where other commutes might be affected because of the bay bridge. For example some people might say, ill just take the Richmond Bridge across and get to marine and head down to the Golden Gate Bridge. Some people do that although its pretty expensive w
Performance. The first hearings under way. The act the u. S. Embassador to the country William Taylor revealed new information in his testimony about the president s focus on investigating joe and hunter biden. Following the call with President Trump a member of my staff asked about what President Trump thought about ukraine. President trump cares more about the investigations of biden which Rudy Giuliani was pressing for. Information coming from an overhead call between the u. S. Embassador and the eu. At issue, the democrats believe the president used his office to extort ukraine to dig up dirt on the bidens including withholding nearly 400 million in military aid. It was not just the white house meeting that was dependent on the investigations. He said it was now everything. It included the security assistance. You werent on l call were you. Republican Committee Members pressing taylor on really how close they were to this information. Republicans say the president did nothing wrong
Now. Hell tell you how its going to warm up in the bay area. Steve i did mine yesterday as well, guys, im here. Gasia. Im here. I there we are. Of course, i did. 26 miles, 47. Santa rosa. And the forecast high is 91. What what . All right, 50s on the temps. I think palo alto is down to 51. Ill fix it when i have time. Were going to warm it up, though. There are some big differences on the forecast. Highs mostly clear this morning. If theres any fog, it wont last long. Sunny for all warm enough for you know i want it warmer. Okay. Tomorrow. But today we will see a lot of 80s upper 80s to near 90. 70 is over by the coast. Well go 82 to 90 on the forecast highs. All right, sal is here and he is going to discuss at 701 what were going to see the east bay. Steve, we have a lot of slow traffic approaching the bay bridge. We also have slow traffic also on highway four, which is not unusual. So a lot of the usual suspects here on 80 westbound slow traffic, 880 in oakland looks good. But when y