And a very good morning to you. Im kristen welker. Hope you had a great holiday. For some the grinch came in two forms. First stubborn weather left hundreds of thousands in the dark and thousands more woke up without their gifts. Nbcs ron mott has more on the holiday that wasnt so jolly for all. Reporter near grand rapids, michigan, weather made for treacherous driving. At least a dozen accidents on i96. Crews there and in maine spent Christmas Day in the cold trying to restore power to more than 200,000 families left in the dark for days now by a weekend snow and ice storm. Its very rewarding to be here and help people out. Reporter while rough weather made for tough going for delivery drivers in recent days, weather isnt solely to blame for holiday packages that didnt make it home for christmas. Fedex reported some delays, and u. P. S. , the Worlds Largest Package Delivery company, apologized to customers saying u. P. S. Is experiencing heavy holiday volume and making every effort to
Tomorrow. Ridership has been down by 85,000 trips on friday, monday and tuesday amid all of this daily uncertainty. Take a look. This is the microphone stand in front of the cal trans building in oakland. This is where the talks are taking place. When officials are ready to make an announce. Well bring it to you live. This is the fifth time in the past week when its unclear if b. A. R. T. Trains will be running in the morning. You can find out immediately if theres a settlement or strike, download our app and youll get breaking news alerts whenever news happens. Join us in the morning for the latest on the b. A. R. T. Strike threat. The Morning News Team will have all developments if there is a strike, well bring you commute updates. Join us for an early start beginning at 4 00 on the abc 7 morning news. At least we know ac transit wont be on strike at midnight. Governor brown stepped in to avert that strike. The governor declared a delay while a panel investigates the talks. If theres
To see some cooler temperatures with a sea breeze kicking in along the coastline, 60s and low 70s here and about 75 degrees in San Francisco. All right. Lets check out your kcbs traffic with liza battalones. And were looking at a rerun of what we reported to you yesterday as far as bart is concerned. Bart trains are running this morning. They are still talking. No strikes for now. Bottom line no delays for the bart system. You can catch bart today to get to and from work. No problems for the ferry, caltrain or the Altamont Pass. We also have our first accident of the morning in pleasanton. Westbound 580 approaching foothill. A hitandrun accident off to the righthand shoulder. Its not slow down traffic too much right in the middle of the shot and still room on westbound 580 through the livermore valley. 880 237 in milpitas, no construction overnight. No problems there. And all of our Silicon Valley freeways are moving at the speed limit. Thats a look at kcbs traffic. A live look at the
White house is telling nearly 1 million furloughed workers to return to their jobs tomorrow. The bill opens the government through january 15, and extends the nations Borrowing Authority through february 7. President obama already signed it, but as ktvus Heather Holmes tells us now, the only a short term solution. Reporter the good news . No historic default. The bad news . Its only for a few months and there are no guarantees republicans and democrats will be able to bridge the rest. Tonights last Minute Legislative deal brings the government and Yosemite National park back to life. This is pain inflicted on our nation for no good reason. We cant make the same mistake again. Reporter the house and senate negotiated for the agreement, to end the tense political stand off, lift the debt limit, and provide back pay to furloughed workers. This has been a long, challenging few weeks for congress and for the country. Reporter the deal does not include any major changes to president obamas h
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, the federal government is open for business this morning. A deal to end the 16day shutdown and avoid a National Default was passed by congress and signed late last night by the president. Furloughed federal workers have been ordered to report for work. The measure easily passed the democratically controlled senate. 8118. In the republican controlled house the vote was 285144. 87 republicans voted yes. After the Senate Approved the measure, president obama alluded to the work that lies ahead. Im willing to work with anybody, democrat or republican, house or senate members, on any idea that will grow our economy, create new jobs, strengthen our class and get our fiscal house together in the long term. Susan mcginnis is in the house. Good morning. Annemarie, good morning. The votes came in late but they came in and crisis averted. It does appear lawmakers are eager to get back to work to make sure this nation does not face anoth