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 healthcare law which fueled conservative opposition. This it is far less than many of us had hoped for. But its far better than some had sought. Reporter pr
The ultimate adventure. Good thursday morning. Coming up on early today it was a Blue Christmas for folks waiting on delayed shipments. Edward snowdens new christmas message invoking the danger of unchecked government surveillance. Thousands are still in the dark and cold waiting for the power to come back on days after a big ice storm. Mcdonalds takes Decisive Action against its own employee site and how texting might help strengthen the family bond. Its thursday, december 26. Early today starts right now. 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 thousands in the dark and thousands more without their gifts. More on the holiday that wasnt jolly for all. Reporter near grand rapids, michigan at least a dozen accidents on i96. Crews there and in maine spent Christmas Day in the cold trying to fix power. It is very rewarding to be here and help people out. Reporter while rough weather
Well, good wednesday morning to you. Im reena ninan. And im devin dwyer. Thanks for joining us. We begin with the major cleanup effort under way in los angeles on the campus of ucla. A 90yearold water main burst under sunset boulevard shooting a geyser three stories in the air. Streets were completely overrun and the schools newly renovated Pauley Pavilion flooded. And before crews could shut the water off, some 10 million gallons of water were wasted. Abcs kirk hawkins has the latest. Show you just how close that geyser is to the campus. Reporter in this aerial video you can see the massive water main break that shut down streets near the campus of ucla in l. A. s westwood neighborhood on tuesday afternoon. I didnt really know how bad it was until i saw see it here myself. Reporter firefighters say at least three drivers were rescued from several cars that were stuck with water flowing as high as the windows. A bus, several cars and students attempted to navigate the fastmoving water.
Some clouds cool weather expected later this week. A Traffic Alert in livermore. Two left lanes remain blocked after this overturned big rig. It is now more than three hours old. You can see the delays continue all the way back to tracy already. They are hoping they open by 7 00 or 8 00 this morning. Well have a live report here, coming up. Once you get past the greenville exit it is lighter than normal through dublin and pleasantton. Lets go now to the problems for commuters. An overturned big rig shutting down the westbound lanes at the all the monty pass. Mark kelley is on the scene. Are lanes still closed . It is not each sunlight out here just yet. Look behind me, traffic just down to two lanes. No idea yet when the lanes are going to reopen. Heres what happened. Chp says shortly before 2 00 this morning a vehicle collided with a dump truck, pulling out of a construction zone. But that sparked a Chain Reaction, likely trying to aside that accident. A big rig collided with a box tr
Caught fire and ground the last laugh lines on the roadway. And on interstate 280. Again there are live wires across the road. They believed that that poll also carried Telephone Communication wires. The riot is also backed up all the weight into saratoga. This is a major problem. The overturned a bigger rate to 580. Will as you can see the truck is still here and will be here for another two to three hours. The benign that is the that tropical fruit that the big red driver was carrying at the time. He said pretty much the same thing you said why is that the c h. A gnawing the trout not to move. he is just as confused as you are but they want traffic to go by very slowly. And thats why they have the call and a tow trucks. That has backed up all the way to tracy. In the meantime let how busy they are usually, that that white material theyre using that as a slide to move the fruit down the hill and onto a flatbed truck. And the driver is not were talking for and have five hours later aft