57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A republican kentucky lawmaker accused of sexually assaulting a teenager four years ago has apparently killed himself. Dan johnson died last night from a single gunshot wound on a bridge in northern kentucky. Monday there was an article published that johnson allegedly assaulted a girl in the basement of his home. Tuesday in a church where he was a pastor he called the allegation totally false. He admitted he was gruff with the teen on the night of the alleged incident, but denied that he sexually assaulted her. Before these accusations came up, i dont want to get into any details, but it was nothing to do with me or anything sexual. Johnson said the allegations were politically motivated. Earlier on facebook he wrote for people to care for his life. He said ptsd will take my life. I cannot handle it any longer. An autopsy will be performed today. President trump invited doug jones, the demo
57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A republican kentucky lawmaker accused of sexually assaulting a teenager four years ago has apparently killed himself. Dan johnson died last night from a single gunshot wound on a bridge in northern kentucky. Monday there was an article published that johnson allegedly assaulted a girl in the basement of his home. Tuesday in a church where he was a pastor he called the allegation totally false. He admitted he was gruff with the teen on the night of the alleged incident, but denied that he sexually assaulted her. Before these accusations came up, i dont want to get into any details, but it was nothing to do with me or anything sexual. Johnson said the allegations were politically people to care for his life. He said ptsd will take my life. I cannot handle it any longer. An autopsy will be performed today. President trump invited doug jones, the democrat who beat roy moore to the white house.
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A republican kentucky lawmaker accused of sexually assaulting a teenager four years ago has apparently killed himself. Dan johnson died of a single gunshot wound on a bridge last night in northern kentucky. Monday the kentucky reporter reported he allegedly assaulted a girl in the basement of his home. Tuesday in a church where he was a pastor he called the allegation totally false. He admitted he was gruff with the teen on the night of the alleged incident, but denied that he sexually assaulted her. There was an incident before any of these accusations came up. I dont want to get into any details, but it was nothing to do with me or anything sexual. Johnson said the allegations were politically motivated. Earlier on facebook he asked people to care for his wife and wrote ptsd is a sickness that will take my life. I cannot handle it any longer. An autopsy will be
60 points after the dow closed at a record level yesterday. The s p closed lower yesterday all the major averages moved off the highs of the session this morning the s p is indicated up by 5 points the nasdaq up by 10. This came after the feds decision and after if looked clear that Republican Leaders reached an agreement, at least in principle, on where theyre headed with the tax bill well talk more about that green arrows across the board this morning in asia, the nikkei looked like it was down by a quarter percentage point similar declines for the hang seng and shanghai. This morning in europe, with some of the early trading, you will see that there are some declines across the board. The biggest loser is the dax down by a half percentage point. Cac in france is down by 0. 4 . We have the bank of england and the ecb going to be releasing some policy statements today check out crude oil prices which were lower yesterday crude oil at 56. 59 couple of big economic reports on the agenda
Partly cloudy skies this morning. Low 40s and low 50s. 53, San Francisco. 48, mountain view. This afternoon will be mild. 67, livermore. 67, morgan hill. 62, San Francisco. We have rain coming our way. I will look at that in the extended forecast coming up. I will call this a mild commute for drivers out there. Things look pretty good. The only area to tell you about is near the sunol grade. First i want to start with the south bay. You can see a lot of green and no problems to tell you about. 880 north and southbound through hayward and fremont, this is typically a trouble spot but this morning that is not the case. 680 southbound at andretti road. A report of a fire hose and one of the slow lanes. Also in that area, a report of a hit and run crash. There were no injuries reported in that incident but that is tying things up a bit. The bay bridge toll plaza is a bit slow as you make your way onto the span. The metering lights are on. That may be why we are seeing the usual slowdown al