Southern lawmakers in particular in a tough spot on the record on if they supported the flag by graves. The story quoting republican representative jody hice of georges saying this morning he plans to support the amendment. The amendment that is coming to the floor simply codifies existing law that has been in place for five years that allows the states to recognize historical significance on dates of their choosing while at the same time recognizing sensitivities that many have with the flag. While some republicans spoke about the Confederate Flag issue it was mostly the house to make rest that spoke on the floor. In a news briefing about it. Here is that briefing. Nancy pelosi good afternoon. Today we had action on the floor. I presented a privilege resolution that would have captured the action put forth two weeks ago. It was referred to the committee on House Administration never to be heard from again. That is intolerable. I put forth mr. Thompsons similar resolution and that was
Civil rights. It simply means just another effort on the part of this [indiscernible] to dominate this country by force and to put into effect these uncalled for in these them noble proposals recommended under the guise of socalled civil rights. Amy after his death in 2003, it was revealed Strom Thurmond had secretly had a child with his black maid. Their granddaughter will join us today from the capital of South Carolina. Then to new york were Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced plans to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Police Killings of unarmed civilians. This situation we are addressing is a crisis, a crisis in the state and a crisis nationwide. It is a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system. Amy we will speak to gwen carr, the mother of eric garner who died a year ago in Staten Island after being placed in a police chokehold. And we will get the latest on greece. Just days after greek voters overwhelmingly turned down the terms of an international bailout i
What are they doing . Each direction will have separate tunnels and their own lanes. Officials say it will be a brand new feeling and a brand new drive experience for this approach to the Golden Gate Bridge. This will be reopened scheduled to be reopened monday morning at 5 00 a. M. Leyla will be helping you with the alternate routes and over the welcome you can count on waze to navigate around the closure using to check conditions and check out routes before you head out the door. Get it free in your Smartphone App store and join abc7 group. Happening today, San Francisco sheriff mirkarimi is holding a briefing to set the record straight on the release of pier 14 suspect in april. He canceled an event out of respect for Kate Steinles family while they held her funeral. Open wednesday, we undiscovered an official document that shows the sheriff requested Francisco Sanchez be returned to San Francisco on a 20yearold marijuana charge. Sheriff mirkarimi told abc7 his department was only r
To eastern contra costr 54 to 62. You can see by 12 00 64 to 72 with a chance of wet weather fading. It will be bright. Temperatures will not respond. It is comfortable. Maybe cool 66 to 78. This evening, grab a coat, 64 to 74. When the sun is setting back in the 50s and 60s. This is summer. Coming back. In the sevenday forecast. Good to know. Traffic this morning . Doyle drive is officially closed. The Golden Gate Bridge shows it is open dug closure lasting through monday at 5 00 a. M. With the closure expect massive traffic impacts from marin to San Francisco and heading out of San Francisco to marin. We have cars funneled to the righthand side. They will be detoured. The detours take you to 19th highway one. That will help you get through the avenues but mostly you want to avoid this. There are alternates. We will look at the waze app. With the doyle drive closure underway we will see how it is going. Amy hollyfield is on still drive with a great perspective. Look behind me. We are
We have highway one 19th lincoln boulevard, or through crissy field with side streets remaining open. We have the crash that is still in the working stages approaching the bay bridge toll plaza and that is affecting the commute. It is now 6 01. People make their way into the city around doyle drive closure we want to see how it is going. Our reporter is from a great vantage point. Amy . Yes, they are busy. We are watching them tear up the roadway and making progress as we have been seeing. We have been watching them tear sections away and they are scooping up and hawing the dirt and tearing up the roadway do get rid of the detour before they build a new thoroughfare with a lot of work to do in 79 hours. Here is the animation. They are telling us it will be a safer and sheiker doyle drive with the cubbed roadway gone and new tunnels are opened. It will be a new drive experience. It will be painful this weekend. C. H. P. Said they will be out to try and ease the congestion. We are trying