Extended forecast. Its a busy ride if you work your way on highway four. Weve had a crush for almost an hour. There are cars involved in the accident, the right lane is still blocked, it is causing a bit of a backup, sees speeds are dipping down to 11 miles an hour. The earlier crashes still out there, it is in the clearing stages. Give yourself extra time if youre taking highway four. This is on 80 itself, its the usual someone go conditions out of hercules. He will see brake lights into richmond and so as you head toward bay bridge. Happening today in five hours, President Trump will be in the bay area the first time in three years. He will be here to fund raise for his 20 20 Reelection Campaign. Jackie is live at Moffett Field where air force one will be touching down. Good morning. We are on a federally owned parking lot. Security is pretty typical right now. Nothing added on for the president s visit quite yet. The media is being kept out of the loop regarding details on the presi
Michigans contom mated water supply. As always well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning on monday, september 16. Well begin this morning with calls from some democrats to Impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh after the New York Times over the weekend corroborated, they say, previous allegations of Sexual Misconduct and revealed new allegations. Those allegations raising questions about whether Justice Cavanaugh perjured himself during the confirmation hearings last year. Democrats, 2027488000, publicans 2027488001 and independents, 202748800 it 2 2788003 or go to twitter and post comments on facebook. Com cspan. Well get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the new york piece that ran over the weekend and the headline was Brett Kavanaugh was one of the privileged kids and she didnt fit in with the privileged kids. A story about Deborah Ramirez and her allegations that surfaced
Operational under 50 years. What happened, what needed to happen for that to be successful and what did not happen in the wake of making that switch to the flint river . Hi a lot of upgrades that needed to happen at the plant. Tens of millions of dollars. The plant had not been operational in this way in nearly half a century. A lot of upgrades to systems that needed to be done. There was staff that needed to be adequately trained. Before they actually made the switch, there was not enough. They did not have the adequate training necessary. They could not fathom that they were going to make them turn on the plant in such a short time. One of the workers at the plant, or his his sister, what was he saying at the time before the switch by the government officials . We spoke with matt mcfarland. He had worked at the plant for about 20 years before this happened. Loved his job. Very passionate about it. In the lead up to the switch, matt was responsible for doing a lot. Some of what he was
Director of cbs 2 frontlines deadly water. Heres about the new documentary. Remind viewers of when and why this letter became contaminated. 72014, the city of france decided to join a new line. A new Water Pipeline that would, well water from lake aaron to other surrounding counties and cities. In the interim before this pipeline was constructed, state officials who were in charge of the finances in the city at the time, decided to switch the city of lent onto the flint river and turn on the flatwater plant which we see in the film has been barely operational about 50 years. What happened and what need it to happen for that to be successful and what didnt happen in the wake ofid taking e switchth to the foot river. There are a lot of upgrades that need it to happen at the plant. About tens of millions of dollars of upgrades. The plant hasnt been operational in this way and nearly half a century. So there are a lot of upgrades in the system that need it to be sydone. There was equipment
84, we are getting there, above or at least coming close to average. The system moving into the Pacific Northwest starting to weaken, 50s and 60s, mild temperatures, and observation oakland, 65, concord 65, livermore 62, atlanta 63, upper 50s and low 60s for many, even over by that, look at el cerrito, 59, so, all 60s. Westerly breeze in place, not that strong, higher clouds have cleared out, the bible burned back, temperatures inching up a teeny bit each day, 60s, 70s, upper 70s and mid 80s now inland. Sale is here sal is here to talk about the bridges that are lot of people, even though in july people do take vacations, look at the bay bridge, pretty crowded here as you drive over to San Francisco, you are going to be waiting for 20 minutes or so before you get onto the bridge. This is a look at interstate 880 in oakland, traffic here is still looking good to the airport, as you look at the east bay ard and unit. Heading down south, the bay area bridge, still doing okay for the most