2016 president ial campaign. Theres growing call from both the democrats and the republicans for sessions to recuse himself from the russia probe. Should he do it . Attorney general sessions, hes still maintaining his innocence. He says and i quote for the very latest, go to our own blake burman live at the white house. Hey, blake. Reporter hey, trish, the important part of that quote that you read was about the campaign. Here at the white house, they are pushing back by saying thensenator Jeff Sessions was able to talk to ambassadors, in this case, ambassador, an ambassador of any country under his duties as a member of the senate. However, the other part here and which is a problem for sessions is the testimony he gave during his confirmation hearing which he said and i am quoting, i did not have communications with the russians. To that end, many republicans are calling republicans keep in mind are calling for the attorney general, should he be overseeing an investigation into russi
Investigation that might involve that. I think i have performed to the attorney general of the United States. Because of the total witchhunt, tense moments. Russian warplanes buzzing a u. S. Navy ship. Markets look like this, lower open for the broader averages. Investors are somewhat cautious. Ahead of a speech we expect from janet yellen. That happens this afternoon. Stocks lower across the board in the negative column. The cac quarante is turning positive. It ended the week lower, the cosby in korea down 1 . And engine explosion under investigation at Chicagos Ohare International airport, the latest unusual ever since. Caterpillar rated by authorities, the ceo working with authorities after search warrants are carried out in several of the companys facilities. More on this investigation coming a. Lamborghini hitting the gas, the car hitting a new speed record. Dagan mcdowell, Brian Ben Berg with us and pollster lee carter. What a week. We started the week in washington. The news doe
Members of a really violent gang are charged in a crosscountry killing spree. Two of the alleged ms13 gang members you can see them here, theyre pictured waiving at cameras. Here what theyre charged with. Charged of murdering a teenage girl in houston also the gang is responsible or rather being alleged committing more murders on long island. We have all the details in gibbet. Welcome to risk and reward. Im Elizabeth Macdonald in for deirdre bolton. First up, the bid to built presiden president trumps border wall now pouring in. Companies from 41 states, including the district of columbia and puerto rico are signaling. Basically to build the border wall to secure the countrys safety along the border. Hundreds of companies, including 19 owned by women entrepreneurs, 15 by mexicanamericans. The white house is expecting the bid this coming monday. Joining me now political columnt. Mark steyn. Mark hes going to come in in a second. But we do want to bring more for you on the killing spree
Afternoon. Your rainmaker for the weekend is getting its act together and it will be here over the weekend. Increasing clouds today. A lot of 60s but slightly cooler. Happy friday. Happy friday to you, steve. Thank you, sir. I want to mention that the commute is off to a nice start. Traffic does look good on 580 as you drive into livermore from the passand beyond that. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza now. Traffic is light coming into San Francisco. There have been no major problems as you drive through. The morning commute doesnt look bad on the east bay. Light on i880 and oakland. Both directions of the freeway are looking very good. At 401, lets go back to the desk. All rightings thank you, salin palo alto two lanes are closed this morning after a dump truck slammed into an overpass last night causing a very big mess. The chp says the truck hit the embarcadero road overpass about 11 00 last night. Apparently the dump trucks bed was in the up position and collided with the overpa
Spring training, you are down there now watching this, i dont think you will get rain but it will be a cloudy day. Rain develops for us saturday afternoon and evening into sunday. Here he is. The man with the plan on the traffic. Thank you, steve. Good morning to you. Good morning to you at home. If you are driving on the Golden Gate Bridge any time soon, it is a very nice drive. As you can see south 101 from the tunnel getting on the bridge, this is a really pretty shot. The traffic will not be an issue at all as you drive through the area. A nice looking drive that takes about 10 minutes to the toll plaza of the Golden Gate Bridge. Well see if i can get to the bay bridge toll plaza. West bound that is backed up a little bit for 10 to 15 minutes. I do see traffic thats getting busier through the area. We are going to keep watching that. Also looking at interstate 880 in Oakland North and south. Its not a bad drive as you drive through the area. On the peninsula, San Francisco traffic