Drivers who are getting ready to head out the door and through palo alto. Northbound 101 we have an accident looking serious. Its blocking at least three lanes at this point just past embarcadero. Traffic is starting to back up towards oregon expressway so our travel times still in the green and but we keep getting new reports of more lanes being closed. So heads up there. Avoid it if you can. Chp isnt on scene yet. Over at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights, 17 minutes from the maze into San Francisco. Republicans are racing to pass a tax overhaul bill before the end of the year. The Senate Unveiled its plan. Kpix 5s jackie ward explains. Reporter its being touted as a bill to offer billions of dollars in tax cuts but one that was most likely to raise federal taxes for californians. The Senate Version creates 7 tax brackets instead of 4, fully eliminates the deduction for state and local taxes, preserves deduction for Home Mortgage interest and high medical expenses and delays
But right now, lets say good morning to jacqueline. Good morning. And we will begin by taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. A few more cars starting to join the Tuesday Morning commute. Hey, no delays here. Although we are tracking some slowdowns once you get up on the incline. And heading into San Francisco across the western span. You will see some delays. We had an earlier problem. Chp running some traffic breaks in that area. And that is what is keeping your ride slow and in the yellow. And speeds are starting to move in. And clear some metal debris out of the roadway there. Slow and go in 280 both directions and caltrans has some road work going on. Between 101 and mariposa. So be prepared for some flashing lights and some reduced speeds until about 6 00 a. M. That is the check of the traffic. Michelle . Thank you. A mixture of elation and relief. For governor jerry brown this morning. After a contention battle over a sweeping ban to fight Climate Change comes to an en
Lots of overnight road work that lasts until 6 00 a. M. And caltrans should be wrapping that up right about now. Here is a look at the ride along 238. This is between 880 and 580. And so if youre headed to castro valley, be prepared, are you going to be hitting the slowdowns as you make your approach toward 580 and continuing to 880. About10 miles an hour and now starting to see the travel time, the speed goes up just a bit. Caltrans again, should be wrapping up here any minute. Hopefully they already are. 880, starting to see some slowdowns as well. In that southbound direction. And a crash westbound 580 at san ramon road. That has traffic backed up beyond 680. And give yourself some extra time. Heading in that direction. This morning. That is a check of traffic. Lets check in with roberta and the forecast. The marine layer appears to be 900 feet and causing visibility issues at sfo. I would anticipate delays, according to the faa, over one hour on several flights. And the fog horn. W
Merck announced he would be stepping aside from the Manufacturing Council. Tuesday President Trump seemed confident he could fill the slots. But later today the president tweeted out saying he is trying to provide these Business Leaders some political cover. He said rather than putting pressure on the Business People of the Manufacturing Council and strategy and policy form, i am ending both. Thank you all. Jamie dimon sent out a statement. He said its a leaders role in baines government to bring people together, not tear them apart. Today the members of the president s strategic and policy forum agreed to disband. Earlier today here was mike pence speaking from chile. What happened in charlottesville was a tragedy. And the president has been clear on this tragedy and so have i. I spoke at length about this heartbreaking situation sunday night. In colombia. And i stands with the president and i stand by those words. Reporter the dnc took a victory lap with this one saying in part, thes
If not by phone, you can weigh in via social media. Again this was an interview with npr airing this morning and was posted last night at their website. Here is the headline us that theminds u. S. Intelligence officials concluded that hackers working for russia packed into the dean sees Computer Network the d cs Computer Network. With the question of russias ultimate motivation for the hack becoming increasingly divisive, the president was careful not to endorse the cia assessment reported by npr and other outlets that assessed russias goal was to electronic. To elect trump. Well get to it in a couple of minutes. We will move on and talk about some of the other reporting. Here is the New York Times headline. So, with all of that, we will hear from the president now. I think there is no doubt that when any Foreign Government tries to impact the integrity of our elections, that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing. Some of it may be explicit and publ