Died at the age of 85, just one year after retiring from nearly 50 years of bringing big bird and oscar the grouch to life. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 9th. Good morning, everyone. Great to have toni in from espn. Hey we do begin this half hour with democrats wasting no time setting the stage to unveil articles of impeachment against President Trump this week. Another public hearing is getting under way today to lay out the case for removing the president from office. The president is crying foul tweeting quote no president in American History has been treated like this. Abcs david wright has more. Reporter on the eve of historic impeachment hearings, congress has been burning the midnight oil. We have to act now, you cant wait for the next election because hes trying to interfere with the next election. Reporter the House Judiciary Committee is now charged with drafting specific grounds to remove President Trump. The president leaves us no choice. Report
Quiet. Everything else is offshore. It wont stay there. Some of this moisture will lift northward gh a little warmer. 50s and 60s with scattered showers by tonight. It is 5 01 am. Checking to make sure and were looking at highway 4. Let me show you what i am seeing. It looks good. Im surprised we dont have any slow traffic. I like surprises like this. This is your opportunity. 880 oakland looking good. There is a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. Lets go back to the desk. I want to show you a view from our live camera at San Francisco international airport. We are watching this because in the next few minutes the first flights are due to take off. Overnight there were some flight delays both arrivals and departures but with the weather Getting Better during thnit airport Officials Say there are no delays and one morning flight to Orange County has been canceled. Not clear if thats weather related. San jose airport and Oakland Airport not reporting any flight delays or cancellations
Getting a break this morning but this global send in some 50 answer did agree temps and i think some rain mainly to the south later on today. 701, he will talk about this. That we figure out what that is on the bay bridge . It was crash new Treasure Island and you can see im sorry you were talking about whats happening at the toll plaza. Damage just someone trying to cut in line. People do that unfortunately and you can see it happening but the crash on the bay bridges nearing the life and its a minor crash but that means you are going to be in a little bit of a bigger back up at the bay bridge we will keep looking at it. It doesnt sound like a serious crash but anything on the bay bridge slows things down. In San Francisco northbound 101 traffic is ok approaching the 80s but pick san mateo but not a bad option. Looks all right heading to the area and there been no problems on 880 south. I want to mention that this topic commute is beginning to get slow on all the approaches to the wes
Everybody cheers and applause lizzo is the new star of the lakers, the democrats are doing damage control and donald trump has a lovehate relationship with his toilet. Lets catch up on todays headlines. Lets kick it off with some education news. Elementary school, its that special time in your life when you find out if youre a bully or if you can fit into a locker. But, now, the state of new jersey is worried schools have stopped teaching the important stuff. Learning cursive may soon be making a return to schools in new jersey. Yeah. A state lawmaker has introduced a bill requiring Elementary School students to learn to read and write in script by the end of the third grade. Many schools stopped mandating cursive in 2019. If passed, cursive would be required by the next full school year. Trevor okay, im sorry, what lawmakers in new jersey are pushing for schools to start teaching cursive again . While theyre at it, why not teach the kids to drive wagons and churn their own butter for
Crisis. Prosecutors now going after Drug Companies using laws meant for drug dealers. Old war ornao use a chrtm then i hit him on the back like this. I just hit kept hitting him like this. How he fought back. The pro Football Player opening up about the anxiety that sidelined him. His message to others fighting the same battle. And dont waste your time. The surprising number of pointless emails we send every day. Good wednesday morning, everyone. It is a big travel day for so many, and we begin with severe storms battering much of the country during the busiest travel time of the year. More than 100 million americans in 32 states are under some kind of weather alert because of two powerful storm systems. One storm right now is dumping several inches of snow in minnesota and wisconsin. And as thanksgiving dinner nears, a storm being called historic is bearing down on the west coast. This morning, Severe Weather making thanksgiving travel treacherous. All this weather is fouling things u