Tonight, news coming in of Lightning Strike this is evening. At least three people hit. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on about tuesday night, and we begin with that white house admission today that President Trump did, in fact, help his son, don junior, write that response, that explanation as to why don junior and several others met with that russian lawyer in trump tower. We learned the president worked on don juniors statement while on air force one while he and the first lady were traveling back from the g20, but the president s personal attorney repeatedly said the president had nothing to do with don juniors statement. Why the changing story . Abcs chief white house correspondent, cecilia vega, leading us off. Reporter tonight, an admission from the white house President Trump himself helped craft his sons first statement about that Infamous Trump tower meeting with the russians, a statement that ultimately proved to be misleading. Don junior initially clai
Have been innonedated by the most water in a long time. Some folks have already left. Many have stayed taking a cautious wait and see approach. Some stranded folks are hoping that flooded out roads will eventually recede, giving them access to and from their homes on higher ground. Definitely something you prepare for, but i think the scope of this storm is definitely something that people didnt plan for even in their preplanning for the storm. The only reason why im chilling is because im a three time flood victim. I was laying there doing nothing while everyone is moving. Even my next door neighbor, everybody is gone, but me. Its looks a lot deeper and it doesnt look like it will recede. In 2014 when the tides receded, you had access into your house, but it doesnt look like that this year. Do you think there are homes that werent affected . For sure. And the volume of water that is reaching the houses is definitely at a higher level, so more things are compromised. Since these towns
Now to our top stories, People Living in low lying areas along the Russian River are being urged to head to higher ground. Our ktvu crew says some people are following that advice. But many others are taking a wait and see approach. The river rose to 3 feet above flood stage this afternoon and some schools in the area will be closed tomorrow. Glf a mud slide on highway 17 crushed a Television News van and sent a photographer to the hospital with minor injuries. Traffic has been backed up there all day. That was just one of about a dozen mud slides reported in the Santa Cruz Mountains during the past 24 hours. The rain also washed away part of bear creek road a quarter mile north of highway 9. Traffic is moving again along highway 1 in pacifica after a mud slide shut down the road for almost 14 hours. The slide was first reported late last night near delmar avenue. Caltrans had to shut down all northbound lanes and that created a massive traffic jam. One northbound lane was reopened abo
Map like this where the red and yellow areas show a rise in the sea floor and blue is erosion. He says if a swell hits that sandbar will make for some good times. All the surfers love it when it rains because all the rivers flow and all the waves get good. Reporter so the clock is ticking. Sandbars are usually the most dramatic right after a storm and then flatten out and erode over time. Also, im hearing that a swell is set to hit california in about 36 hours. In santa cruz, kiet do, kpix 5. And take a look at this new photo from the National Weather service showing how muddy our water is from the all the storm runoff. The big brown spot there, thats the san pablo bay. Farther to the south the monterey bay also full of muddy runoff. Within the past 30 minutes crews have just finished repairs on a pipeline supplying water to santa cruz. It was damaged during the storm. Residents had been told to conserve water. And in the meantime in hollister some people are told not to drink their wa
Teach him sometime. This is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Good evening, scott is on assignment. Im anthony play son. Mason. Today the white house said President Trump stands by his claim that president Obama Wiretapped him during the Campaign Last year. Mr. Trump has yet to provide any evidence but he has now revealed how he says he learned about the alleged wiretapping. Reports he read in the New York Times and watched on the fox news channel. But neither of those reports cited evidence that mr. Obama had, indeed wiretapped candidate trump. And the top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee told us today its complete nonsense. We start at the white house tonight with Major Garrett. Reporter false, thats what the Bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee called President Trumps wiretap allegation. Based on the Information Available to us, we see no indications that trump tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the Unite