Traffic starting to build as you can see theres a little bit of red there. Folks are waking up and getting out of the house and heres a live look at 680 in walnut creek where traffic is moving but going a little slow this morning. Jess. From the live desk, we are tracking a horrific crash in the south bay. I want to show you video just coming in to the abc7 newsroom from san jose. Shows the scene of the accident on mcdaniel avenue. A car plowed into a couple trees and from this angle, you cant even tell it used to be a car. Incredibly, the driver walked away with only minor injuries. Officers say they actually found him sitting on the curb talking to people. He was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Police right now are talking to the driver to find out the cause of the crash and determine if alcohol was a factor. The bay area bracing for whats expected to be a weekend of protests. A rightwing rally is planned for tomorrow at San Franciscos crissy field from 2 00 to 5 00 p. M. Mayo
Who is wolf blitzer. No, he said, who the hell is wolf. I know, but i was not going to say that part. A very famous quote. Go down in the history books. That was a hoax, that balloon it was . You can tweet us wolfblitzer, katebalduan. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Some american hostages being held in algeria have been released, but a number of the hostages unaccounted for tonight as the raid, we can report, temporarily on hold. Plus, the brother of one of the hostages who escaped from his captors recounts his escape. And on the night Lance Armstrongs confession is set to air, a Sports Writer who believed him until the very bitter end comes outfront. Im erin burnett. Good evening, everyone. Outfront tonight, we have breaking news on the hostage crisis. A fastdeveloping story tonight. Here the latest that we know. We now know that some americans have been freed, but others are still unaccounted for in algeria. A senior american official just confirms to cnn that the operation s
we fought riots in the streets because we didn t like croatians. we don t like anybody that we claim is different from us. now we ve got the president of the united states selling t-shirts. really disparaging italian americans by using a term fred do fre fredo . you know your history. no street level windows because they didn t want the protestants throwing the rocks through the windows. that was how bad it was back then. how about some more history, chris. look, a week ago, the president was disparaging my hometown, which is baltimore, maryland. but let s also remember that there was at one point in time baltimore was the capital of the united states. and baltimore also was one of probably the most instrumental states or cities in this country that helped build our infrastructure the way it did when we had bethlehem steel. we had mccormick. we had all these other business
0 but stay right there because there s so much more ahead in the next hour of cnn newsroom and we turn it over now to our colleague fredricka whitfield. good to see you guys. you had a full morning, we have a very full afternoon. we ll pick up where you leave off. have a great day and see you tomorrow morning. hello, everyone. welcome to the cnn newsroom. i m fredricka whitfield. a look at the top stories we re following this hour right now. nearly two dozen u.s. embassies get ready to close their doors amid fears of a terror attack. a former u.s. ambassador says this move is unprecedented, and the threat is impacting u.s. travelers everywhere around the world. the message to americans around the world next. one of the cleveland women abducted by ariel castro goes back to the home where she was held prisoner for 11 years. we have neighbors reaction to michelle knight s incredible strength. a global travel alert is in effect right now for all americans around the world. tha
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