Well get back to you. Top story, one of the biggest thanksgiving meals in the bay area will be taking place in a few hours the charity in charge is sending out a warning. Amy hollyfield is live at Sacred Heart Community service in san jose. Reporter good morning. We are inside the pantry this is the food that people will be picking up today, fresh vegetables, turkeys of course. Officials are worried they believe they are short about 1,000 turkeys. The people coming in today, have appointments there is no need to wait in line, yet. Look at this video we shot moments ago, people sleeping on the sidewalk outside of sacred heart, Officials Say they did not expect to see this. That it just illustrates the need out there you hear talk about the recession ending, officials here say, people are still struggling. I didnt expect anybody to be waiting at our doorstep when i got here the person was in line for blankets why do you wait overnight on a cold night for blankets . Because people are str
This morning and tomorrow with the peaking of unusually high tides hitting the bay area in a few hours. We go to Amy Hollyfield live along the embarcadero in San Francisco. Reporter if you like splashing around in water, head to those low lying spots today you wont be disappointed especially if yesterday is any indication. These are from marin city where there was flooding they saw flooding on bike trails, parking lots up to the doorsteps of some businesses. Today is expected to be the peak. King tides happen when the sun and moon align to the gravitational pull brings more water on to the shore. People knew it was happening but still surprised by the amount of water. There was flooding, i had no idea it was that bad. How long have you been riding here . I right everyday or try. [ inaudible ] have you ever seen this king tide before . Not this way, no. Reporter she gave up and riding through that area yesterday. The highest tides of the year are expected today. The peak is expected to
And threatening jobs, the white house has wasted another week. Democrats show no signs of backing off from supporting the president s hardline stance on raising the incomes tax rate for the rich. We democrats realize there have to about two sides to the bargain, but in 2011 we put both revenues and cuts on the table. But one republican senator revealed this week that tax increases might help solve americas debt crisis. So far the g. O. P. Has stood imeps raising taxes. What we ought to be working on is the other 93 , because if you want to do what he wants on tax rates, you affect of the deficit. We have spent ourselves into a hole and were not going to raise taxes and borrow money and get out of it. So, will i accept a tax increase as a part of a deal to actually solve our problems . Yes. Ago am ama the federal government is planning for the possibility of cuts. The white house ordered the military to plan on slashing 500 billion from the military, and funding for schools well be cut
Schedule and on time. n5bx commuters in sonoma couy could use a break from the rain right now flood waters are still impassable on highways 12 and 121. Terry mcsweeney is live at the intersection. Reporter the best ive got right now is sometime today. What happens is when theres a heavy down tour as there was yesterday and a high tide, this this road closes not unusual they wish it was an unusual occurrence as you can see road closed, flooded. Pictures of what it looked like last night. Theyve been trying to fix the problem here for quite sometime, obviously, no success. Yesterday, it want hard to find rainrelated problems, American Canyon water piled up on highway 12 red top road all this going on, on Christmas Day the traffic was light yesterday, richmond on mcdonald avenue they had backup there also in berkeley a lot of places down pours and one person we talked to says hes about ready to have it wrap up. Im from the bay area so im couldnt of used to it. But it is a little rci[ when
The plan is to have trains running through here by start of service tomorrow morning. This is what it looked like last night. A bart train with part of a cab hanging over the edge of the tra tracks. Now the train cars are gone, and 200 foot sections of the rails are getting fixed. Our goal is to have them operating by 8 00. Reporter a massive situation with this one banged up from the accident. The cars were then put up on flat bed trailers and taken away for ongoing repairs. The investigation is continuing to find out why two cars jumped their tracks at an interchange. We apologize for this obvious accident. And we apologize for the inconvenience it caused many of our contra costa riders. They shuttled passengers from here to the station. We were supposed to arrive at the concord bart station and we ended up driving out of our way because it was shut down. Damion will pick up his friend after she gets off work. And she had a tough time here, as well. It was okay, it inconvenienced my