. . This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from washington. Pelley donald trump will be sworn in back there at the u. S. Capitol in just 65 days. Workers today raced to build the inaugural platform, while the president elect was doing the he sent word from trump tower in new york that the transition is going well despite what youve heard. The head of the transition was sent packing along with several advisers, but today the new head of the transition, mike pence, met with the man he will be succeeding as Vice President. Heres major garrett. Reporter Vice President elect mike pence and his wife visited their future home and ate lunch with its offered this assessment. No administration is ready on day one. We werent ready on day one. Ive never met one thats ever been ready on day one. Reporter at the u. S. Chamber of commerce this morning, pence in a closeddoor session reassured Business Leaders at the president elects economic plans. Responding to reports that
Morning commute. A caltrain accident. Sal, what happened . Well, just about 25 minutes ago we got a tweet from caltrain that after checking it out, we found out that there was a train that hit a pedestrian on the caltrain line near california and oak grove. And now were finding out that pedestrian has died. Caltrain is announcing the train 305 was involved, and there is a bus bridge in place taking people away from the incident. So if you take caltrain this morning, there will be major delays. Our reporter alex savidge is Just Moments Away from the scene and he will have a live report from the scene coming up very shortly. All right. Lets go to the rest of the traffic. Westbound is backed up at the bay bridge for a 15 to 20 minute delay. There are no major problems. Also looking at a commute here where traffic in san jose is off to a decent start with no problems getting up to highway 17. 7 01. Lets go to steve for the bay area forecast. Sal, thank you. Under mostly cloudy skies. There
Getting down. Staying up and finishing strong. Stay positive. Yeah. I want darby to give me some happy food right now. Thats right. Some other food later, too, right . You are going to try this hamburger that has a non traditional topping. First we start with news this monday morning. Today marks day two of the investigation into a vallejo house fire that killed a five yearold boy. Police and fire officials are at the house and they have a specially trained dog that could alert investigators if there is evidence the fire was deliberately set. Christian kafton is live at the scene. Is there any word how long this investigation is likely to take . Reporter yeah. We dont know exactly how long the investigation is going to take. We have heard that they are about halfway through with their initial walk through. Their preliminary investigation. You see some activity outside of the home right now. There are investigators inside the home as well. Its going to last at least a few more hours. Sp
Live from baltimore with more from todays verdict and the publics reaction all charges not guilty. Scott . Reporter that is true. And the reactions have been calm so far. Not a lot of protestors out here, the prosecution in these freddie gray prosecutions is now zero for four after the verdict today for lieutenant brian rice. Age 42. He is the most senior officer involved in the arrest of freddie gray. Not guilty on all the charges including Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Endangerment and misconduct in office and all on and on. Williams said a mistake or an error in judgment by lieutenant brian rice and the other officers in this case does not rise to a criminal offense. Here are some of the reactions outside the courthouse this morning from both members of the public and attorneys who were observing. But these cops killing our children and you see it . You see it and you still say they innocent. Really . What the hell is on . Its clearly here. The judge over and over and over a
As of yet. But, again, guys, no big traffic issues to deal with at this point and we have the entire area shut down all ramps to sutland parkway and all traffic on sutland parkway is diverted branch and alabama. You might want to avoid this area if you take this way to work this morning. Back to you, erin. Time is 4 3 1. Breaking over nights a man and woman shot in the district this happened before 11 p. M. In the 1300 block red wod road northeast. You can see in the live picture Police Investigators on the scene and the victims injuries are minor. To a last minute surprise on the campaign trail trump making headlines for where has headed to south. Border amid stand off immigration. Fox5 Melanie Alnwick is here with a look how this happened and how it will play out. This is very surprising considering trumps call toll build a pay for it and more interesting the visit is at the invitation of mexican president enrique pena nieti he accepted the invitation and is looking forward to meetin