Its cooler to start this morning but youll see those temperatures quickly going up. Live look at sunol, only 44 degrees in San Francisco starts out the morning at twin peaks looking at 49 degrees. You see the clear sunrise, 83 in livermore, 81 in san jose and 70 in San Francisco. Today in napa, 84 degrees. Well talk about the weekend forecast coming up in about seven minutes but mike is tracking a light build to the commute. But a build nonetheless and were tracking the effects of a crash and debris reported pleasanton in sunol. In the south bay, the traffic on the freeways is light but were still following this issue just off to the freeway. The commercial fire at story and white. Theres a ninny mall and kris sanchez is there. We did have word from kris that lines 25 and 17 on story and white road may be affected if this fire continues. Shell have the latest changes and we do have the issue of pier 41, Service Canceled for the Oakland Alameda ferry today, midday and afternoon just lik
Were live at the white house. Surprise loss. Chris cornell, a driving force in grunge rock, dies unexpectedly. Black hole sun wont you come the soundgarden lead singers death following a concert in detroit. His family and fans shocked. An investigation underway. And concussion controversy. Nfl star tom brady facing serious questions this morning after this revelation from his wife giselle bundchin. He had a concussion last year. He has concussions. But the nfl has no record of them. Did the patriots quarterback hide injuries to stay on the field . The nfl saying it wants answers today, thursday, may 18th, 2017. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. 7 00 on the west coast on a thursday morning. Savannah will join us in just a couple of minutes, but we want to start with this breaking news. Roger ailes, the man who started fox news and then built it into a lucrative powerhouse b
Russian interference in the election. The white house didnt have much notice that the Justice Department had appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel. Lawmakers are scrambling now to react to the third bombshell in as many days. Jo congressman, do you think the appointment of mr. Mueller goes far enough here . No, but its a very significant step and we need to get to the truth and this is the way to get to it. Robert mueller is very well respected here in the bay area and nationwide, can you tell us how this investigation will work . From what i have read about director mueller is respected by his peers. What does this do to President Trumps agenda. Hes been taking one body blow after another. Does this grind all that to a halt . I dont think it grinds it to a halt, but it givens a process where we can govern collectively, congress and the administration, republicans and democrats, right now, your governments not functioning and with this cloud over the administration and over the r
Developments obviously its a step in the right direction. Reporter a major decision from the department of justice. Very solid and significant step. Reporter the department of justice appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation into russias interference with the 2016 election, including possible collusion with the trump campaign. The man now leading the investigation, former fbi director robert mueller. Whatever investigation goes on will have the credibility of bob mueller, former director of the fbi, and a renowned lawyer. Reporter now mueller will have all of the authority of a u. S. Attorney including the ability to take the matter before a grand jury and the ability to issue subpoenas. Abcs chief Legal Affairs chief says mueller will have the daunting taf of addressing all the recent controversies surrounding the white house. Take all that of together and most importantly with james comeys account and then you assess, is it obstruction or is it not. Reporter lawmake
2001 to 2013. He is acareer lifelong prosecutor and also served in the marines in vietnam. He is widely he inspected on capitol hill. And he has ties to the bay area. The president has tweeted about the special counsel. How is he responding . He said bring it on. He said that the, um, the special counsel will only prove and confirm what we already know that there was no collusion, he says, between his campaign and any foreign entity. He welcomes in investigation and looks forward to it wrapping up quickly. Thank you, mola lenghi. Lets take a closer look at Robert Muellers bay area ties. He rose to the ranks to head the Criminal Division at the u. S. Attorneys office in San Francisco in the 80s. In 1998 he was the u. S. Attorney for the Northern District of california. In 2001, he left here to become the fbi director. [ applause and cheers ] the turmoil is weighing down the markets. Stocks were down this afternoon the biggest drop of the year. Heres the closing numbers. Nasdaq down more