Newsroom up next good morning you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We begin the hour with Donald Trump returning in front of a judge this morning as lawyers for the former President And E Jean Carroll are set to square off in manhattans federal Appeals Court Trump is seeking an appeal after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed the former columnist, awarding her 5 following a trial last year, the case is separate from the related Defamation Trial that was held earlier this year when a jury awarded carroll 83 Million in damages, Youll Recall that cnns Kristen Holmes is with me now. Kristen what do we know about this pill and why is trump expected in court . Hes not expected in court. He has chosen to go to court and just a reminder, after he was awarded a 5 Million that was a twoweek trial. A jury determined that he never once was in the courtroom and he never once called a single witness. So clearly, he is putting on a bit of a show here something that h
They dont seem sure about where to begin. The Police Officers Association Says its officers are looking for a new chapter for the city and the department we see it as an opportunity move the department forward in a new direction, Philip Hoffman is a Union Representative says officers are on board with modern policing policies that would improve the department they position us as somehow an impediment to change and reform and to the contrary. We have reached out on numerous occasions to get the ball rolling on these reforms offices of recommendations from 2 City Commission studies are on the table. But so far none of them have been implemented. He says as crime rises across the city, the biggest need right now more officers on the streets. The department though has been plagued with several scandals in controversial shootings in recent years in just the last 6 months the department has faced the shooting death of Sean Monterrosa an investigation that was launched after evidence in that
Good air quality returning much like yesterday all across the region were off to a mild start right now with some 60s oakland at 66 san jose in pittsburgh at 67, San Francisco right now one of our cooler spots. Right at 60 degrees talking more about what to expect today still to come robin. All right, thank you john lets check in on the commute now the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza is growing it spilling beyond the atb overcrossing its all the way out to west grand. So it has reached that point words pretty packed coming in, but you wont run into any problems right now so no crashes no stalls just the fog thats the issue Poor Visibility here from the maze right through the pay gates and as we said before you got any the headlights in the wiper so just be careful dont follow anyone to closely space yourself out when youre dealing with dense fog like this here on 92 are looking good busy but not bad 13 minutes to the peninsula. And just a really quick peak at one oh one theres a st
Are still wrapping up a car fire that sparked excuse me a crash that sparked a car fire. Its just off the nimitz freeway the hakan burger offramp from 80 south. Its still close. This is video from the citizen app that shows us exactly whats going on you see that van right there it crashed and caught fire the driver was trapped inside. This is happening right at that hagan burger overcrossing that goes over the nimitz freeway so its not on the freeway, its at the top of the offramp thats why they close it, which means he will not be able to use it you need to dump off early at 66 or past the continue up to 98th avenue, but theyve issued a Traffic Alert for this and its crawling right now from high street leading up to the give you one more san jose north want to tolley injury crash blocking your drive time on the rise but not bad 31 minutes to menlo park and well check in on the bay bridge coming up in a bit darya james is 9 oh one and the breaking news from overnight weve been covering
Positive for the virus just weeks before this was at the start of february on tuesday the u. S. Senate approved a new 484. 00 trillion 1000000000. 00 stimulus package 1st Small Businesses this while President Donald Trump and treasury secretary Steven Chu Chen said they would ask some businesses who received relief funds to return them meanwhile the state of missouri is suing china for not doing enough to stop the spread of the outbreak Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejected the claim. It is purely malicious vexatious litigation which violates the basic legal principles oakwood into the principle of southern equality in International Law southern actions taken by a chinese governments at all levels in terms of Epidemic Prevention and control are not subject to the jurisdiction of the us courts well meanwhile the food and Drug Administration authorized the 1st in home test kit for the coding 19 sold by lab corp the. Cost 101000. 00 and it is expected to be available to consumers