Eastbound lanes remain closed from 73 to center road. A car veered off the road and hit a tree and then caught fire. Fire crews did have to pull a passenger out of the vehicle. The person was transported to a hospital with lifethreatening injuries. As far as the impact of traffic goes, you will see some delays in and around that area. It is shut down until further notice. You can use 101 as an alternate depending on where your commute takes you. I want to look at the bay bridge in my next report. Here is mary. Ackirrt air goratemo of t bay area but for part of the north bay, we are dealing with unhealthy air. There is a spare the air alert in effect once again it it makes it record 17 days in a row and likely, it will be extended beyond that as we are looking at highpressure trapping that smoke at the surface. We are watching that smoke and haze and also our heat wave that is expected for the upcoming Holiday Weekend with excessive heat watch is in effect saturday through labor day. I
About that and whether there is political pressure over a vaccine. And election uncertainty. President trump causes new controversy as he appears to urge his supporters to vote twice. And only on cbs this morning, Mark Zuckerberg tells us about the new election safeguards. First, todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Calls for several Police Officers in new york to be fired and arrested after video was released showing them putting a hood over the head of a black man who later died. I placed a phone call for my brother to get help. Not for my brother to get lynched. President trump suggested voters in North Carolina should vote twice to see if North Carolinas mailin system is as good as they say it is. Send it in early and then go and vote. How are you handling the president of the United States . Anyone who is saying the election is going to be fraudulent, thats problematic. Its not just anyone. Its the president of the United States. Thats correct. The cdc is asking states
Reporters is covering every angle of this story. I want to bring in Shaquille Brewster in kenosha, wisconsin, Peter Alexander at the white house, Erin Mclaughlin in portland, oregon and mike memoli in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Shaq, how are folks youre talking to feeling about the president s visit tomorrow . Well, geoff, as with everything, the reaction is mixed. You have the leading democrats in the staircte, the mayor of kenosha to the governor of wisconsin, even the attorney general who is leading the investigation into the jacob blake shooting. They are in opposition to the president s trip saying and expressing concern that his trip could bring an end to the relative peace you saw at least through the weekend here in kenosha. Then you have Republican Leaders in the state, including a letter from the county board of supervisors and republicans on that board saying that they want the president to continue his trip and they want the president to come out here and survey the damage a
Him to reconsider. The new response from the white house and in just a moment, jacob blakes father, sister, and family attorney will join me right here. All of it happening against the backdrop of clashes in portland. What were learning about the killing of a man who supported a far right group and the confrontations between Donald Trumps supporter and counterprotesters before that moment. Im hallie jackson. Thanks for being here. Erin, President Trump in the last hour is out with a lot more comments about portland after another night of protests there. Tell me what youre seeing on the ground. Reporter thats right, hallie. The president tweeting this morning that this city is a mess and that if the mayor doesnt clean it up, he will send in people to do so. Worth reminding our viewers that the last time federal agents were sent to the city of portland to protect a courthouse it escalated the situation. This is the latest in a war of words between the president and the mayor of portland.
The ticket. Joe biden says this is about more than the benjamins. It is about countering the most dishonest president ever. What im having to spend a lot of it on is to counter the lies being told. By my, by Trumps Campaign and swift boaters out there. What i will spend most of it doing is trying to explain to the American People how i want to unite the country. Biden touting unity while trump embraces conspiracy theories and fearful today the president continuing to snub any victims of Police Violence while talking up what he calls the violence of danger in the streets citing anarchists, riote rioters. He made some false statements that were not repeating in this newscast because this is a factual program. As for the argument, President Trump is launching a post convention general election period, what is a time now when everyone tunes in by defending literally the person indicted for murder in wisconsin and also claiming to be against violence and rioting. As a factual matter, it is